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SUBMITTER: Scobie L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3782708 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scobie Linda L Padler-Karavani Vered V Le Bas-Bernardet Stephanie S Crossan Claire C Blaha Josef J Matouskova Magda M Hector Ralph D RD Cozzi Emanuele E Vanhove Bernard B Charreau Beatrice B Blancho Gilles G Bourdais Ludovic L Tallacchini Mariachiara M Ribes Juan M JM Yu Hai H Chen Xi X Kracikova Jitka J Broz Ludomir L Hejnar Jiri J Vesely Pavel P Takeuchi Yasuhiro Y Varki Ajit A Soulillou Jean-Paul JP
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20130814 6
Acellular materials of xenogenic origin are used worldwide as xenografts, and phase I trials of viable pig pancreatic islets are currently being performed. However, limited information is available on transmission of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) after xenotransplantation and on the long-term immune response of recipients to xenoantigens. We analyzed the blood of burn patients who had received living pig-skin dressings for up to 8 wk for the presence of PERV as well as for the level and n ...[more]