University of California San Francisco

Publications

  1. Long-term culture of human pancreatic islets reveals reduced metal ion pathways in their gene signature.
    Kato H, Sigdel TK, Sheta M, Omori K, Qi M, Kandeel F, Komatsu H
    Cell Transplant. 2025 Jan-Dec; 34:9636897251390960.; 
    PubMed
  2. Biological hypoxia in pre-transplant human pancreatic islets induces transplant failure in diabetic mice.
    Kato H, Salgado M, Mendez D, Gonzalez N, Rawson J, Ligot D, Balandran B, Orr C, Quijano JC, Omori K, Qi M, Al-Abdullah IH, Mullen Y, Ku HT, Kandeel F, Komatsu H
    Sci Rep. 2024 05 30; 14(1):12402.; 
    PubMed
  3. Enhanced hypoxia resistance distinguishes human pluripotent stem cell-derived islets from primary islets.
    Kato H, Shang KM, Mitsugashira H, Qi M, Suzuki T, Stock PG, Toyoda T, Tai YC, Kandeel F, Komatsu H
    Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2026 May 01; 330(5):C1237-C1245.; 
    PubMed
  4. Physiomimetic Fluidic Culture Platform on Microwell-Patterned Porous Collagen Scaffold for Human Pancreatic Islets.
    Kato H, Chen H, Shang KM, Izumi K, Koba N, Tsuchiya T, Kawazoe N, Quijano J, Omori K, Orr C, Qi M, Ku HT, Kandeel F, Tai YC, Chen G, Komatsu H
    Cell Transplant. 2024 Jan-Dec; 33:9636897241249556.; 
    PubMed
  5. Oxygen dynamics and delivery strategies to enhance beta cell replacement therapy.
    Shang KM, Suzuki T, Kato H, Toyoda T, Tai YC, Komatsu H
    Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 May 01; 328(5):C1667-C1684.; 
    PubMed
  6. A novel approach to determine the critical survival threshold of cellular oxygen within spheroids via integrating live/dead cell imaging with oxygen modeling.
    Shang KM, Kato H, Gonzalez N, Kandeel F, Tai YC, Komatsu H
    Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2024 04 01; 326(4):C1262-C1271.; 
    PubMed
  7. Donation After Circulatory Death Islets are Comparable to Standard-of-Care Donation After Brain Death Islets: Analysis of 801 Consecutive Human Islet Isolations.
    Qi M, Omori K, Orr C, Valiente L, Bilbao S, Tucker A, Rawson J, Gonzalez N, Verret J, Cuadra J, Mares J, Jou K, Ligot D, Balandran B, Komatsu H, Mehra M, Ramos K, Hacker-Stratton J, Al-Abdullah IH, Isenberg JS, Kandeel F
    Transplant Direct. 2026 Apr; 12(4):e1930.; 
    PubMed
  8. Characterization of Human Pancreatic Islet Cells Using a Single-Cell Western Blot Platform.
    Lenz G, Miao L, Lenz A, Mares J, Quijano J, Zook HN, Komatsu H, Garcia P, Ferreri K, Ku HT, Kandeel F
    Pancreas. 2024 Nov-Dec 01; 53(10):e818-e829.; 
    PubMed
  9. Advances in Beta-cell Replacement Therapy for Diabetes-Insights From the 20th International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA) World Congress, Pisa, 2025.
    Rao JS, Barra JM, Parmentier C, Chaudhry A, Doherty D, Komatsu H, Mitsugashira H, Citro A, Nijhoff MF, Piemonti L, Scholz H
    Transplantation. 2026 Apr 03.; 
    PubMed
  10. Firefly Rats: Illuminating the Scientific Community in Transplantation Research.
    Kobayashi E, Hakamata Y, Enosawa S, Shang KM, Komatsu H
    Cell Transplant. 2024 Jan-Dec; 33:9636897231224174.; 
    PubMed