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  • 1
    ISSN: 1600-065X
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
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  • 2
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    International journal of immunogenetics 20 (1993), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1744-313X
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The basis for diabetes resistance in low diabetes incidence NOD/Wehi mice was examined in a breeding study. NOD/Wehi mice were crossed with high diabetes incidence NOD/Lt mice producing F1 hybrid mice which expressed a low incidence of diabetes. To distinguish between genetic and environmental causes for diabetes resistance, these F1 mice were backcrossed to NOD/Lt mice resulting in BC1 hybrid mice which expressed an intermediate incidence of diabetes. Similar results were obtained by examining the severity of insulitis in the hybrid mice. As both the incidence of diabetes and severity of insulitis in the hybrid mice were consistent with a single dominant gene mediating diabetes resistance, an attempt to localize this gene was made. Although over 140 loci which display polymorphism amongst inbred strains were typed in both parental lines, only a single locus, D8Mit9, was found to differ. As heterozygotes at D8Mit9 were not over represented amongst 45 diabetic BC1 hybrid mice examined, it was concluded that a resistance gene was not linked to this locus.
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  • 3
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    Springer
    World journal of surgery 8 (1984), S. 158-168 
    ISSN: 1432-2323
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé La greffe d'îlots de Langerhans foetaux mis en culture est susceptible de résoudre deux des problèmes posés par la transplantation pancréatique: celui de la source de tissu, et celui du contrôle du rejet. Les études faites chez la souris ont clairement démontré que le pancréas foetal est une excellente source d'îlots. Le tissu d'un seul donneur suffit à traiter un ou plusieurs receveurs et assure un équilibre parfait du diabète expérimental induit par les drogues et la prévention des complications rénales de la microangiopathie diabétique. Les îlots foetaux survivent sélectivement in vitro et la culture de tissu fournit de grandes quantités de tissu pour la greffe. En outre, la culture en milieu “normoglycémique” entraîne la maturation fonctionnelle du tissu foetal. Les conditions de culture peuvent être modifiées pour éliminer des futurs greffons les “leucocytes passagers”, cellules responsables de la mise en route du processus de rejet. De tels greffons déplétés en cellules immunogéniques peuvent être transplantés en transgressant les barrières de la compatibilité tissulaire, sans besoin d'immunosuppression chez le receveur. Le pancréas foetal humain a beaucoup de caractères en commun avec le pancréas foetal de souris. Sa croissance et sa différenciation se poursuivent in vitro et après xénogreffe chez la souris athymique. Néanmoins le pancréas foetal humain présente souvent des lésions d'ischémie avant de pouvoir être utilisé, et paraît aussi plus sensible à la toxicité de l'oxygène que le pancréas foetal de souris. Toutefois, quand du tissu humain frais sera disponible, il pourra constituer une source convenable d'îlots pour la transplantation chez des diabétiques insulinodépendants.
    Abstract: Resumen El injerto de islotes fetales cultivados puede representar una manera de sobrepasar la dificultad en encontrar fuente apropiada de tejido y el control del rechazo del injerto. Experimentos en ratones han claramente demonstrado que el pancreas fetal es una fuente excelente de islotes. Tejido derivado de un donante puede ser utilizado en el transplante de más de un recipiente y provee control excelente de diabetes inducida por medicamentos y causa la prevención de la microangiopatia renal diabética. Los islotes fetales demuestran supervivencia selectiva en vitro y su cultivo puede ser utilizado para obtener grandes cantidades de tejido para transplante. Similarmente el crecimiento normoglicémico resulta en la maduración funcional del tejido fetal. Las condiciones de cultivo pueden modificarse para eliminar del injerto los “linfocitos pasajeros,” células responsables por iniciar el rechazo de injerto. Estos injertos faltos de taies células inmunogénicas pueden ser transplantados a través barreras de histocompatibilidad sin necesidad de utilizar inmunosupresión. El páncreas fetal humano tiene muchas características en común con el páncreas fetal del ratón. El crecimiento y la diferenciación continua en vitro y después de xenoinjerto en ratones atímicos. Sin embargo el páncreas fetal humano sostiene frecuentemente daño isquémico antes de transplantarlo y aparenta ser más susceptible a la toxicidad de oxígeno que el pancreas fetal del ratón. Tejido pancreático fetal humano puede ser fuente apropiada de islotes para injerto en diabéticos insulino-dependientes.
    Notes: Abstract Transplantation of organ-cultured fetal islets of Langer-hans may be one way of overcoming the dual difficulties of finding a suitable source of tissue and controlling graft rejection. Experiments in mice have clearly shown that fetal pancreas is an excellent source of islets. Tissue from one donor can be used to treat one or more recipients and provides excellent control of drug-induced diabetes, including prevention of diabetic renal microangiopathy. The fetal islets display selective survival in vitro and organ culture can be used to obtain large amounts of tissue for transplantation. In addition, growth in “normoglycemic” media results in functional maturation of the fetal tissue. Culture conditions can be modified to eliminate from the putative graft immunogenic “passenger leukocytes,” the cells responsible for initiating graft rejection. Such immunogenic cell—depleted grafts can be transplanted across histocompatibility barriers without the need for recipient immunosuppression. Fetal human pancreas shares many properties in common with fetal mouse pancreas. Continuing growth and differentiation occur in vitro and following xenotransplantation into athymic mice. However, fetal human pancreas is frequently damaged by ischemia before it can be used, and also appears to be more susceptible to oxygen toxicity than is fetal mouse pancreas. Nevertheless, when fresh human tissue is available, it may be a suitable source of islets for transplantation in type I diabetics.
