SCID-hu xenograft mice: transduced CD34+ cells engrafted and produced vector-marked, transgene-expressing T and B cells
“In vivo: Immunodeficient mice were implanted with human hematolymphoid tissues (SCID-hu mice), irradiated and transplanted with a single dose of cultured/transduced CD34+ cells. The transduced CD34+ cells engrafted in mice, produced vector-marked and transgene expressing T and B cells and maintained in vivo lymphoid reconstitution capacity.”
Ethical limits on harvesting human bone marrow; human-to-mouse xenotransplantation models used instead
“Because ethical restrictions of harvesting of human bone marrow for experimental purposes limit in vivo studies of the human hematolymphoid system, substitute human to small animal xenotransplantation models has been employed.”
WAS-deficient mice transplanted with WAS LVV-transduced murine Lin- BM cells: increased B cells, platelets, granulocytes; improved T, B and DC function