• Graft versus host disease (GVHD), a severe immunogenic complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), represents the most frequent cause of transplant-related mortality (TRM). (hindawi.com)
  • Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) offers the only curative modality for many hematological disorders. (hindawi.com)
  • Despite the improvement in the management of patients, allogeneic HSCT remains associated with severe immunological complications. (pasteur.fr)
  • Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a specific gut bacterium involved in the progression of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after antibiotic treatment of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) and discovered that nutritional supplementation can prevent antibiotic-induced GVHD in preclinical models, according to a study published today in Cell . (patriotnewsorganization.com)
  • Broad-spectrum antibiotics often given during allo-HSCT have been linked to an increase in developing GVHD-a condition in which donor immune cells attack the recipient tissues-but the underlying reasons for this have remained unclear. (patriotnewsorganization.com)
  • One option to prevent complications after antibiotic treatment in allo-HSCT patients is fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), a clinical procedure that transfers healthy bacteria from a screened donor to the GI tract of the recipient. (patriotnewsorganization.com)
  • Thus, we studied the safety, efficacy, and feasibility of transfer of gene modified donor T-cells shortly after allo-HSCT in two clinical trials between 2002 and 2007 and here we compare the results to unmodified donor leukocyte infusion (DLI). (frontiersin.org)
  • The aim of these trials was to provide patients with the protection of T-cells after T-cell-depleted allo-HSCT in the matched or mismatched donor setting with an option to delete transduced T-cells, if severe aGvHD occurred within the trial period. (frontiersin.org)
  • Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is applied successfully to the treatment of many hematopoietic malignancies, but remains limited by severe acute graft-versus-host-disease (aGvHD). (frontiersin.org)
  • Acute Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), one of the major complications of HSCT, is correlated to conditioning-induced gut barrier damage and may be predicted by pre-transplant serum citrulline level (Rashidi, BBMT 2018). (confex.com)
  • Serum citrulline was quantified by liquid chromatography in blood samples collected from consecutive patients who received an allogeneic HSCT in our institution between July 2014 and November 2019. (confex.com)
  • There is a paucity of data examining the tolerance and outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for relapse after tositumomab/iodine-131 tositumomab. (cancernetwork.com)
  • There is a paucity of data examining the tolerance andoutcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for relapse aftertositumomab/iodine-131 tositumomab. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Five patients received autologous HSCT: threemarrow and two peripheral blood stem cells. (cancernetwork.com)
  • CONCLUSION: These data demonstrate the feasibility of allogeneic orautologous HSCT in heavily pretreated lymphoma patients who also receivedtositumomab/iodine-131 tositumomab. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Chronic graft- versus -host disease (cGvHD) is a major cause of morbidity after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). (haematologica.org)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an important therapeutic option for patients with non-malignant diseases as well as high-risk and refractory hematopoietic malignancies. (haematologica.org)
  • 1 HSCT may be followed by chronic inflammation due to tissue self-antigen mismatches among the transplant donor and recipient. (haematologica.org)
  • Given the potential importance of MAIT cells in control of microbial infections and protection of epithelial surfaces, we investigated MAIT cell reconstitution in 43 children who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) after myeloablative conditioning for the treatment of malignant hematological disease. (cryostem.org)
  • Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is the optimal treatment for pediatric patients with high-risk or intermediate-acute myeloid leukemia. (blood-genomics.com)
  • There was no difference in transplantation-related toxicity (TRT) in terms of infection, hepatic dysfunction, oral mucositis, and engraftment syndrome between the haploidentical HSCT and HLA-matched HSCT groups. (blood-genomics.com)
  • ECIL-6 guidelines recommend quantitative PCR of whole blood, plasma, or serum to screen for EBV DNA in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients and to monitor EBV DNA-emia. (medscape.com)
  • The Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is used in children as a definitive treatment for various oncological, immune deficiencies, hemoglobinopathy, and malignancies diseases that involve the hematological system, congenital metabolism disorders, among others. (bvsalud.org)
  • This is a quantitative, retrospective, observational, descriptive and analytical quantitative approach approaching the medical records of children and adolescents submitted to HSCT in a referral hospital service for this type of transplantation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul North (RN). (bvsalud.org)
  • The allogeneic HSCT was the most frequently performed (57.14%) and the most used source of Hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) was the peripheral blood (54.29%) and 5.71% of these patients developed the Graft versus Host Disease (GVHD), of which one was affected by acute GVHD and another by chronic GVHD. (bvsalud.org)
  • The profile of the clinical variables presented by the children and adolescents of this study shows that the most prevalent diagnosis was ALL, the most frequent toxicities were gastrointestinal, cardiac, respiratory and hematological, the most common HSCT was allogeneic peripheral blood and the greatest cause of mortality was sepsis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation not responded to other therapeutic modalities, with (HSCT) is used in children as a definitive treatment an increase in survival after transplantation, for different oncological, immune deficiencies, contributing to its use (YEILIPEK, 2014). (bvsalud.org)
  • Disease relapse is the primary reason why allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants fail, according to the study authors, who noted that novel strategies for stem cell transplant to reduce the risk for disease relapse are severely needed. (curetoday.com)
  • Among seven allogeneic transplants,three received matched related peripheral blood stem cells and four receivedmatched unrelated marrow (n = 3) or peripheral blood (n = 1) stem cells.Allogeneic recipients received tacrolimus and methotrexate for graft-vs-hostdisease prophylaxis. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Bone marrow transplants from healthy donors are used successfully to treat certain blood cancers for which the course of the disease is so severe that the destruction of the patient's own immune system through high-dose chemotherapy and radiation seems an effective compromise. (nih.gov)
  • Stem cell transplants have many benefits, but they also have risks. (cdc.gov)
