Current status of xenotransplantation research and the strategies for preventing xenograft rejection

Q Zhou, T Li, K Wang, Q Zhang, Z Geng… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Transplantation is often the last resort for end-stage organ failures, eg, kidney, liver, heart,
lung, and pancreas. The shortage of donor organs is the main limiting factor for successful …

Genetically modified pigs as organ donors for xenotransplantation

M Hryhorowicz, J Zeyland, R Słomski… - Molecular Biotechnology, 2017 - Springer
The growing shortage of available organs is a major problem in transplantology. Thus, new
and alternative sources of organs need to be found. One promising solution could be …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term survival of pig-to-rhesus macaque renal xenografts is dependent on CD4 T cell depletion

SC Kim, DV Mathews, CP Breeden… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The shortage of available organs remains the greatest barrier to expanding access to
transplant. Despite advances in genetic editing and immunosuppression, survival in …

Pre‐transplant antibody screening and anti‐CD154 costimulation blockade promote long‐term xenograft survival in a pig‐to‐primate kidney transplant model

L Higginbotham, D Mathews, CA Breeden… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Xenotransplantation has the potential to alleviate the organ shortage that prevents many
patients with end‐stage renal disease from enjoying the benefits of kidney transplantation …

Progress in pig‐to‐non‐human primate transplantation models (1998–2013): a comprehensive review of the literature

DKC Cooper, V Satyananda, B Ekser… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background The pig‐to‐non‐human primate model is the standard choice for in vivo studies
of organ and cell xenotransplantation. In 1998, Lambrigts and his colleagues surveyed the …

Selected physiologic compatibilities and incompatibilities between human and porcine organ systems

Z Ibrahim, J Busch, M Awwad, R Wagner… - …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The shortage of donor organs is a major barrier to clinical organ transplantation. Although
xenotransplantation is considered one of the alternatives to human organ transplantation …

Genome editing in large animals: current status and future prospects

J Zhao, L Lai, W Ji, Q Zhou - National Science Review, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Large animals (non-human primates, livestock and dogs) are playing important roles in
biomedical research, and large livestock animals serve as important sources of meat and …

Efficient production by sperm-mediated gene transfer of human decay accelerating factor (hDAF) transgenic pigs for xenotransplantation

M Lavitrano, ML Bacci, M Forni… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
A large number of hDAF transgenic pigs to be used for xenotransplantation research were
generated by using sperm-mediated gene transfer (SMGT). The efficiency of transgenesis …

The immunological barrier to xenotransplantation

M Cascalho, JL Platt - Immunity, 2001 - cell.com
The transplantation of cells, tissue, or organs between the host. However, diversity of
antigens is not sufficient disparate species, that is,“xenotransplantation,” has to explain the …

Xenotransplantation of solid organs in the pig-to-primate model

B Ekser, P Rigotti, B Gridelli, DKC Cooper - Transplant immunology, 2009 - Elsevier
Xenotransplantation using pig organs could solve the significant increasing shortage of
donor organs for allotransplantation. In the last two decades, major progress has been made …