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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2026

Clinical Evolution, Outcomes, and Emerging Preservation Technologies in Pancreas and Islet Transplantation.

Maria Irene Bellini, Vassilios Papalois

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Maria Irene BelliniDepartment of Surgery, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0730-4923
Vassilios PapaloisDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Historically regarded as competitive modalities, pancreas and islet transplantation are increasingly recognized as complementary approaches to beta-cell replacement therapy. While whole-organ pancreas transplantation remains the established gold standard, islet transplantation has transitioned into an effective clinical alternative for selected cohorts of patients suffering from type 1 diabetes. This review provides a comprehensive evaluation of the clinical evolution characterizing these therapeutic modalities, tracing the shift from static cold storage (SCS) toward innovative dynamic preservation technologies, and exploring potential markers for predicting clinical outcomes. A focus on immunosuppression in islet transplantation is provided, emphasizing precise, tolerance-inducing strategies and investigating costimulation blockade, regulatory T-cell (Treg)-based therapies, and biomaterial-enabled local immunoprotection, with the aim of facilitating long-term graft survival while mitigating the metabolic and renal toxicities secondary to chronic calcineurin inhibitor exposure. Current evidence related to the transition from conventional SCS to advanced perfusion platforms, namely hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP), oxygenated hypothermic perfusion (HOPE), normothermic ex vivo perfusion (NEVP), and normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) is examined: the literature suggests that dynamic pancreas preservation platforms may improve metabolic recovery and some islet isolation outcomes; however, evidence that HOPE specifically reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury and consistently increases islet yield in the pancreas remains limited. Although normothermic perfusion provides significant utility for real-time viability assessment and graft reconditioning, its widespread clinical implementation remains constrained by technical impediments, notably interstitial edema. Ultimately, preservation efficacy is conceptualized not merely as a discrete preservation option, but as a multidimensional construct integrating biological integrity, graft usability, and recipient clinical outcomes.

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hypoimmune cellsislet transplantationmachine perfusionpancreas transplantation

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PMID42739778
PMCPMC13566053

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