• The remaining seven received high-dose chemotherapy and stem-cell infusion. (northwestern.edu)
  • In these cases, the recipient's immune system is usually destroyed with radiation or chemotherapy before the transplantation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Non-myeloablative, so-called mini transplant (microtransplantation) procedures, have been developed requiring smaller doses of preparative chemotherapy and radiation therapy, allowing HSCT to be conducted in the elderly and other patients who would otherwise be considered too weak to withstand a conventional treatment regimen. (wikipedia.org)
  • The patient is then treated with high-dose chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy with the intention of eradicating the patient's malignant cell population at the cost of partial or complete bone marrow ablation (destruction of patient's bone marrow's ability to grow new blood cells). (wikipedia.org)
  • Purpose: To determine the tolerability and feasibility of double-cycle, high-dose chemotherapy followed by peripheral blood stem-cell transplantation (PBSCT) after conventional chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). (the-medical-dictionary.com)
  • Conclusion: Double-cycle, high-dose ICE therapy followed by PBSCT is tolerable and feasible even after conventional chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy in patients with SCLC. (the-medical-dictionary.com)
  • Combination chemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide (cisplatin-etoposide [PE]) has long been the mainstay of treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). (the-medical-dictionary.com)
  • Stem cell transplantation is performed after high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) to restore a cancer patient's blood and immune cell production capacity. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • For many hematopoietic malignancies, collection and infusion of CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells following chemotherapy is critical. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • Results showed that adding quizartinib to standard chemotherapy with or without allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, followed by continuation monotherapy for up to 3 years, resulted in improved overall survival. (medscape.com)
  • Phase II trial of induction chemotherapy of pemetrexed plus split-dose cisplatin followed by pemetrexed maintenance for untreated non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer. (shengsci.com)
  • abstract: PURPOSE:We conducted a phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of induction chemotherapy of pemetrexed plus split-dose cisplatin followed by pemetrexed maintenance for advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). (shengsci.com)
  • Chemotherapy and stem-cell transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma: a practice guideline of the Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative. (cancertreatmenttoday.org)
  • Engraftment, clinical, and molecular follow-up of patients with multiple myeloma who were reinfused with highly purified CD34+ cells to support single or tandem high-dose chemotherapy. (shengsci.com)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is also sometimes used for solid tumors (eg, some germ cell tumors) that respond to chemotherapy. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In view of the disseminated CMV infection, the decision was made to infuse stem cells without any pre-conditioning chemotherapy. (frontiersin.org)
  • The presence of inflammatory cytokines after high-dose chemotherapy leads to proliferation and activation of MDSCs originating from autologous hematopoietic progenitors at the time of engraftment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. (marystolfacancerfoundation.org)
  • Chemotherapy is called a systemic treatment because the drug enters the bloodstream, travels through the body, and can kill cancer cells throughout the body. (marystolfacancerfoundation.org)
  • If the leukemia cells have spread to the brain, radiation therapy to the brain or intrathecal chemotherapy will be given. (marystolfacancerfoundation.org)
  • First, all of the bone marrow in the body is destroyed with high doses of chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy. (marystolfacancerfoundation.org)
  • This includes bone and cartilage repair, cell types into which MSCs readily differentiate, and immune conditions such as graft versus host disease and autoimmune conditions that utilize the MSC's immune suppressive properties. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our hypothesis about a splenic stem cell contributionor maintained survival compared to bone marrow transplants, to PBSCT also derives from the observation that G-CSF mobilizationsalthough graft versus host disease (GVHD) still occurs [1]. (fliphtml5.com)
  • Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a complication that may occur after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in which donated cells view the recipient's cells as foreign and attack them. (scdstudies.com)
  • Autologous graft-versus-host disease: harnessing anti-tumor immunity through impaired self-tolerance. (uchicago.edu)
  • Autologous HSCT requires the extraction (apheresis) of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from the patient and storage of the harvested cells in a freezer. (wikipedia.org)
