HIV-1 infection of genetically engineered iPSC-derived central nervous system-engrafted microglia in a humanized mouse model.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Our mouse model is a powerful tool for investigating the genetic mechanisms governing central nervous system (CNS) human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection and latency in the CNS at a single-cell level. A major advantage of our model is that it uses induced pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia, which enables human genetics, including gene function and therapeutic gene manipulation, to be explored in vivo, which is more challenging to study with current hematopoietic stem cell-based models for neuroHIV. Our transgenic tracing of xenografted human cells will provide a quantitative medium to develop new molecular and epigenetic strategies for reducing the HIV-1 latent reservoir and to test the impact of therapeutic inflammation-targeting drug interven

SUBMITTER: Min AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10734545 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature