Characterization of Endogenous Retroviruses in Pig Cell Cultures

Quantitative Estimation of Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus Release from PK15 Cells

“…ese authors showed that the copy number of another virus variant -PERV C DNA, is the lowest when compared with the level of A and B subtypes. Absence of PERV C in a PK15 cell line we used in our experiments (Ferrari et al, 2003) and in some porcine tissues can help to select organs for transplant. Elimination of tissues with PERV C can be beneficial for transplantation safety because the emergence of more infectious recombinant PERV A/C is limited (Bartosch et al, 2004;Harrison et al, 2004).…”