TY - JOUR
T1 - Research Techniques Made Simple
T2 - Mouse Bacterial Skin Infection Models for Immunity Research
AU - Youn, Christine
AU - Archer, Nathan K.
AU - Miller, Lloyd S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Bacterial skin infections are a major societal health burden and are increasingly difficult to treat owing to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains such as community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Understanding the immunologic mechanisms that provide durable protection against skin infections has the potential to guide the development of immunotherapies and vaccines to engage the host immune response to combat these antibiotic-resistant strains. To this end, mouse skin infection models allow researchers to examine host immunity by investigating the timing, inoculum, route of infection and the causative bacterial species in different wild-type mouse backgrounds as well as in knockout, transgenic, and other types of genetically engineered mouse strains. To recapitulate the various types of human skin infections, many different mouse models have been developed. For example, four models frequently used in dermatological research are based on the route of infection, including (i) subcutaneous infection models, (ii) intradermal infection models, (iii) wound infection models, and (iv) epicutaneous infection models. In this article, we will describe these skin infection models in detail along with their advantages and limitations. In addition, we will discuss how humanized mouse models such as the human skin xenograft on immunocompromised mice might be used in bacterial skin infection research.
AB - Bacterial skin infections are a major societal health burden and are increasingly difficult to treat owing to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains such as community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Understanding the immunologic mechanisms that provide durable protection against skin infections has the potential to guide the development of immunotherapies and vaccines to engage the host immune response to combat these antibiotic-resistant strains. To this end, mouse skin infection models allow researchers to examine host immunity by investigating the timing, inoculum, route of infection and the causative bacterial species in different wild-type mouse backgrounds as well as in knockout, transgenic, and other types of genetically engineered mouse strains. To recapitulate the various types of human skin infections, many different mouse models have been developed. For example, four models frequently used in dermatological research are based on the route of infection, including (i) subcutaneous infection models, (ii) intradermal infection models, (iii) wound infection models, and (iv) epicutaneous infection models. In this article, we will describe these skin infection models in detail along with their advantages and limitations. In addition, we will discuss how humanized mouse models such as the human skin xenograft on immunocompromised mice might be used in bacterial skin infection research.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jid.2020.04.012
DO - 10.1016/j.jid.2020.04.012
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 32407714
AN - SCOPUS:85087370774
SN - 0022-202X
VL - 140
SP - 1488-1497.e1
JO - Journal of Investigative Dermatology
JF - Journal of Investigative Dermatology
IS - 8
ER -