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Human lymphohematopoietic reconstitution and immune function in immunodeficient mice receiving cotransplantation of human thymic tissue and CD34+ cells

Cellular & Molecular Immunology volume 9, pages 232–236 (2012)Cite this article

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Small animal models with functional human lymphohematopoietic systems are highly valuable for the study of human immune function under physiological and pathological conditions. Over the last two decades, numerous efforts have been devoted towards the development of such humanized mouse models. This review is focused on human lymphohematopoietic reconstitution and immune function in humanized mice by cotransplantation of human fetal thymic tissue and CD34+ cells. The potential use of these humanized mice in translational biomedical research is also discussed.

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The authors thank Dr Goda Choi for critical reading of the manuscript. We apologize to those investigators whose work could not be cited as a result of space limitations. The work from the authors' laboratory discussed in this review was supported by grants from NIH (RC1 HL100117, R01 AI064569, PO1 CA111519 and PO1 AI045897) and JDRF (1-2005-72).

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Hu, Z., Yang, YG. Human lymphohematopoietic reconstitution and immune function in immunodeficient mice receiving cotransplantation of human thymic tissue and CD34+ cells. Cell Mol Immunol 9, 232–236 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/cmi.2011.63

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