Cherubini, Alessandro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4756-2046
Pistoni, Clelia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2644-8837
Iachini, Maria Chiara https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8724-8532
Mei, Cecilia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8859-4557
Rusconi, Francesco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2691-6610
Peli, Valeria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4083-730X
Barilani, Mario https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2225-897X
Tace, Dorian https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1196-0396
Elia, Noemi https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3699-9484
Lepore, Fabio https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6355-5693
Caporale, Vittoria
Piemonti, Lorenzo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2172-2198
Lazzari, Lorenza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9434-4538
Funding for this research was provided by:
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (668350)
Ministero della Salute
Article History
Received: 27 July 2024
Revised: 28 February 2025
Accepted: 11 March 2025
First Online: 20 March 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: All experiments were performed according to the amended Declaration of Helsinki. The use of human specimens was approved by the Ethical Committee of Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (n° 1982, 14th January 2020) and by the Ethical Committee of IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele (IPF002-2014, 6th June 2014). Human healthy pancreatic tissues were obtained from the Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy from multi-organ donors. The use of human specimens was approved by the Institutional Review Board. Human islets were isolated as previously described [] at the Pancreatic Islet Processing Unit, a National Transplant Center accredited facility (IT000679) [].
: This study does not contain any individual personal data including any individual’s name, images, or videos.