  • Because stem cell transplants destroy and rebuild your immune system, they increase your risk for fungal infections. (cdc.gov)
  • GvHD is commonly associated with bone marrow transplants and stem cell transplants . (wikipedia.org)
  • February 11, 2021 - Apamistamab conditioning treatment with targeted radioimmunotherapy to the bone marrow resulted in high rates of successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants in patients with active, relapsed, or refractory acute myeloid leukemia. (onclive.com)
  • Apamistamab (Iomab-B) conditioning treatment with targeted radioimmunotherapy to the bone marrow resulted in high rates of successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants in patients with active, relapsed, or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to interim results from the phase 3 SIERRA trial, which were presented virtually at the 2021 Transplant and Cellular Therapies Meetings. (onclive.com)
  • Although liver failure can be treated via hepatocyte transplantation, it also faces multiple problems comprising the shortage of high-quality hepatocytes sources, rejection of allogeneic transplants, difficulty to expand, and losing hepatic characteristics in vitro [ 7 , 8 ]. (springer.com)
  • Although the number of transplants each year has grown rapidly over the past two decades, the demand for transplantation using human cells, tissues and organs has also increased significantly, resulting in a continuing shortage of human material, particularly organs. (who.int)
  • The idea to use transplants of dopa- ment of protocols that allow generation of fully functional mine-producing cells to substitute for the lost midbrain and safe midbrain dopamine neurons from stem cells. (lu.se)
  • GVHD occurs in about 30-50% and 70% of recipients allografted from matched related and matched unrelated donors, respectively [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The degree of HLA disparity between donor and recipient is a well-known and widely accepted independent risk factor for GVHD development [ 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The histocompatibility differences between the donor and the recipient, the presence of donor's immunocompetent cells, and the inability of the recipient to reject these cells were defined as the basic pathogenic prerequisites for GVHD development by Billingham in 1966 [ 10 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Cytotoxic T lymphocytes were determined as the cellular effectors of GVHD, and the key role of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) in T-lymphocyte activation was established during the following years [ 11 , 12 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The current understanding of aGVHD pathogenesis can be summarized as (1) initial tissue damage induced by the conditioning regimen followed by the denudation of auto- and alloantigens accompanied by massive inflammatory cytokine secretion ("cytokine storm") activating APCs, (2) auto- and alloantigen presentation mediated by APCs together with the costimulatory signaling prime donor's cytotoxic T lymphocytes and their proliferation, and (3) the migration of activated cellular effectors toward GVHD target tissues. (hindawi.com)
  • Adverse side effects, however, may occur and lead to severe autoimmunity or graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), emphasizing the relevance of a suicide mechanism that allows efficient in vivo elimination of infused T cells. (haematologica.org)
  • Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) is a well-established suicide gene that has been successfully used to control GvHD following donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. (haematologica.org)
  • Donor T cells may also induce GvHD due to recognition of allo-antigens on non-malignant tissues of the patient. (haematologica.org)
  • Transfer of HSV-tk to DLI preserves the beneficial anti-tumor effect and allows in vivo elimination of donor T cells if severe GvHD occurs. (haematologica.org)
  • A team of hematology marrow transplant department of the Saint-Louis Hospital AP-HP, the Paris University and INSERM (U976 unit) in collaboration with the Pasteur Institute, led the work on graft against host disease (GVHD) using liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry to study the metabolome of allogeneic patients at Saint-Louis hospital AP-HP. (pasteur.fr)
  • Graft against the host (GVHD) is a major complication that may occur after a allograft, and is characterized by tissue damage induced by donor immune cells which react against those of the recipient. (pasteur.fr)
  • Recent advances in the understanding of immunological mechanisms of GVHD have shown that activation of donor immune cells is tightly regulated by the microenvironment tissue or digestive microbiota changes after transplantation. (pasteur.fr)
  • Indoles derivatives are ligands of the receptor Aryl Hydrocarbon (AhR), which regulates the activation and differentiation of immune cells and could therefore contribute to limiting the risk of immune reaction to allogeneic origin of GVHD. (pasteur.fr)
  • Thus, prophylactic transfusion of donor T-cells has been included in many protocols, despite the increased risk for acute GvHD ( Kolb, 2008 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Eligible patients with mixed chimerism and no graft versus host disease (GVHD) receive the first donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) on the same day that donor lymphocytes are collected. (knowcancer.com)
  • Adoptive Allogeneic T-cell therapy (ATCT) might be curative for MM, however current ATCT protocols often lead to graft versus host disease (GvHD). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Transplanting only tumor reactive donor T cells that mediate a graft-versus-myeloma (GvM) but not GvHD may overcome this problem. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These data demonstrate that a transplantation protocol involving only selective tumor-reactive donor T cell families is an effective immunotherapy and results in long-term survival in a mouse model of human MM. The results highlight the need to develop similar ATCT strategies for MM patients that result in enhanced survival without symptoms of GvHD. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Since GvT responses involve T-cell recognition of tumor-specific peptides presented by MHC molecules [ 14 ], it may be possible to identify and select donor T cells that provide beneficial GvT responses but minimal GvHD risk. (biomedcentral.com)
  • By then infusing the animals with B10.D2 T cells from only the TCR Vβ 2, 3 and 8.3 families appropriately pre-activated in vitro, we saw a vigorous GvM response without any clinical or histological signs of GvHD or disease relapse, which translated into long-term, disease-free survival. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The use of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the most potent immunotherapeutic treatment for hematologic diseases, but its practical use is impeded by acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). (cryostem.org)
  • The white blood cells present within the transplanted tissue then attack the recipient's body's cells, which leads to GvHD. (wikipedia.org)
  • GvHD occurs when the donor's immune system's white blood cells reject the recipient. (wikipedia.org)
  • [11] About one-third to one-half of allogeneic transplant recipients will develop acute GvHD. (wikipedia.org)
