Humanized mice (target-specific)

Well-established mouse lines that allow in vivo efficacy and safety assessment of biologics and other compounds.

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Applications

These models are suitable to assess the efficacy of compounds targeting human proteins in fully immunocompetent mice. Moreover, they represent a powerful model system for studying how compounds modulate cell response and/or stroma cells in a physiological microenvironment.

General model features

Physiological expression of the human target(s)
Preservation of the target-ligand interaction
Fully functional mouse immune system
Lack of expression of the murine target gene, thus avoiding cross-reactivity

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A new Nature report by Bristol-Myers Squibb provides new insights into VISTA biology and design of combination therapies

Humanized ICP in immuno-oncology

Part 1: Toward a better effective preclinical model in immuno-oncology

Immuno-oncolology models

A VISTA on naive T cell fate

Humanized ICP mouse

Part 4: Humanized immune checkpoint mouse models for immuno-oncology studies

Immuno-oncolology models

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Immuno-oncolology models

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Humanized mouse models

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T-cell engager

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T-cell engager

An alternative approach to immunotherapy: A bispecific agonist

Humanized PD-1 & GITR mouse

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T-cell engager CD3

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A new promising family of small molecules regulating the PD-L1/PD-1 signaling pathway

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Humanized HSA/hFcRn mouse

CCX559 is a potent, orally-administered small molecule PD-L1 inhibitor that induces anti-tumor immunity

Humanized ICP mouse and cell lines

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BRGSF-HIS: genOway’s mouse model to evaluate the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin in acute implant-associated osteomyelitis

BRGSF-HIS as model for acute implant-associated osteomyelitis

VISTA checkpoint inhibition by pH-selective antibody SNS-101 with optimized safety and pharmacokinetic profiles enhances PD-1 response

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HPN328, a new T cell–activating construct for treating solid tumors

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Development of a new antibody-drug conjugate against CD71, INA03, for the treatment of leukemia

TFRC for anti-cancer therapies

New CD4-specific minibodies to predict cancer treatment outcomes

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Physiological relevancy in preclinical models

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Bispecific antibodies

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Immunodeficient rodents

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Humanized mice (HIS/human immune system)

Address human-specific questions in a more relevant manner, facilitating translational research in several biomedical disciplines and approaches.

Knockout and reporter models

Our off-the-shelf Knockout & reporter models are well established, validated and widely used mouse and rat lines.

Cell lines

Our humanized & Knockout ICP cell lines can be used for in vivo tumor growth assays in syngeneic models and in vitro mechanistic studies.