Xenotransplantation

Author: Platt  

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology‎

Publication year: 2001

E-ISBN: 9781555818043

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781555811679

Subject: Q2 Cytobiology

Language: ENG

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Chapter

PHYSIOLOGIC HURDLES TO XENOTRANSPLANTATION

XENOTRANSPLANTATION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

LIVER-ASSIST DEVICES AND LIVER PERFUSION

PROSPECTS FOR CLINICAL APPLICATION OF XENOTRANSPLANTATION

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Chapter 2 Coming to Terms with Reality: Why Xenotransplantation Is a Necessity

THE CONCEPTS OF NEED, DEMAND, AND SUPPLY

NEED AND DEMAND ESTIMATES

SUPPLY ESTIMATES

ORGAN-SPECIFIC SUMMARY ESTIMATES

DISCUSSION

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Section II IMMUNOLOGICAL HURDLES TO XENOTRANSPLANTATION

Chapter 3 The Complement System as a Hurdle to Xenotransplantation

COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION

CONTROL OF COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF COMPLEMENT

ROLE OF COMPLEMENT IN XENOGRAFT REJECTION

COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED MECHANISMS OF TISSUE INJURY IN XENOGRAFT REJECTION

COMPLEMENT AND ACCOMMODATION

INHIBITION OF COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION IN XENOTRANSPLANTATION

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 4 NK Cells as a Barrier to Xenotransplantation

ROLE AND ONTOGENY OF NK CELLS

NK CELLS AS A BARRIER TO XENOTRANSPLANTATION

CONCLUSIONS

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Chapter 5 Cellular Immune Responses to Xenografts

T-LYMPHOCYTE REACTIVITY: REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTIGEN RECOGNITION AND COSTIMULATION

T-CELL XENOGENEIC RESPONSES IN VITRO

T-CELL XENOGENEIC RESPONSES IN VIVO: DOMINANT INDIRECT CD4 REACTIVITY

NATURAL KILLER (NK) CELLS: A POTENTIAL LINK BETWEEN THE INNATE AND ADAPTIVE XENOGRAFT RESPONSES

XENOGRAFT CELLULAR RESPONSE: IS THE GRAFT PERCEIVED AS AN EXTRACELLULAR PARASITE?

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Chapter 6 Therapeutic Strategies for Xenotransplantation

GENETICALLY INBRED AND/OR ENGINEERED PIGSAS XENOTRANSPLANT DONORS

IMMUNE MODULATION OF THE RECIPIENT

COMMENT

REFERENCES

Section III IMPACT OF THERAPEUTIC MANIPULATIONS ON THE HOST RESPONSE TO INFECTION

Chapter 7 Manipulation of the Humoral Immune System and the Host Immune Response to Infection

NATURAL ANTIBODIES

PLASMAPHERESIS

IMMUNOADSORPTION

COMPLEMENT

CONCLUDING REMARKS

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Chapter 8 Complement Regulation and the Host Response to Infection

CONTRIBUTION OF C TO PATHOLOGY

INHIBITION OF C AS A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY

POTENTIAL NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF THERAPEUTIC INHIBITION OF C

INHIBITION OF C IN THE CONTEXT OF XENOTRANSPLANTATION

POTENTIAL NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF EXPRESSION OF HUMAN C REGULATORS ON XENOGRAFTS

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 9 Recognition of Foreign Antigen and Foreign Major Histocompatibility Complex

T-CELL RESPONSES MEDIATED VIA THE DIRECT RECOGNITION PATHWAY

T-CELL RESPONSES MEDIATED VIA THE INDIRECT RECOGNITION PATHWAY

RECOGNITION OF VIRAL ANTIGENS PRESENT IN XENOGENEIC CELLS

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Section IV ZOONOSIS IN XENOTRANSPLANTATION

Chapter 10 Xenotransplantation as a Vector for Infection

DONOR-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS AFTER ALLOTRANSPLANTATION

EXPERIENCES WITH INFECTIONS AFTER XENOTRANSPLANTATION

POTENTIAL FOR XENOZOONOSES

PRETRANSPLANT CONSIDERATIONS OF THE SOURCE ANIMAL

SURVEILLANCE AFTER XENOTRANSPLANTATION

POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE ISSUES

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Chapter 11 Zoonosis as a Risk to the Xenograft Recipient and to Society: Theoretical Issues

BACKGROUND: XENOTRANSPLANTATION AT THE CUSP OF THE 21ST CENTURY

PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS RAISED BY XENOTRANSPLANTATION

ADVANCES IN SCIENCE: ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES

ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING: SYNTHESES AND REVffiWS

REFERENCES

Chapter 12 Zoonotic Agents in Swine-to-Human Xenotransplants

TRADITIONAL ZOONOTIC ORGANISMS

UNDISCOVERED SWINE-SPECIFIC ORGANISMS

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Chapter 13 Retroviruses and Xenotransplantation

RETROVIRUSES

PRIMATE RETROVIRUSES

PORCINE ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES (PERV)

BENEFIT VERSUS RISK IN XENOTRANSPLANTATION

REFERENCES

Chapter 14 Potential Medical Impact of Endogenous Retroviruses

EVOLUTION OF ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES: LESSONS FROM THE PAST

ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS AS A POTENTIAL PATHOGEN: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

CLINICAL XENOTRANSPLANTATION TRIALS: A LEARNING EXPERIENCE

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 15 Prevention of Infection in Xenotransplantation

BACKGROUND: INFECTION IN ALLOTRANSPLANTATION

LESSONS OF ZOONOTIC EXPOSURES

XENOSIS—NOVEL PATHOGENS IN XENOTRANSPLANTATION

SOURCE ANIMAL SELECTION AND EXCLUSION OF LIKELY PATHOGENS

XENOSIS AND THE RETROVIRUSES

SAFETY IN CLINICAL TRIALS OF XENOTRANSPLANTATION

RECIPIENT SELECTION

THE ADVANTAGES OF XENOTRANSPLANTATION

STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE: MINIMIZING THE RISKS TO PATIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY

REFERENCES

INDEX

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