No evidence of porcine endogenous retrovirus in patients with type 1 diabetes after long-term porcine islet xenotransplantation

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-334

  Valdes Gonzalez, Rafael ^a,b   Dorantes, Luis M ^b   Bracho Blanchet, Eduardo ^a   Rodríguez Ventura, Ana ^b   White, D J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neonatal porcine islets; Porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV); Type 1 diabetes; Xenotransplantation; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; COLLAGEN; INSULIN; VIRUS DNA;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GAMMARETROVIRUS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

PORCINE ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; SUS;

EID: 74549158242     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21655     Document Type: Article

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