  • and chemotherapy and radiotherapy can have a negative effect on normal cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • The findings support future studies of assessing the safety and efficacy of the novel drug-chemotherapy combination as a maintenance strategy following stem cell transplantation across a range of blood cancers, according to the study authors. (curetoday.com)
  • Maintenance treatment with eprenetapopt, a novel drug, plus the chemotherapy Vidaza (azacitidine) following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was associated with improved survival outcomes in a group of patients with TP53-mutant, high-risk acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, according to new study findings. (curetoday.com)
  • Of note, an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant is a procedure where a patient with cancer receives healthy blood-forming stem cells from a donor to replace their own stem cells that have been damaged by other cancer treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy. (curetoday.com)
  • Mobilization human CD34+ cells for the purpose of donor (allogeneic) transplantation after high-dose chemotherapy is currently performed using a 4-5-day treatment cycle with G-CSF and a 1-2 day apheresis procedure. (biokine.com)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is also sometimes used for solid tumors (eg, some germ cell tumors) that respond to chemotherapy. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Immune cells from the patient or a transplant donor are used to attack residual leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma cells that remain after chemotherapy. (tlls.org)
  • The cells are then returned to the patient following chemotherapy. (tlls.org)
  • Most patients up to the age of approximately 75 years should be considered for intensive combination chemotherapy with the aim to induce complete remission. (cancercentrum.se)
  • The therapeutic approach to renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is guided by the probability of cure, which is related directly to the stage or degree of tumor dissemination. (medscape.com)
  • CD20-transduced T cells with and without co-transferred T-cell receptor were efficiently eliminated by complement dependent cytotoxicity induced by therapeutic anti-CD20 antibody rituximab. (haematologica.org)
  • Recently, stem cells are being engineered to carry therapeutic reagents to target tumor sites. (bmrat.org)
  • Intramuscular injection of donor muscle-derived cells into chimeric cxmd recipients restored dystrophin expression for at least 24 weeks in the absence of post-transplant immunosuppression, indicating that cell transplantation may be a viable therapeutic option for muscular dystrophy. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therapeutic Candidate or Device The therapeutic candidate is a patient specific (autologous) induced pluripotent stem cell derived retinal pigment epithelium (AiPSC-RPE) product. (ca.gov)
  • Therapeutic Candidate or Device Allogeneic iPSC derived dopamine progenitors delivered to the brain of Parkinson's disease patients Indication Idiopathic Parkinson's disease Therapeutic Mechanism The cellular product reconstitutes dopaminergic neuron circuits lost owing to the disease Unmet Medical Need There are currently disease modifying therapies. (ca.gov)
  • Therapeutic Candidate or Device OSSM007: cryopreserved, interferon-gamma-primed bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC) Indication acute Graft versus host disease (aGVHD) resulting from hematopoietic cell transplantation Therapeutic Mechanism Immunomodulation of host-reactive T cells to induce operational tolerance of donor HSC-derived lymphocytes through direct cell-to-cell contact and secreted paracrine factors. (ca.gov)
  • Therapeutic Candidate or Device Autologous hematopoietic stem cells transduced with a HexA/HexB expressing lentiviral vector Indication Tay-Sachs disease Therapeutic Mechanism The transplanted gene modified autologous hematopoietic stem cells will engraft in the bone marrow and start producing HexA/HexB expressing immune progeny. (ca.gov)
  • Therapeutic Candidate or Device Autologous blood stem cells edited to restore iduronidase expression Indication Severe Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1 (MPS1/ Hurler's syndrome) Therapeutic Mechanism Autologous blood stem cells undergo genome editing to restore the production of the missing enzyme. (ca.gov)
  • Therapeutic Candidate or Device Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells collected from X-CGD patients modified with a highly regulated lentiviral vector Indication X-linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease Therapeutic Mechanism Lentiviral vector (LV) modification of autologous hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) to restore physiologic gp91phox expression. (ca.gov)
  • Furthermore, the ability to isolate and expand cells of sufficient therapeutic quality and quantity in a patient-to-patient model can limit progress. (scienceboard.net)
  • Techniques such as cellular reprogramming will allow the exploration of scalable allogeneic cell sources and the optimizable generation of cells for therapeutic development. (scienceboard.net)
  • This circumvents the need for any intermediary steps and reduces the time required to produce a cell type for therapeutic use. (scienceboard.net)
  • First-generation ex vivo cell therapies, such as autologous anti-CD19 CAR T cells, demonstrated the clinical value and curative potential of enhancing the therapeutic qualities of immune and other patient-derived cell types. (scienceboard.net)
  • The aims of this article are to review the current knowledge regarding therapeutic mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cells in acute liver failure, to discuss recent advancements in preclinical and clinical studies in the treatment of mesenchymal stem cells, and to summarize the methodological improvement of mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in treating liver failure. (springer.com)
  • CD8 + CTL-recognizing minor H antigens on tumor cells can be isolated posttransplant and could contribute to the graft- versus -tumor effect. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Much of the curative potential of allografts is attributed to the graft-versus-tumor (GvT) response that aims to destroy residual tumor cells that persist after induction therapy and ASCT [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • White blood cells of the donor's immune system which remain within the donated tissue (the graft) recognize the recipient (the host) as foreign (non-self). (wikipedia.org)
  • Regulatory T cells (Treg) can induce and maintain antigen-specific immune tolerance and facilitate allogeneic graft survival successfully in animals. (ox.ac.uk)
  • VM), showed that the recovery of motor functions induced implanted either (1) as a solid piece in the lateral ven- by the grafted fetal dopamine neurons was well cor- tricle6 or a cortical cavity8 adjacent to the denervated related with the extent of graft-derived reinnervation caudate-putamen, or (2) as a crude cell suspension of the host caudate-putamen. (lu.se)
