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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Recent progress in pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation.

Pei Tao, Kaiyu Zhou

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 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.

Pei TaoDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Kaiyu ZhouDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Even though the patient kept up his dialysis regimen as he had before xenotransplantation, this is a significant development for xenotransplantation. This benchmark for xenotransplantation has the following significant findings. Firstly, from the patient's perspective, the patient was able to regain energy and quality of life and experience normal metabolic filtration (creatinine clearance) during the functional period, thanks to the transplant, which significantly reduced his need for dialysis. Secondly, this is a historic accomplishment for xenotransplantation because it set up a new global record for xenotransplantation survival that exceeds all prior attempts. Thirdly, it brings hope for solving the problem of worldwide organ shortage. Lastly, the FDA has authorized more extensive clinical trials that may include more than thirty patients from several transplant facilities.

Indexed as

Kidney TransplantationTransplantation, HeterologousAnimalsGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHeterograftsHumansSwinegenetic engineeringgraft survivalorgan shortageporcine kidneytransplantation immunologyxenotransplantation

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PMID41451219
PMCPMC12727543

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