2001
NMR Spectroscopy in β Cell Engineering and Islet Transplantation
PAPAS K, COLTON C, GOUNARIDES J, ROOS E, JAREMA M, SHAPIRO M, CHENG L, CLINE G, SHULMAN G, WU H, BONNER‐WEIR S, WEIR G. NMR Spectroscopy in β Cell Engineering and Islet Transplantation. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 2001, 944: 96-119. PMID: 11797699, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03826.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIslet transplantationGlucose metabolismBeta cellsLong-term complicationsIrreversible damageTerm complicationsOxidative glucose metabolismAcute ischemiaTransplantationVivo efficacyHuman isletsIslet preparationsC-myc oncogeneSecreting tissueCell damageSuch exposureGenetic alterationsBcl-2Overnight incubationIslet transportationIslets
2000
Surgical implantation of adipose tissue reverses diabetes in lipoatrophic mice
Gavrilova O, Marcus-Samuels B, Graham D, Kim J, Shulman G, Castle A, Vinson C, Eckhaus M, Reitman M. Surgical implantation of adipose tissue reverses diabetes in lipoatrophic mice. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2000, 105: 271-278. PMID: 10675352, PMCID: PMC377444, DOI: 10.1172/jci7901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsA-ZIP/FLipoatrophic diabetesAdipose tissueNear-physiological amountsMuscle insulin sensitivityLack of fatLipoatrophic miceInsulin levelsHepatic steatosisInsulin resistanceInsulin sensitivitySevere formFFA levelsDiabetesDonor fatTransplantationBeneficial effectsEndocrine communicationSubcutaneous sitesMiceSurgical implantationAdipose physiologyHyperglycemiaFatTissue