In recipients with type 1 diabetes complicated by SHEs, islet transplantation meeting 4CFF protected 95% from SHEs at 5 years after the last islet infusion and exerted a large and significant benefit on glycaemic control, with an acceptable safety profile for this subgroup of type 1 diabetes (Diabetologia)
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Associations between deduced first islet specific autoantibody with sex, age at diagnosis and genetic risk factors in young children with type 1 diabetes
Strong differences in sex and age distributions as well as in genetic associations could be observed between GADA- and IAA-initiated autoimmunity (Pediatric Diabetes)
Who Should Be Considered for Islet Transplantation Alone?
The selection of appropriate candidates, optimizing donor selection, the use of an optimized protocol for islet cell extraction, and immunosuppression therapy have been proved to be the key criteria for a favorable outcome in islet transplantation (Current Diabetes Reports)
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