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- Title
No in vivo infection of triple immunosuppressed non-human primates after inoculation with high titers of porcine endogenous retroviruses.
- Authors
Specke, Volker; Plesker, Roland; Wood, James; Coulibaly, Cheick; Suling, Kristen; Patience, Clive; Kurth, Reinhard; Schuurman, Henk-Jan; Denner, Joachim
- Abstract
Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) released from pig tissue can infect selected human cells in vitro and therefore represent a safety risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues, or organs. Although PERVs infect cells of numerous species in vitro, attempts to establish reliable animal models failed until now. Absence of PERV transmission has been shown in first experimental and clinical xenotransplantations; however, these trials suffered from the absence of long-term exposure (transplant survival) and profound immunosuppression.
- Publication
Xenotransplantation, 2009, Vol 16, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
1399-3089
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1399-3089.2009.00508.x