- ►thelancet.com L Moberg, H Johansson, A Lukinius, C Berne, A Foss, … - The Lancet, 2002 - Elsevier Intraportal transplantation of pancreatic islets offers improved glycaemic control and insulin independence
in type 1 diabetes mellitus, but intraportal thrombosis remains a possible complication. The thrombotic
reaction may explain why graft loss occurs and islets from more than one donor are ... Cited by 166 - Related articles - All 9 versions
H Johansson, A Lukinius, L Moberg, T Lundgren, C … - Diabetes, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc There are strong indications that only a small fraction of grafts successfully engraft in clinical
islet transplantation. One explanation may be the instant blood-mediated inflammatory reaction
(IBMIR) elicited by tissue factor, which is produced by the endocrine cells. In the present ... Cited by 80 - Related articles - All 6 versions
DA MacKenzie, DA Hullett, HW Sollinger - Transplantation, 2003 - journals.lww.com The extreme demand for human organs or tissues for transplantation has driven the search for
viable alternatives. Pigs are considered a possible source of tissue for a number of reasons including
shared physiology, plentiful supply, short gestation, and, more recently, the generation of ... Cited by 37 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
SA Rogers, H Liapis, MR Hammerman - Transplant immunology, 2005 - Elsevier Embryonic day (E) 28 (E28) pig pancreatic anlagen (PPA) transplanted into the omentum of
non-immunosuppresed steptozotocin-diabetic Lewis rats normalize levels of circulating glucose
within 2–4 weeks. Following transplantation formerly diabetic rats have porcine insulin, ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - All 3 versions
T Braga, M Grujic, A Lukinius, L Hellman, M … - Biochemical …, 2007 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov SG (serglycin) PGs (proteoglycans) are strongly implicated in the assembly of MC (mast cell)
granules. However, this notion has mainly been on the basis of studies of MCs of the connective
tissue subtype, whereas the role of SG PG in mucosal MCs has not been explored. In the ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
A Lukinius, M Stridsberg, E Wilander - Pancreas, 2003 - journals.lww.com Methodology and Results: In porcine pancreas at early fetal stage, CgA was visualized throughout
the immature granules in all neuroendocrine cells. Later, CgB also was expressed with the same
pattern in most granules in all types of cells. In neonatal islets, CgA was localized in the ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
C Nyström-Rosander, E Hjelm, A Lukinius, … - Scandinavian …, 2002 - informahealthcare.com Aneurysm and dissection are the two most common disorders of the thoracic aorta, with a prevalence
of between 2 and 6 per 100000 population (1). Treatment is often surgical in which replacement
of the diseased aorta is accomplished with the implantation of a synthetic graft. Most of ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
GS Korbutt - Xenotransplantation, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Xenotransplantation. 2008 Mar;15(2):81-2. What type of islets should be used?
Korbutt GS. Surgical-Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,
Canada. korbutt@ualberta.ca. Mesh Terms: Animals; Humans; ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
A Amaratunga, P Khoury, L Wang, L Williams, … - …, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com Abstract: The previous study showed that it is possible to monitor the viability of xenografted fetal
pig pancreas in the first 3 weeks after transplantation in a normoglycemic immunoincompetent
mouse [1]. This is achieved by measuring serum levels of porcine pancreatic ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
MN Mason, MJ Mahoney - Tissue Engineering Part A, 2008 - liebertonline.com Continuing advances in islet cell transplantation have been promising; however, several
limitations, including severe shortage of transplantable islets, hinder the widespread use of this
therapy. Pancreatic precursor cells are one alternative to cadaveric donor islets. These ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 3 versions