- ►diabetesjournals.org RD Molano, T Berney, H Li, P Cattan, A Pileggi … - Diabetes, 2001 - Am Diabetes Assoc Allorejection and recurrence of autoimmunity are the major barriers to
transplantation of islets of Langerhans for the cure of type 1 diabetes in
humans. CD40-CD154 (CD40 ligand) interaction blockade by the use of ... Cited by 76 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
TG Markees, DV Serreze, NE Phillips, CH … - DIABETES-NEW YORK-, 1999 - Am Diabetes Assoc A protocol consisting of a single donor-specific trans- fusion (DST) plus a
brief course of anti-CD154 mono- clonal antibody (anti-CD40 ligand mAb) induces
per- manent islet allograft survival in chemically diabetic mice, but its ... Cited by 79 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org T Pearson, TG Markees, LS Wicker, DV … - Diabetes, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc The loss of self-tolerance leading to autoimmune type 1 diabetes in the NOD
mouse model involves at least 19 genetic loci. In addition to their genetic
defects in self-tolerance, NOD mice resist peripheral transplantation ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
KL Kover, Z Geng, DM Hess, CD Benjamin, … - DIABETES-NEW YORK-, 2000 - Am Diabetes Assoc Islet transplantation for the treatment of autoimmune diabetes is more difficult
because of the additional bar- rier presented by the autoimmunity. We tested the
abil- ity of hamster anti-rat CD154 to prevent recurrence of diabetes in ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
RD Molano, A Pileggi, T Berney, R Poggioli, E … - Diabetes, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc Clinical islet transplantation is a successful procedure that can improve the
quality of life in recipients with diabetes. A drawback of the procedure is the
need for chronic administration of immunosuppressive drugs that, among ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
B Balasa, T Krahl, G Patstone, J Lee, R Tisch … - The Journal of Immunology, 1997 - Am Assoc Immnol Page 1. CD40 Ligand-CD40 Interactions Are Necessary for the Initiation of
lnsulitis and Diabetes in Nonobese Diabetic Mice' Balaji ... Cited by 160 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
RD Molano, T Berney, A Pileggi, C Ricordi, L … - Transplantation proceedings, 2001 - Elsevier Spontaneously diabetic NOD mice were transplanted with 650 islet equivalents
isolated from C57BL/6 mice under the kidney capsule and assigned to one of five
different groups according to the treatment they received. Group 1 was ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
L Makhlouf, K Kishimoto, RN Smith, R Abdi, … - Diabetes, 2002 - Am Diabetes Assoc Although it has often been assumed that transplanted allogeneic islets can be
destroyed by recurrent autoimmunity in recipients with type 1 diabetes,
definitive evidence is lacking and the settings in which this may occur ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►pnas.org NS Kenyon, M Chatzipetrou, M Masetti, A … - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999 - National Acad Sciences Reported effects of anti-CD154 treatment on autoimmunity, alloreactivity, and
inflammatory events mediated by macrophages and endothelial cells indicated that
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