Engineering Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines to Evade Xenogeneic Transplantation Barriers
H. A. Pizzato, P. Alonso-Guallart, J. Woods, B. Johannesson, J. P. Connelly, T. A. Fehniger, J. Atkinson, S. M. Pruett-Miller, F. J. Monsma, D. Bhattacharya
This study genetically modifies human pluripotent stem cells to evade immune rejection in mice by knocking out HLA genes and adding inhibitory factors, leading to persistent teratomas in immunocompetent models.
bioRxiv · Jun 27, 2023Immunology