Key issues related to clinical trials of xenotransplantation.
10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20220626-00286
- VernacularTitle:异种移植临床试验的有关问题
- Author:
Hao XU
1
;
Xuan ZHANG
1
;
Ke Feng DOU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Humans;
Swine;
Tissue Donors;
Transplantation, Heterologous
- From:
Chinese Journal of Surgery
2022;60(10):888-893
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The development of xenotransplantation is expected to alleviate the supply and demand gap of donors' organs. Currently,gene-edited pigs are considered as ideal organ donor source for clinical xenotransplantation. Driven by relevant technologies,substantial progress have been achieved in preclinical studies of xenotransplantation,which creates good conditions for the opening of early clinical trials. Especially in recent two years,the foreign clinical research in this field has made a breakthrough. Here,the progress in xenotransplantation of clinical trials is briefly reviewed home and abroad,the key issues in clinical trials of xenotransplantation are discussed from the perspectives of gene editing of donor pigs,principles of whole-course management of subjects,ethics and social psychology issue. It is believed that under the background of multidisciplinary cross-fusion,xenotransplantation will be gradually transferred to clinical application in the future,and better benefit human beings.
