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. 2017 Oct 11;2017:8415205. doi: 10.1155/2017/8415205

Table 4.

Selected studies using CTLA4-Ig in pig-to-nonhuman primate xenotransplantation.

First author (year) Donor pig Recipient NHP Immunosuppressive regimen Longest survival (days)
Heart xenotransplantation, heterotopic
Iwase (2015) [96] GTKO.CD46.CD55 Baboon ATG, anti-CD20mAb, abatacept, MMF, CS 23
Iwase (2015) [96] GTKO.CD46.TBM Baboon ATG, belatacept, anti-CD40mAb, tacrolimus, MMF, CS 130
Liver xenotransplantation
Shah (2017) [24] GTKO Baboon ATG, belatacept, tacrolimus, CVF, CS 25
Islet xenotransplantation
Cordona (2006) [108] WT Rhesus Anti-CD25mAb, anti-CD154mAb, CTLA4-Ig >260
Hecht (2009) [113] Fetal pancreatic fragments Cynomolgus Anti-CD25mAb, anti-CD154mAb, FTY720, rapamycin, CTLA4-Ig 380
Thompson (2011) [21] WT Rhesus Anti-CD25mAb, anti-CD40mAb, rapamycin, belatacept 203
Thompson (2011) [20] GTKO Rhesus Anti-CD154mAb, anti-LFA1mAb, MMF, belatacept 249
Thompson (2012) [79] WT Rhesus MMF, belatacept, alefacept, anti-LFA1mAb, tacrolimus 114
Graham (2013) [114] WT Cynomolgus Anti-CD25mAb, abatacept, tacrolimus, rapamycin >180

NHP: nonhuman primate; WT: wild-type; ATG: anti-thymocyte globulin; CVF: cobra venom factor; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; mAb: monoclonal antibody; CS: corticosteroids; GTKO: α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene knockout; TBM: thrombomodulin.