The status of chimeric cells in human-to-pig spleen transplantation

The pig‐to‐primate immune response: relevance for xenotransplantation

“…However, hemolysis and loss of human red blood cells during perfusion was not associated with these antibodies, but with phagocytosis by pig hepatic Kupffer cells [25]. Following human spleen Tx into pigs, cell‐mediated cytotoxicity toward pig cells increased by 10 to 18% [26].…”