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ArticleScientific reports2020

Development of humanized mouse and rat models with full-thickness human skin and autologous immune cells.

Yash Agarwal, Cole Beatty, Sara Ho, Lance Thurlow, Antu Das, Samantha Kelly, Isabella Castronova, Rajeev Salunke, Shivkumar Biradar, Tseten Yeshi and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yash Agarwal *Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Cole Beatty *Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Sara Ho *Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Lance ThurlowDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Antu DasDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Samantha KellyDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Isabella CastronovaDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Rajeev SalunkeDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Shivkumar BiradarDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Tseten YeshiHera Biolabs, Inc, Lexington, USA.
Anthony RichardsonDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Moses BilityDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. mtbility@pitt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5153-2718
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JOHN C. BYRD · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Pitt HIV-TB research and training program in IndiaD43TW010039 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI AYYAVOO, VELPANDI · 2015 to 2019
$1.6M
Modeling Staphylococcus aureus infection and pathogenesis in humanized miceR21AI135412 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BILITY, MOSES TURKLE, RICHARDSON, ANTHONY R. · 2018 to 2019
$430k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI135412
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human skin is a significant barrier for protection against pathogen transmission. Rodent models used to investigate human-specific pathogens that target the skin are generated by introducing human skin grafts to immunocompromised rodent strains. Infection-induced immunopathogenesis has been separately studied in humanized rodent models developed with human lymphoid tissue and hematopoietic stem cell transplants. Successful co-engraftment of human skin, autologous lymphoid tissues, and autologous immune cells in a rodent model has not yet been achieved, though it could provide a means of studying the human immune response to infection in the human skin. Here, we introduce the human Skin and Immune System (hSIS)-humanized NOD-scid IL2Rγ

Indexed as

Skin TransplantationAnimalsBlood CellsDisease Models, AnimalHumansLymphoid TissueMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDRatsSkinStaphylococcal InfectionsTransplantation, AutologousVirus Replication

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PMID32884084
PMCPMC7471691
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