From Immunodeficiency to Humanization: The Contribution of Mouse Models to Explore HTLV-1 Leukemogenesis

Autor: Eléonore Pérès, Eugénie Bagdassarian, Sébastien This, Julien Villaudy, Dominique Rigal, Louis Gazzolo, Madeleine Duc Dodon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Viruses, Vol 7, Iss 12, Pp 6371-6386 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1999-4915
DOI: 10.3390/v7122944
Popis: The first discovered human retrovirus, Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1), is responsible for an aggressive form of T cell leukemia/lymphoma. Mouse models recapitulating the leukemogenesis process have been helpful for understanding the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of this retroviral-induced disease. This review will focus on the recent advances in the generation of immunodeficient and human hemato-lymphoid system mice with a particular emphasis on the development of mouse models for HTLV-1-mediated pathogenesis, their present limitations and the challenges yet to be addressed.
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