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The susceptibility of baboons to the novel immunosuppressant, FTY720
Bibliography: leaves 109-118.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3463 The susceptibility of baboons to the novel immunosuppressant, FTY720 Semple, P L Quesniaux, Valerie Medicine Bibliography: leaves 109-118. Since there is a major scarcity of donor organs world-wide, the experimental search for human organs has focused on two alternatives; mechanical devices and cross-species transplants. The use of mechanical devices as substitute organs is understandably limited due to complications from trying to duplicate the function of complex organs such as the liver. This has resulted in a renewed interest in xenotransplantation. Organs from non-human primates would arguably be the organs of choice but ethical consideration prevents this. The transplantation of organs from pigs or sheep to humans i.e. xenotransplants, results in hyperacute rejection. The development of immunosuppressive agents such as Cyc1osporine A and Tacrolimus have significantly improved the survival of organ transplants. However, although there is a good 1-5 year survival, the recurrent problem of chronic rejection still remains, and unresponsiveness to allografts has never been induced by these immunosuppressive agents. More importantly, the presence of adverse side effects including immunological complications and drug toxicity e.g. nephrotoxicity, remains a serious problem. Since the drugs currently available for allotransplantation preferably target T -cells, and are therefore unlikely to be sufficient for xenotransplantation where there is a strong B-cell driven response, there is a need for new immunosuppressive agents. FTY720 (2 amino-2-(2-[ 4-octylphenyl] ethyl)-1,3-propanediol hydrochloride), a novel, immunosuppressive drug active in rodent and dog transplantation models, has shown no toxic side effects in pre-clinical studies although no long-term patient studies exist. 2014-07-29T09:10:28Z 2014-07-29T09:10:28Z 2000 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3463 eng application/pdf Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Medicine Semple, P L The susceptibility of baboons to the novel immunosuppressant, FTY720 |
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| title | The susceptibility of baboons to the novel immunosuppressant, FTY720 |
| title_full | The susceptibility of baboons to the novel immunosuppressant, FTY720 |
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| title_short | The susceptibility of baboons to the novel immunosuppressant, FTY720 |
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| topic | Medicine |
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