About the Authors

Klearchos K. Papas

kkpapas@surgery.arizona.edu

Affiliations Institute for Cellular Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Melena D. Bellin

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

David E. R. Sutherland

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Thomas M. Suszynski

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jennifer P. Kitzmann

Affiliations Institute for Cellular Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Efstathios S. Avgoustiniatos

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Angelika C. Gruessner

Affiliation Institute for Cellular Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Kathryn R. Mueller

Affiliations Institute for Cellular Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Gregory J. Beilman

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Appakalai N. Balamurugan

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Gopalakrishnan Loganathan

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Clark K. Colton

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Maria Koulmanda

Affiliation The Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gordon C. Weir

Affiliation Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Josh J. Wilhelm

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Dajun Qian

Affiliation Information Science, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Joyce C. Niland

Affiliation Information Science, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Bernhard J. Hering

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Schulze Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKP MDB DERS ESA GJB DQ JCN BJH. Performed the experiments: MDB DERS JPK KRM GJB ANB GL JJW. Analyzed the data: KKP MDB JPK ESA ACG KRM. Wrote the paper: KKP MDB TMS JPK ACG ANB GL JJW. Equipment design: KKP CKC MK GCW.