Table 3.
Summary of HCV immunization studies performed in humanized mice
Expression approach | Virus | Immunization | |
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Genetically humanized mice | Adenovirus | HCV-Cre expressing genotypes 1b, 2a, or 4a structural proteins [43] | Active |
In vitro neutralization assay with chimeric HCVcc panel covering all seven HCV genotypes; BiCre-Jc1 (genotype 2a) in vivo [52] | Active | ||
HCV-Cre recombinase expressing structural proteins of Con1 (genotype 1b) or Jc1 (genotype 2a) [80] | Passive | ||
BiCre-Jc1 (genotype 2a) [102] | Passive | ||
Mouse | Virus | Immunization | |
Human liver chimeric mice | uPA/SCID | Heterologous HCV inoculum from an HCV genotype 1a infected patient [94] | Passive |
Patient-derived genotype 1b [96] | Passive | ||
H77C (genotype 1a), ED43 (genotype 4) [104]) | Passive | ||
Prevention experiments: genotype 1b or genotype 4 HCV-infected serum; treatment experiments: Jc1 (genotype 2a), VL-JFH1 (genotype 1b/2a chimera), genotype 2a serum, genotype 4 serum [106] | Passive | ||
J6/JFH1 (genotype 2a) [107] | Passive | ||
Mouse-passaged H77C (genotype 1a) [108] | Passive | ||
FNRG PXB-mouse (cDNA-uPA/SCID) | H77 (genotype 1a), J6/JFH1 (genotype 2a) [102] | Passive | |
H77S (genotype 1a) [103] | Passive | ||
Mouse-passaged HCR6 (genotype 1b) [105] | Passive |