Evidence for the important role of inflammation in xenotransplantation

Abstract There is increasing evidence of a sustained state of systemic inflammation after pig-to-nonhuman primate (NHP) xenotransplantation (that has been termed systemic inflammation in xenograft recipients [SIXR]). Increases in inflammatory markers, e.g., C-reactive protein, histones, serum amyloi...

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Main Authors: Juan Li, Hidetaka Hara, Yi Wang, Charles Esmon, David K. C. Cooper, Hayato Iwase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Inflammation
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12950-019-0213-3