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  • 4
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    Journal of molecular medicine 77 (1999), S. 155-160 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Key words Fetal pancreas ; Xenotransplantation ; Rejection ; Immunosuppression ; Eosinophils
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract β cell replacement in IDDM by transplantation of either isolated adult islets of Langerhans or of proliferating immature islet tissue from fetal pancreas are potential ways of curing this disease. Because of the dearth of human cadaver donors adult allogeneic islets are scarce and in most Western societies availability of human fetal tissue of suitable maturity is also uncommon. The use of xenogeneic islets from domestic species already widely used for human consumption, e.g. pigs, could overcome this scarcity but xenogeneic tissues are faced with major problems of graft rejection. Hyperacute rejection (HAR) is the main cause of destruction of immediately vascularised xenografts and is caused by the interaction of natural cross-reactive antibodies with donor endothelial cells. Neovascularized islet grafts do not have donor EC as the target for HAR and are not subjected to this problem but are still acutely rejected. The mechanism of this destruction is still poorly understood but is clearly T cell dependent. However, current immunosuppression that is usually adequate for control of allograft rejection generally does not prevent xenograft rejection. A better understanding of the ways in which xenoantigens are recognised and of the nature of the immune response they initiate is fundamental to the development of appropriate strategies for the safe and effective control of xenograft rejection. The studies summarized herein describe the response of mice and primates to a challenge with fetal pig pancreas grafts. The rejection response that develops is different from that seen against a challenge with fetal allogeneic islets. Although the xenograft response is highly T cell dependent the actual effectors of graft damage appear to be different from those that provoke allograft destruction and include macrophages and granulocytes, particularly eosinophils, and possibly non-classical T cells.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] A class I histocompatibility gene, H-2Kb, linked to the rat insulin promoter, is overexpressed in the pancreatic β cells of transgenic mice. The mice, whether syngeneic or allogeneic to the transgene, develop insulin dependent diabetes without detectable T cell infiltration, ...
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  • 6
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    Springer
    Diabetologia 23 (1982), S. 426-430 
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Fetal pancreas ; morphology ; insulin secretion ; secretagogues
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Whole fetal human pancreases of 12–22 weeks gestation, showed histological growth and differentiation in vitro over 3 weeks. At glucose concentrations of 1–4 g/l, there was no difference in insulin secretion into culture medium over 1 h. There was no stimulation of insulin release by D-glyceraldehyde, thus defective glucose-stimulated insulin release was probably not due to impairment of an early step in glycolysis. In the presence of 0.5 mmol/l dibutyryl cyclic AMP, insulin secretion was enhanced (0.188±0.030 versus 0.100±0.012 mU·mg tissue-1·h-1, p〈0.001) independently of glucose concentrations. It thus appears that impairment of glucose-stimulated insulin release was unlikely to be due to insufficient intracellular cyclic AMP. Insulin release increased in response to tolbutamide and theophylline. Insulin secretion was stimulated in the presence of a fivefold increase in amino acid concentration (0.118±0.018 versus 0.031±0.008 mU·mg tissue -1·h-1, p〈0.001). There was a fourfold increase in basal insulin secretion from islets previously grown in high concentration of amino acids compared with standard culture medium, (0.284±0.052 versus 0.067±0.011 mU·mg tissue-1·h-1, p〈0.001), emphasizing the important role of amino acids as substrates for B cell metabolism and development.
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  • 7
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    American Journal of Anatomy 170 (1984), S. 407-420 
    ISSN: 0002-9106
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Antigen persists for months or even years in lymphoid tissues of immune animals and this antigen is believed to participate in the induction and maintenance of B-cell memory as well as in the maintenance of serum antibody levels. In the present report we describe the phenomenon of antigen localization and long-term retention on mouse follicular dendritic cells (FDCs). The antigens used were injected in the hind footpads of immune mice and the popliteal lymph nodes were the lymphoid organs generally studied. In addition to presenting the morphological features of mouse FDCs, we report the results of a study of the mechanism of antigen migration from the site of initial localization in the lymph node subcapsular sinus to the regions of follicular retention in the cortex. The migration was followed by light and electron microscopy. The results support the concepts that immune complexes are trapped in the subcapsular sinus and are transported by a group of nonphagocytic cells to follicular regions. The mechanism of transport may involve either migration of pre-FDCs with a concomitant maturation into FDCs, or cell-to-cell transport utilizing dendritic cell processes and membrane fluidity; or a combination of the two mechanisms may be in operation.
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    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Agar cultures of CBA fetal liver, peripheral blood, yolk sac and adult marrow cells were stimulated by pokeweed mitogen-stimulated spleen conditioned medium. Two to ten percent of the colonies developing were mixed colonies, documented by light or electron microscopy to contain erythroid, neutrophil, macrophage, eosinophil and megakaryocytic cells. No lymphoid cells were detected. Mean size for 7-day mixed colonies was 1,800-7,300 cells.When 7-day mixed colonies were recloned in agar, low levels of colony-forming cells were detected in 10% of the colonies but most daughter colonies formed were small neutrophila and/or macrophage colonies. Injection of pooled 7-day mixed colony cells to irradiated CBA mice produced low numbers of spleen colonies, mainly erythroid in composition. Karyotypic analysis using the T6T6 marker chromosome showed that some of these colonies were of donor origin. With an assumed f factor of 0.2, the mean content of spleen colony-forming cells per 7-day mixed colony was calculated to vary from 0.09 to 0.76 according to the type of mixed colony assayed.The fetal and adult multipotential hemopoietic cells forming mixed colonies in agar may be hemopoietic stem cells perhaps of a special or fetal type.
    Additional Material: 8 Tab.
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