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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Advances in Humanized Mouse Models to Improve Understanding of HIV-1 Pathogenesis and Immune Responses.

Amy Gillgrass, Jocelyn M Wessels, Jack X Yang, Charu Kaushic

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Humanized immune system animal models and their recent applications.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2026
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  6. HIV Virion Capturing Liposomes for Therapeutic Vaccination.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  11. Advances in tumor vascular growth inhibition.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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  13. Nonhuman primate models of pediatric viral diseases.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amy GillgrassDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Jocelyn M WesselsDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Jack X YangDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Charu KaushicDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
McMaster University · CA

Funding

CIHR FRN# SOP 159229CIHR MFE 152502
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although antiretroviral therapy has transformed human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) from a deadly infection into a chronic disease, it does not clear the viral reservoir, leaving HIV-1 as an uncurable infection. Currently, 1.2 million new HIV-1 infections occur globally each year, with little decrease over many years. Therefore, additional research is required to advance the current state of HIV management, find potential therapeutic strategies, and further understand the mechanisms of HIV pathogenesis and prevention strategies. Non-human primates (NHP) have been used extensively in HIV research and have provided critical advances within the field, but there are several issues that limit their use. Humanized mouse (Hu-mouse) models, or immunodeficient mice engrafted with human immune cells and/or tissues, provide a cost-effective and practical approach to create models for HIV research. Hu-mice closely parallel multiple aspects of human HIV infection and disease progression. Here, we highlight how innovations in Hu-mouse models have advanced HIV-1 research in the past decade. We discuss the effect of different background strains of mice, of modifications on the reconstitution of the immune cells, and the pros and cons of different human cells and/or tissue engraftment methods, on the ability to examine HIV-1 infection and immune response. Finally, we consider the newest advances in the Hu-mouse models and their potential to advance research in emerging areas of mucosal infections, understand the role of microbiota and the complex issues in HIV-TB co-infection. These innovations in Hu-mouse models hold the potential to significantly enhance mechanistic research to develop novel strategies for HIV prevention and therapeutics.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalHIV InfectionsAnimalsHIV-1HumansMiceco-infectionHIV-1humanized mouseimmune responsemicrobiotamucosal infectionpathogenesisvaccines

Identifiers

PMID33746940
PMCPMC7973037
OpenAlexW3134867019

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