Mouse hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Methods Mol Biol. 2013:976:25-35. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-317-6_3.

Abstract

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are capable of self-renewal and multi-lineage reconstitution of hematopoiesis in irradiated transplant recipient mice. As such, bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a major assay commonly used to examine murine HSC activity. BMT traditionally involves injection of HSCs into lethally irradiated recipients via the tail vein, then subsequently analyzing donor engraftment. Here, we describe the methods for assaying HSC reconstitution in direct, competitive, and serial BMT.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / methods*
  • Cell Proliferation*
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells / cytology*
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells / physiology
  • Mice