-Score: An assessment of -cell function after islet transplantation

-Score An assessment of -cell function after islet transplantation

OBJECTIVE — Success after islet transplantation can be defined in terms of insulin independence, C-peptide secretion, or glycemic control. These measures are interdependent and all need to be considered in evaluating -cell function after islet transplantation. For the current study, a composite -score was developed that provides an integrated measure of -cell function success after islet transp...

Beta Cell Function After Islet Transplantation

Homeostatic T Cell Proliferation after Islet Transplantation

Pancreatic islet transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus is performed under immunosuppression to avoid alloreactive T cell responses and to control the reactivation of autoreactive memory T cells. However, lymphopenia associated with immunosuppression and T cell depletion can induce a paradoxical expansion of lymphocyte subsets under the influence of homeostatic proliferation....

Islet assessment for transplantation.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is a critical need for meaningful viability and potency assays that characterize islet preparations for release prior to clinical islet cell transplantation. Development, testing, and validation of such assays have been the subject of intense investigation for the last decade. These efforts are reviewed, highlighting the most recent results while focusing on the most pro...

Osteoporosis after stem cell transplantation

Background Stem cell transplantation has become as a novel treatment  for end-stage kidney, lung, heart , liver diseases and several hematologic disorders. Improved survival of transplant recipients has raised awareness of post-transplant complications. One of these complications is transplant-related osteoporosis. Methods  In this manuscript we review prevention methods for transplant-relat...