Jasiński, Adam ; Słomski, Ryszard ; Szalata, Marlena ; Lipiński, Daniel
The organ transplantation - a challenge for biotechnology
Committee on Biotechnology PAS ; Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS
The use of animals as a source of organs and tissues for xenotransplantation can overcome the growing shortage of human organ donors. However, xenoreactive antibodies present in humans directed against swine Gal antigen on the surface of xenograft donor cells leads to the complement activation and immediate xenograft rejection as a consequence of hyperacute immunological reaction. The graft of genetically modified organ of a swine would be tolerated with simultaneous administration of medicines decreasing other less severe immunological reactions. This review summarizes the clinical history and rationale for xenotransplantation, recent progress in understanding the physiologic, immunologic, and infectious obstacles to xenotransplantation and some of the strategies being pursued to overcome these dificulties.
Biotechnologia, vol.72, 1 (2006)-.
0860-7796 ; oai:rcin.org.pl:87761 ; IChB B-68
Library of Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS
Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 4.0 license
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Science
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Science
Oct 2, 2020
Dec 13, 2019
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https://rcin.org.pl/publication/114728
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Transplantacja narządów - wyzwanie dla biotechnologii | Oct 2, 2020 |
Sławińska, Anna Siwek, Maria
Tyczewska, Agata Bąkowska- Żywicka, Kamila
Pieczyński, Marcin Bielewicz, Dawid Dolata, Jakub Szweykowska-Kulińska, Zofia
Broniarczyk, Justyna Koczorowska, Maria Magdalena Durzyńska, Julia Warowicka, Alicja Goździcka-Józefiak, Anna