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2000 • 3,667 citations

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2001 • 864 citations

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1985 • 548 citations

Markedly Decreased Oxygen Tension in Transplanted Rat Pancreatic Islets Irrespective of the Implantation Site

2001 • 410 citations

β-Cell Death and Mass in Syngeneically Transplanted Islets Exposed to Short- and Long-Term Hyperglycemia

2002 • 400 citations

Myocardial gene therapy.

2002 • 302 citations

Improved Insulin Sensitivity Is Associated With Restricted Intake of Dietary Glycoxidation Products in the db/db Mouse

2002 • 285 citations

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2002 • 274 citations

Considerations for successful transplantation of encapsulated pancreatic islets

2002 • 248 citations

Cell Loss in Isolated Human Islets Occurs by Apoptosis

2000 • 237 citations

Decreased Vascular Density in Mouse Pancreatic Islets After Transplantation

2002 • 214 citations

Gene therapy progress and prospects: therapeutic angiogenesis for limb and myocardial ischemia

2003 • 122 citations

Revascularization and Microcirculation of Freely Grafted Islets of Langerhans

2001 • 112 citations

Genetic Engineering of a Suboptimal Islet Graft with A20 Preserves β Cell Mass and Function

2003 • 106 citations

GENE EXPRESSION OF VEGF AND ITS RECEPTORS Flk-1/KDR AND Flt-1 IN CULTURED AND TRANSPLANTED RAT ISLETS1

2001 • 105 citations

Protection of Islets by in SituPeptide-mediated Transduction of the IκB Kinase Inhibitor Nemo-binding Domain Peptide

2003 • 105 citations

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2000 • 102 citations

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1989 • 101 citations

Influence of VEGF on the Viability of Encapsulated Pancreatic Rat Islets after Transplantation in Diabetic Mice

2003 • 92 citations

Effects of diabetes and hypoxia on gene markers of angiogenesis (HGF, cMET, uPA and uPAR, TGF-α, TGF-β, bFGF and Vimentin) in cultured and transplanted rat islets

2000 • 86 citations

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2001 • 85 citations

Association between macrophage activation and function of micro-encapsulated rat islets

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1997 • 81 citations

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2001 • 79 citations

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1997 • 76 citations

VEGF Gene Delivery for Treatment of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease

2002 • 69 citations

Successful Subcutaneous Pancreatic Islet Transplantation Using an Angiogenic Growth Factor–Releasing Device

2001 • 68 citations

Adenovirus Transduction Induces Expression of Multiple Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in Murine β Cells and Pancreatic Islets

2003 • 52 citations

Proapoptotic bax is hyperexpressed in isolated human islets compared with antiapoptotic bcl-21

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Hepatic insulin expression improves glycemic control in type 1 diabetic rats

2001 • 47 citations

Basal Insulin Gene Expression Significantly Improves Conventional Insulin Therapy in Type 1 Diabetic Rats

2002 • 44 citations

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1997 • 44 citations

Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Allows Prolonged Blood Glucose Normalization with a Reduced Islet Cell Mass Transplantation

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1989 • 11 citations

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1999 • 8 citations