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. 2017 Jul 11;59(9):435–444. doi: 10.1007/s12033-017-0024-9

Table 1.

Survival of organs from genetically modified pigs into non-human primates

Type of graft Type of genetic modification Immunosuppression Longest survival time (days) Year (References)
Heart (heterotopic transplantation) GTKO, CD46, TM ATG, CD20, CVF, CD40, MMF, CS 945 2016 [63]
GTKO, CD46 ATG, CD20, CD154, CVF, MMF, CS 236 2012 [17]
GTKO ATG, TI, CD2, CD154, CVF, MMF, MP 179 2005 [6]
Heart (orthotopic transplantation) CD46 ATG, or CyP, CD20, TAC, Rapa 57 2011 [64]
GTKO, CD46, TM CD40, ATG, CD20, MMF; non-ischemic preservation technique 40 2017 [65]
CD55 CyP, CsA, MMF, CS 39 2000 [66]
Kidney GTKO, CD55 CD4, CD8, CD154, MMF, CS 310 2016 [67]
GTKO, CD46, CD55, EPCR, TFPI, CD47 ATG, CD20, CD40, Rapa, CS 237 2017 [68]
CD55 ATG, MMF, CS, CD2, CD154, TAC, CyP, CVF, thymectomy or thymic irradiation 229 2003 [69]
GTKO, CD46, CD55, TM, EPCR, CD39 ATG, CD20, CD40, Rapa, MP, CVF, 136 2015 [70]
Liver (orthotopic transplantation) GTKO ATG, CVF, CTLA4-Ig, TAC, CS 25 2016 [71]
CD55 CyP, CsA, CS 8 2000 [72]
Lung (orthotopic transplantation) vWF-KO CsA, INN, AZA, CS, macrophage-depleted, antibody immunoabsorption 109 h 2007 [73]
GTKO, CD46 CS + CsA + AZA, macrophage-depleted 48 h 2011 [74]

In the case of lung xenotransplants, survival is given in hours

ATG antithymocyte globulin, AZA azathioprine, CD154 antihuman CD154 (CD40L), CD2 rat antihuman CD2 (LoCD2b), CD20 antihuman CD20 (rituximab), CD4 anti-CD4, CD40 antihuman CD40, CD8 anti-CD8, CS corticosteroids, CsA cyclosporin, CVF cobra venom factor, CyP cyclophosphamide, INN indomethacin, MMF mycophenolate mofetil, MP methylprednisolone, Rapa rapamycin (sirolimus), TAC tacrolimus (FK-506)