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Colony stimulating factor-1 receptor is a central component of the foreign body response to biomaterial implants in rodents and non-human primates by Doloff, Joshua C., Veiseh, Omid, Vegas, Arturo J., Tam, Hok Hei, Farah, Shady, Ma, Minglin, Li, Jie, Bader, Andrew, Chiu, Alan, Sadraei, Atieh, Aresta-Dasilva, Stephanie, Griffin, Marissa, Jhunjhunwala, Siddharth, Webber, Matthew, Siebert, Sean, Tang, Katherine, Chen, Michael, Langan, Erin, Dholokia, Nimit, Thakrar, Raj, Qi, Meirigeng, Oberholzer, Jose, Greiner, Dale L., Langer, Robert, Anderson, Daniel G.

“…Host recognition and immune-mediated foreign body response to biomaterials can compromise the performance of implanted medical devices. To identify key cell…”
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Semi-Automated Assessment of Human Islet Viability Predicts Transplantation Outcomes in a Diabetic Mouse Model by Salgado, Mayra, Gonzalez, Nelson, Medrano, Leonard, Rawson, Jeffrey, Omori, Keiko, Qi, Meirigeng, Al-Abdullah, Ismail, Kandeel, Fouad, Mullen, Yoko, Komatsu, Hirotake

“…In clinical and experimental human pancreatic islet transplantations, establishing pretransplant assessments that accurately predict transplantation outcomes…”
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Alginate encapsulation as long-term immune protection of allogeneic pancreatic islet cells transplanted into the omental bursa of macaques by Bochenek, Matthew A., Veiseh, Omid, Vegas, Arturo J., McGarrigle, James J., Qi, Meirigeng, Marchese, Enza, Omami, Mustafa, Doloff, Joshua C., Mendoza-Elias, Joshua, Nourmohammadzadeh, Mohammad, Khan, Arshad, Yeh, Chun-Chieh, Xing, Yuan, Isa, Douglas, Ghani, Sofia, Li, Jie, Landry, Casey, Bader, Andrew R., Olejnik, Karsten, Chen, Michael, Hollister-Lock, Jennifer, Wang, Yong, Greiner, Dale L., Weir, Gordon C., Strand, Berit Løkensgard, Rokstad, Anne Mari A., Lacik, Igor, Langer, Robert, Anderson, Daniel G., Oberholzer, Jose

“…The transplantation of pancreatic islet cells could restore glycaemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes. Microspheres for islet encapsulation have…”
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A Multiparametric Assessment of Human Islets Predicts Transplant Outcomes in Diabetic Mice by Komatsu, Hirotake, Qi, Meirigeng, Gonzalez, Nelson, Salgado, Mayra, Medrano, Leonard, Rawson, Jeffrey, Orr, Chris, Omori, Keiko, Isenberg, Jeffrey S., Kandeel, Fouad, Mullen, Yoko, Al-Abdullah, Ismail H.

“…Prior to transplantation into individuals with type 1 diabetes, in vitro assays are used to evaluate the quality, function and survival of isolated human…”
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Impairment of neurovascular coupling in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in rats is prevented by pancreatic islet transplantation and reversed by a semi-selective PKC inhibitor by Vetri, Francesco, Qi, Meirigeng, Xu, Haoliang, Oberholzer, Jose, Paisansathan, Chanannait

“…Abstract Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced chronic hyperglycemia has a detrimental effect on neurovascular coupling, linked to increased PKC-mediated…”
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Biological hypoxia in pre-transplant human pancreatic islets induces transplant failure in diabetic mice by Kato, Hiroyuki, Salgado, Mayra, Mendez, Daniel, Gonzalez, Nelson, Rawson, Jeffrey, Ligot, Doreen, Balandran, Bennie, Orr, Chris, Quijano, Janine C., Omori, Keiko, Qi, Meirigeng, Al-Abdullah, Ismail H., Mullen, Yoko, Ku, Hsun Teresa, Kandeel, Fouad, Komatsu, Hirotake

“…Evaluating the quality of isolated human islets before transplantation is crucial for predicting the success in treating Type 1 diabetes. The current gold…”
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Physiomimetic Fluidic Culture Platform on Microwell-Patterned Porous Collagen Scaffold for Human Pancreatic Islets by Kato, Hiroyuki, Chen, Huajian, Shang, Kuang-Ming, Izumi, Kenji, Koba, Naoya, Tsuchiya, Takanori, Kawazoe, Naoki, Quijano, Janine, Omori, Keiko, Orr, Chris, Qi, Meirigeng, Ku, Hsun Teresa, Kandeel, Fouad, Tai, Yu-Chong, Chen, Guoping, Komatsu, Hirotake

“…Pancreatic islet transplantation is one of the clinical options for certain types of diabetes. However, difficulty in maintaining islets prior to…”
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Chronic marijuana usage by human pancreas donors is associated with impaired islet function by Qi, Meirigeng, Kaddis, John S, Chen, Kuan-Tsen, Rawson, Jeffrey, Omori, Keiko, Chen, Zhen Bouman, Dhawan, Sangeeta, Isenberg, Jeffrey S, Kandeel, Fouad, Roep, Bart O, Al-Abdullah, Ismail H

“…We investigated the effect of chronic marijuana use, defined as 4 times weekly for more than 3 years, on human pancreatic islets. Pancreata from deceased…”
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Encompassing ATP, DNA, insulin, and protein content for quantification and assessment of human pancreatic islets by Qi, Meirigeng, Bilbao, Shiela, Forouhar, Elena, Kandeel, Fouad, Al-Abdullah, Ismail H.

