Johanna Pilz, Nicol Gloddek, Felix Lindheimer, Magdalena J Lindner, Daniel Puhr-Westerheide, Muzzafer Ümütlü, Clemens Cyran, Max Seidensticker, Richard Lindner, Martin Kraetzl, Simone Renner, Daphne Merkus, Daniel Teupser, Peter Bartenstein, Sibylle I Ziegler, Eckhard Wolf, Elisabeth Kemter
Allogeneic intraportal islet transplantation (ITx) has become an established treatment for patients with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, the loss of viable beta-cell mass after transplantation remains a major challenge. Therefore, non-invasive imaging methods for long-term monitoring of the transplant fate are required. In this study, [68 Ga]Ga-DOTA-Exendin-4 positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) was used for repeated monitoring of allogeneic neonatal porcine islets (NPI) after intraportal transplantation into immunosuppressed genetically diabetic pigs...
March 1, 2024: American Journal of Transplantation