Warm ischemia time influences human islet cell isolation yield when assessed as beta cell number but not as islet equivalent number

We read with interest the manuscript "Clinical Use of Donation After Circulatory Death Pancreas for Islet Transplantation" by Doppenberg et al., recently published in the American Journal of Transplantation. The authors demonstrate in vitro and in vivo beta cell functionality of human islets isolated after controlled circulatory death (DCD III), confirming previous observations in a larger series..