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An Effective Approach to Prevent Immune Rejection of Human ESC-Derived Allografts4 Z% V" D- b0 Y* r( P, M+ D5 k
1 }; c' L: d* |% JHuman embryonic stem cells (hESCs) hold great promise for cell therapy as a source of diverse differentiated cell types. One key bottleneck to realizing such potential is allogenic immune rejection of hESC-derived cells by recipients. Here, we optimized humanized mice (Hu-mice) reconstituted with a functional human immune system that mounts a vigorous rejection of hESCs and their derivatives. We established knockin hESCs that constitutively express CTLA4-Ig and PD-L1 before and after differentiation, denoted CP hESCs. We then demonstrated that allogenic CP hESC-derived teratomas, fibroblasts, and cardiomyocytes are immune protected in Hu-mice, while cells derived from parental hESCs are effectively rejected. Expression of both CTLA4-Ig, which disrupts T cell costimulatory pathways, and PD-L1, which activates T cell inhibitory pathway, is required to confer immune protection, as neither was sufficient on their own. These findings are instrumental for developing a strategy to protect hESC-derived cells from allogenic immune responses without requiring systemic immune suppression.4 y7 ^) ?9 d+ _* @! C! q
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$ ]" e3 v; q9 r. C1 `. e, Q徐洋教授# R9 ?) n' X4 V) i$ |# O1 u
/ w8 k; B, t; c' M$ b: q1989年毕业于武汉大学,之后赴美求学,获得哈佛大学的博士学位,并在麻省理工学院完成博士后的研究工作,目前任加州大学圣地亚哥分校生物系终身正教授 。/ m# \: W! W$ [& l; ~& I
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