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International Journal of Endocrinology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 396524, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/396524
Review Article

Tolerance-Inducing Strategies in Islet Transplantation

Sumantha Bhatt,1 John J. Fung,2 Lina Lu,1,2 and Shiguang Qian1,2

1Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
2Department of General Surgery, Transplant Center, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA

Received 15 December 2011; Accepted 8 March 2012

Academic Editor: A. N. Balamurugan

Copyright © 2012 Sumantha Bhatt et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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