[Effect of xenotransplantation of islet cell culture on the course of alloxan diabetes in rats fed a diet varying in protein content].

The authors present data on the protective effect of newborn rabbits pancreatic islet cell culture xenotransplantation of Langerhans' islet beta-cells of rats with alloxan diabetes. This effect was the most marked in rats fed diets with normal or increased protein content. The authors discuss a possible stimulating effect of rabbit islet cell culture xenotransplantation on regeneration processes in recipient rat pancreatic islets.

[Cultures of islet cells obtained from the fetal bovine pancreas].

The pancreas from bovine fetuses of 27-35 cm crown-rump length were used as a source of islet cell cultures. Pancreatic tissue was treated by collagenase, filtered through the metal sieve and incubated in MEM for 24 h. Using this method, cultures similar to so-called pseudo-islets were obtained.

[Effect of pancreatic islet cell culture allotransplantation on the clinical course of proliferative diabetic retinopathy].

The authors describe the effect of intramuscular human fetal pancreatic islet cell (IC) culture transplantation on the clinical course of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Four patients with the preterminal stage of PDR were followed-up no less than 2 yrs. after transplantation.