The human immune system in hu-PBL-SCID mice

Immunol Today. 1995 Nov;16(11):529-33. doi: 10.1016/0167-5699(95)80046-8.

Abstract

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice can be stably grafted with human peripheral blood lymphocytes, creating hu-PBL-SCID chimeras; essentially, these are mice with a human immune system. Here, Magdalena Tary-Lehmann, Andrew Saxon and Paul Lehmann discuss the immunobiology of these chimeras. The authors propose that hu-PBL-SCID chimerism evolves in two phases. During the first three weeks after grafting, many of the injected cells survive and the human immune system is functional. Subsequently, anti-mouse-reactive clones are selected and the immune system becomes nonfunctional. The implications of this scenario for the utilization of the hu-PBL-SCID model are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Immune System / cytology*
  • Immune System / immunology
  • Mice
  • Mice, SCID / immunology*
  • Transplantation Chimera / immunology*