| Literature DB >> 16311604 |
Gang Chen1, Hua Qian, Thomas Starzl, Hongtao Sun, Bertha Garcia, Ximo Wang, Yishai Wise, Yuanqing Liu, Ying Xiang, Laura Copeman, Weihua Liu, Anthony Jevnikar, William Wall, David K C Cooper, Noriko Murase, Yifan Dai, Wanyu Wang, Yuliang Xiong, David J White, Robert Zhong.
Abstract
We transplanted kidneys from alpha1,3-galactosyltransferase knockout (GalT-KO) pigs into six baboons using two different immunosuppressive regimens, but most of the baboons died from severe acute humoral xenograft rejection. Circulating induced antibodies to non-Gal antigens were markedly elevated at rejection, which mediated strong complement-dependent cytotoxicity against GalT-KO porcine target cells. These data suggest that antibodies to non-Gal antigens will present an additional barrier to transplantation of organs from GalT-KO pigs to humans.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16311604 PMCID: PMC3018862 DOI: 10.1038/nm1330
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Med ISSN: 1078-8956 Impact factor: 53.440