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ArticleAnnals of transplantation2022

Cardiac and Pulmonary Histopathology in Baboons Following Genetically-Engineered Pig Orthotopic Heart Transplantation.

Silvio H Litovsky, Jeremy B Foote, Abhijit Jagdale, Gregory Walcott, Hayato Iwase, Mohamed H Bikhet, Takayuki Yamamoto, Christophe Hansen-Estruch, Mohamed B Ezzelarab, David Ayares and 9 more

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Article in Annals of transplantation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Early Results of an Infant Model of Orthotopic Cardiac Xenotransplantation.The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation · 2025
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  5. Progress in Orthotopic Pig Heart Transplantation in Nonhuman Primates.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2024
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  7. Blastocyst complementation and interspecies chimeras in gene edited pigs.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Silvio H LitovskyDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Jeremy B FooteDepartment of Microbiology and Animal Resources Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Abhijit JagdaleXenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Gregory WalcottDivision of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Hayato IwaseXenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Mohamed H BikhetXenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Takayuki YamamotoXenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Christophe Hansen-EstruchXenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Mohamed B EzzelarabThomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburg, PA, USA.
David AyaresRevivicor, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Waldemar F CarloDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Leslie A RhodesDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Jack H CrawfordDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Santiago BorasinoDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Robert J DabalDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Luz A PadillaDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Hidetaka HaraXenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
David K C CooperXenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
David C ClevelandDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USPittsburg State University · USVirginia Tech · US

Funding

Prolonging life-supported pig kidney and heart graft survival in baboons by suppressing inflammationU19AI090959 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI COOPER, DAVID KC · 2010 to 2024
$26.3M
Specific Pathogen Free Baboon Research Resource (SPFBRR) - Bridge Funding Administrative SupplementP40OD024628 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI WILLIAM D HOPKINS · 2017 to 2026
$15.7M
Training In Cardiovascular Physiology & PharmacologyT32HL007444 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Ju Chen, Robert Scott Ross · 1985 to 2026
$11.1M
UCSD PRIDE Faculty Development Program in Cardiovascular SciencesR25HL145817 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Robert Scott Ross, Joann Trejo · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL145817NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007444NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI090959NIH HHS P40 OD024628
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Although improving, survival after pig orthotopic heart transplantation (OHTx) in baboons has been mixed and largely poor. The causes for the high incidence of early failure remain uncertain. MATERIAL AND METHODS We have carried out pig OHTx in 4 baboons. Two died or were euthanized within hours, and 2 survived for 3 and 8 months, respectively. There was evidence of a significant 'cytokine storm' in the immediate post-OHTx period with the elevations in IL-6 correlating closely with the final outcome. RESULTS All 4 baboons demonstrated features suggestive of respiratory dysfunction, including increased airway resistance, hypoxia, and tachypnea. Histopathological observations of pulmonary infiltration by neutrophils and, notably, eosinophils within vessels and in the perivascular and peribronchiolar space, with minimal cardiac pathology, suggested a role for early lung acute inflammation. In one, features suggestive of transfusion-related acute lung injury were present. The 2 longer-term survivors died of (i) a cardiac dysrhythmia with cellular infiltration around the conducting tissue (at 3 months), and (ii) mixed cellular and antibody-mediated rejection (at 8 months). CONCLUSIONS These initial findings indicate a potential role of acute lung injury early after OHTx. If this response can be prevented, increased survival may result, providing an opportunity to evaluate the factors affecting long-term survival.

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Heart TransplantationAnimalsAntibodiesLungPapioSwineTransplantation, HeterologousAntibodies

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PMID35789146
PMCPMC9270855
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