  • The conditioning-induced damage of recipients' tissues leads to danger signal secretion [ 13 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Six patients relapsed, includingall five autologous and one allogeneic recipients. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Objectives: Primary Objectives: To induce cellular and humoral immunity in allogeneic stem cell donors and recipients against the unique idiotype expressed by the recipient's myeloma. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • Etiologic diagnosis of hepatitis is even more problematic in organ transplant recipients because a wide range of possible drug toxicities induced by immunosuppressive therapies must be considered ( 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Although human CD20 has previously been described as functional selection marker and suicide gene after retroviral transfer to T lymphocytes, 9 , 10 the specificities of these T cells were unknown, and therefore a potential effect of CD20 on antigen-specific T-cell functions could not be investigated. (haematologica.org)
  • Nonmobilized donor lymphocytes are harvested from the same HLA identical related donor on day 95 after PBSC transplantation. (knowcancer.com)
  • We used an MHC-matched/miHA-disparate B10.D2 → Balb/c bone marrow transplantation (BMT) murine model and MOPC315.BM MM cells to develop an ATCT protocol consisting of total body irradiation, autologous-BMT and infusion of selective, myeloma-reactive lymphocytes of T cell receptor (TCR) Vβ 2, 3 and 8.3 families (MM-auto BMT ATCT). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Coupled with well-established in vitro culture and expansion protocols for T lymphocytes, CAR enabled the antigen-directed cytotoxicity of T cells to be harnessed, expanding the scope of cell therapy. (scienceboard.net)
  • During this procedure, doctors transfer lymphocytes (a type of white cell) from the original stem cell donor's blood to the patient. (tlls.org)
  • HHV-6B-positive children had mild "viral" illnesses, as did rapidly dividing cells, including lymphocytes. (cdc.gov)
  • Although most clinicians would agree that hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation after reinduction therapy is frontline therapy for these patients, there is no consensus as to what type of hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation promises the best event-free and overall survival. (jnccn.org)
  • 1 - 3 However, those with relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) disease have had a historically dismal OS of ≤30% despite reinduction therapy and autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (autoHCT) ( Figure 1 ). (jnccn.org)
  • In vitro differentiation of GS-2 iPSCs into hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells was done using Op9 feeder layers and specified media. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Embryonic myogenic progenitor cells express CXCR4, G-protein coupled cell surface receptor, and migrate towards regions of SDF-1 expression during limb muscle development, suggesting that CXCR4/SDF-1 plays a role in muscle cell homing. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We have recently demonstrated in a Phase I study in healthy volunteers that single dose of the CXCR4 antagonist BL-8040 induces a rapid and robust mobilization and mega dose collection of human CD34+ stem and progenitor cells. (biokine.com)
  • METHODS: We used the Japanese National Database to examine the outcomes of first allogeneic bone marrow transplantations (BMTs) performed between Japanese and non-Japanese patients from 1996 to 2021. (bvsalud.org)
  • Patients can be cured with bone marrow transplantations of haematopoietic stem cells. (lu.se)
  • Autoimmune side effects, however, remain a risk, emphasizing the relevance of a suicide mechanism allowing in vivo elimination of infused T cells. (haematologica.org)
  • Pre-stimulation ex vivo of allogeneic T cells by exposure to MOPC315.BM MM cells in the presence of IL-2, anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 resulted in expansion of the myeloma-reactive T cell TCRVβ 2, 3 and 8.3 subfamilies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • HADSCs were intraocularly injected into oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) mice to check the movement, fusion, proliferation, and prognosis in vivo. (molvis.org)
  • We have tested the functionality of RQR8 in vitro and in vivo as well as in combination with T-cell engineering components. (ashpublications.org)
  • In vivo differentiation to cells from all three germlines was tested using a teratoma assay. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, diprotin A, a positive modulator of CXCR4-SDF-1 binding, significantly enhanced engraftment and stimulated sustained proliferation of donor cells in vivo . (biomedcentral.com)
  • July 20, 2021 -- Cellular reprogramming of ex vivo cells may offer improvements on first-generation adoptive cell therapies, which have experienced limited clinical success due to complex manufacturing, potential patient rejection, and availability of clinical cell types. (scienceboard.net)
  • This review will focus on the valuable insights experimental mouse models have given us into the effects of currently used immunosuppressive reagents on Treg, the Treg transcription factor forkhead box P3, and strategies to expand or induce alloantigen-reactive Treg in vivo and in vitro. (ox.ac.uk)
  • In vivo, human-murine anti-leukaemia modelling has confirmed functional integrity of CAR+TCR- cells, and found these were less prone to exhaustion compared to TCR+ cells. (ukri.org)
  • In these patients with relapsed or refractory AML, we observed high rates of allogeneic stem cell transplant with curative intent [in] 88% of patients on the Iomab-B arm, 18% of patients who were randomized to the conventional care arm achieved complete remission and received standard of care allo-transplant, and an overall rate of 79% of allo-transplant in all enrolled patients," Boglarka Gyurkocza, MD, said in a virtual presentation. (onclive.com)
  • Vaccines are being developed that may suppress cancer cells left in the body after therapy and thereby prolong remission. (tlls.org)
  • The therapy will aim to induce molecular remission & thereby secure eligibility for allogeneic stem cell transplantation. (ukri.org)
  • In the next clinical trial," continues Sugita, "we plan to use allogeneic iPS-retinal pigment epithelial cells from HLA homozygote donors. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • The clinical data after the transplantation will allow us to see if the iPS cell bank is truly useful or not. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • The treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma is problematic, and, whenever possible, patients should be directed to approved and controlled clinical trials. (medscape.com)
  • Patients were monitored for donor engraftment of myeloid and lymphoid cells, for clinical response by serial imaging, and for immunologic response by in vitro isolation of donor-derived CD8 + CTLs recognizing recipient minor histocompatibility (H) antigens. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Scientists working in basic, translational, and clinical cancer metabolism research are invited to join the Academy in New York on April 17th to discuss the intersection between cell signaling and metabolism. (nyas.org)
  • The safety profile of venetoclax following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia appears to be comparable with other reports in clinical trials. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Our findings may therefore have profound implications on the performance of clinical BMT while also potentially helping to develop new strategies for using a NIMA-mismatched donor in the absence of an HLA-identical donor. (elsevierpure.com)
