Article
Human T cells in the SCID-hu mouse are phenotypically normal and functionally competent.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jun 1991
Krowka J F, Sarin S, Namikawa R, McCune J M, Kaneshima H
Abstract excerpt
SCID-hu mice are heterochimeric animals that are constructed by transplanting human fetal thymus (Thy), liver (Liv), and/or lymph nodes into congenitally immunodeficient C.B-17 scid/scid (SCID) mice. Sensitive and specific two-color flow cytometric assays were used to evaluate human lymphocytes from peripheral blood of SCID-hu mice. Kinetic studies presented in this report show long term T lymphopoiesis in...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- Fetus
- Histocompatibility Antigens
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Humans
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
- Lectins, C-Type
