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Pathology

Investigators in this group are using nPOD samples to try and understand the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes.

Vitaly Ablamunits Katherine Irvine*
George King
Mark Atkinson Eva Korpos
Olle Korsgren
Susan Bonner-Weir Jasmin Lebastchi
Alexandra Butler

Paolo Maddedu

Peter Butler Brad Marsh
Martha Campbell-Thompson Susan Perigo*
Costanza Emanueli Lydia Sorokin*
Gun Frisk Scott Swenson
Roberto Gianani Chutima Talchai

Ben Giepmans

Ranjeny Thomas*
Toshiaki Hanafusa Armando Villalta
Kevan Herold Thomas Wight*
Akihisa Imagawa  

 

Vitaly Ablamunits
Yale University

Project: Comparison of total pancreatic insulin content and peripheral markers of beta cell function and destruction

Co-Investigators:
Kevan Herold, M.D.
Jasmin Lebastchi, M.D.

 


 

Columbia University

Project: Beta cell dedifferentiation in type 2 diabetes

Co-Investigator:
Chutima Talchai, Ph.D.

 

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Atkinson
University of Florida

Project 1: Pancreatic immunologic and metabolic parameters

Project 1 Principal Investigator:
Martha Campbell-Thompson, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Project 2: Pancreatic duct glands in type 1 diabetes
Project 2 Principal Investigator:
Peter Butler, M.D.

 

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Jeffrey Bluestone, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco

Project: Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling regulates the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes

Co-Investigator:
Armando Villalta, Ph.D.

 

 

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bonnerweir

Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard University

Project: Joslin Medalist Study

Principal Investigator:
George King, M.D.

 

 

 

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University of California, San Francisco

Project: Pancreatic duct glands in type 1 diabetes

Principal Investigator:
Peter Butler, M.D.

 

 

 

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University of California, San Francisco

Project: Pancreatic duct glands in type 1 diabetes

Co-Investigator:
Alexandra Butler, M.D.

 

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campbellthompson

University of Florida

Project: Pancreatic immunologic and metabolic parameters

 

 

 

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Costanza Emanueli, Ph.D.
University of Bristol, UK

Project: Microangiopathy in diabetic bone marrow

Principal Investigator:
Paolo Madeddu, M.D.

 

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Uppsala University, Sweden

Project: Different expression of extracellular CAR in islets in pancreatic sections and isolated islets

Co-Investigator:
Olle Korsgren, M.D., Ph.D.

 

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gianani

University of Colorado Health Science Center

Project: Characterization of type 1 diabetes subsets

 

 

 

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Ben Giepmans, Ph.D., M.Sc.
University Medical Center Groningen

Project: Nanotomy of human islets of Langerhans in type 1 diabetes

 

 

 

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Toshiaki Hanafusa, M.D., Ph.D.
Osaka University

Project: Histological differences between Japanese and Western type 1 diabetes

Principal Investigator:
Akihisa Imagawa, M.D., Ph.D., FACP

 

 

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Yale University

Project: Comparison of total pancreatic insulin content and peripheral markers of beta cell function and destruction

Principal Investigator:
Vitaly Ablamunits

 

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Akihisa Imagawa

Akihisa Imagawa, M.D., Ph.D., FACP
Osaka University

Project: Histological differences between Japanese and Western type 1 diabetes

Co-Investigator:
Toshiaki Hanafusa, M.D., Ph.D.

 

 

 

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Katherine Irvine, Ph.D.
University of Queensland

Project: Pathological changes associated with chronic RelB activation in T1D

Principal Investigator:
Ranjeny Thomas, MBBS, M.D.

 

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George King

Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard University 

Project: Joslin Medalist Study

Co-Investigator:
Susan Bonner-Weir, Ph.D.

 

 

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Eva Korpos, Ph. D.
University of Muenster

Project: Leukocyte penetration of the peri-capsular basement membrane in human T1D

Principal Investigator:
Lydia Sorokin, Ph.D.

 

 

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Uppsala University

Project: Different expression of extracellular CAR in islets in pancreatic sections and isolated islets

Principal Investigator:
Gun Frisk, Ph.D.

 

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Jasmin Lebastchi, M.D.
Yale University

Project: Comparison of total pancreatic insulin content and peripheral markers of beta cell function and destruction

Principal Investigator:
Vitaly Ablamunits

 

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Paolo Maddedu, M.D.
University of Bristol

Project: Microangiopathy in diabetic bone marrow

Co-Investigator:
Costanza Emanueli, Ph.D.

 

 

 

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Brad Marsh

University of Queensland, Australia

Project: 3D structural characterization of human islet dysfunction/destruction

 

 

 

 

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Susan Perigo, Ph.D.
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason

Project: Extracellular matrix involvement in type 1 diabetes pancreatic islet destruction

Principal Investigator:
Thomas Wight, Ph.D.

 

 

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University of Muenster

Project: Leukocyte penetration of the peri-capsular basement membrane in human T1D

Co-Investigator:
Eva Korpos, Ph.D.

 

 

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Yale University School of Medicine

Project: Polyploidy in the exocrine pancreas

 

 

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Chutima Talchai, Ph.D.
Columbia University

Project: Beta cell dedifferentiation in type 2 diabetes

Principal Investigator:
Domeico Accili, M.D.

 

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University of Queensland

Project: Pathological changes associated with chronic RelB activation in T1D

Co-Investigator:
Katharine Irvine, Ph.D.

 

 

 

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Armando Villalta, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco

Project: Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling regulates the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes

Principal Investigator:
Jeffrey Bluestone, Ph.D.

 

 

 

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Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason

Project: Extracellular matrix involvement in type 1 diabetes pancreatic islet destruction

Co-Investigator:
Susan Perigo, Ph.D.

 

 

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*These investigators have received funding from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).