Islet transplantation: overcoming the organ shortage

Abstract Background Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a condition resulting from autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β cells, leading patients to require lifelong insulin therapy, which, most often, does not avoid the most common complications of this disease. Transplantation of isolated pancreatic...

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Main Authors: Marluce da Cunha Mantovani, Ilana Gabanyi, Carlos Andrés Pantanali, Vinícius Rocha Santos, Maria Lúcia Cardillo Corrêa-Giannella, Mari Cleide Sogayar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-07-01
Series:Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-023-01089-8