Page 1 of 17 T. Arata et al. MAINTENANCE OF GLUCOSE-SENSITIVE INSULIN SECRETION OF CRYOPRESERVED HUMAN ISLETS WITH UW SOULUTION AND ASCORBIC ACID 2 GLUCOSIDE Takashi Arata 1) , Naoya Kobayashi 1) , Teru Okitsu 1) , Hideaki Ikeda 1) , Kazuya Kobayashi 1) , Yoshikazu Kosaka 1) , Michiki Narushima 1) , Junji Matsuoka 1) , Itaru Yamamoto 2) , Noriaki Tanaka 2) , Jonathan RT. Lakey 3) 1) Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. 2) Department of immunochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1- 1- 1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan. 3) Clinical Islet Transplantation Program, Surgical-Medical Research Institute, 1074 Dentistry/Pharmacy Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2N8 Canada. RUNNING TITLE; Maintained islet functions with UW and AA2G Key Words; Islets, University of Wisconsin solution, ascorbic acid-2 glucoside, cryopreservation, stimulation index.