Physician
Internal Medicine
Dr. Emmanuel C. Opara, MD
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Doctor Emmanuel C. Opara, MD works in the field of Internal Medicine. He went to medical school at NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Emmanuel C. Opara has written publications. He has 71 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Optimization of the microencapsulated islet for transplantation.'
Publications
- Long-term function of islets encapsulated in a redesigned alginate microcapsule construct in omentum pouches of immune-competent diabetic rats.
- Effects of allogeneic bone marrow derived mesenchymal stromal cell therapy on voiding function in a rat model of Parkinson disease.
- FGF-1 delivery from multilayer alginate microbeads stimulates a rapid and persistent increase in vascular density.
- Scientific principles of regenerative medicine and their application in the female reproductive system.
- Porcine pancreas extracellular matrix as a platform for endocrine pancreas bioengineering.
- Microencapsulation of pancreatic islets for use in a bioartificial pancreas.
- Alginate-based strategies for therapeutic vascularization.
- Engineered multilayer ovarian tissue that secretes sex steroids and peptide hormones in response to gonadotropins.
- Skeletal myogenic differentiation of urine-derived stem cells and angiogenesis using microbeads loaded with growth factors.
- A three-dimensional microfluidic approach to scaling up microencapsulation of cells.
- Synthesis of multilayered alginate microcapsules for the sustained release of fibroblast growth factor-1.
- Multilayered microcapsules for the sustained-release of angiogenic proteins from encapsulated cells.
- Fibroblast growth factor-1 (FGF-1) loaded microbeads enhance local capillary neovascularization.
- Sustained delivery of FGF-1 increases vascular density in comparison to bolus administration.
- Oxidative stress.
- Antioxidants and micronutrients.
- Effects of esomeprazole magnesium on nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug gastropathy.
- Effect of the H, K-ATPase inhibitor, esomeprazole magnesium, on gut total antioxidant capacity in mice.
- Polyvinyl pyrrolidone: a novel cryoprotectant in islet cell cryopreservation.
- Effects of omeprazole and ascorbate on gastric emptying and antioxidant levels in a mouse model of glutathione depletion.
- Novel 3D Co-Culture Model for Epithelial-Stromal Cells Interaction in Prostate Cancer.
- Regenerative medicine as applied to solid organ transplantation: current status and future challenges.
- The effects of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors I and II on glutamine metabolism by skeletal muscle of the rat in vitro.
- The effect of insulin-like growth factor II on glucose uptake and metabolism in rat skeletal muscle in vitro.
- Acute ethanol administration and the metabolism of glutamine by skeletal muscle of the rat: implications for ethanol-induced reductions in protein synthesis.
- Intracerebroventricular neuropeptide Y increases gastric and pancreatic secretion in the dog.
- The bioartificial pancreas: progress and challenges.
- Glycogen synthase: a putative locus for diet-induced hyperglycemia.
- Targeted deletion of the PRL receptor: effects on islet development, insulin production, and glucose tolerance.
- Prevention of morphological changes in alginate microcapsules for islet xenotransplantation.
- Islet cell transplantation for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
- A reliable method for isolation of viable porcine islet cells.
- Induction of enlarged intestinal lymphoid aggregates during acute glutathione depletion in a murine model.
- Durability of sodium sulfate-treated polylysine-alginate microcapsules.
- Total antioxidant capacity of colon in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis.
- Storage and microencapsulation of islets for transplantation.
- Role of protein kinase C isoenzymes in fatty acid stimulation of insulin secretion.
- Depletion of total antioxidant capacity in type 2 diabetes.
- Optimization of the microencapsulated islet for transplantation.
- Reoxygenation injury affects isolated islet response to fatty acid stimulation.
- Insulin resistance and fat patterning with aging: relationship to metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
- Chronic glutathione depletion alters expression of enteric inhibitory neurochemicals in the mouse.
- Quitting smoking raises whole blood glutathione.
- Effect of L-glutamine supplementation on impaired glucose regulation during intravenous lipid administration.
- Decreased vasoactive intestinal peptide levels and glutathione depletion in acquired megacolon.
- L-glutamine supplementation of a high fat diet reduces body weight and attenuates hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia in C57BL/6J mice.
- Glutathione-mediated preservation and enhancement of isolated perifused islet function.
- Dual effects of gastric inhibitory polypeptide on insulin secretion.
- Effect of fatty acids on insulin release: role of chain length and degree of unsaturation.
- Regulation of polyunsaturated fatty acid-stimulated insulin release by GIP in isolated perifused islets.
- Differential effects of fat and sucrose on the development of obesity and diabetes in C57BL/6J and A/J mice.
- Impaired second phase insulin response of diabetes-prone C57BL/6J mouse islets.
- Dietary regulation of glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) gene expression in rat small intestine.
- Defective glucose-stimulated insulin release from perifused islets of C57BL/6J mice.
- Characterization of the insulinotropic potency of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- Insulinotropic potency of lauric acid: a metabolic rationale for medium chain fatty acids (MCF) in TPN formulation.
- New alginate microcapsule system for angiogenic protein delivery and immunoisolation of islets for transplantation in the rat omentum pouch.
- A scalable microfluidic device for the mass production of microencapsulated islets.
- The therapeutic potential of islet cell transplant in the treatment of diabetes.
- Effect of alginate composition and purity on alginate microspheres.
- Oxidative stress, micronutrients, diabetes mellitus and its complications.
- Role of oxidative stress in the etiology of type 2 diabetes and the effect of antioxidant supplementation on glycemic control.
- Total antioxidant capacity following extrinsic denervation and small intestinal transplantation in the rat.
- Oxidative stress in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: pathogenesis and antioxidant therapies.
- Effect of alginate composition and gelling cation on microbead swelling.
- Effect of alginate composition and gelling cation on micro-bead swelling.
- Design of a bioartificial pancreas(+).
- The effect of FGF-1 loaded alginate microbeads on neovascularization and adipogenesis in a vascular pedicle model of adipose tissue engineering.
- Characteristics of Poly-L-Ornithine-coated alginate microcapsules.
- Immunoisolation techniques for islet cell transplantation.
Schools
Namdi Azikiwe University
Lutheran Medical Center
New York University Medical School
Doctors Specialties
- Internal Medicine
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Education
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NYU School of Medicine -
Nnamdi Azikiwe University College of Health Science
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