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Total cellular insulin transplanted was 8,097.6 \u00b1 3,164.4 \u03bcg\/patient, and was significantly lower in bottom gradient layer grafts than top gradient layer or whole\/combined grafts (P &amp;lt; 0.0005). A static incubation test for islet function gave a stimulation index of 3\u20134, although this measure did not correlate with posttransplant metabolic outcome. Furthermore, we confirmed a previously reported trend in which donor age affects islet yield and purity. It is important to note that a significant positive correlation was observed between the number of islet progenitor (ductal-epithelial) cells transplanted and long-term metabolic success as assessed an by intravenous glucose tolerance test at \u223c2 years posttransplant. 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