Review Article

The Role of Costimulation Blockade in Solid Organ and Islet Xenotransplantation

Table 2

Selected studies using anti-CD154mAb in pig-to-nonhuman primate xenotransplantation.

First author (year)Donor pigRecipient NHPImmunosuppressive regimenLongest survival (days)

Heart xenotransplantation, heterotopic
Buhler (2000) [86]WTBaboonTBI, TI, splenectomy, IA, ATG, CVF, CSA, or anti-CD154mAb, MMF +/− pig stem cellsN.A
Houser (2004) [87]CD55BaboonATG, anti-CD2mAb, TI, CVF, anti-CD154mAb, MMF, CS139
Dor (2005) [88]GTKOBaboonATG, anti-CD154mAb, MMF, CS179
Kuwaki (2005) [89]GTKOBaboonATG, anti-CD2mAb, TI, CVF, anti-CD154mAb179
Wu (2005) [90]CD46BaboonATG, anti-CD154mAb, +/− anti-CD20mAb +/− CTLA4-Fc11
Wu (2007) [91]CD46BaboonATG, anti-CD154mAb, GAS194 or TPC, +/− IA36
Ezzelarab (2009) [92]GTKOBaboonATG, CVF, anti-CD154mAb, MMF, CS56
Mohiuddin (2012) [93]GTKO.CD46BaboonATG, anti-CD20mAb, anti-CD154mAb, MMF, CS236
Kim (2013) [94]GTKOCynomolgusATG, anti-CD20mAb, anti-CD154mAb, tacrolimus, CS24
Ezzelarab (2015) [95]GTKOBaboonATG, anti-CD154mAb, MMF56
Iwase (2015) [96]GTKO.CD46.TBMBaboonATG, anti-CD20mAb, anti-CD154mAb, MMF, CS52
Kidney xenotransplantation
Buhler (2000) [86]WTBaboonTBI, TI, splenectomy, IA, ATG, CVF, CSA, or anti-CD154mAb, MMF +/− pig stem cellsN.A
Buhler (2001) [97]CD55BaboonTBI, TI, splenectomy, IA, ATG, CVF, anti-CD154mAb, MMF, CS29
Barth (2003) [98]CD55BaboonThymokidneys, anti-CD2mAb, ATG, anti-CD154mAb, CyP, CVF, MMF, CS229
Gollackner (2003) [99]CD55BaboonTI, splenectomy, IA, ATG, anti-CD154mAb, CyP, CVF, MMF, CS13
Knosalla (2003) [100]CD55BaboonTI, splenectomy, IA, ATG, anti-CD154mAb, CyP, CVF, MMF, CS29
Yamada (2005) [75]GTKOBaboonVascularized thymic lobe, WBI, anti-CD2mAb, anti-CD154mAb, MMF, CS, CVF68
Shimizu (2005) [101]CD55BaboonThymokidneys, splenectomy, IA, anti-CD3mAb, ATG, anti-CD154mAb, CyP, CVF, MMF30
Griesemer (2009) [102]GTKOBaboonThymectomy, splenectomy, TBI, ATG, anti-CD2mAb, anti-CD154mAb, tacrolimus, MMF, anti-CD20mAb83
Lin (2010) [103]GTKO.CD46BaboonATG, antiCD154mAb, MMF, CVF, CS16
Nishimura (2011) [104]GTKOBaboonThymokidney, thymectomy, splenectomy, anti-CD3, antiCD2mAb, ATG, anti-CD20mAb, tacrolimus, MMF, anti-CD154mAb15
Ezzelarab (2015) [95]GTKOBaboonATG, anti-CD154mAb, MMF10
Higginbotham (2015) [22]GTKO.CD55RhesusAnti-CD4, anti-CD8, anti-CD154mAb, MMF, CS310
Kim (2017) [76]GTKO.CD55RhesusAnti-CD4, anti-CD8, anti-CD154mAb, MMF, CS405
Liver xenotransplantation
Kim (2002) [105]GTKOBaboonATG, LoCD2b, CVF, anti-CD154mAb, azathioprine, tacrolimus, CS9
Navarro-Alvarez (2016) [106]GTKOBaboonATG, LoCD2b, CVF, anti-CD154mAb, tacrolimus, CS6
Islet xenotransplantation
Buhler (2002) [18]WTBaboonSplenectomy, IA, TBI, ATG, CVF, anti-CD154mAb, CSA, MMF, CS28
Hering (2006) [107]WTCynomolgusAnti-CD25mAb, FTY720, rapamycin, anti-CD154mAb187
Cardona (2006) [108]WTRhesusAnti-CD25mAb, anti-CD154mAb, CTLA4-Ig>260
Rood (2007) [109]GTKOCynomolgusATG, CVF, anti-CD154mAb, MMF, tacrolimus>58
Casu (2008) [110]WTCynomolgusATG, anti-CD154mAb, MMF>60
van der Windt (2009) [19]CD46CynomolgusATG, anti-CD154mAb, MMF396
Thompson (2011) [20]GTKORhesusAnti-CD154mAb, anti-LFA1mAb, MMF, belatacept249
Bottino (2014) [111]GTKO.CD46. TFPI.CTLA4Ig.CD39CynomolgusATG, MMF, anti-CD154mAb, CS365
Shin (2015) [112]WTRhesusAnti-CD154mAb, ATG, rapamycin, CVF, adalimumab>603

ATG: antithymocyte globulin; CS: corticosteroids; CSA: cyclosporine A; CVF: cobra venom factor; CyP: cyclophosphamide; NHP: nonhuman primate; TBI: total body irradiation; TI: thymus irradiation; mAb: monoclonal antibody; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; mAb: monoclonal antibody; GTKO: α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene knockout; GAS914: a soluble glycoconjugate comprising Gal on poly-L-lysine backbone; N.A: not applicable; TBM: thrombomodulin; TPC: an aGal-polyethylene glycol polymer conjugate; WT: wild-type.