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A highly efficient and faithful MDS patient-derived xenotransplantation model for pre-clinical studies
Song Y, Rongvaux A, Taylor A, Jiang T, Tebaldi T, Balasubramanian K, Bagale A, Terzi YK, Gbyli R, Wang X, Fu X, Gao Y, Zhao J, Podoltsev N, Xu M, Neparidze N, Wong E, Torres R, Bruscia EM, Kluger Y, Manz MG, Flavell RA, Halene S. A highly efficient and faithful MDS patient-derived xenotransplantation model for pre-clinical studies. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 366. PMID: 30664659, PMCID: PMC6341122, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08166-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-derived xenograftsMyelodysplastic syndromeXenotransplantation modelDysplastic morphologyImmunodeficient murine hostsPre-clinical studiesMDS stem cellsMDS subtypesComprehensive preclinical studiesPreclinical studiesTherapeutic efficacyMurine hostSerial transplantationDrug mechanismsMDS researchStem cell propagationStem cellsDifferentiation potentialHematopoietic stem cell nicheGenetic complexityNovel avenuesStem cell nicheCell propagationDisease representationsImmunodeficient
2019
Functional Analysis of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells In Vivo in Humanized Mice
Song Y, Gbyli R, Fu X, Halene S. Functional Analysis of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells In Vivo in Humanized Mice. Methods In Molecular Biology 2019, 2097: 273-289. PMID: 31776933, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0203-4_18.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntigens, CD34Cell LineageCell SeparationHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansMiceTransplantation, HeterologousConceptsHematopoietic stem cellsHematopoietic stem cell functionFunctional hematopoietic stem cellsStem cell functionStem cellsCell-intrinsic functionHuman hematopoietic stem cellsOrganismal contextFunctional analysisCell functionIntrinsic functionCell sourceCellular productsChimeric miceStem cell therapyCellsReprogrammingMouse modelMajor advancesCell therapyMiceVivoFunction
2014
Development and function of human innate immune cells in a humanized mouse model
Rongvaux A, Willinger T, Martinek J, Strowig T, Gearty SV, Teichmann LL, Saito Y, Marches F, Halene S, Palucka AK, Manz MG, Flavell RA. Development and function of human innate immune cells in a humanized mouse model. Nature Biotechnology 2014, 32: 364-372. PMID: 24633240, PMCID: PMC4017589, DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2858.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateKiller Cells, NaturalLeukemic InfiltrationMiceMice, TransgenicMyeloid CellsNeoplasms, ExperimentalTransplantation, Heterologous