TRANSGENIC MICE HAVING A HUMAN MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC) PHENOTYPE, EXPERIMENTAL USES AND APPLICATIONS

摘要

The present invention relates to transgenic mice and isolated transgenic mouse cells, the mice and mouse cells comprising a disrupted H2 class I gene, a disrupted H2 class II gene, a functional HLA class I transgene, and a functional HLA class II transgene. In embodiments, the transgenic mouse or mouse cells are deficient for both H2 class I and class II molecules, wherein the transgenic mouse comprises a functional HLA class I transgene and a functional HLA class II transgene. In embodiments, the transgenic mouse or mouse cell has the genotype HLA-A2+HLA-DR1+&bgr;2m°IA&bgr;°. The invention also relates to methods of using a transgenic mouse of the invention.