Humanized mice represent a suitable preclinical test system for example therapeutic interventions in various disease settings, including infections. Here, we intended to establish such system for cutaneous leishmaniasis by infecting T, B and NK cell-deficient mice adoptively transferred with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). L major infection led to the establishment of parasite lesions harbouring viable parasites and human T cells, but parasite elimination was not seen due to a species-specific activity of T cell-derived human IFNγ. In addition, up to 50% of infected mice succumbed to severe graft-versus-host disease. In summary, even though long-term disease outcome assessments are impossible, this model of humanized mice can be used for studying lesion development and generation of oligoclonal anti-parasite human T cell responses in vivo.
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Fischer, M. R., Schermann, A. I., Twelkmeyer, T., Lorenz, B., Wegner, J., Jonuleit, H., & von Stebut, E. (2019, September 1). Humanized mice in cutaneous leishmaniasis—Suitability analysis of human PBMC transfer into immunodeficient mice. Experimental Dermatology. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.13999
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