  • RQR8 is a 136-amino-acid epitope-based marker/suicide gene that enables clinical selection, cell tracking, and deletion in case of toxicity. (ashpublications.org)
  • A compact marker/suicide gene that utilizes established clinical-grade reagents and pharmaceuticals would be of considerable practical utility to T-cell cancer gene therapy. (ashpublications.org)
  • Therefore, these results establish the efficacy of diprotin A in stimulating muscle cell engraftment, and highlight the pre-clinical utility of a xenotransplantation model in assessing the relative efficacy of muscle stem cell populations. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, xenotransplantation accurately predicted results in canine-to-canine allogeneic transplantation experiments, an important pre-clinical model for future human clinical trials. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The clinical success of anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapies has not only provided efficacious treatment alternatives for cancer patients but also aided the developmental and regulatory precedent for the translation of cell-based therapies for other disease areas. (scienceboard.net)
  • These have facilitated the translation of strategies for promoting transplantation tolerance towards a new clinical era. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Acute liver failure (ALF) is a life-threatening clinical syndrome characterized by rapid hepatocellular necrosis due to various acute injuries induced by hepatotoxic drugs, immune-mediated attack, or viral infections. (springer.com)
  • However, in the absence of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-compatible donors, no other curative treatment options are available, and therefore, new treatment strategies, such as gene therapy, should be explored. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical sibling donor is ideal, followed by an HLA-matched sibling donor. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Patients are eligible for enrollment if they have marrow blast count ≥ 5% or the presence of peripheral blasts, age ≥ 55 years, a Karnofsky score ≥ 70, and related/unrelated donor matching at human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, and DRB-1. (onclive.com)
  • 4 In addition, TCRs for minor histocompatibility antigens, including HA-1 and HA-2, have been transferred to donor-derived virus-specific T cells to treat patients with hematologic malignancies after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. (haematologica.org)
  • In this project, the team of Dr. David Michonneau and Professor Gérard Socié (INSERM U976 / Saint Louis Hospital AP-HP / University of Paris) was interested in the study of the metabolome of allogeneic patients in the hospital Saint- Louis AP-HP in the hematology-transplant adult service. (pasteur.fr)
  • Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a specialized treatment for blood cancers, such as leukemia and lymphomas, in which patients receive healthy hematopoietic stem cells from a donor to replace their own, which may be malignant or damaged by other treatments. (patriotnewsorganization.com)
  • Donor chimerism was stabilized after transfusion of the transduced cells in all patients treated. (frontiersin.org)
  • To date, six patients have relapsed and died, two after a second hematopoietic stem cell transplantation without T-cell depletion or administration of unmodified T-cells. (frontiersin.org)
  • The study also revealed increased risk of death due to renal cell carcinoma in patients who did not undergo surgical resection of metastasis. (medscape.com)
  • For a long time, stem cells have been utilized to renew the immune system for radiation or chemo- therapy treated patients. (bmrat.org)
  • Eight patients received conditioning with fludarabine and low-dose total body irradiation followed by hematopoietic cell transplantation from an HLA-matched sibling donor. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Five patients had progressive disease, two patients had stable disease, and one patient experienced a partial response after receiving donor lymphocyte infusions and IFN-α. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Clones from three patients with a partial response or stable disease recognized antigens expressed on renal cell carcinoma tumor cells. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation after nonmyeloablative conditioning with fludarabine/total body irradiation is feasible and may induce tumor regression or stabilization in some patients. (aacrjournals.org)
  • A total of 84 patients were screened to determine if they were eligible for an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. (curetoday.com)
  • OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether mixed or full donor chimerism can be safely established in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated with nonmyeloablative conditioning comprised of low dose total body irradiation, followed by allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, followed by unrelated donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI). (knowcancer.com)
  • Determine whether mixed chimerism can be safely converted to full donor chimerism in patients treated with DLI. (knowcancer.com)
  • OUTLINE: Conditioning: Patients undergo low dose total body irradiation followed by infusion of allogeneic peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) on day 0. (knowcancer.com)
  • Survival of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) beyond 7 years remains rare even after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) and treatment with novel agents [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The implication of these results would be that myeloma-specific T cell subfamilies might be positively selected from the donor inoculum and infused to myeloma patients post ASCT, to afford separation of allo- from tumor-reactive T cells without the prior need to define specific target antigens. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Four patients were alive withno evidence of disease (three matched unrelated donor and one matched relateddonor). (cancernetwork.com)
  • Dr. Tisdale has an active research program in trying to characterize tolerance and create conditions in which patients will more easily tolerate donor cells and tissues without the need for destroying the immune system or perpetual use of immunosuppressant drugs. (nih.gov)
  • Dr. Tisdale and his colleagues recently completed a modified bone marrow transplant strategy for the first time in adult patients with sickle cell disease. (nih.gov)
  • After extracting and isolating precursor CD34+ cells from patients, they use viral transduction to insert a correct copy of the β-globin gene before returning the cells to the patient's bone marrow. (nih.gov)
  • Some types of fungal infections are more common than others in stem cell transplant patients. (cdc.gov)
  • Aspergillosis is the most common type of fungal infection in stem cell transplant patients, followed by Candida infection and mucormycosis, but other types of fungal infections are also possible. (cdc.gov)
  • For patients lacking matched sibling donors, haploidentical donors are an option. (blood-genomics.com)
  • Under normal conditions the CXCR4 pathway regulates the hematopoietic stem cell niche in the bone marrow (BM)-a property that has led to the approval of the CXCR4 antagonist plerixafor together with G-CSF (AMD3100, Mozobil) for mobilization from the BM and collection of hematopoietic precursors from the blood for transplantation of myeloma and lymphoma patients. (biokine.com)
