Life supporting pig-to-primate xenotransplantation model using transgenic GalT KO pigs: The Padua experience

¹Immunology Laboratory, Consortium for Research in Organ Transplantation CORIT, Legnaro, Padua;²Department of Surgical and Gastrointestinal Sciences, University of Padua, Padua;³Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padua, Padua;⁴Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Padua, Padua;⁵Laboratory of Reproductive Technologies, Avantea, Cremona;⁶Institute for Animal Care Prophylaxis, Legnaro, Padua;⁷Department of Thoracic, Cardiological and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy;⁸Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia;⁹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States;¹⁰Immunology Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;¹¹Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna;¹²Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy