A century-long journey from the discovery of insulin to the implantation of stem cell–derived islets

A Ramzy, PJ Belmonte, MJS Braam, S Ida… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
For the past century, insulin injections have saved millions of lives, but glycemic instability is
still a persistent challenge for people with diabetes, leading to tremendous morbidity and …

The challenges of primary biliary cholangitis: What is new and what needs to be done

BT Beretta-Piccoli, G Mieli-Vergani, D Vergani… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) is an uncommon, chronic, cholangiopathy of
autoimmune origin and unknown etiology characterized by positive anti-mitochondrial …

Designing biomaterials for the modulation of allogeneic and autoimmune responses to cellular implants in Type 1 Diabetes

MM Samojlik, CL Stabler - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The effective suppression of adaptive immune responses is essential for the success of
allogeneic cell therapies. In islet transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes, pre-existing …

Immunoprotection of cellular transplants for autoimmune type 1 diabetes through local drug delivery

TR Lansberry, CL Stabler - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune condition that results in the destruction of
insulin-secreting β cells of the islets of Langerhans. Allogeneic islet transplantation could be …

[HTML][HTML] Immune profiling of peripheral blood mononuclear cells at pancreas acute rejection episodes in kidney-pancreas transplant recipients

J Rovira, MJ Ramirez-Bajo… - Transplant …, 2022 - frontierspartnerships.org
Profiling of circulating immune cells provides valuable insight to the pathophysiology of
acute rejection in organ transplantation. Herein we characterized the peripheral blood …

The presence of activated T cell subsets prior to transplantation is associated with increased rejection risk in pancreas transplant recipients

S Chellappa, K Kushekhar, M Hagness… - The Journal of …, 2021 - journals.aai.org
Pancreas and islet transplantation (PTx) are currently the only curative treatment options for
type 1 diabetes. CD4+ and CD8+ T cells play a pivotal role in graft function, rejection, and …

Diverse routes of allograft tolerance disruption by memory T cells

RG Gill, AL Burrack - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Memory T lymphocytes constitute a significant problem in tissue and organ transplantation
due their contribution to early rejection and their relative resistance to tolerance-promoting …

Human iPSC-derived renal cells change their immunogenic properties during maturation: implications for regenerative therapies

B Rossbach, K Hariharan, N Mah, SJ Oh, HD Volk… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The success of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-based therapy critically
depends on understanding and controlling the immunological effects of the hiPSC-derived …

Development of a standardised methodology for the isolation and culture of murine mesenchymal stromal cells from different tissues and comparison of their migratory …

N Cuesta Gomez - 2020 - theses.gla.ac.uk
Since the discovery of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) ability to repair craniofacial
defects and immunomodulatory properties, they became focus of research due to their …

[PDF][PDF] The challenges of Primary Biliary Cholangitis

BT Beretta-Piccoli, G Mieli-Vergani, D Vergani… - pure-oai.bham.ac.uk
Abstract Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) is an uncommon, chronic, cholangiopathy of
autoimmune origin and unknown etiology characterized by positive anti-mitochondrial …