Prevalence of porcine endogenous retrovirus in Chinese pig breeds and in patients treated with a porcine liver cell-based bioreactor

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 4727-4730

  Liu, Qing ^a   Liu, Zheng ^b   Dalakas, Evangelos ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioartificial liver support system; Porcine endogenous retrovirus; Porcine endogenous retrovirus reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 23844513273     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i30.4727     Document Type: Article

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