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Superiority of small islets in human islet transplantation.

Lehmann R, Zuellig RA, Kugelmeier P, Baenninger PB, Moritz W, Perren A, Clavien PA, Weber M, Spinas GA.

Diabetes. 2007 Mar;56(3):594-603.PMID: 17327426 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Improved human pancreatic islet isolation for a prospective cohort study of islet transplantation vs best medical therapy in type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Warnock GL, Meloche RM, Thompson D, Shapiro RJ, Fung M, Ao Z, Ho S, He Z, Dai LJ, Young L, Blackburn L, Kozak S, Kim PT, Al-Adra D, Johnson JD, Liao YH, Elliott T, Verchere CB.

Arch Surg. 2005 Aug;140(8):735-44.PMID: 16103282 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Impact of islet alpha cell loss on insulin secretion]

Li G, Ye L, Li J, Yang W, Lou J.

Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2002 Oct 25;82(20):1427-31. Chinese. PMID: 12509929 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Small rat islets are superior to large islets in in vitro function and in transplantation outcomes.

MacGregor RR, Williams SJ, Tong PY, Kover K, Moore WV, Stehno-Bittel L.

Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2006 May;290(5):E771-9. Epub 2005 Nov 22.PMID: 16303846 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Damage to porcine islets of Langerhans after exposure to human blood in vitro, or after intraportal transplantation to cynomologus monkeys: protective effects of sCR1 and heparin.

Bennet W, Sundberg B, Lundgren T, Tibell A, Groth CG, Richards A, White DJ, Elgue G, Larsson R, Nilsson B, Korsgren O.

Transplantation. 2000 Mar 15;69(5):711-9.PMID: 10755515 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Isolation and cryopreservation of human islets of Langerhans]

Andereggen E, Bühler L, Janjic D, Fournier B, Deng S, Mage R, Bubloz C, Cretin N, Conrad B, Bartley C, Wollheim C, Morel P.

Schweiz Med Wochenschr Suppl. 1996;79:25S-29S. French. PMID: 8701256 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Parameters favouring successful adult pig islet isolations for xenotransplantation in pig-to-primate models.

Dufrane D, D'hoore W, Goebbels RM, Saliez A, Guiot Y, Gianello P.

Xenotransplantation. 2006 May;13(3):204-14.PMID: 16756563 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Brain death significantly reduces isolated pancreatic islet yields and functionality in vitro and in vivo after transplantation in rats.

Contreras JL, Eckstein C, Smyth CA, Sellers MT, Vilatoba M, Bilbao G, Rahemtulla FG, Young CJ, Thompson JA, Chaudry IH, Eckhoff DE.

Diabetes. 2003 Dec;52(12):2935-42.PMID: 14633854 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of small intestinal submucosa on islet recovery and function in vitro culture.

Tian XH, Xue WJ, Pang XL, Teng Y, Tian PX, Feng XS.

Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2005 Nov;4(4):524-9.PMID: 16286256 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Optimization of a prominent oxygen-permeable device for pancreatic islets.

Goto M, Yoshikawa Y, Matsuo K, Shirasu A, Ogawa N, Takahashi H, Saitoh Y, Goto M, Fujimori K, Kurokawa Y, Tamai M, Satomi S.

Transplant Proc. 2008 Mar;40(2):411-2.PMID: 18374084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Persistent normoglycemia in the streptozotocin-diabetic rat by syngenic transplantation of islets isolated from a single donor with Liberase.

Liu X, Günther L, Drognitz O, Neeff H, Adam U, Hopt UT.

Pancreas. 2006 Jan;32(1):9-15.PMID: 16340738 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quantitative in vivo islet potency assay in normoglycemic nude mice correlates with primary graft function after clinical transplantation.

Caiazzo R, Gmyr V, Kremer B, Hubert T, Soudan B, Lukowiak B, Vandewalle B, Vantyghem MC, Pattou F, Kerr-Conte J.

Transplantation. 2008 Jul 27;86(2):360-3.PMID: 18645503 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Simple evaluation of engraftment by secretory unit of islet transplant objects for living donor and cadaveric donor fresh or cultured islet transplantation.

Matsumoto S, Yamada Y, Okitsu T, Iwanaga Y, Noguchi H, Nagata H, Yonekawa Y, Nakai Y, Ueda M, Ishii A, Yabunaka E, Tanaka K.

Transplant Proc. 2005 Oct;37(8):3435-7.PMID: 16298620 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In vitro and in vivo improvement of islet survival following treatment with nerve growth factor.

Miao G, Mace J, Kirby M, Hopper A, Peverini R, Chinnock R, Shapiro J, Hathout E.

Transplantation. 2006 Feb 27;81(4):519-24.PMID: 16495797 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pretransplant islet culture: a comparison of four serum-free media using a murine model of islet transplantation.

Carter J, Karmiol S, Nagy M, McElreath R, Calloway C, Motley A, Neill A, Jang HJ, Posselt A, Stock P.

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Generation of functional islet-like clusters after monolayer culture and intracapsular aggregation of adult human pancreatic islet tissue.

Tsang WG, Zheng T, Wang Y, Tang J, Rind HB, Francki A, Bufius N.

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Encapsulation of pancreatic islets for transplantation in diabetes: the untouchable islets.

de Vos P, Marchetti P.

Trends Mol Med. 2002 Aug;8(8):363-6.PMID: 12127717 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Factors influencing functional survival of microencapsulated islet grafts.

de Vos P, de Haan BJ, de Haan A, van Zanten J, Faas MM.

Cell Transplant. 2004;13(5):515-24.PMID: 15565864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention of central cell damage to isolated islets of Langerhans in hamsters by low temperature preconditioning.

Cui YF, Ma M, Wang ZD, Zhang L, Hu ZL, Han DE.

Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2005 Feb;4(1):139-43.PMID: 15730939 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pancreatic islet transplantation using the nonhuman primate (rhesus) model predicts that the portal vein is superior to the celiac artery as the islet infusion site.

Hirshberg B, Montgomery S, Wysoki MG, Xu H, Tadaki D, Lee J, Hines K, Gaglia J, Patterson N, Leconte J, Hale D, Chang R, Kirk AD, Harlan DM.

Diabetes. 2002 Jul;51(7):2135-40.PMID: 12086943 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article