[Research progress of overcoming immunological rejection in xenotransplantation].
OBJECTIVE
To review the methods of overcoming immunological rejection in xenotransplantation.


METHODS
The strategies of overcoming immunological rejection in xenotransplantation were analyzed and summarized on the basis of an extensive review of the latest literature concerned.


RESULTS
The research development of immunological rejection mechanism and molecular biological technique provided new approaches for overcoming immunological rejection in xenotransplantation.


CONCLUSIONS
It is only a matter of time for xenotransplantation to be applied clinically.
Wang
Dongmei
D
Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, 101149, P.R. China.
Song
Changxing
C
Zhang
Zhixin
Z
D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006085:Graft Survival; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous