- ►diabetesjournals.org D Nyqvist, M Köhler, H Wahlstedt, PO Berggren - Diabetes, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc Pancreatic islet transplantation has emerged as a therapy for type 1 diabetes and is today performed
using both freshly isolated and cultured islets. Islet blood vessels are disrupted during islet
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- ►diabetesjournals.org M Brissova, M Fowler, P Wiebe, A Shostak, M Shiota, A … - Diabetes, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc Pancreatic islet transplantation is an emerging therapy for type 1 diabetes. To survive and
function, transplanted islets must revascularize because islet isolation severs arterial and venous
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- ►fasebj.org [PDF] T Linn, K Schneider, HP Hammes, KT Preissner, H … - The FASEB Journal, 2003 - FASEB * Medical Clinic and Policlinic 3, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Rodthohl 6, 35392 Giessen,
Germany; † 5th Medical Clinic, Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; fl
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Y Lai, D Schneider, A Kidszun, I Hauck- … - Transplantation, 2005 - journals.lww.com Transplantation. Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All Issues. ... Cited by 47 - Related articles - All 4 versions
R Olsson, PO Carlsson - Diabetologia, 2005 - Springer Abstract Aims/hypothesis: Recent studies suggest that donor endothelial cells may contribute to
islet graft re- vascularisation. Since islet endothelial cells disappear dur- ing culture, we
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N Zhang, A Richter, J Suriawinata, S Harbaran, J … - Diabetes, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc Successful islet transplantation depends on the infusion of sufficiently large quantities of islets,
of which only ∼30% become stably engrafted. Rapid and adequate revascularization of transplanted
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- ►diabetesjournals.org G Mattsson, L Jansson, PO Carlsson - Diabetes, 2002 - Am Diabetes Assoc An adequate revascularization is crucial for islet survival and function after transplantation.
Previous studies have suggested that islet revascularization is concluded within 14 days after
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V Cantaluppi, L Biancone, GM Romanazzi … - American Journal of …, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com Donor intra-islet endothelial cells contribute to neovascularization after transplantation. Several
factors may interfere with this process and ultimately influence islet engraftment. Rapamycin, a
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JL Contreras, CA Smyth, C Eckstein, G Bilbao, JA … - Surgery, 2003 - Elsevier Background. Pancreatic islet transplantation has been validated as a treatment for type 1 diabetes.
However, a high number of islets is required to establish euglycemia. Transplantation of islets
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- ►diabetesjournals.org [PDF] J Lou, F Triponez, J Oberholzer, H Wang, D Yu, L … - Diabetes, 1999 - Am Diabetes Assoc There is a microcirculation system within the islets of Langerhans. However, little is known about
the pheno- typic and functional characterization of islet microvas- cular endothelial cells (MVEC).
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