The Use of Exenatide in Islet Transplant Recipients with Chronic Allograft Dysfunction: Safety, Efficacy and Metabolic Effects

BACKGROUND: A current limitation of islet transplantation is reduced long term graft function. The glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, exenatide (Byetta(®), Amylin Pharmaceuticals, CA) has properties that could improve existing islet function, prevent further loss of islet mass and pos...

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Main Authors: Froud, Tatiana, Faradji, Raquel N., Pileggi, Antonello, Messinger, Shari, Baidal, David A., Ponte, Gaston M., Cure, Pablo E., Monroy, Kathy, Mendez, Armando, Selvaggi, Gennaro, Ricordi, Camillo, Alejandro, Rodolfo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2772201/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18622276
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TP.0b013e31817c4ab3
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