Table 1.
Insulin secretion of non-cryopreserved non-encapsulated, non-cryopreserved encapsulated and cryopreserved encapsulated rat islets in a static incubation assay before, 12 and 56 weeks after transplantation
| Non-encapsulated | Non-cryopreserved encapsulated | Cryopreserved encapsulated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time |
Basal (ng/islet/1,5h) |
Stimulated (ng/islet/1,5h) |
Basal (ng/islet/1,5h) |
Stimulated (ng/islet/1,5h) |
Basal (ng/islet/1,5h) |
Stimulated (ng/islet/1,5h) |
| before | 2.9 ± 1.0 | 22.1 ± 5.5 | 2.1 ± 0.3 | 15.8 ± 4.6 | 2.0 ± 0.6 | 16.5 ± 4.0 |
| *12 weeks | - | - | 1.8 ± 0.5 | 15.1 ± 2.7 | 2.0 ± 0.7 | 14.9 ± 2.1 |
| *56 weeks | - | - | 1.9 ± 0.6 | 15.7 ± 4.3 | 2.2 ± 0.4 | 15.1 ± 4.3 |
Data are given as mean ± SE; n = 3 independent experiments; *Measurements were performed after retrieval