Chapter title |
Antigen-specific human monoclonal antibodies from transgenic mice.
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Chapter number | 13 |
Book title |
Human Monoclonal Antibodies
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-62703-586-6_13 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-62703-585-9, 978-1-62703-586-6
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Authors |
Susana Magadán Mompó, Africa González-Fernández, África González-Fernández, Mompó, Susana Magadán, González-Fernández, África |
Abstract |
Due to the difficulties found when generating fully human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) by the traditional method, several efforts have attempted to overcome these problems, with varying levels of success. One approach has been the development of transgenic mice carrying immunoglobulin (Ig) genes in germ line configuration. The engineered mouse genome can undergo productive rearrangement in the B cell population, with the generation of mouse B lymphocytes expressing human Ig (hIg) chains. To avoid the expression of mouse heavy or light chains, the endogenous mouse Ig (mIg) loci must be silenced by gene-targeting techniques. Subsequently, to obtain antigen-specific mAbs, conventional immunization protocols can be followed and the mAb technique used (fusion of activated B cells with mouse myeloma cells, screening, cloning, freezing, and testing) with these animals expressing human Ig genes. This chapter describes the type of transgenic knockout mice generated for various research groups, provides examples of human mAbs developed by research groups and companies, and includes protocols of immunization, generation, production, and purification of human mAbs from such mice. In addition, it also addresses the problems detected, and includes some of the methods that can be used to analyze functional activities with human mAbs. |
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