Converse of object

• transplant: By transplanting a new pancreas into a diabetic patient we also transplant the islets.

• call: Small clusters of cells within the pancreas called islets produce the insulin.

• isolate: The staff isolating the islets have to progress through a series of rooms with ever increasing levels of hygiene.

• extract: Additionally the number of islets extracted is smaller than that available frm a whole pancreas.

• form: Several alternative sources have been suggested, ranging from fully formed islets taken from pigs, to human embryonic stem cells.

Adjective modifier

• transplanted: Patients receive a new combination of drugs to prevent the body from rejecting the transplanted islets.

• pancreatic: In the presence of Tregs, there is decreased infiltration of pathogenic T cells into the pancreatic islets.

• uninhabited: One week the flotilla sails north around the islands of the Kornati National Park, a nautical paradise with over 100 uninhabited islets.

• rocky: St Clement's Isle - a small rocky islet once the home to an ancient hermit lies just offshore of the harbor wall.

• sacred: Editorial note The sacred islet 's thoughts on the successful landing by a Rockall Times assault squad on 16 June 1995 are unrecorded.

• offshore: The stone beach is very attractive with an offshore islet sporting a tiny chapel to add to the romantic setting.

Modifies a noun

• transplantation: Dr. Shapiro is a pioneer of islet transplantation for diabetes patients.

• allograft: It has been used successfully to prolong islet allograft survival in a canine model ( Ref.

• transplant: Balance began 2001 with a series of reports on the islet transplant team at Edmonton, Canada.

• tumor: She says islet cell tumors behave quite differently from other cancers in the pancreas.

• graft: Crucially, we eliminated the steroids from the protocol completely these cause insulin resistance and are very damaging to islet grafts.

• cell: Inside the islet cells of the pancreas insulin is produced.

Noun used with modifier

• allograft: Brod S, Katz S, Phan T and Stepkowski S. Ingested interferon alpha prevents allograft islet transplant rejection.

Preposition: in

• bay: The beach is named after the islet in th bay which is easily visited and once had a small chapel.

Preposition: from

• pancreas: Each islet cell transplantation needs, on average, islets from two donor pancreases for the transplantation to be successful.