  • Quantitating the CD34+ cell population can also be useful during mobilization as well as for determining the optimal timing of apheresis sessions to make sure that enough CD34+ cells have been harvested. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • Numbers of SSClo CD45(dim) CD34(hi) cells and SSClo ALDH(br) cells were highly correlated in both peripheral blood and apheresis products (P (ogu.edu.tr)
  • Plerixafor may cause mobilization of leukemic cells and subsequent contamination of the apheresis product. (fresenius-kabi.com)
  • Other conditions treated with stem cell transplants include sickle cell disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, neuroblastoma, lymphoma, Ewing's sarcoma, desmoplastic small round cell tumor, chronic granulomatous disease, Hodgkin's disease and Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. (wikipedia.org)
  • Autologous transplants have the advantage of lower risk of infection during the immune-compromised portion of the treatment, since the recovery of immune function is rapid. (wikipedia.org)
  • One needs to differentiate between tandem transplants, a planned sequence of two high dose treatments with HSCT salvage, and a second transplant, an approach of consolidating the first autologous HSCT with another HSCT ONLY if the first one appears partially effective. (cancertreatmenttoday.org)
  • A tandem autologous transplant, also known as a double autologous transplant, requires the patient to undergo two planned autologous stem cell transplants within 6 months. (cancertreatmenttoday.org)
  • Preliminary results of several randomized trials comparing tandem and single autologous transplants, which have not been followed as long, have also shown superior event-free survival with the tandem regimen in most studies. (cancertreatmenttoday.org)
  • Citation: Mera T, Heimfeld S, Faustman DL (2014) The Spleen Contributes Stem Cells to Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplants. (fliphtml5.com)
  • For induce splenomegaly in most donors and in rare, severe cases splenicautologous stem cell transplants, the use of autologous PBSCT from rupture [13,14]. (fliphtml5.com)
  • BK virus infection is associated with hematuria and renal impairment in recipients of allogeneic hematopoetic stem cell transplants. (uchicago.edu)
  • 2 Evaluation of harvest adequacy requires the use of reliable progenitor cell assays and this is usually achieved by CD34 cell counting using flow cytometry. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • Flow cytometric applications for CD34+ cell identification and enumeration provide a rapid, quantitative and reproducible method to evaluate the progenitor cell population. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • The bone morrow contains several stem cell types including hematopoetic stem cells, endothelial progenitor cells, mesenchymal (stromal) stem cells and multipotent adult progenitor cells. (escardio.org)
  • Although there is no definitive evidence, combinations of progenitor cells seem to be more benefical than specific stem cell type for cardiac repair (3). (escardio.org)
  • Enhancement of human erythroid progenitor cell growth by media conditioned by a human t-lymphocyte line. (shengsci.com)
  • Progenitor cell therapy describes the use of multipotent cells of various cell lineages (autologous or allogeneic) for tissue repair and/or regeneration. (southcarolinablues.com)
  • Overall, this evidence has suggested that progenitor cell treatment may be a promising intervention, but robust data on clinical outcomes are lacking. (southcarolinablues.com)
  • For individuals who have chronic cardiac ischemia who receive progenitor cell therapy, the evidence includes a nonrandomized comparative trial and systematic reviews of smaller RCTs. (southcarolinablues.com)
  • Results of the nonrandomized trial are encouraging, because this is the first controlled trial that has reported a significant mortality benefit for progenitor cell treatment. (southcarolinablues.com)
  • For individuals who have refractory angina who receive progenitor cell therapy, the evidence includes phase 2 trials and a phase 3 pivotal trial. (southcarolinablues.com)
  • Additional larger trials are needed to determine whether progenitor cell therapy improves health outcomes in patients with refractory angina. (southcarolinablues.com)
  • 1 Treatment with progenitor cells (i.e., stem cells) offers potential benefits beyond those of standard medical care, including the potential for repair and/or regeneration of damaged myocardium. (southcarolinablues.com)
  • These advantages have established autologous HSCT as one of the standard second-line treatments for such diseases as lymphoma. (wikipedia.org)
  • this is used in both autologous and allogenic HSCT. (bdbiosciences.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)
  • His research focus is on haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and translational research of normal and malignant stem cells. (edu.au)
  • Peripheral blood lymphocytes were analysed by flow cytometry, ELISA, and T-cell-receptor spectratyping before and after transplantation. (northwestern.edu)
  • 3 Autologous stem cell transplantation almost exclusively uses peripheral blood, while for allogeneic SCT, T-lymphocytes in the peripheral blood could pose some danger. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • Samples of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) were obtained from ten normal untreateddonors and 18 normal donors treated with G-CSF. (fliphtml5.com)
  • These results suggest that the exposure to environmental pollutants in utero affects genetic constitution of fetus and increases MN values in their body cells, which is detectable right after birth in peripheral blood lymphocytes. (go.jp)
  • Recent studies have shown that soluble factors elaborated by human T lymphocytes enhance erythroid burst formation by human peripheral blood null cells. (shengsci.com)
  • Activation-induced cell death of human melanoma specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes is mediated by apoptosis-inducing factor. (uchc.edu)
  • Rescuing melanoma epitope-specific cytolytic T lymphocytes from activation-induced cell death, by SP600125, an inhibitor of JNK: implications in cancer immunotherapy. (uchc.edu)
  • The microenvironment, consisting of lymphocytes, macrophages, fibroblasts, endothelial elements, and stroma in which hematopoietic cells reside, creates a regulatory niche that determines the local area network. (medscape.com)
  • There was 93% donor T-lymphocytes, 20% donor B-lymphocytes, and 5% donor myeloid cells, indicative of some donor stem cell engraftment. (frontiersin.org)
  • PNP is expressed at high levels in lymphocytes and causes the release of ribose phosphate by converting inosine to hypoxanthine, guanosine to guanine, and deoxyguanosine to guanine. (frontiersin.org)
  • We also investigated the relationship between the number of SSClo CD45(dim) CD34(hi) cells, SSClo ALDH(br) cells and engraftment. (ogu.edu.tr)
  • Cell therapy is a potential new treatment for post MI patients, but the main challenges are : the necessity to preserve immune competency and to gain adequate nutrition and homing signals necessary for stem cells' engraftment and survival. (escardio.org)
  • Repair of scar tissue constitutes a challenge for cardiac stem cell therapy due to lack of adequate nutrition and homing signals necessary for stem cells' engraftment and survival. (escardio.org)
  • 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)
  • However, HLA-identical sibling stem cell infusions in ADA-SCID result in some donor stem cell engraftment and long-term thymopoiesis. (frontiersin.org)
  • Allogeneic stem cell transplant in renal failure: engraftment and prolonged survival, but high incidence of neurologic toxicity. (uchicago.edu)
  • Stem cells are collected once before the initial transplant and half are used for each procedure. (cancertreatmenttoday.org)
  • After stem cell collection, EDAP (etoposide, dexamethasone, cytarabine, cisplatin) was given to enhance reduction of tumor cells prior to high-dose therapy (melphalan 200 mg/m²) and autologous transplant. (cancertreatmenttoday.org)
  • The second course of high-dose therapy and transplant was performed 3 to 6 months later. (cancertreatmenttoday.org)
  • The issue of allogeneic after autologous transplant is reviewed under a separate heading. (cancertreatmenttoday.org)
  • A stem cell transplant is a procedure in which a person receives blood stem cells, which make any type of blood cell. (scdstudies.com)
  • At 4 years of age and 29 months post-transplant, the patient demonstrated normal T-lymphocyte and natural killer cell numbers. (frontiersin.org)
  • Fludarabine and melphalan-based conditioning for patients with advanced hematological malignancies relapsing after a previous hematopoietic stem cell transplant. (uchicago.edu)
  • Performance status and comorbidity predict transplant-related mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. (uchicago.edu)
  • Phase I study of dose-escalated busulfan with fludarabine and alemtuzumab as conditioning for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant: reduced clearance at high doses and occurrence of late sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/veno-occlusive disease. (uchicago.edu)
  • Patterns and kinetics of T-cell chimerism after allo transplant with alemtuzumab-based conditioning: mixed chimerism protects from GVHD, but does not portend disease recurrence. (uchicago.edu)
  • Clinicopathologic features of late-onset veno-occlusive disease/sinusoidal obstruction syndrome after high dose intravenous busulfan and hematopoietic cell transplant. (uchicago.edu)
  • T-cell-depleted allogeneic transplant without donor leukocyte infusions results in excellent long-term survival in patients with multiply relapsed Lymphoma. (uchicago.edu)
  • Second autologous stem cell transplantation for relapsed lymphoma after a prior autologous transplant. (uchicago.edu)
  • Pilot study of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in allogeneic transplant: CGA captures a high prevalence of vulnerabilities in older transplant recipients. (uchicago.edu)
  • Patients underwent dose-intense immune suppression and autologous haemopoietic stem-cell (CD34) infusion. (northwestern.edu)
  • 4 CD34 expression is historically related to hematopoietic cells and it is considered as the marker of HSCs. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • An accurate measurement of CD34 is critical for dose requirement protocols in stem cell transplantation. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • 6 Fluorochrome-conjugated monoclonal antibodies directed against CD34 molecule can be used to identify CD34+ cells by flow cytometry. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • The BD ® Stem Cell Enumeration (SCE) Kit provides simultaneous enumeration of viable dual-positive CD45+/CD34+ hematopoietic stem cell populations in CD34+ absolute counts (cells/µL) as well as the percentage of the total viable leucocyte count that is CD34+ (%CD34). (bdbiosciences.com)
  • Single-platform flow cytometric absolute cell counting protocols have been shown to provide increased robustness of CD34 enumeration by limiting potential sources of imprecision. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • We could not find a relationship between the transplanted SSClo CD45(dim) CD34(hi) cell dose or SSClo ALDH(br) cell dose and platelet or neutrophil recovery. (ogu.edu.tr)
  • The optimal thresholds for SSClo CD45(dim) CD34(hi) cells were 5.40 x 106/kg for neutrophil recovery and 7.22 x 106/kg for platelet recovery. (ogu.edu.tr)
  • According to our data, numbers of SSClo ALDH(br) cells are in very good agreement with numbers of SSClo CD45(dim) CD34(hi) cells and can be a predictor of stem cell mobilization. (ogu.edu.tr)
  • The patients were evaluated based on PBSC mobilization and collection parameters, including overall collection results, CD34 + cell levels in peripheral blood, leukapheresis (LP) delays, overall number of LP sessions, and the rate of rescue mobilization with plerixafor. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Enrichment of PBSCT by purification of CD34+stem cells fails to produce superior clinical benefits. (fliphtml5.com)
  • The preparative regimen included high-dose (131)I-MIBG on day -20, followed by fludarabine (Flu), thiotepa, and melphalan (Mel) from day -8 to -1. (lu.se)
  • Conditioning regimens consisted of high-dose melphalan (MEL) with or without total body irradiation (TX1 = 35) and MEL as the first preparative regim. (shengsci.com)
  • Phase I-II study of clofarabine-melphalan-alemtuzumab conditioning for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. (uchicago.edu)
  • It may be autologous (the patient's own stem cells are used), allogeneic (the stem cells come from a donor) or syngeneic (from an identical twin). (wikipedia.org)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation may be autologous (using the patient's own cells) or allogeneic (using cells from a donor). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Nuclear transfer efficiency is enhanced by introduction of compatible cytoplasm or mitochondrial DNA (same species or similar to donor cell or nucleus). (justia.com)
  • She received a matched sibling donor unconditioned stem cell infusion at 16 months of age. (frontiersin.org)
  • Identification by random forest method of HLA class I amino acid substitutions associated with lower survival at day 100 in unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplantation. (uchicago.edu)
  • The drying and scarring effects of the attack by the donor cells can affect the inside of the mouth and the esophagus (from the throat to the stomach), causing them to become excessively dry and damaged. (drcremers.com)
  • This way of making iPSCs from adult cells circumvents the need to destroy an embryo from living donor. (bmrat.org)
  • Quizartinib and its active metabolite (AC886) inhibit FLT3 kinase activity, preventing autophosphorylation of the receptor, thereby inhibiting downstream FLT3 receptor signaling and blocking FLT3-ITD-dependent cell proliferation. (medscape.com)
  • Such immune dysfunction may be due to a disorder in thymic output function (in particular in young patients), which results in a lower level of naive T-cells in the peripheral blood available for an immune response to the proliferation and abnormal expression of the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Splenomegaly might reflect dramatic G-CSF-inducedG-CSF stimulation also in multiple studies shows faster recovery of Hox11+ stem cell proliferation. (fliphtml5.com)
  • The proliferation and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells give rise to progeny that can populate the entire immunologic and hematopoietic systems through committed progenitors of both the lymphoid and myeloid lineages. (medscape.com)
  • Additional processes in which mitochondria are involved include heat production, storage of calcium ions, calcium signaling, programmed cell death (apoptosis) and cellular proliferation. (justia.com)
  • Both MDSC phenotypes pre-ASCT but not post-ASCT similarly suppressed in vitro autologous T and natural killer T cell proliferation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • MDSCs are characterized by myeloid origin, immature state, and most importantly by their potent ability to suppress different aspects of immune responses, especially T cell proliferation and cytokine production [ 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Outcomes of patients with AML and MDS who relapse or progress after reduced intensity allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. (uchicago.edu)
  • Pretreatment C-reactive protein is a predictor for outcomes after reduced-intensity allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. (uchicago.edu)
  • The patient's own stored stem cells are then transfused into his/her bloodstream, where they replace destroyed tissue and resume the patient's normal blood-cell production. (wikipedia.org)
  • Background: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who experience persistent multiorgan dysfunction, despite standard doses of intravenous cyclophosphamide, represent a subset of patients at high risk of early death. (northwestern.edu)
  • We investigated the safety and efficacy of immune suppression and autologous haemopoietic stem-cell infusion to treat such patients. (northwestern.edu)
  • Based on their functional outcome, co-signaling molecules can be divided as co-stimulators and co-inhibitors, which positively and negatively control the priming, growth, differentiation and functional maturation of a T-cell response. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, it seems that paracrine action of skeletal myoblasts facilitate neighboring cardiomyocytes to maintain their replicative potential and/or stimulate differentiation of native cardiac stem cells (8,9). (escardio.org)
  • Granulocyte-Colony differentiation. (fliphtml5.com)
