Peri-Transplant Inflammation and Long-Term Diabetes Outcomes Were Not Impacted by Either Etanercept or Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Treatment in Islet Autotransplant Recipients
Abdel-Karim T, Hodges J, Herold K, Pruett T, Ramanathan K, Hering B, Dunn T, Kirchner V, Beilman G, Bellin M. Peri-Transplant Inflammation and Long-Term Diabetes Outcomes Were Not Impacted by Either Etanercept or Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Treatment in Islet Autotransplant Recipients. Transplant International 2024, 37: 12320. PMID: 38357216, PMCID: PMC10864605, DOI: 10.3389/ti.2024.12320.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha 1-antitrypsinTolerance testPerioperative periodAlpha-1 antitrypsin treatmentMixed meal tolerance testBenefit of etanerceptMeal tolerance testTrial of etanerceptGlucose tolerance testMonths post-TPIATIntravenous glucose tolerance testIslet autotransplant recipientsLong-term diabetes outcomesSerum A1ATEtanercept groupAdministered etanerceptAutotransplant recipientsDiabetes outcomesInflammatory profileEtanerceptIL-10Endogenous upregulationMCP-1Randomized trialsInflammatory cytokines