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MODELING HUMAN SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN MICE WITH HUMAN LUNG XENOGRAFTS (Cov2-HuLung project)

  • Funded by Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN)
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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN)

  • Research Location

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  • Lead Research Institution

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  • Research Priority Alignment

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  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Pathogen morphology, shedding & natural history

  • Special Interest Tags

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  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

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  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

To date there is no specific therapeutic treatment or vaccine for COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and relevant animal models that mimic human COVID-19 pathologies are lacking. We will generate two novel humanized mouse models: HuLung mice (human lung) and HIS-HuLung mice (and human immune system and human lung). Infection of HuLung and HIS-HuLung mice with SARS-CoV-2 will provide an in vivo model for viral replication and will enable the study of pathological mechanisms provoked by the anti-viral human immune responses to SARS-CoV-2.