Teru Okitsu

TL;DR: Adding serum to both UW and MK improves their capability to store isolated islets by maintaining islet functional viability, and in in vivo bioassays using 48-h preserved isogeneic islets, all recipient mice restored normal blood glucose concentrations by transplants preserved in UW with serum or MK with serum.

TL;DR: Autologous peritoneal grafts prevented postoperative abdominal adhesions in this rat model as the mechanism of this prevention, the mesothelial cells survived and contributed to reperitonealization, only when they were transplanted as a part of the autologuous peritoneAL grafts and were located on the surface exposed to the abdomen.

TL;DR: This article confirmed that the sensor retains its measurement capability for more than 150 days in a saline solution and an optimization of the sensor structure for obtaining an improved response time was carried out.

TL;DR: A nano-patterned poly-acrylamide (PAAm) hydrogel that can reduce inflammatory effects after subcutaneous implantation is presented and it is found that the sample with the line-and-space pattern of 600 nm in space successfully suppressed the inflammation reaction.

TL;DR: The apparent clearance of sirolimus and tacrolimus might temporally decline immediately after pancreatic islet transplantation, and adjustment of the dosage for immunosuppressive treatment will be necessary in Japanese patients.