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Porcine kidney xenotransplantation: From primate models to clinical reality

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
In the face of a critical shortage of human donor kidneys for end‐stage renal disease patients, porcine kidney xenotransplantation has emerged as a viable solution. This field has navigated major hurdles, including immune rejection, physiological incompatibilities, potential biomechanical differences and the risk of cross‐species infection. To overcome
Zihang Guo, Ling Zhang, Shoulong Deng, Chuan Qin   +3 more
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Proteins as markers of TSE infection in sheep blood

, 2008
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of fatal infectious neurodegenerative diseases affecting both humans and agricultural animals. TSE transmission via blood transfusion has been demonstrated experimentally in rodent, primate and
Martin, Joanne
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A study of the incubation period, or age at onset, of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies/prion diseases. [PDF]

In order to model epidemics of infectious diseases, particularly to estimate probable numbers of cases with onset at any particular time, it is necessaiy to incorporate a term for the incubation period frequency distribution. Sartwell's hypothesis states
Wooldridge, Marion Joan Anstee
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Measurement and evaluation of surgical models of spinal fusion in mice, rats, and rabbits

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
In this study, spinal fusion models in mice, rats and rabbits are compared and discussed. The results show that after comparing the anatomical structure and the complexity of surgical operation, among the three experimental animals in this study, the rabbit as an experimental animal is superior to the mouse and the rat in the establishment of spinal ...
Jianghong Lu, Yicun Hu, Xin Yao
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A new method for the Characterization of Strain-Specific Conformational Stability of Protease-Sensitive and Protease Resistant PrPSc

, 2010
Although proteinacious in nature, prions exist as strains with specific self-perpetuating biological properties. Prion strains are thought to be associated with different conformers of PrPSc, a disease-associated isoform of the host-encoded cellular ...
Gabriele Vaccari, Laura Pirisinu, Marcon Stefano, Fazzi, P., Pirisinu Laura, Michele Di Bari, Nonno Romolo, Bari, M., Di, Marcon, S., Langeveld Jan, Paola Fazzi, Cardone, F., Vaccari Gabriele, Vaccari, G., Langeveld, J.P.M., Galeno Roberta, Roberta Galeno, Pirisinu, L., Esposito Elena, Fazzi Paola, Jan Langeveld, Nonno, R., Umberto Agrimi, D'Agostino, C., Elena Esposito, Stefano Marcon, Esposito, E., Claudia D'Agostino, Agrimi Umberto, Agrimi, U., Agostino, C., D', Di Bari, M., D'Agostino Claudia, Romolo Nonno, Di Bari Michele   +34 more
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Engraftment of sheep splenic lymphocytes into NBSGW mice and application in Brucella infection

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
A sheep splenocyte‐reconstituted mouse model (Sh‐Spl mice) was established via intravenous injection of sheep splenic lymphocytes into immunodeficient mice to evaluate Brucella infection. Abstract Background The development of immune reconstituted xenograft mouse models has addressed the limitations imposed by interspecies immunological differences in ...
Xiaowei Wang, Shicheng Wan, Yanmin Guo, Hongyu Han, Fei Luo, Dongmei Jiang, Xiaorong Yang, Quanhai Pang, Haisheng Yu, Jinlian Hua   +9 more
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Heart rate variability analysis in sheep affected by transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

BMC Research Notes, 2011
Background The function of the autonomic nervous system can be assessed by determining heart rate variability (HRV), which is impaired in some brainstem diseases in humans.
Konold Timm, Bone Gemma E
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Variability in disease phenotypes within a single PRNP genotype suggests the existence of multiple natural sheep scarpie strains within Europe

, 2010
Variability of pathological phenotypes within classical sheep scrapie cases has been reported for some time, but in many instances it has been attributed to differences in the PRNP genotype of the host.
González, L., E. Monleon, L. J. M. van Keulen, Jeffrey, M., Balkema-Buschmann, A., C. Hoffmann, Badiola, J.J., Lulini, B., Keulen, L.J.M., van, van Keulen, L.J.M., A. Balkema-Buschmann, Monleón, E., S. Siso, A. Ortiz-Pelaez, Langeveld, J.P.M., Hoffmann, C., J. J. Badiola, Sisó, S., Acín, C., Ortiz-Peláez, A., J. P. M. Langeveld, B. Iulini, M. Jeffrey, L. Gonzalez, C. Casalone, Casalone, C., C. Acin   +26 more
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Morphological and morphometric aspects of the equine aortic valve: New insights for comparative studies in mammals

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract New data on the equine aortic valve obtained using advanced techniques is especially important given the greater availability of animal models for translational research. Here we characterized the morphological and morphometric aspects of the equine aortic valve from 60 healthy hearts collected at equine abattoirs.
Vitor Pires Pereira, Victoria Brondani de Oliveira, Carlos Eduardo Seyfert, Luciano de Morais‐Pinto   +3 more
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Changes in blood parameters induced by experimental jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus infection

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2016
The aim of the study was to assess the changes of blood parameters in 12 three-week-old Polish Merino sheep subjected to experimental jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) infection.
Dudek Katarzyna, Lutnicki Krzysztof, Bednarek Dariusz, Marczuk Jan, Kycko Anna, Reichert Michał   +5 more
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