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Epigenetic marking and repression of porcine endogenous retroviruses
Journal of General Virology, 2013 Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are remnants of retroviral germ line infections and have been identified in all mammals investigated so far. Although the majority of ERVs are degenerated, some mammalian species, such as mice and pigs, carry replication-competent ERVs capable of forming infectious viral particles.
Wolf, Gernot +3 more
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Xenotransplantation: Perspectives and limits [PDF]
, 2001 Xenotransplantation faces the dilemma of an unlimited supply of cells, tissues and organs on the one hand and severe obstacles and limits on the other. One reason for the limitations is that the source animal of choice, the pig, and the human recipient ...
Hammer, Claus
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The restriction of zoonotic PERV transmission by human APOBEC3G. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2007 The human APOBEC3G protein is an innate anti-viral factor that can dominantly inhibit the replication of some endogenous and exogenous retroviruses. The prospects of purposefully harnessing such an anti-viral defense are under investigation.
Stefán R Jónsson +5 more
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The role of genetically engineered pigs in xenotransplantation research [PDF]
, 2015 There is a critical shortage in the number of deceased human organs that become available for the purposes of clinical transplantation. This problem might be resolved by the transplantation of organs from pigs genetically engineered to protect them from ...
Ayares, David +4 more
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Xenotransplantation: past, present, and future [PDF]
, 2017 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review the progress in the field of xenotransplantation with special attention to most recent encouraging findings which will eventually bring xenotransplantation to the clinic in the near future.
Cooper, David K.C. +2 more
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The Role of miRNAs in Chicken Immune Regulation and Prospects for Disease‐Resistant Breeding
Animal 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
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Characteristic features of porcine endogenous retroviruses in Vietnamese native pigs
Animal Science Journal, 2020 AbstractWe aimed to clarify the genomic characteristics of porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) in Vietnamese native pig (VnP) breeds. First, we investigated genetic polymorphisms in β‐ and γ‐like PERVs, and we then measured the copy numbers of infectious γ‐like PERVs (PERV‐A, B, and C). We purified genomic DNA from 15 VnP breeds from 12 regions all
Shinya Ishihara +9 more
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Cell Transplantation, 2004 The discovery of porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) has raised concerns regarding the safety of porcine xenotransplantation. However, transmission of PERV had not been observed in humans exposed to porcine tissue.
Brice W. Mckane +5 more
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Safety of Xenotransplantation: Development of screening methods and testing for porcine viruses [PDF]
, 2018 Xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues or organs might be a promising solution to overcome the shortage for organs suitable for allotransplantation. Because of several reasons, the pig is currently the favoured donor species.
Janich geb. Plotzki, Elena
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Current Status of Kidney Xenotransplantation in Basic Research
Organ Medicine, EarlyView.Kidney xenotransplantation is a potential solution to the organ shortage for end‐stage kidney disease. This review systematically elaborates on the application advances of donor pig gene editing technologies, the molecular mechanisms and regulatory strategies of xenogeneic immune rejection, and the optimization approaches of immune compatibility ...
Yu Luo, Bingzhuo Liu, Weijie Lai
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