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Nephrin is expressed on the surface of insulin vesicles and facilitates glucose stimulated insulin release.

Fornoni A, Jeon J, Santos JV, Cobianchi L, Jauregui A, Inverardi L, Mandic SA, Bark C, Johnson K, McNamara G, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Reiser J, Tryggvason K, Kerjaschki D, Berggren PO, Mundel P, Ricordi C.

Diabetes. 2009 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19833886 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Quantitative Assessment of Islet Cell Products: Estimating the Accuracy of the Existing Protocol and Accounting for Islet Size Distribution.

Buchwald P, Wang X, Khan A, Bernal A, Fraker C, Inverardi L, Ricordi C.

Cell Transplant. 2009 Oct 9. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19818209 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Oxygen: a master regulator of pancreatic development?

Fraker CA, Ricordi C, Inverardi L, Domínguez-Bendala J.

Biol Cell. 2009 Jun 4;101(8):431-40. Review. Erratum in: Biol Cell. 2009 Sep;101(9):555. PMID: 19583566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of pancreatic cold preservation on rat islet recovery and function.

Pileggi A, Ribeiro MM, Hogan AR, Molano RD, Cobianchi L, Ichii H, Embury J, Inverardi L, Fornoni A, Ricordi C, Pastori RL.

Transplantation. 2009 May 27;87(10):1442-50.PMID: 19461479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of systemic immunosuppression on islet engraftment and function into a subcutaneous biocompatible device.

Marzorati S, Bocca N, Molano RD, Hogan AR, Doni M, Cobianchi L, Inverardi L, Ricordi C, Pileggi A.

Transplant Proc. 2009 Jan-Feb;41(1):352-3.PMID: 19249555 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 is deleterious to the function and survival of murine pancreatic islets.

Varona-Santos JL, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Sanabria NY, Ijaz A, Atsushi M, Ichii H, Pastori RL, Inverardi L, Ricordi C, Fornoni A.

Diabetologia. 2008 Dec;51(12):2271-80. Epub 2008 Oct 14.PMID: 18853132 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Characterization of pancreatic ductal cells in human islet preparations.

Ichii H, Miki A, Yamamoto T, Molano RD, Barker S, Mita A, Rodriguez-Diaz R, Klein D, Pastori R, Alejandro R, Inverardi L, Pileggi A, Ricordi C.

Lab Invest. 2008 Nov;88(11):1167-77. Epub 2008 Sep 8.PMID: 18779781 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Human alpha 1-antitrypsin therapy induces fatal anaphylaxis in non-obese diabetic mice.

Lu Y, Parker M, Pileggi A, Zhang B, Choi YK, Molano RD, Wasserfall C, Ricordi C, Inverardi L, Brantly M, Schatz D, Atkinson M, Song S.

Clin Exp Immunol. 2008 Oct;154(1):15-21. Epub 2008 Aug 28.PMID: 18759852 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Riboflavin inhibits IL-6 expression and p38 activation in islet cells.

Cobianchi L, Fornoni A, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Sanabria NY, Gonzalez-Quintana J, Bocca N, Marzorati S, Zahr E, Hogan AR, Ricordi C, Inverardi L.

Cell Transplant. 2008;17(5):559-66.PMID: 18714675 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anti-proinflammatory effects of sirolimus on human islet preparations.

Mita A, Ricordi C, Miki A, Barker S, Haertter R, Hashikura Y, Miyagawa S, Burke GW 3rd, Inverardi L, Ichii H.

Transplantation. 2008 Jul 15;86(1):46-53.PMID: 18622277 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Combined islet and hematopoietic stem cell allotransplantation: a clinical pilot trial to induce chimerism and graft tolerance.

Mineo D, Ricordi C, Xu X, Pileggi A, Garcia-Morales R, Khan A, Baidal DA, Han D, Monroy K, Miller J, Pugliese A, Froud T, Inverardi L, Kenyon NS, Alejandro R.

Am J Transplant. 2008 Jun;8(6):1262-74. Epub 2008 Apr 29.PMID: 18444924 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Alpha-1 antitrypsin treatment of spontaneously diabetic nonobese diabetic mice receiving islet allografts.

