GSBS Student Publications
Title
Humanized NOD/LtSz-scid IL2 receptor common gamma chain knockout mice in diabetes research
Publication Date
2007-03-03
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
There are many rodent models of autoimmune diabetes that have been used to study the pathogenesis of human type 1 diabetes (T1D), including the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse, the biobreeding (BB) rat, and the transgenic mouse models. However, mice and rats are not humans, and these rodent models do not completely recapitulate the autoimmune pathogenesis of the human disease. In addition, many of the reagents, tools, and therapeutics proposed for use in humans may be species specific and cannot be investigated in rodents. Researchers have used nonhuman primates to more closely mimic the human immune system and, to study species-specific therapeutics, but these studies are associated with additional ethical and economic constraints and, to date, no model of autoimmune diabetes in this species has been described. New animal models are needed that will permit the in vivo investigation of human immune systems and analyses of the pathogenesis of human T1D without putting individuals at risk. To fill this need, we are developing humanized mouse models for the in vivo study of T1D. These models are based on our newly generated stock of NOD-scid IL2rgamma(null) mice, which engraft at higher levels with human hematolymphoid cells and exhibit enhanced function of the engrafted human immune systems compared with previous humanized mouse models. Overall, development of these new generations of humanized mice should facilitate in vivo studies of the human immune system as well as permit the investigation of the pathogenesis and effector phases of human T1D.
DOI of Published Version
10.1196/annals.1394.002
Source
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Apr;1103:77-89. Epub 2007 Mar 1. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Related Resources
PubMed ID
17332083
Repository Citation
Shultz, Leonard D.; Pearson, Todd; King, Marie A.; Giassi, Lisa J.; Carney, Lisa; Gott, Bruce; Lyons, Bonnie L.; Rossini, Aldo A.; and Greiner, Dale L., "Humanized NOD/LtSz-scid IL2 receptor common gamma chain knockout mice in diabetes research" (2007). GSBS Student Publications. 1114.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/1114