Does augmenter of liver regeneration enhance the success rate of fetal pancreas transplantation in rodents?
Diabetes was reversed in a significantly greater proportion of FP + ALR-treated recipients than those animals treated with vehicle alone. Local delivery of growth factors may be used as an adjunct to FP transplantation to improve the rate of success. This in situ model may be useful to further evaluate other soluble factors.
The mean cholesterol levels in the adult population of São José do Rio Preto are very favorable and, in female gender, showed a significant decrease in the 1997 survey, relatively to the 1991 survey.