- First title of its kind that provides up-to-date information on the planning and preparation that goes toward clinical xenotransplantation
- Features an authorship consisting of several leaders in the field of clinical organ transplantation as well as the leaders in the field of xenotransplantation research
- Reviews and analyzes the research that has provided the recent experimental advances within the field
This title provides an illuminating examination of the current state of xenotransplantation – grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different species – and how it might move forward into the clinic. To be sure, this is a critical topic, as a major problem that remains worldwide is an inadequate supply of organs from deceased human donors, severely limiting the number of organ transplants that can be performed each year.
Based on presentations given at a major conference on xenotransplantation, this title includes important views from many leading experts who were invited to present their data and opinions on how xenotransplantation can advance into the clinic. Attention was concentrated on pig kidney and heart transplantation as it is in regard to these organs that most progress has been made. Collectively, these chapters effectively highlight the many advantages of xenotransplantation to patients with end-stage organ failure, thereby encouraging the mapping of a concrete pathway to clinical xenotransplantation.
The book is organized across 22 chapters, beginning with background information on clinical and experimental xenotransplantation. Following this are discussions addressing how pigs can be genetically engineered for their organs to be resistant to the human immune response through deletion of pig xenoantigens, and the insertion of ‘protective’ human transgenes. Subsequent chapters analyze complications that arise in practice, comparing allotransplant and xenotransplant rejection. The selection of the ideal patients for the first clinical trials is discussed. Finally, the book concludes with an analysis on the regulatory, economic, and social aspects of this research, including FDA perspectives and the sensitive, psychosocial factors regarding allotransplantation and xenotransplantation.
A major and timely addition to the literature, Clinical Xenotransplantation will be of great interest to all researchers, physicians, and academics from other disciplines with an interest in xenotransplantation.
Table of Contents- A Brief History of Clinical Cross-Species Organ Xenotransplantation
- The Pathobiology of Pig-to-Primate Xeno.: A Historical Review
- Is Sensitization to Pig Antigens Detrimental to Subsequent Allotransplantation?
- Sensitization to Human Leukocyte Antigens and Xenotransplantation
- Kidney Xenotransplantation in Nonhuman Primates
- Cardiac Xenotransplantation in Nonhuman Primates
- Gene-edited Pigs for Xenotransplantation
- Addressing Regulatory Requirements for the Organ-Source Pig – A Pragmatic Approach to Facility Design and Pathogen Prevention
- Antibody-Mediated Graft Rejection in Nonhuman Primate Models: Comparison of Sensitized Allotransplant and Xenotransplant Rejection
- Management of Anti-HLA Antibodies and Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection
- Evolving Approaches to Treatment of Allosensitization and Antibody-Mediated Rejection
- Lessons from ABO-Incompatible Cardiac Allotransplantation in the Newborn
- Defining an “Acceptable Risk Threshold”: Who Should Be the First Kidney Xenotransplant Recipient?
- Selection of Patients for the Initial Clinical Trials of Kidney Xenotransplantation
- Selection of Patients for the Initial Clinical Trials of Cardiac Xenotransplantation
- Selection of Pediatric Patients for the Initial Clinical Trials of Cardiac Xenotransplantation
- Infection in Xenotransplantation: Organ-Source Health and Patient Safety
- Histocompatibility Testing for Xenotransplantation
- Xenotransplantation: The FDA Perspective
- Xenotransplantation: A Payer’s Perspective
- Public Perceptions Toward the Clinical Trials of Organ Xenotransplantation
- What Did the Workshop Achieve?
