Juan L. Contreras
Transplant Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham
USA
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- Extrahepatic transplant sites for islet xenotransplantation. Contreras, J.L. Xenotransplantation (2008)
- Activated protein C preserves functional islet mass after intraportal transplantation: a novel link between endothelial cell activation, thrombosis, inflammation, and islet cell death. Contreras, J.L., Eckstein, C., Smyth, C.A., Bilbao, G., Vilatoba, M., Ringland, S.E., Young, C., Thompson, J.A., Fernández, J.A., Griffin, J.H., Eckhoff, D.E. Diabetes (2004)
- Coupling endoplasmic reticulum stress to cell death program in isolated human pancreatic islets: effects of gene transfer of Bcl-2. Contreras, J.L., Smyth, C.A., Bilbao, G., Eckstein, C., Young, C.J., Thompson, J.A., Curiel, D.T., Eckhoff, D.E. Transpl. Int. (2003)
- Double genetic modification of adenovirus fiber with RGD polylysine motifs significantly enhances gene transfer to isolated human pancreatic islets. Contreras, J.L., Wu, H., Smyth, C.A., Eckstein, C.P., Young, C.J., Seki, T., Bilbao, G., Curiel, D.T., Eckhoff, D.E. Transplantation (2003)
- Brain death significantly reduces isolated pancreatic islet yields and functionality in vitro and in vivo after transplantation in rats. Contreras, J.L., Eckstein, C., Smyth, C.A., Sellers, M.T., Vilatoba, M., Bilbao, G., Rahemtulla, F.G., Young, C.J., Thompson, J.A., Chaudry, I.H., Eckhoff, D.E. Diabetes (2003)
- Simvastatin induces activation of the serine-threonine protein kinase AKT and increases survival of isolated human pancreatic islets. Contreras, J.L., Smyth, C.A., Bilbao, G., Young, C.J., Thompson, J.A., Eckhoff, D.E. Transplantation (2002)
- 17beta-Estradiol protects isolated human pancreatic islets against proinflammatory cytokine-induced cell death: molecular mechanisms and islet functionality. Contreras, J.L., Smyth, C.A., Bilbao, G., Young, C.J., Thompson, J.A., Eckhoff, D.E. Transplantation (2002)
