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Humanized Mouse Models for Transplant Immunology.

L L Kenney¹, L D Shultz², D L Greiner¹

¹Department of Molecular Medicine, Diabetes Center of Excellence, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.

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|November 21, 2015

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Humanized mice, engrafted with human immune systems, offer a vital preclinical model for studying human immune responses and allograft rejection. This advance aids in evaluating new drugs and understanding transplantation immunology without patient risk.

Keywords:

animal models basic (laboratory) research/science cellular transplantation (non-islet)experimental islet transplantation regenerative medicine rejection stem cells tolerance translational research/science

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Transplantation immunology
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Background:

Advances in understanding immune response pathways inform transplantation immunology for allograft survival.
Murine models are used to define molecular pathways, but human-specific reagents and species differences pose challenges.
Humanized mice, immunodeficient mice with functional human immune systems, provide a small animal model for human immune studies.

Purpose of the Study:

To review recent advances in the development of humanized mice.
To highlight the utility of humanized mice as preclinical models for studying human allograft responses.

Main Methods:

Development of immunodeficient mice engrafted with functional human immune systems.
Utilizing humanized mice as a preclinical model system.

Main Results:

Humanized mice enable the study of human immune responses in a small animal model.
These models facilitate the evaluation of new drugs and the identification of mechanisms in human allograft rejection.

Conclusions:

Humanized mice are crucial preclinical models for transplantation immunology research.
They allow for the investigation of human immune responses and allograft rejection without direct patient risk.