Browsing by Subject "Porcine endogenous retroviruses"
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2022-02-21ZeitschriftenartikelRare isolation of human-tropic recombinant porcine endogenous retroviruses PERV-A/C from Göttingen minipigs Background: Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) can infect human cells and pose a risk for xenotransplantation when pig cells, tissues or organs are transplanted to human recipients. Xenotransplantation holds great ...
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2017-09-06ZeitschriftenartikelThe porcine virome and xenotransplantation The composition of the porcine virome includes viruses that infect pig cells, ancient virus-derived elements including endogenous retroviruses inserted in the pig chromosomes, and bacteriophages that infect a broad array ...
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2014-07-25ZeitschriftenartikelXenotransplantation-Progress and Problems: A Review Xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues or organs is considered to be a solution to the shortage of human allotransplants. Pigs have been selected as optimal donor for several reasons, among them physiological and ...