Effect of external oxygen mass transfer resistances on viability of immunoisolated tissue.
Effect of external oxygen mass transfer resistances on viability of immunoisolated tissue.
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外部氧传质阻力对免疫隔离组织活力的影响。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52192.x
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发表时间:
1997
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Colton,CK
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作者:
Avgoustiniatos,ES;Colton,CK
Transplantation of cells or tissues with differentiated functions has promise in treatment of human disease, but the need for immunosuppressive drugs may have serious side effects. I2 One approach to minimizing or eliminating immunosuppression is immunoi~ olation~ of the transplanted tissue by a semipermeable membrane to protect it from immune rejection, thereby creating an implantable biohybrid artificial The membrane protects the transplanted tissue from components of both the cellular and humoral immune response but permits passage of the secreted product. At the same time, the transport properties of the graft tissue, membrane, and surrounding host tissue must permit sufficient supply of nutrients and oxygen, as well as the removal of metabolic waste products, by diffusion from or to the nearest blood supply.The cells may be encapsulated at a high tissue-like density, or they may be dispersed in the form of individual cells or cell aggregates (eg, islets of Langerhans) in an extracellular gel matrix such as agar, alginate, or chitosan. High density culture, if attainable, is advantageous because it minimizes the size of the implanted device. The amount of tissue required for transplantation in an immunoisolation device is determined by the secretion rate of the desired agent per cell and the amount of the active agent required by the body: it ranges from 106 to more than lo9 cells and depends upon the specific medical application." The complexity and difficulty of all aspects of the problem increases with the volume of implanted tissue required. Thus, it is not surprising that some central nervous system applications, which require the least amount of transplanted tissue," are the first to advance to clinical testing. s