Microwell Scaffolds for the Extrahepatic Transplantation of Islets of Langerhans

Mijke Buitinga; Roman Truckenmüller; Marten A. Engelse; Lorenzo Moroni; Hetty W. M. Ten Hoopen; Clemens A. van Blitterswijk; Eelco JP. de Koning; Aart A. van Apeldoorn; Marcel Karperien

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064772

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Microwell Scaffolds for the Extrahepatic Transplantation of Islets of Langerhans

Mijke Buitinga,

Affiliation Department of Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Roman Truckenmüller,

Affiliation Department of Tissue Regeneration, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Marten A. Engelse,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Lorenzo Moroni,

Affiliation Department of Tissue Regeneration, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Hetty W. M. Ten Hoopen,

Affiliation Department of BioMedical Chemisty, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Clemens A. van Blitterswijk,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Eelco JP. de Koning,

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, Hubrecht Institute–Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Aart A. van Apeldoorn ,

* E-mail: a.a.vanapeldoorn@utwente.nl

Affiliation Department of Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Marcel Karperien

Affiliation Department of Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Microwell Scaffolds for the Extrahepatic Transplantation of Islets of Langerhans

Mijke Buitinga,
Roman Truckenmüller,
Marten A. Engelse,
Lorenzo Moroni,
Hetty W. M. Ten Hoopen,
Clemens A. van Blitterswijk,
Eelco JP. de Koning,
Aart A. van Apeldoorn,
Marcel Karperien

Published: May 30, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064772

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