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SUBMITTER: Hirsch D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4569145 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hirsch D D Odorico J J Danobeitia J S JS Alejandro R R Rickels M R MR Hanson M M Radke N N Baidal D D Hullett D D Naji A A Ricordi C C Kaufman D D Fernandez L L
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20120202 5
The objective of this study was to identify predictors of insulin independence and to establish the best clinical tools to follow patients after pancreatic islet transplantation (PIT). Sequential metabolic responses to intravenous (I.V.) glucose (I.V. glucose tolerance test [IVGTT]), arginine and glucose-potentiated arginine (glucose-potentiated arginine-induced insulin secretion [GPAIS]) were obtained from 30 patients. We determined the correlation between transplanted islet mass and islet engr ...[more]