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Blood was drawn from healthy volunteers (Volunteers, n=20), patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD, n=20) pre-operation (Pre), and on Day 1 (POD 1) and Day 14 (POD 14) after renal allotransplantation, brain-dead organ donors (DBD, n=20), and renal allotransplant recipients who were currently experiencing T cell-mediated rejection (Allo-TCMR, n=20). Serum IgM\/IgG binding to, and complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) of, PBMCs and RBCs from (a) wild-type (WT), (b) \u03b11,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout (GTKO), (c) GTKO\/beta-1,4-N-acety1 galactosaminyltransferase 2-knockout (GTKO\/\u03b24GalNT2KO), (d) GTKO\/cytidine monophosphate-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase-knockout (GTKO\/CMAHKO), and (e) GTKO\/\u03b24GalNT2KO\/CMAHKO\/hCD55 (TKO\/hCD55) pigs were measured by flow cytometry. We obtained the following results: (i) Serum IgM\/IgG binding and CDC in Volunteers were significantly greater to WT, GTKO, and GTKO\/\u03b24GalNT2KO PBMCs or RBCs than to GTKO\/CMAHKO and TKO\/hCD55 cells; (ii) ESRD, DBD, and Allo-TCMR serum antibody binding and CDC to WT pig PBMCs were significantly greater than to GTKO, GTKO\/\u03b24GalNT2KO, GTKO\/CMAHKO, and TKO\/hCD55 cells; (iii) antibody binding to GTKO\/CMAHKO pig cells was significantly lower in hemodialysis than peritoneal dialysis patients. (iv) Two of twenty allotransplantation recipients\u2019 serum IgG binding to GTKO pig PBMCs increased on POD14 compared with Pre, but IgG binding to GTKO pig RBCs did not; (v) In all sera, the lowest antibody binding and CDC were to GTKO\/CMAHKO and TKO\/CD55 pig cells. 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