title: Evaluation of islet transplantation from non-heart beating donors.
abstract: We evaluated islet transplantation from non-heart beating donors (NHBDs) with our Kyoto Islet Isolation Method. All patients had positive C-peptide after transplantation. The average HbA(1C) levels of the five recipients significantly improved from 7.8 +/- 0.4% at transplant to 5.2 +/- 0.2% currently (p < 0.01). Three patients with no or a single autoantibody became insulin independent while the other two patients with double autoantibodies reduced their insulin requirement but did not become insulin independent. C-peptide in patients who became insulin-independent gradually increased after each transplantation whereas C-peptide in patients who did not become insulin-independent from 3 months after the first transplantation to the next transplantation dramatically decreased. The beta-score of the three patients who became insulin independent was the best of eight. In conclusion, our method makes it feasible to use NHBDs for islet transplant into type 1 diabetic patients efficiently.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Research Institute Japan, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan. noguchih@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwanaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okitsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yonekawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000097:blood; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002096:C-Peptide; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin