Expanded SPF Rhesus Macaque Breeding Colony for AIDS Research

扩大 SPF 恒河猴繁殖群以进行艾滋病研究

• 批准号: 9536982
• 负责人: Michael K Axthelm
• 金额: $ 37.18万
• 依托单位: OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-01 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9536982
• 关键词: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Animal Model; Animals; Breeding; Communicable Diseases; Development; Disease; Female; Funding; Genetic; Genotype; HIV Infections; Health Sciences; Homologous Gene; Human; Immune response; Immunity; Immunological Models; Immunology; Infectious Diseases Research; Macaca; Macaca mulatta; Major Histocompatibility Complex; Microbial Genetics; Modeling; Opportunistic Infections; Oregon; Pathogenesis; Primates; Production; Request for Applications; Research; Resistance; Resources; SIV; Target Populations; Universities; Vaccine Research; Viral; Viral Vaccines; Virus; Zoonoses; base; design; enzootic; germ free condition; improved; offspring; pre-clinical; simian human immunodeficiency virus; vaccine development; vector vaccine

OVERALL PROJECT SUMMARY “Expanded SPF Rhesus Macaque Breeding Colony for AIDS Research” The Indian rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) develops a disease that closely mimics human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) when infected by simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) or chimeric simian- human immunodeficiency viruses (SHIV), and represents the best animal model for HIV infection. Preclinical vaccine development is heavily dependent on the SIV and SHIV rhesus macaque models. The value and utility of the model are markedly enhanced by improving the level of microbial and genetic characterization. Macaques free of ubiquitous viruses that are homologues of human viruses responsible for opportunistic infections are essential for a growing number of AIDS-related opportunistic infection models and for viral vaccine vector development based on these agents. The utility of macaque models for immunological research has been hindered by the unprecedented complexity of their major histocompatibility complexes. Comprehensive MHC genotyping has the potential to revolutionize the use of macaques in infectious disease research and to guide functional immunology studies. MHC-restricted cellular immune responses are key in protective immunity and resistance to infectious diseases. The comprehensive objective of this application is to increase the capacity of the ONPRC AIDS Research Expanded SPF Breeding Colony to provide genetically characterized Indian-origin rhesus macaques free of a broad number of enzootic and zoonotic agents to enhance the usefulness of the resource for cutting edge opportunistic agent and vaccine research.

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