Current status of xenotransplantation research and the strategies for preventing xenograft rejection

Q Zhou, T Li, K Wang, Q Zhang, Z Geng… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Transplantation is often the last resort for end-stage organ failures, eg, kidney, liver, heart,
lung, and pancreas. The shortage of donor organs is the main limiting factor for successful …

Advances in innate immunity to overcome immune rejection during xenotransplantation

TY Lu, XL Xu, XG Du, JH Wei, JN Yu, SL Deng, C Qin - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Transplantation is an effective approach for treating end-stage organ failure. There has been
a long-standing interest in xenotransplantation as a means of increasing the number of …

The unique immunomodulatory properties of MSC-derived exosomes in organ transplantation

Q Zheng, S Zhang, WZ Guo, XK Li - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Methods for suppressing the host immune system over the long term and improving
transplantation tolerance remain a primary issue in organ transplantation. Cell therapy is an …

Current status of porcine islet xenotransplantation

TM Coe, JF Markmann, CG Rickert - Current opinion in organ …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
This review will detail the current status of islet xenotransplantation as a potential treatment
for type I diabetes mellitus, focusing on recent advances in porcine xenogeneic islet …

The influence of microenvironment on survival of intraportal transplanted islets

L Yan, L Ye, Y Chen, S He, C Zhang, X Mao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Clinical islet transplantation has the potential to cure type 1 diabetes. Despite recent
therapeutic success, it is still uncommon because transplanted islets are damaged by …

Potential pathological role of pro‐inflammatory cytokines (IL‐6, TNF‐α, and IL‐17) in xenotransplantation

Y Zhao, DKC Cooper, H Wang, P Chen… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The major limitation of organ transplantation is the shortage of available organs from
deceased human donors which leads to the deaths of thousands of patients each year …

Antibody‐mediated rejection in xenotransplantation: can it be prevented or reversed?

Z Habibabady, G McGrath, K Kinoshita… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antibody‐mediated rejection (AMR) is the commonest cause of failure of a pig graft after
transplantation into an immunosuppressed nonhuman primate (NHP). The incidence of …

[HTML][HTML] Is interleukin-6 receptor blockade (tocilizumab) beneficial or detrimental to pig-to-baboon organ xenotransplantation?

G Zhang, H Iwase, L Wang, T Yamamoto… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The interleukin (IL)-6/IL-6 receptor-α (IL-6Rα)/signal transduction and activation of the
transcription 3 (STAT3) pathway plays an important role in inflammation. Anti-human IL-6Rα …

The role of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the systemic inflammatory response in xenograft recipients and in pig kidney xenograft failure

G Zhang, H Iwase, Q Li, T Yamamoto… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background In pig-to-baboon transplantation models, there is increasing evidence of
systemic inflammation in xenograft recipients (SIXR) associated with pig xenograft failure …

Mesenchymal stem cells alleviate hypoxia-induced oxidative stress and enhance the pro-survival pathways in porcine islets

Y Tan, W Nie, C Chen, X He, Y Xu… - Experimental …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Islet transplantation is a promising treatment for selected patients with type 1 diabetes
mellitus (T1DM). Hypoxia and oxidative stress are major causes of damage to transplanted …