Hill R S, Cruise G M, Hager S R, Lamberti F V, Yu X, Garufis C L, Yu Y, Mundwiler K E, Cole J F, Hubbell J A, Hegre O D, Scharp D W
Neocrin Company, Irvine, California 92718, USA.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1997 Dec 31;831:332-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52208.x.
Functional porcine islets, free of known pathogens, can serve as a source of insulin producing cells for the treatment of experimentally induced insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus. Porcine islets can be conformally coated (microencapsulated) with a covalently linked, stable permselective membrane while maintaining islet viability and function. The PEG conformal coating is immunoprotective in a discordant xenograft animal model (porcine islets to rat).