Hemoglobin A1C Percentage in Nonhuman Primates: A Useful Tool to Monitor Diabetes before and after Porcine Pancreatic Islet Xenotransplantation

Non-human primates (NHPs) are a very valuable experimental model for diabetes research studies including experimental pancreatic islet transplantation. In particular NHPs are the recipients of choice to validate pigs as possible source of pancreatic islets. The aim of this study was to quantify glyc...

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Main Authors: Marco Marigliano, Anna Casu, Suzanne Bertera, Massimo Trucco, Rita Bottino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/965605
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