Productive infection of primary human endothelial cells by pig endogenous retrovirus (PERV)

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-142

  Martin, U ^a   Winkler, M E ^a   Id, M ^a   Radeke, H ^a   Arseniev, L ^a   Takeuchi, Y ^b   Simon, A R ^a   Patience, C ^b,c   Haverich, A ^a   Steinhoff, G ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c BioTransplant Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Pig endogenous retrovirus (PERV); Primary cells; Xenotransplantation; Xenozoonosis risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VIRUS INFECTION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROBLASTS; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; UMBILICAL VEINS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0033865156     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.2000.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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