Open AccessPrevalence of porcine endogenous retrovirus in Chinese pig breeds and in patients treated with a porcine liver cell-based bioreactor
Author(s) -
Qing Liu,
Zheng Liu,
Evangelos Dalakas
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i30.4727
Subject(s) - bioartificial liver device , pig liver , liver enzyme , xenotransplantation , medicine , andrology , enzyme , miniature pig , endogeny , perfusion , gastroenterology , virology , biology , surgery , hepatocyte , in vitro , biochemistry , transplantation
To determine the prevalence of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) in various pig breeds raised in China including Chinese experimental mini-pigs by PERV-reverse transcriptase (PERV-RT enzyme). Moreover, the potential for infection of PERV was investigated in patients treated with a bioreactor based on porcine liver cells (n = 3).