Publication Name	World Journal of Transplantation
Manuscript ID	4836
Country	Canada

Received	2013-07-26 11:03
Peer-Review Started	2013-07-26 12:09
To Make the First Decision	2013-08-08 11:34
Return for Revision	2013-08-08 15:56
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Second Decision	2013-08-29 07:57
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-08-29 10:03
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Publish the Manuscript Online	2013-12-31 17:17

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Category	Endocrinology & Metabolism
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Current status of clinical islet transplantation
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Andrew R Pepper, Boris Gala-Lopez, Oliver Ziff and AM James Shapiro
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	AM James Shapiro, MD, PhD, Professor, Director of Clinical Islet and Living Donor Liver Transplant Programs, Department of Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta, 2000 College Plaza, 8215-112th St, Edmonton T6G 2C8, Alberta, Canada. amjs@islet.ca
Key Words	Islet transplantation; Type 1 diabetes; Immunosuppression
Core Tip	Core tip: Since the initial inception of the “Edmonton protocol”, phenomenal progress has transpired in the last decade. These milestones were namely due to the implementation of numerous pre-clinical and clinical investigations, testing innovative agents allowing potent immunotolerance with minimal complications as well as alternative transplant sites to overcome limitations inherent to the current intraportal access. As a result nearly 80% of full or partial graft function, out of more than 300 transplants performed to date. As the field of continues to work and progress together, it is foreseeable that a cure for type 1 diabetes mellitus is obtainable in the near future.
Publish Date	2013-12-31 17:17
Citation	Pepper AR, Gala-Lopez B, Ziff O, Shapiro AMJ. Current status of clinical islet transplantation. World J Transplant 2013; 3(4): 48-53
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3230/full/v3/i4/48.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v3.i4.48

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