Table 2.
The potential strategies to improve humanized mouse model
Strategies | Targets/purposes | Refs | |
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Recipient mouse selection | NOD/SCID/γcnull mice or Rag2nulγcnull mice | Deficient in T, B and NK cells | [5, 10] |
Anti-CD122, anti-asialo GM-1 or TM-β1 antibody | Depletion of NK cells | [12, 35, 36, 50–52] | |
Liposome-encapsulated dichloromethylene-bisphosphonate | Depletion of macrophages | [11] | |
Pre-treatments of recipient mice | Specific antibody | Depletion of neutrophils | [106, 125] |
Specific antibody | Depletion of granulocytes | [107, 176] | |
Irradiation | Making space | [66] | |
TNFα, IL-15, IL-18, rhGH, rhPRL | Growth/Stimulating factors | [56, 58, 62, 64, 65, 177] | |
Transplantation strategies | Co-transplantation of human foetal thymus/liver tissues and CD34+ HSCs | Enhance the resource for human HSCs and immune cells | [13] |