Table 1. Applications of pig as humanized-graft resource.
Category | Proof-of-concept rodent model | Pig model | ||
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Whole animal (in vivo organogenesis)a | pancreas | Kobayashi T et al. Cell 20109 | pancreas | Matsunari H et al. PNAS 201312 |
liver | Hata T et al. Ann Surg 201310 | liver | Fisher JE et al. Liver Transpl 201313 | |
kidney | Usui J et al. Am J Pathol 201211 | SCID pig | Suzuki S et al. Cell Stem Cell 201214 | |
Donor of embryonic primordiumb | kidney | Matsumoto K et al. Stem Cells 201215 | pancreas | Hammerman M. Organogenesis 201216 |
Donor of decellularized organc | heart | Ott HC et al. Nat Med 200817 | ||
kidney | Ross EA et al. JASN 200918 | kidney | Orlando G et al. Ann Surg 201221 | |
liver | Uygun BE et al. Nat Med 201019 | liver | Yagi H et al. Cell Transplant 201322 | |
lung | Ott HC et al. Nat Med 201020 |
a By blastocyst complementation or injection of human stem cells or progenitor cells to generate human organs in a living pig. b Implantation of pig embryonic primordia with human stem cells to achieve human organogenesis in the patient. c Reconstruction of human organs in vitro by use of decellularized organ scaffold with human stem cells.