Porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) was not transmitted from transplanted porcine endothelial cells to baboons in vivo

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 247-251

  Martin, Ulrich ^a   Steinhoff, Gustav ^a   Kiessig, Verena ^a   Chikobava, Merab ^b   Anssar, Marcel ^a   Morschheuser, Torsten ^c   Lapin, Boris ^b   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baboon; PERV; Pig endothelial cells; Retrovirus, xenotransplantation; Xenotransplantation, retrovirus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SWINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; PAPIO; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0031927281     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050136     Document Type: Article

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