Barbara Olack

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Barbara Olack is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Olack has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Surgery, 25 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Barbara Olack's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (40 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (23 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (16 papers). Barbara Olack is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (40 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (23 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (16 papers). Barbara Olack collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Barbara Olack's co-authors include David W. Scharp, Paul E. Lacy, Camillo Ricordi, EDWARD H. FINKE, C Swanson, T. Mohanakumar, Piero Marchetti, Todd K. Howard, Karen Flavin and Edward J. Doherty and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Diabetes Care and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Olack

50 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Automated Method for Isolation of Human Pancreatic Islets

1988 1.1k citations Paul E. Lacy, EDWARD H. FINKE et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Olack United States	21	2.1k	1.2k	1.1k	443	393	50	2.2k
Krystyna Tatarkiewicz United States	17	1.5k 0.7×	766 0.6×	928 0.8×	218 0.5×	540 1.4×	34	1.7k
Makiko Kumagai‐Braesch Sweden	18	700 0.3×	298 0.3×	202 0.2×	101 0.2×	307 0.8×	45	1.1k
Silvia Pellegrini Italy	19	518 0.3×	312 0.3×	264 0.2×	49 0.1×	294 0.7×	44	869
Hitoshi Katsuta Japan	17	736 0.4×	496 0.4×	446 0.4×	37 0.1×	374 1.0×	43	1.1k
Nella Fisicaro Australia	19	688 0.3×	426 0.4×	49 0.0×	23 0.1×	336 0.9×	37	1.1k
Kimio Matsumura Japan	13	417 0.2×	147 0.1×	237 0.2×	25 0.1×	509 1.3×	19	1.3k
Laxminarayana Korutla United States	16	188 0.1×	117 0.1×	61 0.1×	42 0.1×	673 1.7×	31	954
J. Egeberg Denmark	16	570 0.3×	600 0.5×	465 0.4×	24 0.1×	134 0.3×	42	978
Gwennan André‐Grégoire France	17	109 0.1×	77 0.1×	178 0.2×	77 0.2×	432 1.1×	35	795
Robert Lakomy United States	13	122 0.1×	189 0.2×	74 0.1×	22 0.0×	173 0.4×	18	673

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Olack, Barbara, Michael P. Alexander, C Swanson, et al.. (2020). Optimal Time to Ship Human Islets Post Tissue Culture to Maximize Islet Recovery. Cell Transplantation. 29. 2790877106–2790877106. 6 indexed citations

Mohanakumar, T., Kishore Narayanan, Niraj M. Desai, et al.. (2006). A Significant Role for Histocompatibility in Human Islet Transplantation. Transplantation. 82(2). 180–187. 53 indexed citations

Ramachandran, Sabarinathan, Niraj M. Desai, Trudie A. Goers, et al.. (2006). Improved Islet Yields from Pancreas Preserved in Perflurocarbon Is Via Inhibition of Apoptosis Mediated by Mitochondrial Pathway. American Journal of Transplantation. 6(7). 1696–1703. 31 indexed citations

Bharat, Ankit, N. Benshoff, Barbara Olack, et al.. (2005). Novel In Vivo Murine Model to Study Islet Potency: Engraftment and Function. Transplantation. 79(11). 1627–1630. 21 indexed citations

Yang, Junbao, Andrés Jaramillo, Wei Liu, et al.. (2003). CHRONIC REJECTION OF MURINE CARDIAC ALLOGRAFTS DISCORDANT AT THE H13 MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CORRELATES WITH THE GENERATION OF THE H13-SPECIFIC CD8+ CYTOTOXIC T CELLS1. Transplantation. 76(1). 84–91. 20 indexed citations

Olack, Barbara, Andrés Jaramillo, N. Benshoff, et al.. (2002). Rejection of porcine islet xenografts mediated by CD4+ T cells activated through the indirect antigen recognition pathway. Xenotransplantation. 9(6). 393–401. 31 indexed citations

Swanson, C, et al.. (2001). Improved methods for the isolation and purification of porcine islets. Human Immunology. 62(7). 739–749. 25 indexed citations

Olack, Barbara, Andrés Jaramillo, C Swanson, et al.. (2001). The role of indirect antigen recognition in islet xenograft rejection. Transplantation Proceedings. 33(1-2). 784–785. 7 indexed citations

Manna, Partha Pratim, Brian Duffy, Barbara Olack, Jeffrey A. Lowell, & T. Mohanakumar. (2001). ACTIVATION OF HUMAN DENDRITIC CELLS BY PORCINE AORTIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS. Transplantation. 72(9). 1563–1571. 16 indexed citations

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Olack, Barbara, Partha Pratim Manna, Andrés Jaramillo, et al.. (2000). Indirect Recognition of Porcine Swine Leukocyte Ag Class I Molecules Expressed on Islets by Human CD4+ T Lymphocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 165(3). 1294–1299. 26 indexed citations

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Olack, Barbara, C Swanson, Todd K. Howard, & T. Mohanakumar. (1999). Improved method for the isolation and purification of human islets of Langerhans using Liberase™ enzyme blend. Human Immunology. 60(12). 1303–1309. 43 indexed citations

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Naziruddin, Bashoo, D. Phelan, Brian Duffy, et al.. (1998). HLA ANTIBODIES PRESENT IN THE SERA OF SENSITIZED PATIENTS AWAITING RENAL TRANSPLANT ARE ALSO REACTIVE TO SWINE LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS1,2. Transplantation. 66(8). 1074–1080. 43 indexed citations

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Olack, Barbara, C Swanson, Karen Flavin, et al.. (1997). Sensitization to HLA antigens in islet recipients with failing transplants. Transplantation Proceedings. 29(4). 2268–2269. 37 indexed citations

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Brennan, Daniel C., Karen Flavin, Paul E. Lacy, et al.. (1997). Long-term (>30 months) follow-up of a single successful kidney-islet transplant recipient. Transplantation Proceedings. 29(4). 2231–2233. 2 indexed citations

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Swanson, C, Barbara Olack, Karen Flavin, et al.. (1997). Comparison of transplanted islets in patients with functioning versus nonfunctioning allografts. Transplantation Proceedings. 29(4). 2241–2242. 1 indexed citations

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Marchetti, Piero, E Finke, Barbara Olack, et al.. (1995). Insulin inhibits its own secretion from isolated, perifused human pancreatic islets. Acta Diabetologica. 32(2). 75–77. 15 indexed citations

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Marchetti, Piero, N. M. Kneteman, C Swanson, Barbara Olack, & David W. Scharp. (1994). Effect of cyclosporin treatment on metabolic and hormonal responses to mixed meal plus oral glucose in dogs with intrasplenic pancreatic islet autograft. Research in Experimental Medicine. 194(1). 45–52. 4 indexed citations

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Marchetti, Piero, David W. Scharp, C Swanson, et al.. (1994). CRYOGENIC STORAGE OF ISOLATED, PURIFIED PORCINE PANCREATIC ISLETS. Transplantation. 57(3). 340–346. 30 indexed citations

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Marchetti, Piero, David W. Scharp, C Swanson, et al.. (1992). PREVENTION OF CONTAMINATION OF ISOLATED PORCINE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS. Transplantation. 53(6). 1364–1365. 6 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Robert E., Santiago B. Plurad, Barbara Olack, & David W. Scharp. (1989). The effect of pancreatic islet transplantation and insulin therapy on neuroaxonal dystrophy in sympathetic autonomic ganglia of chronic streptozocin-diabetic rats. Brain Research. 497(2). 393–398. 9 indexed citations

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