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ReviewXenotransplantation

The case for the therapeutic use of mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors in xenotransplantation.

Akihiro Maenaka, Kohei Kinoshita, Hidetaka Hara, David K C Cooper

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Review in Xenotransplantation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Cytotoxic Responses Mediated by NK Cells and Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in Xenotransplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025
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  5. The Evolution of Immunosuppressive Therapy in Pig-to-Nonhuman Primate Organ Transplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Akihiro MaenakaCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6216-4890
Kohei KinoshitaCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-3267-906X
Hidetaka HaraCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4179-7365
David K C CooperCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8899-9431

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
NIAID NIH HHS AI090959NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI090959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is one of the systems that are necessary to maintain cell homeostasis, such as survival, proliferation, and differentiation. mTOR inhibitors (mTOR-Is) are utilized as immunosuppressants and anti-cancer drugs. In organ allotransplantation, current regimens infrequently include an mTOR-I, which are positioned more commonly as alternative immunosuppressants. In clinical allotransplantation, long-term efficacy has been established, but there is a significant incidence of adverse events, for example, inhibition of wound healing, buccal ulceration, anemia, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and thrombocytopenia, some of which are dose-dependent. mTOR-Is have properties that may be especially beneficial in xenotransplantation. These include suppression of T cell proliferation, increases in the number of T regulatory cells, inhibition of pig graft growth, and anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and anti-cancer effects. We here review the potential benefits and risks of mTOR-Is in xenotransplantation and suggest that the benefits exceed the adverse effects.

Indexed as

Immunosuppressive AgentsSirolimusAnimalsMammalsSwineT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTransplantation, HeterologousImmunosuppressive AgentsSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine Kinasesgraft growthimmunosuppressioninflammationmTOR inhibitorneoplasiaTregsviral infectionxenotransplantation

Identifiers

PMID37029499
PMCPMC11286223

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