HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL ENGRAFTMENT OF ADULT IMMUNODEFICIENT MICE
Materials needed;
NOD/Lt-scid IL2rγ null mice: males or females, 5 to 12 weeks old (official strain designation, NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid Il2rgtm1Wjl/ SzJ; The, 005557; housed in microisolator cages
Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS)
137Cs gamma irradiator and autoclaved, filtered, ventilated device for housing mice while in irradiator chamber (design varies, depending on model of irradiator used)
Laminar flow biocontainment hood
1-cc tuberculin syringes with 25-G × ⅝-in. needle
Additional reagents and equipment for preparing CD3 T cell–depleted HSC and restraining and injecting mice.