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Volume 14: Issue 4
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26
Publication Date:
01 Apr 2022
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06 Apr 2022
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    Kuwaki K, et al. Heart transplantation in baboons using α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout pigs as donors: Initial experience. Nat Med 2005; 11:29–31. doi: 10.1038/nm1171

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    Yamada K, et al. Marked prolongation of porcine renal xenograft survival in baboons through the use of α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout donors and the cotransplantation of vascularized thymic tissue. Nat Med 2005; 11:32–34. doi: 10.1038/nm1172

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    Chen G, et al. Acute rejection is associated with antibodies to non-Gal antigens in baboons using Gal-knockout pig kidneys. Nat Med 2005; 11:1295–1298. doi: 10.1038/nm1330

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    Tseng Y-L, et al. α1,3-Galactosyltransferase gene-knockout pig heart transplantation in baboons with survival approaching 6 months. Transplantation 2005; 80:493–500. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000181397.41143.fa

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Xenotransplantation: No Longer Just the Future of Transplantation?

Seth J. Karp Seth J. Karp, MD, is Director, Transplant Center; Chair, Section of Surgical Sciences; and Surgeon-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

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