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Non-albumin Proteinuria in Islet Transplant Recipients.

Leitão CB, Froud T, Cure P, Tharavanij T, Pileggi A, Ricordi C, Md RA.

Cell Transplant. 2009 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19878623 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Insulin2 gene (Ins2) transcription by NOD bone marrow-derived cells does not influence autoimmune diabetes development in NOD-Ins2 knockout mice.

Martin-Pagola A, Pileggi A, Zahr E, Vendrame F, Damaris Molano R, Snowhite I, Ricordi C, Eisenbarth GS, Nakayama M, Pugliese A.

Scand J Immunol. 2009 Nov;70(5):439-46.PMID: 19874548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Point: steady progress and current challenges in clinical islet transplantation.

Mineo D, Pileggi A, Alejandro R, Ricordi C.

Diabetes Care. 2009 Aug;32(8):1563-9. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 19638527 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of pancreas cold ischemia on islet function and quality.

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

Transplant Proc. 2009 Jun;41(5):1808-9.PMID: 19545733 [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

Stable renal function after islet transplantation: importance of patient selection and aggressive clinical management.

Leitão CB, Cure P, Messinger S, Pileggi A, Lenz O, Froud T, Faradji RN, Selvaggi G, Kupin W, Ricordi C, Alejandro R.

Transplantation. 2009 Mar 15;87(5):681-8.PMID: 19295312 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ischemic preconditioning improves islet recovery after pancreas cold preservation.

Hogan AR, Doni M, Ribeiro MM, Molano RD, Cobianchi L, Molina J, Zahr E, Ricordi C, Pastori RL, Pileggi A.

Transplant Proc. 2009 Jan-Feb;41(1):354-5.PMID: 19249556 [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

Effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide in islet transplantation.

Sakuma Y, Ricordi C, Miki A, Yamamoto T, Mita A, Barker S, Damaris RM, Pileggi A, Yasuda Y, Yada T, Ichii H.

Transplant Proc. 2009 Jan-Feb;41(1):343-5.PMID: 19249552 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Long-term survival of nonhuman primate islets implanted in an omental pouch on a biodegradable scaffold.

Berman DM, O'Neil JJ, Coffey LC, Chaffanjon PC, Kenyon NM, Ruiz P Jr, Pileggi A, Ricordi C, Kenyon NS.

Am J Transplant. 2009 Jan;9(1):91-104.PMID: 19133931 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Long-term insulin independence and improvement in insulin secretion after supplemental islet infusion under exenatide and etanercept.

Faradji RN, Tharavanij T, Messinger S, Froud T, Pileggi A, Monroy K, Mineo D, Baidal DA, Cure P, Ponte G, Mendez AJ, Selvaggi G, Ricordi C, Alejandro R.

Transplantation. 2008 Dec 27;86(12):1658-65.PMID: 19104401 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Late Epstein Barr virus reactivation in islet after kidney transplantation.

Cure P, Froud T, Leitão CB, Pileggi A, Tharavanij T, Bernetti K, Baidal DA, Selvaggi G, Ricordi C, Alejandro R.

Transplantation. 2008 Nov 15;86(9):1324-5. No abstract available. PMID: 19005419 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inhibition of C-jun N-terminal kinase improves insulin sensitivity but worsens albuminuria in experimental diabetes.

Ijaz A, Tejada T, Catanuto P, Xia X, Elliot SJ, Lenz O, Jauregui A, Saenz MO, Molano RD, Pileggi A, Ricordi C, Fornoni A.

Kidney Int. 2009 Feb;75(4):381-8. Epub 2008 Oct 29.PMID: 18971923 [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

Dysautonomia and Clinical Outcome in Vegetative State.

Dolce G, Quintieri M, Leto E, Milano M, Pileggi A, Lagani V, Pignolo L.

J Neurotrauma. 2008 Sep 4. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 18771395 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

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

Restoration of hypoglycemia awareness after islet transplantation.

Leitão CB, Tharavanij T, Cure P, Pileggi A, Baidal DA, Ricordi C, Alejandro R.

Diabetes Care. 2008 Nov;31(11):2113-5. Epub 2008 Aug 12.PMID: 18697903 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The use of exenatide in islet transplant recipients with chronic allograft dysfunction: safety, efficacy, and metabolic effects.

Froud T, Faradji RN, Pileggi A, Messinger S, Baidal DA, Ponte GM, Cure PE, Monroy K, Mendez A, Selvaggi G, Ricordi C, Alejandro R.

