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Humanized mice in cutaneous leishmaniasis—Suitability analysis of human PBMC transfer into immunodeficient mice
Esther Von StebutEsther Von StebutAnja I. SchermannMichael R. FischerHelmut JonuleitTrix TwelkmeyerJoanna WegnerBeate LorenzBeate Lorenzsubject
0301 basic medicineT cellGraft vs Host DiseaseLeishmaniasis CutaneousDermatologyDiseaseBiochemistryPeripheral blood mononuclear cellLesionInterferon-gammaMice030207 dermatology & venereal diseases03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineSpecies SpecificityCutaneous leishmaniasisT-Lymphocyte SubsetsIn vivoAnimalsHumansMedicineParasite hostingMolecular Biologybusiness.industryMacrophagesLeishmaniasismedicine.diseaseAdoptive Transfer030104 developmental biologymedicine.anatomical_structureModels AnimalImmunologyDisease ProgressionLeukocytes MononuclearHeterograftsmedicine.symptombusinessdescription
Humanized mice represent a suitable preclinical test system for example therapeutic interventions in various disease settings, including infections. Here, we intended to establish such system for cutaneous leishmaniasis by infecting T, B and NK cell-deficient mice adoptively transferred with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). L major infection led to the establishment of parasite lesions harbouring viable parasites and human T cells, but parasite elimination was not seen due to a species-specific activity of T cell-derived human IFNγ. In addition, up to 50% of infected mice succumbed to severe graft-versus-host disease. In summary, even though long-term disease outcome assessments are impossible, this model of humanized mice can be used for studying lesion development and generation of oligoclonal anti-parasite human T cell responses in vivo.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-08 | Experimental Dermatology |