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ArticleNature2025

Gene-modified pig-to-human liver xenotransplantation.

Kai-Shan Tao, Zhao-Xu Yang, Xuan Zhang, Hong-Tao Zhang, Shu-Qiang Yue, Yan-Ling Yang, Wen-Jie Song, De-Sheng Wang, Zheng-Cai Liu, Hai-Min Li and 25 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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78citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. Innovations in Liver Transplant.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026
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18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

35 authors.

Kai-Shan Tao *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Zhao-Xu Yang *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Xuan Zhang *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Hong-Tao Zhang *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Shu-Qiang YueDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Yan-Ling YangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8246-1756
Wen-Jie SongDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
De-Sheng WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Zheng-Cai LiuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Hai-Min LiDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Yong ChenDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Rui DingDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Shi-Ren SunDepartment of Nephrology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Ming YuDepartment of Ultrasound, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Ji-Peng LiDepartment of Experimental Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Wei-Xun DuanDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Zhe WangDepartment of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jing-Wen WangDepartment of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jia-Yun LiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Min-Wen ZhengDepartment of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Xi-Jing ZhangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Wen YinDepartment of Transfusion Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Wei-Jun QinDepartment of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Dong-Mei BianDepartment of Surgery Operating Room, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Lin LiDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Min LiDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Zhi-Bin LinDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Hao XuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Dan WeiDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Hong ZhangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Juan-Li DuanDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Deng-Ke PanChengdu Clonorgan Biotechnology Co. Ltd, Chengdu, China.
Hai-Long DongDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. hldong6@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8984-9067
Lin WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. fierywang@163.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5586-3012
Ke-Feng DouDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. doukef@fmmu.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The shortage of donors is a major challenge for transplantation; however, organs from genetically modified pigs can serve as ideal supplements

Indexed as

Animals, Genetically ModifiedHeterograftsLiverLiver TransplantationTransplantation, HeterologousAlanine TransaminaseAnimalsAspartate AminotransferasesB-LymphocytesBrain DeathC-Reactive ProteinFemaleHemodynamicsHumansMaleSwineAlanine TransaminaseAspartate AminotransferasesC-Reactive Protein

Identifiers

PMID40140580
PMCPMC12095057

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