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ArticleBioengineering & translational medicine2023

Characterization of human islet function in a convection-driven intravascular bioartificial pancreas.

Ana G Santandreu, Parsa Taheri-Tehrani, Benjamin Feinberg, Alonso Torres, Charles Blaha, Rebecca Shaheen, Jarrett Moyer, Nathan Wright, Gregory L Szot, William H Fissell and 3 more

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Article in Bioengineering & translational medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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13 authors.

Ana G SantandreuDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
Parsa Taheri-TehraniDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
Benjamin FeinbergDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
Alonso TorresDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
Charles BlahaDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
Rebecca ShaheenDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
Jarrett MoyerDepartment of Surgery University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
Nathan WrightDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
Gregory L SzotDepartment of Surgery University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
William H FissellSilicon Kidney LLC San Francisco California USA.
Shant VartanianDepartment of Surgery University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
Andrew PosseltDepartment of Surgery University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.
Shuvo RoyDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences University of California - San Francisco San Francisco California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3236-6336

Funding

Research BaseP30DK063720 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI VAISSE, CHRISTIAN · 2003 to 2019
$21.8M
An intravascular Bioartificial Pancreas (iBAP)R44DK104299 · NIDDK · SILICON KIDNEY, LLC · PI BLAHA, CHARLES · 2018 to 2025
$2.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK063720NIDDK NIH HHS R44 DK104299
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical islet transplantation for treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is limited by the shortage of pancreas donors and need for lifelong immunosuppressive therapy. A convection-driven intravascular bioartificial pancreas (iBAP) based on highly permeable, yet immunologically protective, silicon nanopore membranes (SNM) holds promise to sustain islet function without the need for immunosuppressants. Here, we investigate short-term functionality of encapsulated human islets in an iBAP prototype. Using the finite element method (FEM), we calculated predicted oxygen profiles within islet scaffolds at normalized perifusion rates of 14-200 nl/min/IEQ. The modeling showed the need for minimum in vitro and in vivo islet perifusion rates of 28 and 100 nl/min/IEQ, respectively to support metabolic insulin production requirements in the iBAP. In vitro glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) profiles revealed a first-phase response time of <15 min and comparable insulin production rates to standard perifusion systems (~10 pg/min/IEQ) for perifusion rates of 100-200 nl/min/IEQ. An intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT), performed at a perifusion rate of 100-170 nl/min/IEQ in a non-diabetic pig, demonstrated a clinically relevant C-peptide production rate (1.0-2.8 pg/min/IEQ) with a response time of <5 min.

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convective mass transportGSISintravascular bioartificial pancreassilicon nanopore membranesT1D

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PMID36925691
PMCPMC10013798

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