Site of transplantation in Islet cell transplant for diabetes mellitus: (A) Forearm muscles, (B) Pelvis, (C) Thigh, (D) Injected into the portal vein
Answer is D. • The islets are then purified from the dispersed tissue by density-gradient centrifugation and can be delivered into the recipient liver (the preferred site for transplantation) by injection into the portal vein.