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ReviewTransplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation2024

Complement, Coagulation, and Fibrinolysis: The Role of the Endothelium and Its Glycocalyx Layer in Xenotransplantation.

Mitra Gultom, Robert Rieben

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Review in Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Mitra GultomDepartment for Biomedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Robert RiebenDepartment for Biomedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In xenotransplantation, the vascular endothelium serves as the first point of contact between the recipient's blood and the transplanted donor organ. The loss of the endothelium's ability to control the plasma cascades plays a critical role in the dysregulation of the complement and coagulation systems, which greatly contribute to graft rejection and hinder long-term xenograft survival. Although it is known that an intact glycocalyx is a key feature of a resting endothelium that exhibits optimal anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory properties, the role of the endothelial glycocalyx in xenotransplantation is barely investigated so far. Here, we discuss the central role of endothelial cells and the sugar-rich endothelial glycocalyx in regulating the plasma cascades, and how the loss of these functions contributes to graft damage and rejection. We highlight the importance of preserving the regulatory functions of both endothelial cells and the glycocalyx as strategies to improve xenotransplantation outcomes.

Indexed as

Blood CoagulationFibrinolysisGlycocalyxGraft RejectionTransplantation, HeterologousAnimalsComplement System ProteinsEndothelial CellsEndothelium, VascularGraft SurvivalHeterograftsHumansComplement System Proteinscomplement and coagulationendothelial glycocalyxendotheliumplasma cascadesxenotransplantation

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PMID39474588
PMCPMC11518725

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