Humanized mouse model for evaluating biocompatibility and human immune cell interactions to biomaterials

Publication date: Available online 17 July 2018Source: Drug Discovery Today: Disease ModelsAuthor(s): Raymond M. Wang, Jingjin He, Yang Xu, Karen L. ChristmanImmune system humanized mice provide unique platforms for improving preclinical evaluation of the human immune response to novel biomaterial therapies. Wild-type animals and human immune cell in vitro cultures provide limited representation of the human immune response, leading to unexpected responses to therapies in human patients. Introducing human tissue, cells, and genes into immunodeficient mice have advanced these animal models to reconstitute multiple lineages of functional and maturely differentiated human immune cell populations. Safe implantation and remodeling responses promoting stable tissue resolutions are critical parameters coordinated by the immune response, which should be evaluated for new biomaterial therapeutics. This review discusses the development of immune system humanized mice, and highlights demonstrated use in biomaterial and related human immune response studies.
Source: Drug Discovery Today: Disease Models - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research