Development of islet transplantation / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Clinical islet transplantation is currently being explored as a treatment for its superiorities of lesser in vasive,lower risk,avoiding or preventing chronic complications.Because of the difficulty in isolation,purification and transplantation,the yield of islet is lower than needed;shortage of donor,difficulty in obtaining adequate islet cells for sustaining B cell mass and function over time,and immune rejection reactions are the hurdels to widespread application of islet transplantation.