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SUBMITTER: Anteby R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8233942 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Anteby Roi R Lucander Aaron A Bachul Piotr J PJ Pyda Jordan J Grybowski Damian D Basto Lindsay L Generette Gabriela S GS Perea Laurencia L Golab Karolina K Wang Ling-Jia LJ Tibudan Martin M Thomas Celeste C Fung John J Witkowski Piotr P
Journal of clinical medicine 20210619 12
(1) Background: The correlation between titers of islet autoantibodies (IAbs) and the loss of transplanted islets remains controversial. We sought to evaluate the prognostic utility of monitoring IAbs in diabetic patients after islet transplantation (ITx); (2) Methods: Twelve patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus and severe hypoglycemia underwent ITx. Serum concentration of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), insulinoma antigen 2 (IA-2), and zinc transport 8 (ZnT8) autoantibodies was assessed be ...[more]