title: Infectious diseases in humanized mice.
abstract: Despite many theoretical incompatibilities between mouse and human cells, mice with reconstituted human immune system components contain nearly all human leukocyte populations. Accordingly, several human-tropic pathogens have been investigated in these in vivo models of the human immune system, including viruses such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), as well as bacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Salmonella enterica Typhi. While these studies initially aimed to establish similarities in the pathogenesis of infections between these models and the pathobiology in patients, recent investigations have provided new and interesting functional insights into the protective value of certain immune compartments and altered pathology upon mutant pathogen infections. As more tools and methodologies are developed to make these models more versatile to study human immune responses in vivo, such improvements build toward small animal models with human immune components, which could predict immune responses to therapies and vaccination in human patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Viral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Obinna
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chijioke
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gujer
authors.forename: Bithi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Antsiferova
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Landtwing
authors.forename: Donal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McHugh
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raykova
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Münz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000276:immunology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000276:immunology*
keywords: Dengue virus; EBV; HIV; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Salmonella enterica typhi