Pileggi A, Molano RD, Song S, Zahr E, SanJose S, Villate S, Wasserfall C, Ricordi C, Atkinson MA, Inverardi L.

Transplant Proc. 2008 Mar;40(2):457-8.PMID: 18374100 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prolonged islet allograft survival by alpha-1 antitrypsin: the role of humoral immunity.

Molano RD, Pileggi A, Song S, Zahr E, San Jose S, Molina J, Fort A, Wasserfall C, Ricordi C, Atkinson MA, Inverardi L.

Transplant Proc. 2008 Mar;40(2):455-6.PMID: 18374099 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rapamycin impairs beta-cell proliferation in vivo.

Zahr E, Molano RD, Pileggi A, Ichii H, San Jose S, Bocca N, An W, Gonzalez-Quintana J, Fraker C, Ricordi C, Inverardi L.

Transplant Proc. 2008 Mar;40(2):436-7.PMID: 18374093 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

beta-Cell specific cytoprotection by prolactin on human islets.

Yamamoto T, Ricordi C, Mita A, Miki A, Sakuma Y, Molano RD, Fornoni A, Pileggi A, Inverardi L, Ichii H.

Transplant Proc. 2008 Mar;40(2):382-3.PMID: 18374075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Factors that affect human islet isolation.

Sakuma Y, Ricordi C, Miki A, Yamamoto T, Pileggi A, Khan A, Alejandro R, Inverardi L, Ichii H.

Transplant Proc. 2008 Mar;40(2):343-5.PMID: 18374062 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rapamycin impairs in vivo proliferation of islet beta-cells.

Zahr E, Molano RD, Pileggi A, Ichii H, Jose SS, Bocca N, An W, Gonzalez-Quintana J, Fraker C, Ricordi C, Inverardi L.

Transplantation. 2007 Dec 27;84(12):1576-83.PMID: 18165767 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inhibition of c-jun N terminal kinase (JNK) improves functional beta cell mass in human islets and leads to AKT and glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) phosphorylation.

Fornoni A, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Sanabria NY, Tejada T, Gonzalez-Quintana J, Ichii H, Inverardi L, Ricordi C, Pastori RL.

Diabetologia. 2008 Feb;51(2):298-308. Epub 2007 Dec 8.PMID: 18066521 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Enhanced oxygenation promotes beta-cell differentiation in vitro.

Fraker CA, Alvarez S, Papadopoulos P, Giraldo J, Gu W, Ricordi C, Inverardi L, Domínguez-Bendala J.

Stem Cells. 2007 Dec;25(12):3155-64. Epub 2007 Aug 30.PMID: 17761759 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Heme oxygenase-1 upregulation protects against intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury: a laboratory based study.

Wasserberg N, Pileggi A, Salgar SK, Ruiz P, Ricordi C, Inverardi L, Tzakis AG.

Int J Surg. 2007 Aug;5(4):216-24. Epub 2006 Jul 7.PMID: 17660127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Shipment of human islets for transplantation.

Ichii H, Sakuma Y, Pileggi A, Fraker C, Alvarez A, Montelongo J, Szust J, Khan A, Inverardi L, Naziruddin B, Levy MF, Klintmalm GB, Goss JA, Alejandro R, Ricordi C.

Am J Transplant. 2007 Apr;7(4):1010-20.PMID: 17391141 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The use of the BD oxygen biosensor system to assess isolated human islets of langerhans: oxygen consumption as a potential measure of islet potency.

Fraker C, Timmins MR, Guarino RD, Haaland PD, Ichii H, Molano D, Pileggi A, Poggioli R, Presnell SC, Inverardi L, Zehtab M, Ricordi C.

Cell Transplant. 2006;15(8-9):745-58.PMID: 17269445 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The l-isoform but not d-isoforms of a JNK inhibitory peptide protects pancreatic beta-cells.

Fornoni A, Cobianchi L, Sanabria NY, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Ichii H, Rosero S, Inverardi L, Ricordi C, Pastori RL.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Mar 2;354(1):227-33. Epub 2007 Jan 2.PMID: 17222390 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Miami results on porcine islet-Sertoli cell xenotransplantation.

Mendez AJ, Inverardi L, Ricordi C, Kenyon NS.

