We describe a method to genetically modify primary human T cells with a transgene using the non-viral piggyBac transposon system. T cells modified to using the piggyBac transposon system exhibit stable transgene expression.
Saha, S., Nakazawa, Y., Huye, L. E., Doherty, J. E., Galvan, D. L., Rooney, C. M., Wilson, M. H. piggyBac Transposon System Modification of Primary Human T Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (69), e4235, doi:10.3791/4235 (2012).