Volume 4 - Issue 5

cover-4-5-livelliConfocal image of explanted Sernova’s Cell Pouch device containing surviving human islets transplanted subcutaneously one month previously, with positive staining for insulin (red), von Willibrand Factor (green) and DAPI (blue).

CellR4 2016; 4 (5): e2140

Vitamin D status in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in a sun-rich environment

Gomez-Meade C. A.
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
, Lopez-Mitnik G. V.
Statistician, Program Analysis and Reports Branch, Office of Science Policy and Analysis, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
, Messiah S. E.
Division of Pediatric Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
, Garcia-Contreras M.
Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
, Sanchez J.
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
jsanchez@med.miami.edu

CellR4 2016; 4 (5): e2134

Clinical trials of mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus: is it time for larger studies?

Bosi C. A.
University of Milan, Milan, Italy
carlo.bosi@studenti.unimi.it
, Lanzoni G.
Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
, Pugliese A.
Diabetes Research Institute, Departments of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

CellR4 2016; 4 (5): e2132

Subcutaneous clinical islet transplantation in a prevascularized subcutaneous pouch – preliminary experience

Gala-Lopez B. L.
Clinical Islet Transplant Program and Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
, Pepper A. R.
Clinical Islet Transplant Program and Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
, Dinyari P.
Clinical Islet Transplant Program and Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
, Malcolm A. J.
Clinical Islet Transplant Program and Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
, Kin T.
Clinical Islet Transplant Program and Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
, Pawlick L. R.
Clinical Islet Transplant Program and Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
, Senior P. A.
Clinical Islet Transplant Program and Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
, Shapiro A.M. J.
Clinical Islet Transplant Program and Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
amjs@islet.ca

CellR4 2016; 4 (5): e2128

Team science in type 1 diabetes: new insights from the Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD)

Lanzoni G.
Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
GLanzoni@med.miami.edu
, Pokrywczynska M.
Department of Regenerative Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Ludwik Rydygier Medical College in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland
, Inverardi L.
Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA