| Literature DB >> 36151402 |
Fadian Ding1,2, Yunfeng Lin3, Guozhong Liu1, Yuxin Liu4, Feng Gao5, Qicai Liu6,7, Zhibo Zhang8,9, Shangeng Weng10,11.
Abstract
Organ (stem cell) transplantation is the most effective treatment for advanced organ failure. Neu5Gc (N-hydroxyacetylneuraminic acid) is a pathogenic non-human sialic acid, which is very similar to the molecular structure of Neu5Ac (N-acetylneuraminic acid) in human body. Neu5Gc has the function of "immune disguise", which is the main obstacle to transplantation. Gene knockout such as cytidine monophosphate-N-acetylneuraminidase (CMAH) reduces donor antigenicity, making xenotransplantation from fiction to reality. Exploring the immune disguise event in this emerging field has become a hot topic in the research of transplantation immune tolerance mechanism.Entities:
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Year: 2022 PMID: 36151402 DOI: 10.1038/s41435-022-00182-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genes Immun ISSN: 1466-4879 Impact factor: 4.248