Multiple gene modifications of pigs for overcoming obstacles of xenotransplantation

H Wu, M Lian, L Lai - National Science Open, 2023 - nso-journal.org
… Using genetically engineered pigs for the organ shortage is … , which could limit the expression
of CTLA4-Ig to specific tissues … pigs were bred to specifically express CTLA4-Ig in neurons […

Genetically engineered pigs for xenotransplantation: Hopes and challenges

J Xi, W Zheng, M Chen, Q Zou, C Tang… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… time of neurons from CTLA4-Ig modified pigs reached 549 days after xenotransplantation
(… In xenotransplantation, the soluble HLA-G can protect porcine endothelial cells from NK cell…

Introduction: the present status of xenotransplantation research

DKC Cooper - Xenotransplantation: Methods and Protocols, 2020 - Springer
… to the success of xenotransplantation [5]. … CTLA4-Ig, have not been fully tested in nonhuman
primates transplanted with grafts from TKO pigs expressing numerous human transgenes

Xenotransplantation: current status in preclinical research

T Lu, B Yang, R Wang, C Qin - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… Therefore, transgenic pig expression of hCTLA4-Ig is a potential means of preventing T-cell
activity. Martin et al. produced transgenic pigs with neuronal expression of hCTLA4-Ig and …

Xenogeneic and Allogenic Cellular Rejection (CR)

CH Kim - Glycoimmunology in Xenotransplantation, 2024 - Springer
Transgenic expression of HLA-G1 gene also shows inhibitory activities in … Pig xenoislet
survival was increased by CTLA4 Ig or anti-CD40L treatment, even though CD4 + T cells display …

Utilizing xenogeneic cells as a therapeutic agent for treating diseases

CP Huang, CY Yang, CR Shyr - Cell Transplantation, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Porcine islet cell xenotransplantation has been investigated … with unilateral transplantation
of fetal pig neural cells into the … the opposite action of CTLA4-Ig derivative is currently used in …

Genetically modified pigs as donors of cells, tissues, and organs for xenotransplantation

E Wolf, E Kemter, N Klymiuk, B Reichart - Animal Frontiers, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… human CTLA4-Ig expression on porcine cells and tissues were shown in xenogeneic neuronal
… Therefore, we generated transgenic pigs expressing human thrombomodulin under the …

Xenotransplantation becoming reality

K Fischer, A Schnieke - Transgenic Research, 2022 - Springer
… Survival has been even longer for islets or neurons which is less challenging than the …
plus local production of CTLA4-Ig to control rejection of transgenic pig neuroblasts in non-human …

Application of genetically engineered pigs in biomedical research

M Hryhorowicz, D Lipiński, S Hryhorowicz… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
… donor for xenotransplantation. … CTLA4-Ig (hCTLA4-Ig) into the porcine genome may alleviate
T cell response in xenografts. It was shown that neuronal expression of hCTLA4-Ig in pigs

Use of Xenogeneic Cells

E Kemter, A Kind, B Reichart, E Wolf - Cell Engineering and Regeneration, 2020 - Springer
… hurdles facing pig-toprimate cell and tissue xenotransplantation and … fetal pig islets. Recent
comparison of N-glycan moieties of … human CTLA4-Ig under the control of a neuronspecific …