Assessment of porcine endogenous retrovirus transmission across an alginate barrier used for the encapsulation of porcine islets [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Subcutaneous implantation of a macroencapsulated patch containing human allogenic islets has been successfully used to alleviate type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in a human recipient without the need for immunosuppression.
Crossan, Claire +4 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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Cellular xenotransplantation of animal cells into people: benefits and risk [PDF]
, 2018 The main benefit of xenotransplantation is its potential to overcome the worldwide organ shortage experienced in allotransplantation. Allogeneic transplantation is the only successful therapy for several life-threatening diseases, with cell, tissue or ...
Cozzi, Emanuele +4 more
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Analysis of PERV-C superinfection resistance using HA-tagged viruses
Retrovirology, 2023 Background Using pigs as organ donors has advanced xenotransplantation to the point that it is almost ready for clinical use. However, there is still a zoonotic risk associated with xenotransplantation, and the potential transmission of porcine ...
Merle Flecks +4 more
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When should precaution prevail? : interests in (public) health, the risk of harm and xenotransplantation. [PDF]
, 2010 Xenotransplantation is an example of a developing biotechnology which highlights three differing interests in the health of the public; a specific interest in enhancing the health of individuals who require a particular procedure or treatment, a wider ...
Fovargue, Sara, Ost, Suzanne
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Highly Variable Genomic Landscape of Endogenous Retroviruses in the C57BL/6J Inbred Strain, Depending on Individual Mouse, Gender, Organ Type, and Organ Location. [PDF]
, 2017 Transposable repetitive elements, named the "TREome," represent ~40% of the mouse genome. We postulate that the germ line genome undergoes temporal and spatial diversification into somatic genomes in conjunction with the TREome activity.
Cho, Kiho +3 more
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Viruses, 2019 Xenotransplantation using pig tissues and organs is under development in order to alleviate the increasing shortage of human transplants. Since xenotransplantation may be associated with the transmission of porcine microorganisms to the human recipient ...
Luise Krüger +6 more
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Porcine to Human Heart Transplantation: Is Clinical Application Now Appropriate? [PDF]
, 2017 Cardiac xenotransplantation (CXTx) is a promising solution to the chronic shortage of donor hearts. Recent advancements in immune suppression have greatly improved the survival of heterotopic CXTx, now extended beyond 2 years, and life-supporting kidney ...
Byrne, GW, McGregor, CGA
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Potential benefits and risks of clinical xenotransplantation [PDF]
, 2012 The transplantation of organs and cells from pigs into humans could overcome the critical and continuing problem of the lack of availability of deceased human organs and cells for clinical transplantation.
Ayares, D, Cooper, DKC
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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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