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Humoral Reactivity of Renal Transplant-Waitlisted Patients to Cells From GGTA1/CMAH/B4GalNT2, and SLA Class I Knockout Pigs.
Transplantation - 1 Apr 2017
Martens Gregory R, Reyes Luz M, Li Ping, Butler James R, Ladowski Joseph M, Estrada Jose L, Sidner Richard A, Eckhoff Devin E, Tector Matt, Tector A Joseph
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BACKGROUND: Antipig antibodies are a barrier to clinical xenotransplantation. We evaluated antibody binding of waitlisted renal transplant patients to 3 glycan knockout (KO) pig cells and class I swine leukocyte antigens (SLA). METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from SLA identical wild type (WT), α1, 3-galactosyltransferase (GGTA1) KO, GGTA1/ cytidine monophosphate-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase...
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