Improved islet recovery and efficacy through co-culture and co-transplantation of islets with human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells

• Anissa Gamble,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Members of the Canadian National Transplant Research Project (CNTRP), Edmonton, AB, Canada

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• Rena Pawlick,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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• Andrew R. Pepper,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Members of the Canadian National Transplant Research Project (CNTRP), Edmonton, AB, Canada, Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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• Antonio Bruni,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Members of the Canadian National Transplant Research Project (CNTRP), Edmonton, AB, Canada, Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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• Adetola Adesida,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Peter A. Senior,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Members of the Canadian National Transplant Research Project (CNTRP), Edmonton, AB, Canada, Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1033-8673

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• Gregory S. Korbutt ,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• A. M. James Shapiro

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: amjs@islet.ca

  ¶‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Members of the Canadian National Transplant Research Project (CNTRP), Edmonton, AB, Canada, Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5178-2976

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