Example 26
To test the effect of CD137 agonistic antibodies on human cells in vivo, human PBMCs (7×106) were intravenously injected to immunocompromised NSG mice (NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid Il2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ; Jackson Laboratory; Cat #005557). The mice were randomized to groups of 8 and received CD137 antibodies (200 μg/mouse) or vehicle control on days 0, 7 and 14. Peripheral blood from each mouse was collected on days 10, 20 and 29 for determination of human CD45+(FITC anti-human CD45 clone 11130; BioLegend; Cat #304038), CD8+(ALEXA FLUOR® 647 anti-human CD8a clone HIT8a; BioLegend; Cat #300918), and CD4+(APC-Cy7 anti-human CD4 clone RPA-T4; Bd; Cat #557871) engraftment using flow cytometry.