Affiliates

Natalia Litbarg, M.D. ( UIC affiliation)
Perianna Sethupathy, M.D. ( LUMC affiliation)
Lev Rappoport, M.D. (RUSH affiliation)
Snezana Vujicic, M.D.( UIC affiliation)

Abstracts of Recently Published Papers

• Impaired integration of endothelial progenitor cells in capillaries of diabetic wounds is reversible with VEGF infusion.
  
• Activated omentum becomes rich in factors that promote healing and regeneration.
  
• Transplanting fragments of diabetic pancreas into activated omentum gives rise to new insulin producing cells.
  
• Stem cells cultured from the omentum express pluripotent markers, produce high amounts of VEGF, and engraft to injured sites.
  
• Activated omentum facilitates liver regeneration.
  
• Foreign body-induced granulation tissue is a source of adult stem cells.