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  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Camillo Ricordi is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research spans several key areas within medicine and molecular biology, particularly focusing on pancreatic function, diabetes, and transplantation outcomes. The scientist's work integrates clinical and molecular approaches to understanding and treating diabetes and related disorders.

The main fields of study for Ricordi include Medicine with 200 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 60 publications. Subfields prominently featured in their work include Surgery, Genetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The topics covered extensively by Ricordi in their research include:

  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Ricordi has published in several frequent venues, indicating consistent research contributions to these journals and platforms. These include:

  • Transplantation (12 publications)
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (10 publications)
  • PubMed (8 publications)
  • Diabetes (5 publications)
  • Nature Communications (4 publications)

They have collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Rodolfo Alejandro, Marco Infante, David A. Baidal, David Della-Morte, and Ana Alvarez. These collaborations involve multiple co-authored papers, reflecting active engagement in their scientific community.

Selected recent papers by Camillo Ricordi include:

  • Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells for COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome: A double-blind, phase 1/2a, randomized controlled trial, 2021, Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • Single-cell resolution analysis of the human pancreatic ductal progenitor cell niche, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles reduce senescence and extend health span in mouse models of aging, 2021, Aging Cell
  • Phase 3 trial of human islet-after-kidney transplantation in type 1 diabetes, 2020, American Journal of Transplantation
  • Editorial - Vitamin D status: a key modulator of innate immunity and natural defense from acute viral respiratory infections, 2020, PubMed

Ricordi has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2017
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • International Trial of the Edmonton Protocol for Islet Transplantation

    A. M James Shapiro;Camillo Ricordi;Bernhard J. Hering;Hugh Auchincloss

  • Automated Method for Isolation of Human Pancreatic Islets

    Camillo Ricordi;Paul E Lacy;Edward H Finke;Barbara J Olack

  • The unique cytoarchitecture of human pancreatic islets has implications for islet cell function

    Over Cabrera;Dora M. Berman;Norma S. Kenyon;Camillo Ricordi

  • Cell migration, chimerism, and graft acceptance

    Thomas E. Starzl;Anthony J. Demetris;Noriko Murase;Suzanne Ildstad

  • Age‐Related Osteogenic Potential of Mesenchymal Stromal Stem Cells from Human Vertebral Bone Marrow

    Gianluca D'Ippolito;Gianluca D'Ippolito;Paul C. Schiller;Paul C. Schiller;Camillo Ricordi;Bernard A. Roos;Bernard A. Roos

  • The insulin gene is transcribed in the human thymus and transcription levels correlated with allelic variation at the INS VNTR-IDDM2 susceptibility locus for type 1 diabetes

    Alberto Pugliese;Markus Zeller;Alarico Fernandez;Laura J. Zalcberg

  • Cell migration and chimerism after whole-organ transplantation: The basis of graft acceptance

    Thomas E. Starzl;Anthony J. Demetris;Massimo Trucco;Noriko Murase

  • Clinical pancreatic islet transplantation.

    A. M. James Shapiro;Marta Pokrywczynska;Camillo Ricordi

  • Islet isolation assessment in man and large animals.

    Camillo Ricordi;Camillo Ricordi;Derek W.R. Gray;Bernhard J. Hering;Dixon B. Kaufman

  • Phase 3 Trial of Transplantation of Human Islets in Type 1 Diabetes Complicated by Severe Hypoglycemia

    Bernhard J. Hering;William R. Clarke;Nancy D. Bridges;Thomas L. Eggerman

  • Induction therapy with autologous mesenchymal stem cells in living-related kidney transplants: a randomized controlled trial.

    Jianming Tan;Weizhen Wu;Xiumin Xu;Lianming Liao

  • Loss of ARNT/HIF1β Mediates Altered Gene Expression and Pancreatic-Islet Dysfunction in Human Type 2 Diabetes

    Jenny E. Gunton;Rohit N. Kulkarni;Sun Hee Yim;Terumasa Okada

  • Rituximab Targets Podocytes in Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

    Alessia Fornoni;Junichiro Sageshima;Changli Wei;Sandra Merscher-Gomez

  • Expanded T cells from pancreatic lymph nodes of type 1 diabetic subjects recognize an insulin epitope

    Sally C. Kent;Yahua Chen;Lisa Bregoli;Sue M. Clemmings

  • Long-term survival and function of intrahepatic islet allografts in rhesus monkeys treated with humanized anti-CD154

    Norma S. Kenyon;Maria Chatzipetrou;Michele Masetti;Alessandra Ranuncoli

  • Leptin suppression of insulin secretion and gene expression in human pancreatic islets: implications for the development of adipogenic diabetes mellitus.

    Jochen Seufert;Timothy J. Kieffer;Colin A. Leech;George G. Holz

  • Clinical islet transplantation: advances and immunological challenges.

    Camillo Ricordi;Terry B. Strom

  • Automated islet isolation from human pancreas.

    Camillo Ricordi;Paul E Lacy;David W Scharp

  • Chimerism and donor-specific nonreactivity 27 to 29 years after kidney allotransplantation.

    Thomas E. Starzl;Anthony J. Demetris;Massimo Trucco;Adriana Zeevi

  • Islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes mellitus using cultured islets and steroid-free immunosuppression: Miami experience.

    Tatiana Froud;Camillo Ricordi;David A. Baidal;Muhammad M. Hafiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas G. Tzakis
Andreas G. Tzakis Cleveland Clinic
Thomas E. Starzl
Thomas E. Starzl University of Pittsburgh
Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller Northwestern University
Anthony J. Demetris
Anthony J. Demetris University of Pittsburgh
Per-Olof Berggren
Per-Olof Berggren Karolinska Institute
John J. Fung
John J. Fung University of Chicago
Phillip Ruiz
Phillip Ruiz University of Miami
Thierry Berney
Thierry Berney University of Geneva
Massimo Trucco
Massimo Trucco Carnegie Mellon University
Bernhard J. Hering
Bernhard J. Hering University of Minnesota

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