1. Xenotransplantation: An Overview of the Field
Veronica Tisato and Emanuele Cozzi
2. Cloning and Expression Analyses of Pig Genes
Mireia Uribe-Herranz and Cristina Costa
3. Basic Analyses of Proteins of Interest for Xenotransplantation
Mireia Uribe-Herranz and Cristina Costa
4. Studies on Carbohydrate Xenoantigens
Dale Christiansen, Effie Mouhtouris, Paul A. Ramsland, and Mauro S. Sandrin
5. Xenoantibodies and Complement Activity Determinations in Pig to Primate Xenotransplantation
Nieves Doménech
6. Studies on Coagulation Incompatibilities for Xenotransplantation
Cristiana Bulato, Claudia Radu, Paolo Simioni
7. Cellular Studies for in Vitro Modeling of Xenogeneic Immune ResponsesRoberta Sommaggio, Magdiel Pérez-Cruz, and Cristina Costa
8. Production of Transgenic and Knock Out Pigs by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
Angelica M. Giraldo, Suyapa Ball, Kenneth R. Bondioli
9. Small Animal Models of Xenotransplantation
Hao Wang
10. Heart Xenotransplantation in Primate Models
Johannes Postrach, Andreas Bauer, Michael Schmoeckel, Bruno Reichart, and Paolo Brenner
11. Xenogeneic Lung Transplantation Models
Lars Burdorf, Agnes M. Azimzadeh and Richard N. Pierson III
12. Thymic Transplantation in Pig-to-nonhuman Primates for the Induction of Tolerance Across Xenogeneic Barriers
Kazuhiko Yamada and Joseph Scalea
13. Isolation of Porcine Pancreatic Islets for Xenotransplantation
Karin Ulrichs, Sibylle Eber, Bianca Schneiker, Sabine Gahn, Armin Strauß, Vasiliy Moskalenko, Irina Chodnevskaja
14. Pig Neural Cells Derived from Foetal Mesencephalon as Cell Source for Intracerebral Xenotransplantation
Xavier Lévêque, Véronique Nerrière-Daguin, Isabelle Neveuand Philippe Naveilhan
15. Hepatocyte Xenotransplantation
Katia R. F. Lima-Quaresma, Andre Gustavo Bonavita, Matheus Kafuri Cytrangulo, Marcelo Alves Pinto, and Luiz Anastácio Alves
16. In Vitro Repair Model of Focal Articular Cartilage Defects in Humans
Díaz Prado SM, Fuentes-Boquete IM, Blanco FJ
17. Potential Zoonotic Infection of PERV in Xenotransplantation
Giada Mattiuzzo, Yashuhiro Takeuchi, Linda Scobie
18. Ethical and Regulatory Issues for Clinical Trials in Xenotransplantation
Jorge Guerra González
19. Some Ethical, Social and Legal Considerations of Xenotransplantation
María Jorqui Azofra and Carlos María Romeo Casabona
