| Literature DB >> 35776334 |
Debbie Watson1,2, Sam R Adhikary3,4,5, Peter Cuthbertson3,4, Nicholas J Geraghty3,4, Katrina M Bird3,4, Amal Elhage3,4, Chloe Sligar3,4, Ronald Sluyter3,4.
Abstract
Humanized mouse models of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), where human immune cells are injected into immune deficient mice, are well established and provide opportunities to investigate pathways involved in GVHD development. This chapter provides an overview of human immune cell isolation, injection of these cells into immune deficient mice, monitoring of mice for signs of GVHD, and assessment of human cell engraftment using flow cytometry. Further, this chapter focuses on the P2X7 signaling pathway involved in GVHD, and describes a strategy to block the P2X7 receptor and examine the effect of this on GVHD development.Entities:
Keywords: Flow cytometry; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells; NSG mice; P2X7; Xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35776334 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2384-8_18
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745