In vitro investigation of pig cells for resistance to human antibody-mediated rejection

Transplant International

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1163-1174

  Hara, Hidetaka ^a   Long, Cassandra ^a   Lin, Yih Jyh ^a   Tai, Hao Chih ^a   Ezzelarab, Mohamed ^a   Ayares, David ^b   Cooper, David K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b REVIVICOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 galactosyltransferase gene knockout; Anti pig antibodies; Complement regulatory protein; Cytotoxicity; Gal 1,3Gal; Pig; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; AORTA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PAPIO; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 55649120266     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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