Humanized mice in translational biomedical research

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-130

  Shultz, Leonard D ^a   Ishikawa, Fumihiko ^b   Greiner, Dale L ^c  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CLODRONIC ACID; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; PROTEIN P53;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CANCER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HEART INJURY; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846630040     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2017     Document Type: Review

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