Xenotransplantation. 2007 Jan;14(1):89. No abstract available. PMID: 17214709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Overcoming the challenges now limiting islet transplantation: a sequential, integrated approach.

Pileggi A, Cobianchi L, Inverardi L, Ricordi C.

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Oct;1079:383-98. Review.PMID: 17130583 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sodium butyrate activates genes of early pancreatic development in embryonic stem cells.

Goicoa S, Alvarez S, Ricordi C, Inverardi L, Domínguez-Bendala J.

Cloning Stem Cells. 2006 Fall;8(3):140-9.PMID: 17009890 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Therapeutic approaches to counteract immediate blood-mediated inflammatory reaction in islet transplantation.

Inverardi L, Ricordi C.

Transplantation. 2006 Aug 15;82(3):312-3. No abstract available. PMID: 16906026 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improved human islet isolation using nicotinamide.

Ichii H, Wang X, Messinger S, Alvarez A, Fraker C, Khan A, Kuroda Y, Inverardi L, Goss JA, Alejandro R, Ricordi C.

Am J Transplant. 2006 Sep;6(9):2060-8. Epub 2006 Jul 6.PMID: 16827790 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Protein transduction: a novel approach to induce in vitro pancreatic differentiation.

Dominguez-Bendala J, Pastori RL, Ricordi C, Inverardi L.

Cell Transplant. 2006;15 Suppl 1:S85-90.PMID: 16826800 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reversal of diabetes by pancreatic islet transplantation into a subcutaneous, neovascularized device.

Pileggi A, Molano RD, Ricordi C, Zahr E, Collins J, Valdes R, Inverardi L.

Transplantation. 2006 May 15;81(9):1318-24.PMID: 16699461 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Transthyretin constitutes a functional component in pancreatic beta-cell stimulus-secretion coupling.

Refai E, Dekki N, Yang SN, Imreh G, Cabrera O, Yu L, Yang G, Norgren S, Rössner SM, Inverardi L, Ricordi C, Olivecrona G, Andersson M, Jörnvall H, Berggren PO, Juntti-Berggren L.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Nov 22;102(47):17020-5. Epub 2005 Nov 14.PMID: 16286652 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Systemic overexpression of interleukin-10 fails to protect allogeneic islet transplants in nonobese diabetic mice.

Zhang YC, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Wasserfall C, Campbell-Thompson M, Ricordi C, Atkinson MA, Inverardi L.

Transplantation. 2005 Aug 27;80(4):530-3.PMID: 16123729 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Delivery of TAT/PTD-fused proteins/peptides to islets via pancreatic duct.

Klein D, Mendoza V, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Barbé-Tuana FM, Inverardi L, Ricordi C, Pastori RL.

Cell Transplant. 2005;14(5):241-8.PMID: 16052906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A novel method for the assessment of cellular composition and beta-cell viability in human islet preparations.

Ichii H, Inverardi L, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Cabrera O, Caicedo A, Messinger S, Kuroda Y, Berggren PO, Ricordi C.

Am J Transplant. 2005 Jul;5(7):1635-45.PMID: 15943621 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Requirements for success in clinical islet transplantation.

Ricordi C, Inverardi L, Kenyon NS, Goss J, Bertuzzi F, Alejandro R.

Transplantation. 2005 May 27;79(10):1298-300. Review.PMID: 15912093 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prolonged allogeneic islet graft survival by protoporphyrins.

Pileggi A, Molano RD, Berney T, Ichii H, San Jose S, Zahr E, Poggioli R, Linetsky E, Ricordi C, Inverardi L.

Cell Transplant. 2005;14(2-3):85-96.PMID: 15881418 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

TAT-mediated neurogenin 3 protein transduction stimulates pancreatic endocrine differentiation in vitro.

Domínguez-Bendala J, Klein D, Ribeiro M, Ricordi C, Inverardi L, Pastori R, Edlund H.

Diabetes. 2005 Mar;54(3):720-6.PMID: 15734848 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rescue purification maximizes the use of human islet preparations for transplantation.

Ichii H, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Baidal DA, Khan A, Kuroda Y, Inverardi L, Goss JA, Alejandro R, Ricordi C.

