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Islet cell transplantation for the treatment of type 1 diabetes: recent advances and future challenges by Bruni, Anthony, Gala-Lopez, Boris, Pepper, Andrew R, Abualhassan, Nasser S, Shapiro, Am James

“…Islet transplantation is a well-established therapeutic treatment for a subset of patients with complicated type I diabetes mellitus. Prior to the Edmonton…”
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Implications of Technical Factors in Development of Early Sleeve Stenosis After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: an Analysis Using the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Database by Shelton, Jaclyn, Mocanu, Valentin, Dang, Jerry T., Abualhassan, Nasser, Birch, Daniel W., Switzer, Noah J., Karmali, Shahzeer

“…Purpose Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is the most commonly performed bariatric procedure worldwide. Sleeve stenosis (SS) is a rare complication of LSG…”
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Harnessing the Foreign Body Reaction in Marginal Mass Device-less Subcutaneous Islet Transplantation in Mice by Pepper, Andrew R, Pawlick, Rena, Bruni, Antonio, Gala-Lopez, Boris, Wink, John, Rafiei, Yasmin, Bral, Mariusz, Abualhassan, Nasser, Shapiro, A. M James

“…BACKGROUNDIslet transplantation is a successful β-cell replacement therapy for selected patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. However, despite early insulin…”
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Lung-Derived Microscaffolds Facilitate Diabetes Reversal after Mouse and Human Intraperitoneal Islet Transplantation by Abualhassan, Nasser, Sapozhnikov, Lena, Pawlick, Rena L, Kahana, Meygal, Pepper, Andrew R, Bruni, Antonio, Gala-Lopez, Boris, Kin, Tatsuya, Mitrani, Eduardo, Shapiro, A M James

“…There is a need to develop three-dimensional structures that mimic the natural islet tissue microenvironment. Endocrine micro-pancreata (EMPs) made up of…”
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Antiaging Glycopeptide Protects Human Islets Against Tacrolimus-Related Injury and Facilitates Engraftment in Mice by Gala-Lopez, Boris L, Pepper, Andrew R, Pawlick, Rena L, O'Gorman, Doug, Kin, Tatsuya, Bruni, Antonio, Abualhassan, Nasser, Bral, Mariusz, Bautista, Austin, Manning Fox, Jocelyn E, Young, Lachlan G, MacDonald, Patrick E, Shapiro, A M James

“…Clinical islet transplantation has become an established treatment modality for selected patients with type 1 diabetes. However, a large proportion of…”
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Tumor progression following portal vein embolization for colorectal liver metastasis: impact on long-term outcomes by Simoneau, Eve, MD, Hassanain, Mazen, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCSC, Aljiffry, Murad, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Chaudhury, Prosanto K., MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, Zogopoulos, Georges, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, Abualhassan, Nasser, MD, Valenti, David, MDCM, Cabrera, Tatiana, MD, Molla, Nouran, MBBS, Metrakos, Peter, MD, FACS, FRCSC

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Post-transplant venous thromboembolic events and their effect on graft survival by Aljiffry, Murad, Thalib, Luqman, Coussa, Razzaq, Metrakos, Peter, Hasanayn, Mazin, Abu al-Hasan, Nasir

“…Venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) are a major cause of post-operative morbidity and mortality. Our objective is to establish the prevalence of VTEs in kidney…”
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Engraftment Site and Effectiveness of the Pan-Caspase Inhibitor F573 to Improve Engraftment in Mouse and Human Islet Transplantation in Mice by Pepper, Andrew R, Bruni, Antonio, Pawlick, Rena, Wink, John, Rafiei, Yasmin, Gala-Lopez, Boris, Bral, Mariusz, Abualhassan, Nasser, Kin, Tatsuya, Shapiro, A.M James

“…BACKGROUNDIslet transplantation is an effective therapy in type 1 diabetes and recalcitrant hypoglycemia. However, there is an ongoing need to circumvent islet…”
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Portal vein embolization stimulates tumour growth in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases by Simoneau, Eve, Aljiffry, Murad, Salman, Ayat, Abualhassan, Nasser, Cabrera, Tatiana, Valenti, David, El Baage, Arwa, Jamal, Mohammad, Kavan, Petr, Al-Abbad, Saleh, Chaudhury, Prosanto, Hassanain, Mazen, Metrakos, Peter

“…Abstract Objectives Portal vein embolization (PVE) can facilitate the resection of previously unresectable colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastases…”
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A novel redox-active metalloporphyrin reduces reactive oxygen species and inflammatory markers but does not improve marginal mass engraftment in a murine donation after circulatory death islet transplantation model by Bruni, Antonio, Pepper, Andrew R., Gala-Lopez, Boris, Pawlick, Rena, Abualhassan, Nasser, Crapo, James D., Piganelli, Jon D., Shapiro, A. M. James

“…Islet transplantation is a highly effective treatment for stabilizing glycemic control for select patients with type-1 diabetes. Despite improvements to…”
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Low energy X-ray (grenz ray) treatment of purified islets prior to allotransplant markedly decreases passenger leukocyte populations by Pawlick, Rena, Gala-Lopez, Boris, Pepper, Andrew R., Abualhassan, Nasser, Bruni, Antonio, Suzuki, Kunimasa, Rayat, Gina, Elliott, John F., Shapiro, A. M. James

“…Grenz rays, or minimally penetrating X-rays, are known to be an effective treatment of certain recalcitrant immune-mediated skin diseases, but their use in…”
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