Taurine as Antioxidant in a Novel Cell- and Oxygen Carrier-Free Perfusate for Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Porcine Kidneys

• Main Authors: Laura Zarnitz (Author), Benedict M. Doorschodt (Author), Lisa Ernst (Author), Aisa Hosseinnejad (Author), Eileen Edgworth (Author), Tamara Fechter (Author), Alexander Theißen (Author), Sonja Djudjaj (Author), Peter Boor (Author), Rolf Rossaint (Author), René H. Tolba (Author), Christian Bleilevens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Donor organ-shortage has resulted in the increased use of marginal grafts; however, normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) holds the potential for organ viability assessment and restoration of marginal grafts prior to transplantation. Additionally, cell-, oxygen carrier-free and antioxidants-supplemen...