Transplantation. 2008 Jul 15;86(1):36-45.PMID: 18622276 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Exenatide and rare adverse events.

Cure P, Pileggi A, Alejandro R.

N Engl J Med. 2008 May 1;358(18):1969-70; discussion 1971-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18450614 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Soft corticosteroids for local immunosuppression: exploring the possibility for the use of loteprednol etabonate for islet transplantation.

Bocca N, Pileggi A, Molano RD, Marzorati S, Wu W, Bodor N, Ricordi C, Buchwald P.

Pharmazie. 2008 Mar;63(3):226-32.PMID: 18444512 [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

Improved metabolic control and quality of life in seven patients with type 1 diabetes following islet after kidney transplantation.

Cure P, Pileggi A, Froud T, Messinger S, Faradji RN, Baidal DA, Cardani R, Curry A, Poggioli R, Pugliese A, Betancourt A, Esquenazi V, Ciancio G, Selvaggi G, Burke GW 3rd, Ricordi C, Alejandro R.

Transplantation. 2008 Mar 27;85(6):801-12.PMID: 18360260 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Noninvasive in vivo imaging of pancreatic islet cell biology.

Speier S, Nyqvist D, Cabrera O, Yu J, Molano RD, Pileggi A, Moede T, Köhler M, Wilbertz J, Leibiger B, Ricordi C, Leibiger IB, Caicedo A, Berggren PO.

Nat Med. 2008 May;14(5):574-8. Epub 2008 Mar 7.PMID: 18327249 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Allosensitization of islet allograft recipients.

Cardani R, Pileggi A, Ricordi C, Gomez C, Baidal DA, Ponte GG, Mineo D, Faradji RN, Froud T, Ciancio G, Esquenazi V, Burke GW 3rd, Selvaggi G, Miller J, Kenyon NS, Alejandro R.

Transplantation. 2007 Dec 15;84(11):1413-27.PMID: 18091517 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quantitative differential expression analysis reveals miR-7 as major islet microRNA.

Bravo-Egana V, Rosero S, Molano RD, Pileggi A, Ricordi C, Domínguez-Bendala J, Pastori RL.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Feb 22;366(4):922-6. Epub 2007 Dec 18.PMID: 18086561 [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

Transplantation: current developments and future directions; the future of clinical islet transplantation as a cure for diabetes.

Hogan A, Pileggi A, Ricordi C.

Front Biosci. 2008 Jan 1;13:1192-205. Review.PMID: 17981623 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Allogeneic islet transplantation.

Marzorati S, Pileggi A, Ricordi C.

Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2007 Nov;7(11):1627-45. Review.PMID: 17961088 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Toward maximizing the success rates of human islet isolation: influence of donor and isolation factors.

Ponte GM, Pileggi A, Messinger S, Alejandro A, Ichii H, Baidal DA, Khan A, Ricordi C, Goss JA, Alejandro R.

Cell Transplant. 2007;16(6):595-607.PMID: 17912951 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Resolution of severe atopic dermatitis after tacrolimus withdrawal.

Ponte GM, Baidal DA, Romanelli P, Faradji RN, Poggioli R, Cure P, Froud T, Selvaggi G, Pileggi A, Ricordi C, Alejandro R.

Cell Transplant. 2007;16(1):23-30.PMID: 17436852 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dapsone-induced artifactual a1c reduction in islet transplant recipients.

Froud T, Faradji RN, Gorn L, Monroy K, Paz C, Baidal DA, Ponte G, Cure P, Poggioli R, Pileggi A, Ricordi C, Alejandro R.

Transplantation. 2007 Mar 27;83(6):824-5. No abstract available. PMID: 17414719 [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

Clinical islet transplantation.

Pileggi A, Alejandro R, Ricordi C.

Minerva Endocrinol. 2006 Sep;31(3):219-32. Review.PMID: 17213789 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Simple measures to monitor beta-cell mass and assess islet graft dysfunction.

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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

Twenty years of clinical islet transplantation at the Diabetes Research Institute--University of Miami.

Pileggi A, Ricordi C, Kenyon NS, Froud T, Baidal DA, Kahn A, Selvaggi G, Alejandro R.

Clin Transpl. 2004:177-204. Review.PMID: 16704150 [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.

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Cytomegalovirus infection in a recipient of solitary allogeneic islets.

Cure P, Pileggi A, Faradji RN, Baidal DA, Froud T, Selvaggi G, Ricordi C, Alejandro R.

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