Porcine endogenous retrovirus encodes xenoantigens involved in porcine cellular xenograft rejection by mice

Simeonovic, Charmaine; Ziolkowski, Andrew; Popp, Sarah; Milburn, Peter J; Lynch, Celina-Anne; Hamilton, Peter; Harris, Karla; Brown, Debra; Bain, Simon; Wilson, James Dennis; Gibbs, Adrian

Porcine endogenous retrovirus encodes xenoantigens involved in porcine cellular xenograft rejection by mice

Date

2005

Authors

Simeonovic, Charmaine

Ziolkowski, Andrew

Popp, Sarah

Milburn, Peter J

Lynch, Celina-Anne

Hamilton, Peter

Harris, Karla

Brown, Debra

Bain, Simon

Wilson, James Dennis

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Abstract

Background. Identification of the antigens that stimulate transplant rejection can help develop graft-specific antirejection strategies. The xenoantigens recognized during rejection of porcine cellular xenografts have not been clearly defined, but it has