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pjcowan@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Medicine
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Institution not known

Prof Peter Cowan

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Medicine

482 Scholarly works
18 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    The 2026 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Consensus Statement on clinical cardiac xenotransplantation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2025.12.012
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Perspectives on the 2026 ISHLT Consensus Statement on Clinical Cardiac Xenotransplantation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2025.12.009
  • 2025

    Journal article

    International Xenotransplantation Association (IXA) Position Paper on the History, Current Status, and Regulation of Xenotransplantation.
    DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005373
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Pre-clinical characterization of CSL040, a soluble complement receptor 1 (CR1) fragment
    DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2025.152992
  • 2024

    Research grants (international)

    A Cure for Diabetes Using Transgenic Porcine Islet Cell Xenotransplantation
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Transplantation of Pig Islets to Treat Type 1 Diabetes
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Genetic Modification to Protect Pig Islets From T Cell-Mediated Xenogeneic Rejection
Peter Cowan

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    ABO-A antibody induction in mice is T cell-dependent, estrogen-independent, and modulated by CD22.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.03.001
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Targeting the complement lectin pathway with a highly specific MASP-2 inhibitor protects against renal ischemia–reperfusion injury
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2424754122
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Inhibition of RIPK1 or RIPK3 kinase activity post ischemia-reperfusion reduces the development of chronic kidney injury
    DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20240569
  • 2025

    Journal article

    International Xenotransplantation Association (IXA) Position Paper on the History, Current Status, and Regulation of Xenotransplantation.
    DOI: 10.1111/xen.70002
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    Treatment with a specific inhibitor of the complement lectin pathway is protective against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Xenotransplantation cures diabetes using local immunosuppression to protect transgenic porcine neonatal islet cell xenografts in the diabetic baboon model.
    DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0001065508.15877.84

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Xenotransplantation a Next Generation Cure for Diabetes Using Transgenic Porcine Islets
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Bridging the Gap in Kidney Transplantation Using Pigs as Donors

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