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ISLET AlloTRANSPLANTATION

2023

Clinical

Clinical Transplantation

Peri-operative Reparixin therapy resulted in 50% 5-year insulin independence rate: The University of Chicago Experience in press

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2022

Regulations

Transplant International

A Worldwide Survey of Activities and Practices in Clinical Islet of Langerhans Transplantation

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2022

Regulations

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Islet Transplantation at a Crossroads - Need for Urgent Regulatory Update in the United States: Perspective Presented During the Scientific Sessions 2021 at the American Diabetes Association Congress.

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2022

Conference Abstract

Diabetes

Stem Cell–Derived, Fully Differentiated Islet Cells for Type 1 Diabetes

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2022

Conference Abstract

Diabetes

Response to COVID-Vaccination and Infection in Islet Transplant Recipients

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2022

Conference Abstract

Diabetes

Modified Approach for Improved Islet Allotransplantation into Prevascularized Sernova Cell Pouch Device: Preliminary Results of the Phase I/II Clinical Trial at University of Chicago

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2021

Conference Abstract

Transplantation

Favorable 5-year Follow Up Outcomes After Islet Transplantation in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus at University of Chicago

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2021

Regulations

Transplantation

Pancreatic Islets Quality and Potency Cannot be Verified as Required for Drugs: Reflection on the FDA Review of a Biological License Application for Human Islets. 

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2021

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Arguments Against the Requirement of a Biological License Application for Human Pancreatic Islets: The Position Statement of the Islets for US Collaborative Presented during the FDA Advisory Committee Meeting 

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Regulations

2021

Regulations

Transplant International

Islet Transplantation in the US - Quo Vadis?

An Interview with Camilo Ricordi (CR), Ali Naji (AN), Peter Stock (PS), Piotr Witkowski (PW) 

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2021

Regulations

American Journal of Transplantation

Regulatory updates are needed to prevent commercialization of islet transplantation in the US

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2021

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Evaluating the Prognostic Value of Islet Autoantibody Monitoring in Islet Transplant Recipients with Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Clinical

2021

Cell Transplantation

Post-hoc Analysis of a Randomized, Double Blind, Prospective Study at the University of Chicago: Additional Standardizations of Trial Protocol are Needed to Evaluate the Effect of a CXCR1/2 Inhibitor in Islet Allotransplantation

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Clinical

2020

Regulations

American Journal of Transplantation

The demise of islet allotransplantation in the US: A call for urgent regulatory update. The "Islets for US" Collaborative

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2020

Clinical

Clinical Diabetology

Pancreatic islet transplantation in simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant recipient- a case report

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2020

Clinical

Diabetes Care

Targeting CXCR1/2 does not improve insulin secretion after pancreatic islet transplantation: a phase 3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in type 1 diabetes.

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2020

Abstract from TTS

Transplantation

Durable effect of beta cell replacement therapy on improvement in blood glucose control and prevention of progression of secondary diabetic complications in nonuremic patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and problematic hypoglycemia.

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2020

Islet isolation technique

Cell Transplantation

"Old school” islet purification based on unit gravity sedimentation as a rescue technique for successful intraportal islet transplantation– a case report.

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2020

Review

Transplantation

The Impact of COVID-19 on the State of Clinical and Laboratory Research Globally in Transplantation in May 2020

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2019

Review

CellR4

Islet transplantation- perspective from Poland. 

          

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2019

Monitoring of islet function, BETA-2

American Journal of Transplantation

BETA-2 Score is an Early Predictor of Graft Decline and Loss of Insulin Independence After Pancreatic Islet Allotransplantation           

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2017

BETA-2 

American Journal of Transplantation

Comparative evaluation of simple indices using a single fasting blood sample to estimate beta cell function after islet transplantation

2017

BETA-2 

Transplantation Proceedings

External validation of the newly developed BETA-2 scoring system for pancreatic islet graft function assessment

Abstract from ADA, BETA-2

Diabetes 

BETA-2 Calculated Based on Single Fasting Blood Sample Allows to Define and Discriminate between Optimal and Suboptimal Islet Allograft Function Prior to the Clinical Need for Insulin Support.        

2019

2019

Abstract from ADA 

Diabetes

Does the Reparixin (CXCR1/2 Inhibitor) Improve Islet Cell Engraftment after Pancreatic Islet Allotransplantation in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus? A Randomized, Double-Blind, Prospective Study

2018

Islets after Kidney Tx

Forum Nephrolog

Islet after kidney transplantation. Case report. 

POLISH ARTCILES

2018

Forum Nephrolog

Pancreatic Islet Transplantation. 

2016

Phase 1/2 study 

Transplantation Direct

Outcomes of Pancreatic Islet Allo-Transplantation Using the Edmonton Protocol at the University of Chicago.

2018

Donor Selection, NAIDS 

Cell Transplantation

Validation of a new North American Islet Donor Score for donor pancreas selection and successful islet isolation in a medium volume islet transplant center.

2016

Donor Selection, NAIDS 

Cell Transplantation

Multicenter Study: North American Islet Donor Score in Donor Pancreas Selection for Human Islet Isolation for Transplantation

2014

Donor Selection

Transplantation Proceedings

Donor height in combination with donor score improves donor selection for clinical islet transplantation

2014

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Islets Tx & Tregs

Current Opinions in Organ Transplantation

Islet cell transplant and the incorporation of Tregs

2014

Islets Tx & Tregs

Transplantation Proceedings

Biotin-PEG-SVA as a more effective linking molecule in comparison to biotin-PEG-NHS for coating of pancreatic islets with Regulatory T cells (Tregs) to create local immunoprotection

2011

Islets Tx & Tregs 

Annals of Surgery

Coating of Human Pancreatic Islets with CD4+CD25highCD127- T Regulatory Cells - a Novel Immunosuppressive Approach

2014

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Islet Registry 

American Journal of Transplantation

Islet Product Characteristics and Factors Related to Successful Human Islet Transplantation from the Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry (CITR) 1999-2010

2012

Islet Registry

Diabetes Care

Improvement of outcomes in clinical islet transplantation: 1999-2010

2014

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Islet Imaging 

Cell Transplantation

Application of Digital Image Analysis to Determine Pancreatic Islet Mass and Purity in Clinical Islet Isolation and Transplantation

2010

Islet nano-encapsulation 

Tissue Engeneering Part A 

Encapsulation of Pancreatic Islets Within Nano-Thin Functional Polyethylene Glycol Coatings for Enhanced Insulin Secretion

PROJECTS WITH COLLABORATORS  

2015

Human Molecular Genetics

Evidence of non-pancreatic beta cell-dependent roles of

Tcf7l2 in the regulation of glucose metabolism in mice

mice model

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