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Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells derived from porcine exocrine pancreas improve insulin secretion from juvenile porcine islet cell clusters

Neonatal and juvenile porcine islet cell clusters (ICC) present an unlimited source for islet xenotransplantation to treat type 1 diabetes patients. We isolated ICC from pancreata of 14 days old juvenile piglets and characterized their maturation by immuno ...

2021

Multicomponent Alginate-Derived Hydrogel Microspheres Presenting Hybrid Ionic-Covalent Network and Drug Eluting Properties

Sandrine Gerber, François Rémi Pierre Noverraz, Luca Szabó

The development of multifunctional encapsulation biomaterials could help the translation of cell‐based therapies into standard medical care. One of the major hurdles in the field of encapsulated cell transplantation is the current lack of materials present ...

Wiley-VHCA AG2020

Strategies to Functionalize the Anionic Biopolymer Na-Alginate Without Restricting its Polyelectrolyte Properties

Sandrine Gerber, Jutta Christine Wandrey, Luca Szabó

The natural anionic polyelectrolyte alginate and its derivatives are of particular interest for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. Most interesting for such applications are alginate hydrogels, which can be processed into various shapes, self-stan ...

2020

Multifunctional hybrid alginate-based hydrogels for cell immobilization

Luca Szabó

Cell therapy could be a solution for many diseases that currently pose a huge health burden on patients. Especially, cell therapies based on cell microencapsulation are of great interest. Immunoprotection of cells would allow to avoid the need for immunosu ...

EPFL2020

Cross-Reactive Alginate Derivatives for the Production of Dual Ionic−Covalent Hydrogel Microspheres Presenting Tunable Properties for Cell Microencapsulation

Sandrine Gerber, Aurélien Bornet, François Rémi Pierre Noverraz, Luca Szabó

The production of hydrogel micropsheres (MS) presenting physical, mechanical, and biological properties which can be modulated by their chemical composition is required to enlarge the panel of biomaterials for cell transplantation therapies. Functionalizat ...

2019

Combination of neonatal porcine islets with mesenchymal stem cells of human and porcine origin improves islet function

Sandrine Gerber, Luca Szabó

WILEY2019

Combination of neonatal porcine islets with mesenchymal stem cells of human and porcine origin improves islet function

Sandrine Gerber, Luca Szabó

WILEY2019

Beneficial effects of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Porcine Hepatocyte Viability and Albumin Secretion

Sandrine Gerber, François Rémi Pierre Noverraz, Luca Szabó, Solène Marcelle Françoise Marie Passemard, Aurélien Thomas

Porcine hepatocytes transplanted during acute liver failure might support metabolic functions until the diseased liver recovers its function. Here, we isolated high numbers of viable pig hepatocytes and evaluated hepatocyte functionality after encapsulatio ...

2018

Beneficial Effects of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Porcine Hepatocyte Viability and Albumin Secretion

Sandrine Gerber, François Rémi Pierre Noverraz, Solène Marcelle Françoise Marie Passemard, Luca Szabó, Aurélien Thomas

LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS2018

Anti-fibrotic effect of ketoprofen-grafted alginate microcapsules in the transplantation of insulin producing cells

Sandrine Gerber, François Rémi Pierre Noverraz, Daniel Ortiz Trujillo, Luca Szabó, Léo Bühler

The controlled release of small molecular modulators of the immune response from hydrogel microspheres (MS) used for cell immobilization is an attractive approach to reduce pericapsular fibrotic overgrowth (PFO) after transplantation. Ketoprofen is a well- ...

2018