Transmission of Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus Produced from Different Recipient Cells In Vivo.

Humanized pigs have been developed to reduce the incidence of immune rejection in xenotransplantation, but significant concerns remain, such as transmission of viral zoonosis. Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV), which exist in the genome of pigs, are produced as infectious virions from all porci...

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Main Authors: Nayoung Kim, Jiwon Choi, Sehyun Kim, Yong-Dae Gwon, Yeondong Cho, Jae Myung Yang, Yu-Kyoung Oh, Young Bong Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5104465?pdf=render