Am J Transplant. 2005 Jan;5(1):21-30.PMID: 15636608 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Delivery of Bcl-XL or its BH4 domain by protein transduction inhibits apoptosis in human islets.

Klein D, Ribeiro MM, Mendoza V, Jayaraman S, Kenyon NS, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Inverardi L, Ricordi C, Pastori RL.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004 Oct 15;323(2):473-8.PMID: 15369775 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Targeted bone marrow radioablation with 153Samarium-lexidronam promotes allogeneic hematopoietic chimerism and donor-specific immunologic hyporesponsiveness.

Inverardi L, Linetsky E, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Serafini A, Paganelli G, Ricordi C.

Transplantation. 2004 Mar 15;77(5):647-55.PMID: 15021823 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adenoviral gene transfer of erythropoietin confers cytoprotection to isolated pancreatic islets.

Fenjves ES, Ochoa MS, Gay-Rabinstein C, Molano RD, Pileggi A, Mendez AJ, Inverardi L, Ricordi C.

Transplantation. 2004 Jan 15;77(1):13-8.PMID: 14724429 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effect of simultaneous CD154 and LFA-1 blockade on the survival of allogeneic islet grafts in nonobese diabetic mice.

Berney T, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Poggioli R, Zahr E, Ricordi C, Inverardi L.

Transplantation. 2003 Dec 27;76(12):1669-74.PMID: 14688513 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Islet transplantation: immunological perspectives.

Inverardi L, Kenyon NS, Ricordi C.

Curr Opin Immunol. 2003 Oct;15(5):507-11. Review.PMID: 14499257 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Long-term islet allograft survival in nonobese diabetic mice treated with tacrolimus, rapamycin, and anti-interleukin-2 antibody.

Molano RD, Pileggi A, Berney T, Poggioli R, Zahr E, Oliver R, Malek TR, Ricordi C, Inverardi L.

Transplantation. 2003 Jun 15;75(11):1812-9.PMID: 12811239 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Heme oxygenase-1 fused to a TAT peptide transduces and protects pancreatic beta-cells.

Ribeiro MM, Klein D, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Fraker C, Ricordi C, Inverardi L, Pastori RL.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003 Jun 13;305(4):876-81.PMID: 12767912 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Human, nonhuman primate, and rat pancreatic islets express erythropoietin receptors.

Fenjves ES, Ochoa MS, Cabrera O, Mendez AJ, Kenyon NS, Inverardi L, Ricordi C.

Transplantation. 2003 Apr 27;75(8):1356-60.PMID: 12717230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nonlethal conditioning for the induction of allogeneic chimerism and tolerance to islet allografts.

Li H, Inverardi L, Molano RD, Pileggi A, Ricordi C.

Transplantation. 2003 Apr 15;75(7):966-70.PMID: 12698081 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prolonged islet allograft survival in diabetic NOD mice by targeting CD45RB and CD154.

Molano RD, Pileggi A, Berney T, Poggioli R, Zahr E, Oliver R, Ricordi C, Rothstein DM, Basadonna GP, Inverardi L.

Diabetes. 2003 Apr;52(4):957-64.PMID: 12663467 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Adeno-associated virus-mediated IL-10 gene therapy inhibits diabetes recurrence in syngeneic islet cell transplantation of NOD mice.

Zhang YC, Pileggi A, Agarwal A, Molano RD, Powers M, Brusko T, Wasserfall C, Goudy K, Zahr E, Poggioli R, Scott-Jorgensen M, Campbell-Thompson M, Crawford JM, Nick H, Flotte T, Ellis TM, Ricordi C, Inverardi L, Atkinson MA.

Diabetes. 2003 Mar;52(3):708-16.PMID: 12606512 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Adeno-associated virus transduction of islets with interleukin-4 results in impaired metabolic function in syngeneic marginal islet mass transplantation.

Zhang YC, Molano RD, Pileggi A, Powers M, Cross J, Wasserfall C, Scott-Jorgensen M, Campbell-Thompson M, Crawford JM, Flotte T, Ellis TM, Ricordi C, Atkinson MA, Inverardi L.

Transplantation. 2002 Oct 27;74(8):1184-6.PMID: 12438968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles