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BLOOD
卷 111, 期 6, 页码 2953-2961出版社
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-10-117366
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL073015] Funding Source: Medline
The ability of embryonic stem (ES) cells to form cells and tissues from all 3 germ layers can be exploited to generate cells that can be used to treat diseases. In particular, successful generation of hematopoietic cells from ES cells could provide safer and less immunogenic cells than bone marrow cells, which require severe host preconditioning when transplanted across major histocompatibility complex barriers. Here, we exploited the self-renewal properties of ectopically ex-pressed HOXB4, a homeobox transcription factor, to generate hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) that successfully induce high-level mixed chimerism and long-term engraftment in recipient mice. The HPCs partially restored splenic architecture in Rag2(-/-)gamma(-/-)(c)-immunodeficient mice. In addition, HPC-derived newly generated T cells were able to mount a peptide-specific response to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and specifically secreted interieukin-2 and interferon-gamma upon CD3 stimulation. In addition, HPC-derived antigen presenting cells in chimeric mice efficiently presented viral antigen to wildtype T cells. These results demonstrate for the first time that leukocytes derived from ES cells ectopically expressing HOXB4 are immunologically functional, opening up new opportunities for the use of ES cell-derived HPCs in the treatment of hematologic and immunologic diseases.
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