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Similarities in the immunoglobulin response and V(H )gene usage in rhesus monkeys and humans exposed to porcine hepatocytes
BACKGROUND: The use of porcine cells and organs as a source of xenografts for human patients would vastly increase the donor pool; however, both humans and Old World primates vigorously reject pig tissues due to xenoantibodies that react with the polysaccharide galactose α (1,3) galactose (αGal) pre...
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BioMed Central
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16549031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-7-3 |