Is it currently possible to evaluate the risk posed by PERVs for clinical xenotransplantation?

Xenotransplantation. 2018 Jul;25(4):e12403. doi: 10.1111/xen.12403. Epub 2018 May 13.
No abstract available

Keywords: Porcine endogenous retroviruses; islet cell xenotransplantation; solid organ xenotransplantation; virus safety.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
  • Endogenous Retroviruses / pathogenicity*
  • Heterografts / virology*
  • Humans
  • Risk
  • Transplantation, Heterologous* / adverse effects