SINCE the beginning of this century, replacement of failing human organs with their animal counterparts has been an interesting topic of debate for writers and scientists. In the 1960s, prolonged survival after kidney transplantation from chimpanzee to human was obtained in the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, both the progressive improvement in surgical technique and in immunosuppressant therapy and the availability of cadaveric organs and living donation have reduced the interest in xenotransplantation. Because of the increasing requests for organs and the lack of donors to meet that need, xenotransplantation has become a reliable option again for temporary organ replacement (eg, of heart or liver) before definitive transplant. However, primates such as chimpanzees and baboons are expensive, can carry important zoonoses, and their use is burdened by ethical implications. A better choice for xenotransplantation might be offered by swine, which are closer to humans for anatomic and metabolic features. Discordant transplantation is associated with humoral hyperacute rejection, due to preformed antibodies and complement system activation (both classical and alternative pathway). This results in massive and irreversible vascular damage and cellular necrosis. Expression of the species-specific complement activation inhibitors could prevent this kind of rejection.

EFFICIENCY OF TRANSGENESIS USING SPERM-MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER :GENERATION OF hDAF TRANSGENIC PIGS / Lazzereschi, D.; Forni, M.; Cappello, F.; Bacci, Ml; Di Stefano, C.; Marfe, G.; Giancotti, P.; Renzi, L.; Wang, Hj; Rossi, Massimo; Della Casa, G; Pretagostini, Renzo; Frati, Giacomo; Bruzzone, Paolo; Stassi, G.; Stoppacciaro, A; Turchi, V.; Cortesini, Raffaello; Sinibaldi, P.; Frati, Luigi; Lavitrano, M.. - In: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS. - ISSN 0041-1345. - STAMPA. - 32:5(2000), pp. 892-894. [10.1016/S0041-1345(00)01177-5]

EFFICIENCY OF TRANSGENESIS USING SPERM-MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER :GENERATION OF hDAF TRANSGENIC PIGS

ROSSI, MASSIMO;PRETAGOSTINI, Renzo;FRATI, GIACOMO;BRUZZONE, Paolo;Stoppacciaro A;CORTESINI, Raffaello;FRATI, Luigi;
2000

Abstract

SINCE the beginning of this century, replacement of failing human organs with their animal counterparts has been an interesting topic of debate for writers and scientists. In the 1960s, prolonged survival after kidney transplantation from chimpanzee to human was obtained in the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, both the progressive improvement in surgical technique and in immunosuppressant therapy and the availability of cadaveric organs and living donation have reduced the interest in xenotransplantation. Because of the increasing requests for organs and the lack of donors to meet that need, xenotransplantation has become a reliable option again for temporary organ replacement (eg, of heart or liver) before definitive transplant. However, primates such as chimpanzees and baboons are expensive, can carry important zoonoses, and their use is burdened by ethical implications. A better choice for xenotransplantation might be offered by swine, which are closer to humans for anatomic and metabolic features. Discordant transplantation is associated with humoral hyperacute rejection, due to preformed antibodies and complement system activation (both classical and alternative pathway). This results in massive and irreversible vascular damage and cellular necrosis. Expression of the species-specific complement activation inhibitors could prevent this kind of rejection.
2000
transgenesis, sperm mediated gene transfer
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EFFICIENCY OF TRANSGENESIS USING SPERM-MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER :GENERATION OF hDAF TRANSGENIC PIGS / Lazzereschi, D.; Forni, M.; Cappello, F.; Bacci, Ml; Di Stefano, C.; Marfe, G.; Giancotti, P.; Renzi, L.; Wang, Hj; Rossi, Massimo; Della Casa, G; Pretagostini, Renzo; Frati, Giacomo; Bruzzone, Paolo; Stassi, G.; Stoppacciaro, A; Turchi, V.; Cortesini, Raffaello; Sinibaldi, P.; Frati, Luigi; Lavitrano, M.. - In: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS. - ISSN 0041-1345. - STAMPA. - 32:5(2000), pp. 892-894. [10.1016/S0041-1345(00)01177-5]
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