Immune disguise: the mechanisms of Neu5Gc inducing autoimmune and transplant rejection.
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| Abstract | :  Organ (stem cell) transplantation is the most effective treatment for advanced organ failure. Neu5Gc (N-hydroxyacetylneuraminic acid) is a pathogenic non-human sialic acid, which is very similar to the molecular structure of Neu5Ac (N-acetylneuraminic acid) in human body. Neu5Gc has the function of "immune disguise", which is the main obstacle to transplantation. Gene knockout such as cytidine monophosphate-N-acetylneuraminidase (CMAH) reduces donor antigenicity, making xenotransplantation from fiction to reality. Exploring the immune disguise event in this emerging field has become a hot topic in the research of transplantation immune tolerance mechanism. | 
| Year of Publication | :  2022 | 
| Journal | :  Genes and immunity | 
| Volume | :  23 | 
| Issue | :  6 | 
| Number of Pages | :  175-182 | 
| ISSN Number | :  1466-4879 | 
| URL | :  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41435-022-00182-8 | 
| DOI | :  10.1038/s41435-022-00182-8 | 
| Short Title | :  Genes Immun | 
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