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Porcine kidney xenotransplantation: From primate models to clinical reality

open access: yesAnimal 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Force for ancient and recent life: viral and stem-loop RNA consortia promote life. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Lytic viruses were thought to kill the most numerous host (i.e., kill the winner). But persisting viruses/defectives can also protect against viruses, especially in a ubiquitous virosphere. In 1991, Yarmolinsky et al.
Villarreal, Luis P
core   +1 more source

Establishment of Interspecies Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer and Transgene‐Free Inducible Pluripotent Stem Cells for Versatile Conservation of the Germplasm Resource of Wild Boar

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Conserving genetic material and even increasing genetic diversity is critical. To conduct the conservation of wild boar germplasm resources, we have successfully obtained healthy cloned wild boars for the first time using interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer and established transgene‐free iPSCs that can be used to conduct iterative rounds of gene
Chen Gao   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sequences, annotation and single nucleotide polymorphism of the major histocompatibility complex in the domestic cat.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2008
Two sequences of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) regions in the domestic cat, 2.976 and 0.362 Mbps, which were separated by an ancient chromosome break (55-80 MYA) and followed by a chromosomal inversion were annotated in detail.
Naoya Yuhki   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acquisition and Exaptation of Endogenous Retroviruses in Mammalian Placenta

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2023
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are retrovirus-like sequences that were previously integrated into the host genome. Although most ERVs are inactivated by mutations, deletions, or epigenetic regulation, some remain transcriptionally active and impact host ...
Sayumi Shimode
doaj   +1 more source

Inhibition of budding/release of porcine endogenous retrovirus [PDF]

open access: yesMicrobiology and Immunology, 2014
AbstractPERV is integrated into the genome of all pigs. PERV‐A and PERV‐B are polytropic and can productively infect human cell lines, whereas PERV‐C is ecotropic. Recombinant PERV‐A/C can infect human cells and exhibits high titer replication. Therefore, use of pigs for human xenotransplantation raises concerns about the risks of transfer of this ...
Masumi, Abe   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Role of miRNAs in Chicken Immune Regulation and Prospects for Disease‐Resistant Breeding

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
A schematic workflow illustrating the screening of disease‐resistant miRNAs and the generation of miRNA‐based disease‐resistant chickens via PGC‐mediated germline genome editing. ABSTRACT MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are emerging as pivotal regulators of the immune system, playing a decisive role in shaping disease resistance in chicken.
Qiangzhou Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nsd2 Represses Endogenous Retrovirus MERVL in Embryonic Stem Cells

open access: yesStem Cells International, 2021
The facilitates chromatin transcription (FACT) complex is a histone H2A/H2B chaperone, which represses endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) and transcription of ERV-chimeric transcripts. It binds to both transcription start site and gene body region.
Tingting Gao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Defending the genome from the enemy within:mechanisms of retrotransposon suppression in the mouse germline [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The viability of any species requires that the genome is kept stable as it is transmitted from generation to generation by the germ cells. One of the challenges to transgenerational genome stability is the potential mutagenic activity of transposable ...
A Aravin   +241 more
core   +2 more sources

Higher complement C4 gene copy number constitutes a shared genetic risk factor for giant cell arteritis and IgA vasculitis

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective Low copy number (CN) of complement C4 isoforms and high CN of retroviral HERV‐K elements are known risk factors for many immune‐mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs), often showing sex‐biased effects. Here, we assessed whether CN variation within the C4 gene contributes to giant cell arteritis (GCA) and IgA vasculitis (IgAV), two complex ...
Laura Martínez‐Gutiérrez   +296 more
wiley   +1 more source

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