title: Immunodeficient mice as models of human hematopoietic stem cell engraftment.
abstract: The past year has brought forth some exciting developments in the use of murine xenotransplantation systems to study the biology and transduction of human hematopoietic stem cells. The effects of cytokines have been studied by injection into the mice or by treatment of the cell inoculum prior to injection. The importance of the cell cycle and integrin expression has been evaluated. New methods of gene therapy have been tested in xenograft models - including cell cycle manipulation and a promising new lentiviral vector system, based on HIV.
authors.affiliation: Division of Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Mailstop # 62, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dao
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nolta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD / Q000276:immunology; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains / Q000276:immunology*; D016513:Mice, SCID / Q000276:immunology; D018448:Models, Immunological; D014181:Transplantation Immunology; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000276:immunology*