Liao Yu Huan T, Verchere C Bruce, Warnock Garth L
Ike Barber Human Islet Transplant Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Can J Surg. 2007 Apr;50(2):137-42.
Since the development of the Edmonton Islet Transplantation Protocol, islet transplantation has given new hope to patients with type 1 diabetes. Like solid organ transplantation, one of the biggest challenges islet transplantation faces is the shortage of available donor tissue. Finding an alternative source of islet tissue has become an increasingly important field of study. The possibility of generating insulin-secreting cells and islet tissue with adult pancreatic stem or progenitor cells has been investigated extensively. This review aims to discuss recent progress in the study of adult pancreatic stem or progenitor cells and to suggest future directions in this field.
自从埃德蒙顿胰岛移植方案制定以来,胰岛移植给1型糖尿病患者带来了新希望。与实体器官移植一样,胰岛移植面临的最大挑战之一是可用供体组织短缺。寻找胰岛组织的替代来源已成为一个日益重要的研究领域。利用成人胰腺干细胞或祖细胞生成胰岛素分泌细胞和胰岛组织的可能性已得到广泛研究。本综述旨在讨论成人胰腺干细胞或祖细胞研究的最新进展,并提出该领域未来的发展方向。