Abstract
Antibodies are usually prepared from recently boosted animals and reflect ongoing immune responses. In humans, this is restrictive as ethical constraints generally prevent antigen-boosting. Therefore the rich memory compartment of human antibody responses remains largely untapped. Severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) mice populated with human cells allow the stimulation of human antibody memory without the usual constraints. Here we show how peripheral blood lymphocytes can be stimulated by antigen to produce large secondary responses after transfer to SCID mice. Specific monoclonal human Fab fragments can then be isolated from the mice by repertoire cloning even when the human donor's last contact with antigen was more than 17 years ago.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
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Base Sequence
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Gene Library
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Hepatitis B Core Antigens / immunology
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Humans
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Immunization
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Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / immunology*
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Immunoglobulin G / immunology
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Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / immunology
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Immunoglobulin Light Chains
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Immunologic Memory*
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Lymphocyte Transfusion
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Lymphocytes / immunology*
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Mice
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Mice, SCID
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
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Transplantation, Heterologous
Substances
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Hepatitis B Core Antigens
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Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
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Immunoglobulin G
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Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
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Immunoglobulin Light Chains
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Oligodeoxyribonucleotides