Marked prolongation of porcine renal xenograft survival in baboons through the use of alpha1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout donors and the cotransplantation of vascularized thymic tissue

The use of animal organs could potentially alleviate the critical worldwide shortage of donor organs for clinical transplantation. Because of the strong immune response to xenografts, success will probably depend upon new strategies of immune suppression and induction of tolerance. Here we report our initial results using alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase knockout (GalT-KO) donors and a tolerance induction approach. We have achieved life-supporting pig-to-baboon renal xenograft survivals of up to 83 d with normal creatinine levels.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2005

Erschienen:

2005

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Nature medicine - 11(2005), 1 vom: 18. Jan., Seite 32-4

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yamada, Kazuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Yazawa, Koji [VerfasserIn]
Shimizu, Akira [VerfasserIn]
Iwanaga, Takehiro [VerfasserIn]
Hisashi, Yosuke [VerfasserIn]
Nuhn, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
O'Malley, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Nobori, Shuji [VerfasserIn]
Vagefi, Parsia A [VerfasserIn]
Patience, Clive [VerfasserIn]
Fishman, Jay [VerfasserIn]
Cooper, David K C [VerfasserIn]
Hawley, Robert J [VerfasserIn]
Greenstein, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Schuurman, Henk-Jan [VerfasserIn]
Awwad, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Sykes, Megan [VerfasserIn]
Sachs, David H [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

13168-24-6
AYI8EX34EU
Creatinine
Disaccharides
EC 2.4.1.-
Galactosyl-(1-3)galactose
Galactosyltransferases
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Date Completed 24.03.2005

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM152818049