C. Smyth

J. Contreras, D. Curiel, D. Eckhoff, 2002, American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

CYTOPROTECTION OF PANCREATIC ISLETS BEFORE AND SOON AFTER TRANSPLANTATION BY GENE TRANSFER OF THE ANTI-APOPTOTIC Bcl-2 GENE1

J. Contreras, D. Curiel, D. Eckhoff, 2001, Transplantation.

Gene transfer of the Bcl-2 gene confers cytoprotection to isolated adult porcine pancreatic islets exposed to xenoreactive antibodies and complement.

J. Contreras, D. Curiel, J. Thomas, 2001, Surgery.

17beta-Estradiol protects isolated human pancreatic islets against proinflammatory cytokine-induced cell death: molecular mechanisms and islet functionality.

J. Contreras, J. Thompson, D. Eckhoff, 2002, Transplantation.

NOVEL APPROACH TO XENOTRANSPLANTATION COMBINING SURFACE ENGINEERING AND GENETIC MODIFICATION OF ISOLATED ADULT PORCINE ISLETS.

J. Contreras, D. Eckhoff, C. Smyth, 2004, Surgery.

Peripheral mobilization of recipient bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells enhances pancreatic islet revascularization and engraftment after intraportal transplantation.

J. Contreras, J. Thompson, D. Eckhoff, 2003, Surgery.

Brain death significantly reduces isolated pancreatic islet yields and functionality in vitro and in vivo after transplantation in rats.

I. Chaudry, J. Contreras, J. Thompson, 2003, Diabetes.

Enhanced isolated pancreatic islet recovery and functionality in rats by 17beta-estradiol treatment of brain death donors.

I. Chaudry, J. Contreras, D. Eckhoff, 2004, Surgery.

A tripartite anoikis-like mechanism causes early isolated islet apoptosis.

J. Contreras, J. Thomas, F. Thomas, 2001, Surgery.

Successful reversal of streptozotocin-induced diabetes with stable allogeneic islet function in a preclinical model of type 1 diabetes.

J. Contreras, J. Thomas, D. Neville, 2001, Diabetes.

IN VIVO QUANTITATIVE NON-INVASIVE BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING OF INTRAHEPATIC TRANSPLANTED ISLETS.

J. Contreras, D. Curiel, D. Eckhoff, 2004 .

Nonhuman primate models in type 1 diabetes research.

J. Contreras, D. Curiel, D. Eckhoff, 2004, ILAR journal.

Cytoprotection of PEG-modified adult porcine pancreatic islets for improved xenotransplantation.

J. Contreras, D. Eckhoff, C. Smyth, 2005, Biomaterials.

Suppression of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathway by 17beta-estradiol can preserve human islet functional mass from proinflammatory cytokine-induced destruction.

J. Contreras, J. Thompson, D. Eckhoff, 2003, Surgery.

CYTOPROTECTION OF RHESUS MONKEY PANCREATIC ISLETS (PI) BEFORE AND AFTER TRANSPLANTATION (TX) BY GENE TRANSFER OF THE ANTI‐APOPTOTIC BCL‐2 GENE.: Abstract# 6

J. Contreras, D. Curiel, D. Eckhoff, 2000 .