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Polymorphic Sirpa is the genetic determinant for NOD-based mouse lines to achieve efficient human cell engraftment
5 Jan 2013
Abstract excerpt
Current mouse lines efficient for human cell xenotransplantation are backcrossed into NOD mice to introduce its multiple immunodeficient phenotypes. Our positional genetic study has located the NOD-specific polymorphic Sirpa as a molecule responsible for its high xenograft efficiency: it recognizes human CD47 and the resultant signaling may cause NOD macrophages not to engulf human grafts. In the present study,...
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