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Articles tagged "Islets"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Association of Circulating microRNAs with Fibrosis and Metabolic Outcomes in Chronic Pancreatitis Patients Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation

    S. Vasu1, G. Saracino2, Y. Liu2, J. Mattke3, C. Darden3, M. C. Lawrence2, B. Naziruddin1

    1Baylor University Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX, 2Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 3Baylor University, Waco, TX

    *Purpose: In patients with Chronic Pancreatitis (CP), specific microRNAs (miRNA) were elevated in circulation before, during islet infusion and after TPIAT. We selected a panel…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Spleen-Preserving Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation with Complete Preservation of the Splenic Arterial and Venous Supply Does Not Impact Islet Yield and Function

    M. Coluzzi, B. Naziruddin, G. Saracino, G. Testa, E. Beecherl, N. Onaca

    Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Typically, Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation (TPIAT) includes splenectomy. Spleen sparing TPIAT was described in the literature using the Warshaw technique, with proximal ligation…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    The Application of Activated Stem Cells from Human Exfoliated Deciduous Teeth (SHED) in Islet Transplantation for Novel Immunosuppressive Therapy

    K. Ishiyama1, M. Kato2, S. Tsunekawa2, Y. Miwa1, K. Iwasaki1, H. Kamiya2, T. Kobayashi1

    1Division of Kidney Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan, 2Division of Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

    *Purpose: While various attempts have been made to improve the efficiency of islet transplantation, we have been working on the analysis of the mechanism of…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Biological Functions of Circulating miRNAs in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation

    S. Vasu1, C. Darden2, Y. Liu3, M. Lawrence4, B. Naziruddin1

    1Baylor University Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX, 2Baylor University, Waco, TX, 3-Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 4Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Our previous reports showed that in patients with Chronic Pancreatitis (CP), specific microRNAs (miRNA) were elevated in circulation before, during islet infusion and after…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Tacrolimus Induces Dedifferentiation of Pancreatic Beta Cells by Inhibition of Calcineurin/NFATc2 and Islet Cell Differentiation Genes

    C. M. Darden1, S. Vasu2, J. Mattke3, Y. Liu2, B. Naziruddin4, M. C. Lawrence2

    1Baylor University, Dallas, TX, 2Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 3Baylor University, Waco, TX, 4Baylor University Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Tacrolimus (FK506) is a potent immunosuppressant widely used for solid organ transplantation to prevent lymphokine gene expression by inhibiting calcineurin (CN) and its downstream…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Psychosocial Outcomes 1-year Post Total Pancreatectomy and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant

    J. Steel1, A. Amin1, M. Wijkstrom1, A. Zureikat1, E. Tillman1, R. Jones1, D. Yadav1, A. Slivka1, A. Phillips1, M. Bellin2, A. Carroll3, A. Humar1

    1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 3University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: A paucity of research regarding the psychosocial outcomes after-total pancreatectomy and autologous islet cell transplantation exists. The aim of the study was to examine…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Two Hundred Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation Cases: A Single Center Experience

    K. Kumano1, S. Bruer1, G. Saracino1, M. Lawrence1, G. Testa1, A. Gupta1, N. Onaca1, E. Beecherl1, M. F. Levy2, B. Naziruddin1

    1Baylor University Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX, 2Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: Total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) for patients with uncontrolled chronic pancreatitis has been performed at our center from 2006 and the number of…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Islet Allotransplantation Into Pre-vascularized Sernova Cell PouchTM – Preliminary Results from the University of Chicago

    P. J. Bachul1, P. E. Borek1, G. S. Generette1, A. Perez-Gutierrez1, K. Jayant1, K. Golab1, L. Basto1, L. Perea1, M. Tibudan1, C. Thomas2, L. Philipson2, J. Fung1, P. Witkowski1

    1Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Previous first-in-human pilot study showed safety but the conditions did not allow for detectable islet function post-transplantation into the pre-vascularized Sernova Cell Pouches (SCPs)…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Preperitoneal Space as an Extrahepatic Transplant Site in Clinical Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation

    K. Kumano, B. Naziruddin, S. Bruer, G. Saracino, M. Lawrence, G. Testa, A. Gupta, E. Beecherl, N. Onaca

    Baylor University Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Total pancreatectomy and intraportal islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) is an effective treatment for patients with refractory chronic pancreatitis. Large volume islet preparations cannot always be…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Mhc-independent Islet Rejection in Autoimmune Diabetes: Implications for Stem Cell Therapy

    R. G. Gill1, M. Coulombe2, K. S. Beard1, A. L. Burrack3

    1University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3Mircrobiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: Stem cell technology is an attractive approach for generating insulin-producing cells for transplantation in insulin-dependent diabetes and potentially can be genetically modified. One recent…
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