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1 Protocols for Enhancing Function of Fetal Islets in Vitro and following Transplantation 1
2 Expression of Two Non-Allelic REG Genes in the Developing Human Pancreas: Effects in Vitro of Nicotinamide and Maternal Growth Factors 15
3 Preparation of Fetal Islets for Transplantation: Importance of Growth Factors 27
4 Studies of Fetal Porcine Islet-like Cell Clusters - A Tissue Source for Xenotransplantation in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus? 37
5 Basic Biology of Pig Fetal Pancreas and Its Use as an Allograft 51
6 Combined Transplantation of Adult and Fetal Islets for Improvement of Graft Function: Prospective Approach for Diabetes Treatment 69
7 Studies on Pretreatment of Human Fetal Islet in Vitro and Clinical Islet Transplantation in China 77
8 The Use of Human Fetal Islet Tissue for Adjunctive Treatment in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Patients: The Case for "Partial Success" 87
9 Long-Term Studies with Cultured and Cryopreserved Human Fetal Islets for Islet Transplantation in Hungary 99
10 Fetal Islet Transplantation and Pregnancy 113
11 Encapsulated Human Islet Transplant Trials in Type I Diabetic Patients 137
12 Optimal Surveillance of Diabetic Eye Disease 151
13 Detection of Pancreatic Islet Transplant Rejection 161
14 Networking for the Collection of Fetal Islet Tissues 175
15 Consensus Session Summary: Second International Symposium on Fetal Islet Transplantation 181
Contributors 185
Index 189