Insulin release from islets of Langerhans entrapped in a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) polymer gel

Medicine & Life Sciences

• poly-N-isopropylacrylamide 100%
• carbopol 940 90%
• Islets of Langerhans 61%
• Polymers 54%
• Gels 50%
• Insulin 41%
• fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran 36%
• Insulin Secretion 34%
• Artificial Pancreas 27%
• acrylic acid 25%
• Glucose 22%
• N-isopropylacrylamide 15%
• Hanks Balanced Salt Solution 14%
• Alginates 10%
• Dextrans 9%
• Polymerization 9%
• Free Radicals 8%
• Extracellular Matrix 7%
• Molecular Weight 7%
• Water 5%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Insulin 82%
• Acrylics 70%
• Gels 63%
• Acids 55%
• Rats 51%
• Polymers 44%
• Dextran 43%
• Glucose 39%
• Free radical polymerization 13%
• Alginate 12%
• Copolymers 10%
• Molecular weight 9%
• Salts 8%
• Mass transfer 7%
• Dynamical systems 7%
• Water 4%

Chemical Compounds

• Insulin Derivative 62%
• Fluorescein Isothiocyanate 38%
• Diffusion 37%
• Dextran 32%
• Glucose 30%
• Acid 21%
• Gel 19%
• Balanced Salt Solution 16%
• Analeptic Agent 12%
• Alginate 10%
• Radical Polimerization 9%
• Acrylic Acid 9%
• Mass Transfer 8%
• Copolymer 6%
• Weight 5%
• Application 3%