Abstract
Humanized mice have recently emerged as powerful translational animal models for studying human hematopoiesis, immune interactions, and diseases of the human immune system. Several important advances in the humanized mouse technology have been reported over the last few years, thereby resulting in improved engraftment, high levels of human chimerism, and sustained human hematopoiesis. This chapter describes the detailed procedures for generating various humanized mouse models including hu-PBL, hu-HSC, and BLT models and discusses considerations for choosing the appropriate model system.
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Kim, SS., Kumar, P., Ye, C., Shankar, P. (2011). Humanized Mice for Studying Human Leukocyte Integrins In Vivo. In: Shimaoka, M. (eds) Integrin and Cell Adhesion Molecules. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 757. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-166-6_30
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