Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation in fully MHC-matched Mauritian cynomolgus macaques recapitulates diverse human clinical outcomes

  • Benjamin J. Burwitz,
  • Helen L. Wu,
  • Shaheed Abdulhaqq,
  • Christine Shriver-Munsch,
  • Tonya Swanson,
  • Alfred W. Legasse,
  • Katherine B. Hammond,
  • Stephanie L. Junell,
  • Jason S. Reed,
  • Benjamin N. Bimber,
  • Justin M. Greene,
  • Gabriela M. Webb,
  • Mina Northrup,
  • Wolfram Laub,
  • Paul Kievit,
  • Rhonda MacAllister,
  • Michael K. Axthelm,
  • Rebecca Ducore,
  • Anne Lewis,
  • Lois M. A. Colgin,
  • Theodore Hobbs,
  • Lauren D. Martin,
  • Betsy Ferguson,
  • Charles R. Thomas Jr.,
  • Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari,
  • Gabrielle Meyers,
  • Jeffrey J. Stanton,
  • Richard T. Maziarz,
  • Jonah B. Sacha

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01631-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Rhesus macaques are not ideal for studying response to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT) owing to complex MHC genetics that prevent full MHC-matching. Here the authors show that inbred Mauritian-origin cynomolgus macaques are a superior preclinical model of allogeneic stem cell transplantation that mimics diverse clinical outcomes of human allo-HSCT.