2018 American Transplant Congress
Prevention of an Adaptive Immune Response by FDA-Approved Immunosuppressive Agents in Baboons with Pig Artery Patch Xenografts
Background: In the pig-to-baboon artery patch model with no immunosuppressive therapy, a graft from a GTKO pig elicits a significant anti-nonGal IgG response, indicating sensitization…2018 American Transplant Congress
Selection and Stratification of Anti-HLA-A and HLA-B Sensitized Patients in Pig-to-Human Xenotransplantation
Introduction: Patients with anti-HLA-A and –B antibodies are difficult to match and represent a possible population for inclusion in pig-to-human xenotransplantation clinical trials. Donor specific…2018 American Transplant Congress
Rhesus Monkey Have natural Antibody toward Swine That is Not Influenced by Allosensitization nor by Carfilzomib/tocilizumab
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
[Background] Pre-formed antibody is a substantial immunological barrier in organ transplantion. Antibodies to xenoantigens can lead to rapid antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in xenotransplantation. We previously…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Intravenous Immunoglobulin on In Vitro Human Antibody Binding to Genetically-Engineered Pig Cells – Relevance to Clinical Xenotransplantation –
Background: Xenoreactive antibodies play an important role in xenograft rejection. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), which has anti-complement activity and contains anti-idiotypic antibodies, is widely used for…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Swine for Human MHC Class I Swap: Implications for Xenotransplantation.
Background: Xenotransplantation is a potential supply-side solution to the growing need for life-saving transplantable organs, but it was not until the recent advances in genetic…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Anti-Neu5Gc IgM in Xenograft Antibody Mediated Rejection.
Background:Acute antibody mediated rejection due to preformed antibodies present in human serum remains a hurdle to successful xenotransplantation. Here, we measured anti-Neu5Gc-IgM antibody titers in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Mixed Xenogeneic Chimerism on Human B Cell Response to Pig Antigens.
Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Xenotransplantation is a potential solution to the organ shortage in clinical transplantation. Pigs are regarded as the most suitable donors. Studies in pig-to-nonhuman primates have…
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