Anti-gal antibodies in α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout pigs

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 305-310

  Fang, Jason ^a   Walters, Anneke ^b   Hara, Hidetaka ^a   Long, Cassandra ^a   Yeh, Peter ^a   Ayares, David ^b   Cooper, David K C ^a   Bianchi, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b REVIVICOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 galactosyltransferase gene knockout; anti galactose 1,3 galactose; antibodies; galactose 1,3 galactose; pigs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; SUS SCROFA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 84866514601     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: 13993089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2012.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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