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Xenotransplantation and immune response

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
R. Anand
Genesis Foundation
2
Daniel Eisenson
Johns Hopkins University
3
Eloi Schmauch
New York University
4
Kasinath Kuravi
United Therapeutics (United States)
5
Imran J. Anwar
Duke Medical Center
6
Mohamed H. Bikhet
Indiana University School of Medicine
7
Elie Dolgin
Unknown
8
Christophe Hansen‐Estruch
University of Alabama at Birmingham
9
Raheema L. Khan
Khalifa University of Science and Technology
10
Hina Jhelum
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology

Rising Stars Papers

1
Consistent survival in consecutive cases of life-supporting porcine kidney xenotransplantation using 10GE source pigs
Nature Communications|2024
69 cit.
2
Integrative multi-omics profiling in human decedents receiving pig heart xenografts
Nature Medicine|2024
57 cit.
3
Multi-omics analysis of a pig-to-human decedent kidney xenotransplant
Nature|2025
18 cit.
4
The future of precision cancer therapy might be to try everything
Nature|2024
17 cit.
5
A myopia epidemic is sweeping the globe. Here’s how to stop it
Nature|2024
17 cit.
6
Dozens of new obesity drugs are coming: these are the ones to watch
Nature|2025
16 cit.
7
How personalized cancer vaccines could keep tumours from coming back
Nature|2024
15 cit.
8
Why autoimmune disease is more common in women: X chromosome holds clues
Nature|2024
13 cit.
9
Huntington’s disease treated for first time using gene therapy
Nature|2025
13 cit.
10
Targeting IL-1 controls refractory pityriasis rubra pilaris
Science Advances|2024
12 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Tao Wang
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
2
Luhan Yang
Southwest Medical University
3
Karen V. Swanson
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4
Michele Youd
Zen-Noh (Japan)
5
Matt Tector
Io Therapeutics (United States)
6
Vered Padler‐Karavani
Tel Aviv University
7
Steven C. Kim
Emory University
8
Paige M. Porrett
University of Alabama at Birmingham
9
Johanna S. Salzer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10
Emmanuel Ampofo
Saarland University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Geographic Distribution of Suspected Alpha-gal Syndrome Cases — United States, January 2017–December 2022
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2023
120 cit.
2
The role of antibody responses against glycans in bioprosthetic heart valve calcification and deterioration
Nature Medicine|2022
97 cit.
3
Normal Graft Function After Pig-to-Human Kidney Xenotransplant
JAMA Surgery|2023
95 cit.
4
Health Care Provider Knowledge Regarding Alpha-gal Syndrome — United States, March–May 2022
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2023
42 cit.
5
Co-transplantation of pancreatic islets and microvascular fragments effectively restores normoglycemia in diabetic mice
npj Regenerative Medicine|2022
27 cit.
6
Spatiotemporal immune atlas of a clinical-grade gene-edited pig-to-human kidney xenotransplant
Nature Communications|2024
27 cit.
7
Current Status of Renal Xenotransplantation and Next Steps
Kidney360|2022
25 cit.
8
Alpha-Gal Syndrome after <i>Ixodes scapularis</i> Tick Bite and Statewide Surveillance, Maine, USA, 2014–2023
Emerging infectious diseases|2025
18 cit.
9
A multi-institutional study of renal outcomes and renal-related pregnancy outcomes in uterus transplant recipients
American Journal of Transplantation|2022
10 cit.
10
A roadmap for human trials of xenotransplantation
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2022
10 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
David K. C. Cooper
Massachusetts General Hospital
2
David H. Sachs
Harvard University
3
Jeffrey L. Platt
Case Western Reserve University
4
Joachim Denner
Freie Universität Berlin
5
Megan Sykes
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
6
David Ayares
Kraft Heinz (United States)
7
Randall S. Prather
University of Missouri
8
Uri Galili
Rush University Medical Center
9
David K.C. Cooper
Massachusetts General Hospital
10
A. Joseph Tector
University of Miami

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Production of α-1,3-Galactosyltransferase Knockout Pigs by Nuclear Transfer Cloning
Science|2002
1.3k cit.
2
Production of α1,3-Galactosyltransferase-Deficient Pigs
Science|2003
1.1k cit.
3
HLA-Mismatched Renal Transplantation without Maintenance Immunosuppression
New England Journal of Medicine|2008
970 cit.
4
Man, apes, and Old World monkeys differ from other mammals in the expression of alpha-galactosyl epitopes on nucleated cells.
Journal of Biological Chemistry|1988
945 cit.
5
Epidermal Langerhans cells are derived from cells originating in bone marrow
Nature|1979
879 cit.
6
Hybridoma cell lines secreting monoclonal antibodies to mouse H-2 and Ia antigens.
The Journal of Immunology|1980
840 cit.
7
Reconstitution with syngeneic plus allogeneic or xenogeneic bone marrow leads to specific acceptance of allografts or xenografts
Nature|1984
755 cit.
8
Targeted disruption of the α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene in cloned pigs
Nature Biotechnology|2002
710 cit.
9
A unique natural human IgG antibody with anti-alpha-galactosyl specificity.
The Journal of Experimental Medicine|1984
703 cit.
10
Heart transplantation in baboons using α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout pigs as donors: initial experience
Nature Medicine|2004
695 cit.

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