ReviewVirology journal2018
Reduction of the survival time of pig xenotransplants by porcine cytomegalovirus.
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- Beyond conventional immunosuppression: tailoring perioperative management protocols for clinical xenotransplantation.Clinical transplantation and research · 2026Review
- Bioprinting and assembly of organ building blocks for tissue engineering applications.Materials today. Bio · 2026Article
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- Porcine Lymphotropic Herpesvirus (PLHV) Was Not Transmitted During Transplantation of Genetically Modified Pig Hearts into Baboons.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- How Does a Porcine Herpesvirus, PCMV/PRV, Induce a Xenozoonosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Commentary: Oral fluid testing can be used to monitor xenotransplant donor herds for porcine cytomegalovirus/roseolovirus status.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Role of a Porcine Herpesvirus, PCMV/PRV, in Xenotransplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
- [Xenotransplantation of solid organs].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Precise Gene Knock-In Tools with Minimized Risk of DSBs: A Trend for Gene Manipulation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Current Status of Cardiac Xenotransplantation: Report of a Workshop of the German Heart Transplant Centers, Martinsried, March 3, 2023.The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon · 2024Article
- Screening for Viruses in Indigenous Greek Black Pigs.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- The prevention strategies of swine viruses related to xenotransplantation.Virology journal · 2023Review
- Detection of porcine cytomegalovirus, a roseolovirus, in pig ovaries and follicular fluid: implications for somatic cells nuclear transfer, cloning and xenotransplantation.Virology journal · 2023Article
- First virological and pathological study of Göttingen Minipigs with Dippity Pig Syndrome (DPS).PloS one · 2023Article
- How, where and when to screen for porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV) in donor pigs for xenotransplantation.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Practical ethical concerns in allocation of pig kidneys to humans.Clinical kidney journal · 2022Article
- Virus Safety of Xenotransplantation.Viruses · 2022Review
- Xenotransplantation becoming reality.Transgenic research · 2022Review
- Virological Characterization of Pigs with Erythema Multiforme.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Virological and Parasitological Characterization of Mini-LEWE Minipigs Using Improved Screening Methods and an Overview of Data on Various Minipig Breeds.Microorganisms · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundXenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues and organs may help to overcome the shortage of human tissues and organs for the treatment of tissue and organ failure. Progress in the prevention of immunological rejection using genetically modified pigs and new, more effective, immunosuppression regimens will allow clinical application of xenotransplantation in near future. However, xenotransplantation may be associated with the transmission of potentially zoonotic porcine microorganisms. Until now the only xenotransplantation-associated transmission was the transmission of the porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV) into non-human primates. PCMV caused a significant reduction of the survival time of the pig transplant. Here the available publications were analysed in order to establish the mechanism how PCMV shortened the survival time of xenotransplants. PCMV is a herpesvirus related to the human cytomegalovirus and the human herpesviruses 6 and 7. These three human herpesviruses can cause serious disease among immunocompromised human individuals, including transplant recipients. It was shown that PCMV predominantly contributes to the reduction of transplant survival in non-human primates by disruption of the coagulation system and by suppression and exhaustion of the immune system.
conclusionAlthough it is still unknown whether PCMV infects primate cells including human cells, indirect mechanism of the virus infection may cause reduction of the xenotransplant survival in future clinical trials and therefore PCMV has to be eliminated from donor pigs.
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