  • A Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study, evaluating the safety, tolerability and efficacy of BL-8040 in combination with G-CSF, compared to placebo and G-CSF, for the mobilization of CD34 cells for autologous transplantation in multiple myeloma patients have already initiated. (biokine.com)
  • Because only one fourth of patients have such a sibling donor, mismatched related or matched unrelated donors (identified through international registries) are often used. (msdmanuals.com)
  • [10] It is less common in younger patients and in those with closer human leukocyte antigens (HLA) matches between donor and the patient. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the study, patients with active, relapsed, refractory AML are randomized 1:1 to receive either apamistamab conditioning therapy and allogeneic HCT or conventional care. (onclive.com)
  • The benefits of an allogeneic "off-the-shelf" cell therapy approach are clear: batch-producing cells derived from an unrelated donor or universal cell source that can be used to treat many patients. (scienceboard.net)
  • Immunotherapy is based on the concept that immune cells or antibodies that can recognize and kill cancer cells can be produced in the laboratory and then given to patients to treat cancer. (tlls.org)
  • It may also be a helpful treatment for patients with relapsed myeloma after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. (tlls.org)
  • Most of the trials so far have relied in collecting a patients own white cells and then using a disabled virus to fit new genes into a group of cells called T cells. (ukri.org)
  • This process then arms the cells against leukaemia, so when they are given back to the patients they can attack the disease. (ukri.org)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional study of -herpes- in the host, seldom causing disease unless the immune sys- viruses in febrile pediatric oncology patients (n = 30), with tem is weakened, as occurs after treatment for solid-organ a reference group of febrile pediatric solid-organ transplant and stem cell transplantation. (cdc.gov)
  • Both meetings agreed minimum criteria for suitability of live donors and defined the obligations of transplant professionals to treat donors as patients, including that of providing appropriate follow-up and treatment for problems caused by the donation. (who.int)
  • We found that IUHCTx leads to precocious maturation of neonatal host DCs and that there is early differentiation of donor-derived DCs, even after transplantation of a stem cell source without mature APCs. (ca.gov)
  • In this regenerative process, the cells are organized in a hierarchical structure: at the summit there are the hematopoietic stem cells and to the base, there is the progeny in differentiation. (eurekaselect.com)
  • another important feature of HSC is plasticity, that is the potential differentiation, thanks to which the cells are capable to undertake phenotypic and functional characteristics of other organs or tissues. (eurekaselect.com)
  • Differentiation capacity into cells from all three germ layers was confirmed using the teratoma assay. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Different groups have established several protocols to induce the differentiation of MSCs into HLCs in vitro . (springer.com)
  • T-cell receptor (TCR) gene transfer is an attractive strategy for rapid in vitro generation of high numbers of antigen specific T cells. (haematologica.org)
  • In vitro, the team saw that T cells failed to respond to the iPSC-derived retinal pigment cells if they were from an MHC-matched monkey. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Now that we have established the lack of immune response in monkeys and in human cells in vitro," explains Sugita, "using the iPS cell bank appears to be a viable solution, at least in the case of retinal pigment epithelial cell transplantation. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • HADSCs were induced to confirm that they can express the characteristics of endothelial cells (ECs) in vitro. (molvis.org)
  • Therefore, in this study, we assessed the ability of human adipose mesenchymal stem cells (hADSCs) to express the characteristics of ECs after induction in vitro to evaluate the theoretical feasibility of maintaining or restoring the function of ECs after intraocular application. (molvis.org)
  • Moreover, this is the first paper to clearly establish that a CD56 bright CD3 - CD16 - perforin- NK reg population associates with a lack of cGvHD and has several unique characteristics, including the suppression of helper T-cell function in vitro. (haematologica.org)
  • We designed a study to find theoretical evidence for the induction, movement, fusion, proliferation, and safety of human adipose mesenchymal stem cells (hADSCs) in intraocular application. (molvis.org)
  • mesenchymal stem cells are most commonly used because they are easy to obtain and present no ethical problems. (springer.com)
  • [ 18 ] A study by Alt et al found that complete resection of multiple renal cell carcinoma metastases may be associated with long-term survival. (medscape.com)
  • This applies as well in the adjuvant treatment of surgically resected renal cell carcinoma, for which no therapy has yet been found to offer survival benefit. (medscape.com)
  • Although children, adolescents, and young adults with newly diagnosed B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma enjoy excellent overall survival with current chemoimmunotherapy, those with relapsed and/or refractory disease have a dismal prognosis. (jnccn.org)
  • Children, adolescents, and young adults (CAYAs) with newly diagnosed B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-NHL) enjoy excellent overall survival (OS) with current frontline chemoimmunotherapy. (jnccn.org)
  • Kaplan-Meier curve showing probability of overall survival in children and adolescents with mature B-cell non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma with refractory or relapsed disease during or after therapy in the FAB/LMB96 international study. (jnccn.org)
  • Overall survival of children and adolescents with mature B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma who had refractory or relapsed disease during or after treatment with FAB/LMB 96: a report from the FAB/LMB 96 study group. (jnccn.org)
  • However, long-term disease-free survival rates may be lower than those with HLA-identical sibling donors. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Besides the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6), the increased expression of receptor repertoire (pattern recognition receptors, PRR) on APCs, mostly macrophages and dendritic cells, occurs as a result of the release of endogenous and exogenous antigens (damage-associated molecular patterns, DAMPs, and pathogen-associated molecular patterns, PAMPs). (hindawi.com)
  • The use of CD20 as suicide gene was investigated in CMV specific T cells and in T cells genetically modified with an antigen specific T-cell receptor. (haematologica.org)
  • Beta-3-adrenergic receptor (ADRB3) as well as chondromodulin-1 (CHM1) are over-expressed in Ewing Sarcoma (ES) but not on T cells. (oncotarget.com)
  • We next performed allogeneic IUHCTx into donor-specific T cell receptor transgenic mice and confirmed that both direct and indirect antigen presentation lead to clonal deletion of effector T cells in chimeras. (ca.gov)
