Clinical pancreatic islet transplantation

AMJ Shapiro, M Pokrywczynska… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Clinical pancreatic islet transplantation can be considered one of the safest and least
invasive transplant procedures. Remarkable progress has occurred in both the technical …

Pancreatic islet transplantation in humans: recent progress and future directions

MR Rickels, RP Robertson - Endocrine reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Pancreatic islet transplantation has become an established approach to β-cell replacement
therapy for the treatment of insulin-deficient diabetes. Recent progress in techniques for islet …

Transplantation of chemically induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived islets under abdominal anterior rectus sheath in a type 1 diabetes patient

S Wang, Y Du, B Zhang, G Meng, Z Liu, SY Liew… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
We report the 1-year results from one patient as the preliminary analysis of a first-in-human
phase I clinical trial (ChiCTR2300072200) assessing the feasibility of autologous …

Consensus guidelines on the testing and clinical management issues associated with HLA and non-HLA antibodies in transplantation

BD Tait, C Süsal, HM Gebel, PW Nickerson… - …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background The introduction of solid-phase immunoassay (SPI) technology for the detection
and characterization of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies in transplantation while …

[HTML][HTML] Endogenous reprogramming of alpha cells into beta cells, induced by viral gene therapy, reverses autoimmune diabetes

X Xiao, P Guo, C Shiota, T Zhang, GM Coudriet… - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Successful strategies for treating type 1 diabetes need to restore the function of pancreatic
beta cells that are destroyed by the immune system and overcome further destruction of …

[HTML][HTML] HLA antibody detection with solid phase assays: great expectations or expectations too great?

HM Gebel, RA Bray - American Journal of Transplantation, 2014 - Elsevier
Alloantibodies directed against HLA antigens, are a barrier to long-term solid organ allograft
survival. The clinical impact of preformed, donor-directed HLA alloantibodies range from …

Tissue and organ decellularization in regenerative medicine

R Guruswamy Damodaran… - Biotechnology progress, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The advancement and improvement in decellularization methods can be attributed to the
increasing demand for tissues and organs for transplantation. Decellularized tissues and …

Islet transplantation in type 1 diabetic patients using calcineurin inhibitor-free immunosuppressive protocols based on T-cell adhesion or costimulation blockade

AM Posselt, GL Szot, LA Frassetto, U Masharani… - …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background. The applicability of islet transplantation as treatment for type 1 diabetes is
limited by long-term graft dysfunction, immunosuppressive drug toxicity, need for multiple …

Antibodies in transplantation: the effects of HLA and non-HLA antibody binding and mechanisms of injury

NM Valenzuela, EF Reed - Transplantation Immunology: Methods and …, 2013 - Springer
Until recently, allograft rejection was thought to be mediated primarily by alloreactive T cells.
Consequently, immunosuppressive approaches focused on inhibition of T cell activation …

[HTML][HTML] High risk of sensitization after failed islet transplantation

PM Campbell, PA Senior, A Salam, K Labranche… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) antibodies posttransplant have been associated with an
increased risk of early graft failure in kidney transplants. Whether this also applies to islet …