Advances in β-cell replacement therapy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes

MC Vantyghem, EJP de Koning, F Pattou, MR Rickels - The Lancet, 2019‏ - thelancet.com
The main goal of treatment for type 1 diabetes is to control glycaemia with insulin therapy to
reduce disease complications. For some patients, technological approaches to insulin …

Stem cell therapies for treating diabetes: progress and remaining challenges

JB Sneddon, Q Tang, P Stock, JA Bluestone, S Roy… - Cell stem cell, 2018‏ - cell.com
Restoration of insulin independence and normoglycemia has been the overarching goal in
diabetes research and therapy. While whole-organ and islet transplantation have become …

Pancreas transplantation

PG Dean, A Kukla, MD Stegall, YC Kudva - Bmj, 2017‏ - bmj.com
The treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) presents many challenges to care
providers and represents a major proportion of healthcare expenditure worldwide …

Transplant strategies for type 1 diabetes: whole pancreas, islet and porcine beta cell therapies

MD Bellin, TB Dunn - Diabetologia, 2020‏ - Springer
Whole-organ pancreas and islet transplantations are performed in a highly selected group of
patients with diabetes mellitus, primarily those with type 1 diabetes mellitus, complicated by …

A century-long journey from the discovery of insulin to the implantation of stem cell–derived islets

A Ramzy, PJ Belmonte, MJS Braam, S Ida… - Endocrine …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
For the past century, insulin injections have saved millions of lives, but glycemic instability is
still a persistent challenge for people with diabetes, leading to tremendous morbidity and …

Advances toward engineering functionally mature human pluripotent stem cell-derived β cells

L Velazco-Cruz, MM Goedegebuure… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Human stem cell-derived β (SC-β) cells have the potential to revolutionize diabetes
treatment through disease modeling, drug screening, and cellular therapy. SC-β cells are …

[HTML][HTML] Pancreas transplantation: an alarming crisis in confidence

RJ Stratta, AC Gruessner, JS Odorico, JA Fridell… - American Journal of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
In the past decade, the annual number of pancreas transplantations performed in the United
States has steadily declined. From 2004 to 2011, the overall number of simultaneous …

Pancreas transplantation: current challenges, considerations, and controversies

JA Fridell, RJ Stratta… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Pancreas transplantation (PTx) reestablishes an autoregulating source of endogenous
insulin responsive to normal feedback controls. In addition to achieving complete β-cell …

Superior long-term survival for simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation as renal replacement therapy: 30-year follow-up of a nationwide cohort

K Esmeijer, EK Hoogeveen, PJM van den Boog… - Diabetes …, 2020‏ - diabetesjournals.org
OBJECTIVE In patients with type 1 diabetes and end-stage renal disease, it is controversial
whether a simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation improves survival compared …

Pancreas and islet transplantation: comparative outcome analysis of a single-centre cohort over 20-years

BA Marfil-Garza, J Hefler, K Verhoeff, A Lam… - Annals of …, 2023‏ - journals.lww.com
Objective: To provide the largest single-center analysis of islet (ITx) and pancreas (PTx)
transplantation. Summary Background Data: Studies describing long-term outcomes with ITx …