  • In this regard, immune-transcriptome analyses of T cell receptor (TCR) Vβ CDR3-size and sequence is being used to characterize alloreactive versus tumor-specific T-cell responses. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate-like T cells with restricted T cell receptor (TCR) usage, which are preferentially localized in mucosal tissues (liver, lung and gut) and respond to microbial infection by rapidly producing cytokines and cytotoxic effectors. (cryostem.org)
  • Genetic engineering of T cells greatly increases the scope and potency of T-cell therapy: T-cell receptor (TCR) transfer allows targeting of intracellular cancer antigens, whereas chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) allow targeting of surface cancer or lineage-specific antigens. (ashpublications.org)
  • Evidence suggests that the CXC-chemokine receptor-4 (CXCR4) pathway plays a major role in cancer cell homing and metastasis and in shaping the tumor microenvironment (TME), and thus represents a potential target for cancer therapy. (biokine.com)
  • We undertook the first application of genome modified T cells expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) against CD19 to successfully treat infant B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) in 2015. (ukri.org)
  • Cells were transduced with a lentiviral vector to express CAR19 and then further modified using TALENS to disrupt T cell receptor (TCR) and CD52. (ukri.org)
  • Summary: Researchers report they have successfully transplanted retinal pigment cells derived from stem cells without rejection or the need of immunosuppressant drugs. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) have successfully transplanted retinal pigment cells derived from stem cells of one monkey into the eyes of other monkeys without rejection and without the need for immunosuppressant drugs. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Published in Stem Cell Reports , the study shows that this procedure is possible as long as a set of cells called the MHC are genetically matched between the host monkey and the new retinal cells. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • To test whether MHC matching is a viable method, the team used retinal pigment cells that were grown from monkey iPSCs in the iPS cell bank at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • In a separate study published in the same issue of Stem Cell Reports , the researchers saw similar results when they repeated this last experiment with human T cells and HLA-matched or unmatched retinal pigment cells grown from IPSCs. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • This important proof-of-concept finding supports the development of personalized iPSC-based transplantation therapies for retinal disease. (nature.com)
  • Stem cell-derived cell transplantation in the eye is one therapy being explored for inherited retinal degenerations such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP). (nature.com)
  • Notably, serious hepatic damage induced by CCl4 was frustrated by c-lipo-pretreatment further. (enmd-2076.com)
  • Notes lead author Sunao Sugita, "In order to make iPSC transplantation a practical reality, the current goal is to create banks of iPSC-derived tissues that can be transplanted into anyone as they are needed. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatic damage is normally a well-known chemical-induced hepatocyte damage. (enmd-2076.com)
  • mouse and cell depletion tests demonstrated that NKT cells and NK cells weren't mixed up in hepatic damage. (enmd-2076.com)
  • The CD11b+ Kupffer cells producing TNF and FasL play a pivotal role in CCl4-induced acute hepatic injury thus. (enmd-2076.com)
  • Launch Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is normally a highly dangerous chemical substance agent that induces severe hepatic damage, while chronic administration of CCl4 induces fibrosis, carcinogenesis and cirrhosis. (enmd-2076.com)
  • In a recent study, they demonstrated that they could transplant bone marrow cells from HLA-matched sibling donors without needing to completely destroy the patient's immune system. (nih.gov)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation may be autologous (using the patient's own cells) or allogeneic (using cells from a donor). (msdmanuals.com)
  • The infusion's goal is to attack or suppress leukemia cells by inducing an intense immune reaction against the patient's cancer cells. (tlls.org)
  • Immunohistochemical examination showed that infiltration by inflammatory cells was only present in the transplanted grafts of MHC-mismatched monkeys. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • To generate healthy patient-derived cells, mutations might be repaired with new gene-editing technology based on the bacterial system of clustered regularly interspersed short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9, thereby yielding grafts that require no patient immunosuppression. (nature.com)
  • eg, bone, bone marrow, and skin grafts) Genetically identical (syngeneic [between monozygotic twins]) donor tissue (isografts) Genetically. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Switching the balance from rejection of major histocompatibility-mismatched grafts toward long-term tolerance of donor grafts, with the need for minimal immunosuppressive drugs, is a major transplantation goal. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Autologous as well as allogeneic CD8 + T cells transduced with tumor antigen specific T cell receptors (TCR) may cause significant tumor lysis upon adoptive transfer. (oncotarget.com)
  • Direct and indirect antigen presentation lead to deletion of donor-specific T cells after in utero hematopoietic cell transplantation in mice. (ca.gov)
  • In utero hematopoietic cell transplantation (IUHCTx) is a promising method to induce donor-specific tolerance but the mechanisms of antigen presentation that educate host T cells and the relative importance of deletion vs. regulation in this setting are unknown. (ca.gov)
  • We studied the roles of direct and indirect antigen presentation (mediated by donor- and host-derived antigen presenting cells (APCs), respectively) in a mouse model of IUHCTx. (ca.gov)
  • To determine whether antigen-specific immunity, induced in the stem cell donor, can be passively transferred to the allogeneic SCT recipient in the setting of a non-myeloablative conditioning regimen. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • Instead, cancer cells are altered versions (mutations) of normal cells and don't produce a unique feature like an antigen that will trigger an immune response. (tlls.org)
  • This phase I trial assessed the safety, efficacy, and immunologic responses to minor histocompatibility antigens following nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation as treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Developing next-generation cell therapies centers around the enhancement of efficacy, safety, and accessibility. (scienceboard.net)
  • The aim of adoptive T-cell therapy of cancer is to selectively confer immunity against tumor cells. (haematologica.org)
  • The data support the broad value of CD20 as safety switch in adoptive T-cell therapy. (haematologica.org)
  • In this study, we investigated the use of CD20 as safety switch after retroviral transfer to T cells with different cytomegalovirus (CMV) specificities, and conclude that CD20 may be broadly applicable as safeguard in adoptive T-cell therapy. (haematologica.org)
  • Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy, X-ray therapy, or irradiation) is the use of ionizing radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors by damaging their DNA (the molecules inside cells that carry genetic information and pass it from one generation to the next), making it impossible for these cells to continue to grow and divide. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a result, investigators aimed to see if maintenance therapy with eprenetapopt and Vidaza would induce similar results in this high-risk patient population. (curetoday.com)
  • Nicola Daniele, Francesco Zinno , " Toward the Future: The New Challenges of the Cell Therapy and Potential of Regenerative Medicine ", Bentham Science Publishers (2017). (eurekaselect.com)
  • This review outlines the disparate types of stem cell therapy that have been used in this difficult-to-treat population as well as the role of maintenance and CAR T-cell therapy in conjunction with stem cell therapy. (jnccn.org)
  • HCT, whether it be autologous, allogeneic, or tandem, has been and continues to be an integral part of therapy, with varying outcomes as delineated in Table 2 . (jnccn.org)
  • and the role of CAR T-cell therapy as it relates to HCT as therapies for R/R B-NHL. (jnccn.org)
  • Curative options for sickle cell disease: haploidentical stem cell transplantation or gene therapy? (nih.gov)
  • We predict that RQR8 will make T-cell gene therapy both safer and cheaper. (ashpublications.org)
  • To date, over 10 advanced cell therapy products have been approved -- the majority of which are T-cell-based and strictly autologous. (scienceboard.net)
  • New treatments for leukaemia using gene therapy to re-program white bloods cells against cancer cells are showing a great deal of promise. (ukri.org)
  • Cell Therapy for Parkinsons Disease: What Next? (lu.se)
  • In murine-to-murine transplantation experiments, CXCR4 expression marks a population of adult murine satellite cells with robust engraftment potential in mdx mice, and CXCR4-positive murine muscle-derived SP cells home more effectively to dystrophic muscle after intra-arterial delivery in mdx 5cv mice. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Together, these data suggest that CXCR4 plays an important role in donor cell engraftment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, we sought to translate these results to a clinically relevant canine-to-canine allogeneic transplant model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and determine if CXCR4 is important for donor cell engraftment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this study, we used a canine-to-murine xenotransplantation model to quantitatively compare canine muscle cell engraftment, and test the most effective cell population and modulating factor in a canine model of DMD using allogeneic transplantation experiments. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We show that CXCR4 expressing cells are important for donor muscle cell engraftment, yet FACS sorted CXCR4-positive cells display decreased engraftment efficiency. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We used the xenotransplant model to show that CXCR4 expression on canine donor muscle cells is also important for cell engraftment, but FACS sorting for CXCR4-positive cells decreased their engraftment efficiency. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were collected from healthy donors after approval by the LUMC institutional review board and informed consent according to the Declaration of Helsinki. (haematologica.org)
  • Furthermore, we have developed an automated process with selection techniques to generate CAR-T cells from umbilical cord blood T cells as well as conventional peripheral blood lymphocyte harvests from healthy donors. (ukri.org)
  • To view a multidisciplinary tumor board case discussion, see Memorial Sloan Kettering e-Tumor Boards: Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma . (medscape.com)
  • 1 , 2 The anti-tumor effect of DLI is mediated by donor T cells recognizing allo-antigens on the malignant cells of the recipient. (haematologica.org)
  • A single cancer cell is invisible to the naked eye but can regrow into a new tumor, a process called recurrence. (wikipedia.org)
  • Renal cell carcinoma is an immunogenic tumor, and spontaneous regressions have been documented. (medscape.com)
  • The patient cells are removed through apheresis and modified in a laboratory so they can be reprogrammed to target tumor cells through a gene modification technique. (tlls.org)
  • These tolerogenic NIMA effects were completely abolished by the depletion of CD4 + CD25 + cells from the donor inocula, thus suggesting the involvement of CD4 + CD25 + regulatory T cells in the tolerogenic NIMA effects. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Secondary Objectives: To evaluate the effect of the Fludarabine-(etoposide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone, cyclophosphamide) EPOCH regimen on host T cell depletion and myeloid depletion prior to allogeneic SCT. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • Go to Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment Protocols , Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma , and Sarcomatoid and Rhabdoid Renal Cell Carcinoma for complete information on these topics. (medscape.com)
  • Surgical resection remains the only known effective treatment for localized renal cell carcinoma, and it also is used for palliation in metastatic disease. (medscape.com)
  • The maternal and fetal antigens that are transmitted through the bidirectional transplacental passage during pregnancy may induce tolerance to noninherited maternal antigens (NIMAs) in offspring and to inherited paternal antigens (IPAs) in the mother. (elsevierpure.com)
  • We have created a highly compact marker/suicide gene for T cells combining target epitopes from both CD34 and CD20 antigens (RQR8). (ashpublications.org)
  • It includes a network of cells and organs that help defend the body from "antigens" - foreign substances such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, harmful toxins and allergens. (tlls.org)
  • When antigens are ingested or come into contact with the skin or mucous membranes, they stimulate an immune response: White cells produce antibodies that "coat" the antigens, marking them as targets for other white cells or inactivating the antigens. (tlls.org)
  • The other white cells then attack and destroy the antigens. (tlls.org)
  • Manmade antibodies are able to attach to antigens on the cancer cell, using samples of tumors. (tlls.org)
  • It's designed to react with or attach to antigens - foreign substances such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and allergens - on the surface of cancer cells. (tlls.org)
  • Transduced cells were transfused either after day +60 (matched donors) or on day +42 (haploidentical donors). (frontiersin.org)
  • 2 cGvHD is a multisystemic disorder that occurs due to foreign donor immune cells attacking the recipient's tissues. (haematologica.org)
  • One concern about the procedure is that immune cells in cord blood do not have experience with the viruses responsible for latent infections, leading to a higher percentage of naive T cells and thus increased vulnerability to reactivation of cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr virus infection. (msdmanuals.com)