“…Islet transplantation has made major progress to treat patients with type 1 diabetes. Islet mass and quality are critically important to ensure successful…”
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Pancreatic human islets and insulin-producing cells derived from embryonic stem cells are rapidly identified by a newly developed Dithizone by Khiatah, Bashar, Qi, Meirigeng, Wu, Youjun, Chen, Kuan-Tsen, Perez, Rachel, Valiente, Luis, Omori, Keiko, Isenberg, Jeffrey S., Kandeel, Fouad, Yee, Jiing-Kuan, Al-Abdullah, Ismail H.

“…We developed an optimized Dipheylthiocarbazone or Dithizone (DTZ) with improved physical and chemical properties to characterize human islets and…”
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Binding and leakage of barium in alginate microbeads by Mørch, Yrr A., Qi, Meirigeng, Gundersen, Per Ole M., Formo, Kjetil, Lacik, Igor, Skjåk-Bræk, Gudmund, Oberholzer, Jose, Strand, Berit L.

“…Microbeads of alginate crosslinked with Ca2+ and/or Ba2+ are popular matrices in cell‐based therapy. The aim of this study was to quantify the binding of…”
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Author Correction: Colony stimulating factor-1 receptor is a central component of the foreign body response to biomaterial implants in rodents and non-human primates by Doloff, Joshua C., Veiseh, Omid, Vegas, Arturo J., Tam, Hok Hei, Farah, Shady, Ma, Minglin, Li, Jie, Bader, Andrew, Chiu, Alan, Sadraei, Atieh, Aresta-Dasilva, Stephanie, Griffin, Marissa, Jhunjhunwala, Siddharth, Webber, Matthew, Siebert, Sean, Tang, Katherine, Chen, Michael, Langan, Erin, Dholakia, Nimit, Thakrar, Raj, Qi, Meirigeng, Oberholzer, Jose, Greiner, Dale L., Langer, Robert, Anderson, Daniel G.

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Transplantation of Encapsulated Pancreatic Islets as a Treatment for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Qi, Meirigeng

“…Encapsulation of pancreatic islets has been proposed and investigated for over three decades to improve islet transplantation outcomes and to eliminate the…”
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Effect of prolonged gelling time on the intrinsic properties of barium alginate microcapsules and its biocompatibility by Vaithilingam, Vijayaganapathy, Kollarikova, Gabriella, Qi, Meirigeng, Lacik, Igor, Oberholzer, Jose, Guillemin, Gilles J., Tuch, Bernard E.

“…Pericapsular fibrotic overgrowth (PFO) may be attributed to an immune response against microcapsules themselves or to antigen shedding through microcapsule…”
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Reassessing the Abundance of miRNAs in the Human Pancreas and Rodent Cell Lines and Its Implication by Sun, Guihua, Qi, Meirigeng, Kim, Alexis S, Lizhar, Elizabeth M, Sun, Olivia W, Al-Abdullah, Ismail H, Riggs, Arthur D

“…miRNAs are critical for pancreas development and function. However, we found that there are discrepancies regarding pancreatic miRNA abundance in published…”
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Intra-pancreatic tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells: a promising therapeutic potential with anti-inflammatory and pro-angiogenic profiles by Khiatah, Bashar, Qi, Meirigeng, Du, Weiting, T-Chen, Kuan, van Megen, Kayleigh M, Perez, Rachel G, Isenberg, Jeffrey S, Kandeel, Fouad, Roep, Bart O, Ku, Hsun Teresa, Al-Abdullah, Ismail H

“…Human pancreata contain many types of cells, such as endocrine islets, acinar, ductal, fat, and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). MSCs are important and shown…”
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Human Pancreatic Islets Isolated From Donors With Elevated HbA1c Levels: Islet Yield and Graft Efficacy by Qi, Meirigeng, McFadden, Brian, Valiente, Luis, Omori, Keiko, Bilbao, Shiela, Juan, Jemily, Rawson, Jeffrey, Oancea, Alina R, Scott, Stephen, Nair, Indu, Ferreri, Kevin, Mullen, Yoko, Dafoe, Donald, Ei-Shahawy, Mohamed, Kandeel, Fouad, Al-Abdullah, Ismail H

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of elevated donor HbA1c levels (type 2 diabetes, T2D) on the islet yield and functionality postisolation…”
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Improved human pancreatic islet purification with the refined UIC-UB density gradient by BARBARO, Barbara, SALEHI, Payam, MAGE, Raymond, OBERHOLZER, Josè, YONG WANG, MEIRIGENG QI, GANGEMI, Antonio, KUECHLE, Joe, HANSEN, Michael A, ROMAGNOLI, Travis, AVILA, Josè, BENEDETTI, Enrico

“…Human islet isolation outcomes were compared between two purification methods; 32 pancreases were processed by conventional Biocoll purification method (SM,…”
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Histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate and University of Wisconsin solution demonstrate equal effectiveness in the preservation of human pancreata intended for islet isolation: a large-scale, single-center experience by Paushter, Daniel H, Qi, Meirigeng, Danielson, Kirstie K, Harvat, Tricia A, Kinzer, Katie, Barbaro, Barbara, Patel, Sonny, Hassan, Sarah Z, Oberholzer, Jose, Wang, Yong

“…We previously reported a small-scale study on the efficacy of histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) solution versus University of Wisconsin (UW) solution on…”
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Diazoxide, a K(ATP) channel opener, prevents ischemia-reperfusion injury in rodent pancreatic islets by Wang, Yong, Wang, Shusen, Harvat, Tricia, Kinzer, Katie, Zhang, Lisa, Feng, Feng, Qi, Meirigeng, Oberholzer, Jose

“…Diazoxide (DZ) is a pharmacological opener of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels that has been used for mimicking ischemic preconditioning and shows protection…”
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