2009-02-16Zeitschriftenartikel
No in vivo infection of triple immunosuppressed non-human primates after inoculation with high titers of porcine endogenous retroviruses
Specke, Volker; Plesker, Roland; Wood, James; Coulibaly, Cheick; Suling, Kristen; Patience, Clive; Kurth, Reinhard; Schuurman, Henk-Jan; Denner, Joachim
Background: Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) released from pig tissue can infect selected human cells in vitro and therefore represent a safety risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues, or organs. ...
