Altered infectivity of porcine endogenous retrovirus by "protective" avian antibodies: implications for pig-to-human xenotransplantation

Transplant Proc. 2001 Feb-Mar;33(1-2):690. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02204-1.

Authors

J R Leventhal¹, A Su, D B Kaufman, M I Abecassis, F P Stuart, B Anderson, J P Fryer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Organ Transplantation, Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, Illinois, USA.

PMID: 11267019
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02204-1

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibody Affinity / immunology*
Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity / immunology
Chickens / immunology
Disaccharides / immunology*
Endogenous Retroviruses / immunology*
Endogenous Retroviruses / pathogenicity
Graft Rejection / immunology
Humans
Immunoglobulins / immunology*
Swine / virology
Transplantation, Heterologous / immunology*

Substances

Disaccharides
IgY
Immunoglobulins
galactosyl-(1-3)galactose