Cell Regeneration (Sep 2018)

A protocol for generating induced T cells by reprogramming B cells in vivo

  • Qitong Weng,
  • Fangxiao Hu,
  • Mengyun Zhang,
  • Yong Dong,
  • Cui Lv,
  • Ying Wang,
  • Xiaofei Liu,
  • Jinyong Wang

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 7 – 15

Abstract

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Obtaining T cells by reprogramming is one of the major goals in regenerative medicine. Here, we describe a protocol for generating functional T cells from Hoxb5-expressing pro/pre-B cells in vivo. This protocol includes the construction of Hoxb5 recombinant plasmids, retroviral packaging, isolation and viral transduction of pro/pre-B cells, cell transplantation, and phenotypic analysis of induced T cells. The procedure is reproducible and straightforward, providing an approach for generating induced T cells for translational research. Keywords: Hoxb5, Retrovirus, Pro/pre-B cells, T cells