Bone marrow transplantation concurrently reconstitutes donor liver and immune system across host species barrier in mice.

Liver immunopathologic mechanisms during hepatotropic infection, malignant transformation, and autoimmunity are still unclear. Establishing a chimeric mouse with a reconstituted liver and immune system derived from a single donor across species is critical to study regional donor immune responses in...

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Main Authors: Ziping Qi, Lu Li, Xuefu Wang, Xiang Gao, Xin Wang, Haiming Wei, Jian Zhang, Rui Sun, Zhigang Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4156390?pdf=render