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Vein Interposition Model: A Suitable Model to Study Bypass Graft Patency

Bypass grafting is an established treatment method for coronary artery disease. Graft patency continues to be the Achilles heel of saphenous vein grafts. ...

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Balloon-based Injury to Induce Myointimal Hyperplasia in the Mouse Abdominal Aorta

The use of animal models is essential for a better understanding of MH, one major cause for arterial stenosis.In this article, we demonstrate a murine ...

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A Cryoinjury Model to Study Myocardial Infarction in the Mouse

The use of animal models is essential for developing new therapeutic strategies for acute coronary syndrome and its complications. In this article, we ...

University Heart Center Hamburg

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

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University Heart Center

Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) and DZHK German Center for Cardiovascular Research

University of California San Francisco

Autologous induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) constitute an unlimited cell source for patient-specific cell-based organ repair strategies. However, their generation and subsequent differentiation into specific cells or tissues entail cell line-specific manufacturing challenges and form a lengthy process that precludes acute treatment modalities. These shortcomings could be overcome by using prefabricated allogeneic cell or tissue products, but the vigorous immune response against histo-incompatible cells has prevented the successful implementation of this approach. Here we show that both mouse and human iPSCs lose their immunogenicity when major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II genes are inactivated and CD47 is over-expressed. These hypoimmunogenic iPSCs retain their pluripotent stem cell potential and differentiation capacity. Endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and cardiomyocytes derived from hypoimmunogenic mouse or human iPSCs reliably evade immune rejection in fully MHC-mismatched allogeneic recipients and survive long-term without the use of immunosuppression. These findings suggest that hypoimmunogenic cell grafts can be engineered for universal transplantation.

Grigol Tediashvili

Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology Lab

University Heart Center Hamburg

Vein Interposition Model: A Suitable Model to Study Bypass Graft Patency

Balloon-based Injury to Induce Myointimal Hyperplasia in the Mouse Abdominal Aorta

A Cryoinjury Model to Study Myocardial Infarction in the Mouse

Grigol Tediashvili

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University Heart Center Hamburg

Vein Interposition Model: A Suitable Model to Study Bypass Graft Patency

Balloon-based Injury to Induce Myointimal Hyperplasia in the Mouse Abdominal Aorta

A Cryoinjury Model to Study Myocardial Infarction in the Mouse

Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology Lab