  • Moreover, BCMA plays an essential role in regulating B cell maturation and differentiation into plasma cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This pharmacologically induced egress of HSCs into peripheral blood, called mobilization, is utilized as the preferred strategy for generating HSCs for transplantation. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • However, during stem cell mobilization and -collection, no study-specific therapeutic intervention was performed. (biomedcentral.com)
  • PBSC mobilization should be performed after induction therapy to ensure collection of a sufficient number of cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Further studies are needed to evaluate targeted therapy and immune-mediated tumor control in high-risk neuroblastoma. (lu.se)
  • The role of PD-1 and PD-L1 in T-cell immune suppression and the potential for immunotherapy via blocking PD-1 and PD-L1 in hematological malignancies are also reviewed. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, increasing data have shown that peripheral T-cell tolerance is an essential property of the specific immune response to tumor cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Various cell types have been tested experimentally for cardiac repair so far, but only those of autologous origin have yet undergone clinical testing due to immune competency. (escardio.org)
  • Transduction of CLL cells by CD40 ligand enhances an antigen-specific immune recognition by autologous T cells. (shengsci.com)
  • 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)
  • 1. Definition: GVHD develops when the donor's immune cells mistakenly attack the patient's normal cells. (drcremers.com)
  • For a long time, stem cells have been utilized to renew the immune system for radiation or chemo- therapy treated patients. (bmrat.org)
  • PD-1 is expressed on activated T cells, B cells, and myeloid cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Allogeneic blood cell transplantation following reduced-intensity conditioning is effective therapy for older patients with myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia. (uchicago.edu)
  • Large numbers of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), a mixture of monocytic and granulocytic cells, accumulate during many pathologic conditions, including cancer, infectious diseases, trauma, and sepsis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • High-dose iodine-131-metaiodobenzylguanidine with haploidentical stem cell transplantation and posttransplant immunotherapy in children with relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma. (lu.se)
  • Immunotherapy utilizing T cell immunity has become a new treatment to eliminate cancer cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has emerged as a novel immunotherapy which modifies T cells with CAR, an artificial fusion protein that incorporates an extracellular antigen recognition domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain including costimulation and signaling components [ 4 , 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In- duced pluripotent stem cells have been used to create active T cells to support cancer immunotherapy. (bmrat.org)
  • This study demonstrates that stem cell collection is feasible after prolonged induction with isatuximab-RVd without collection failures and might be further explored as induction therapy. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The ORR was 64% in patients with prior T-cell redirecting therapy. (medscape.com)
  • The American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) guidelines recommend a collection target of 3-5 × 10 6 CD34+ cells/kg. (medscape.com)
  • Five RRNB patients were enrolled: 4 with relapse (3 after autologous SCT) and 1 with induction therapy failure. (lu.se)
  • As such, stem cell therapy cannot be regarded as a valid therapeutic option for patients with cardiovascular disease in the present era of evidenced-based medicine, yet it holds great hope for the future. (escardio.org)
  • Preclinical and some small-scaled clinical trials have suggested feasibility and safety of cardiac stem cell therapy. (escardio.org)
  • Cell therapy is currently emerging as a potential new treatment for post MI patients with the assumption that recolonization of the areas of scarred myocardium with exogenously supplied surrogates or precursors of cardiomyocytes can restore function and ultimately affect clinical outcomes. (escardio.org)
  • Hematology/ Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the only potentially curative therapy, but it is only an option for select patients. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Agreement by females and males of childbearing potential to use an effective method of birth control or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through at least Six months after the last dose of protocol therapy. (scdstudies.com)
  • The present invention relates to stem cells enriched with functional mitochondria, and therapeutic methods utilizing such cells to diminish the debilitating effects of various conditions, including aging and age-related diseases as well as the debilitating effects of anti-cancer therapy treatments. (justia.com)
  • In Section II, Dr. James Griffin reviews the mechanisms that lead to activation of tyrosine kinases by mutations in AML, the consequences of that activation for the cell, and the opportunities for targeted therapy and discusses some examples of developing novel drugs (tyrosine kinase inhibitors) and their effectiveness in AML (FLT3). (ashpublications.org)
  • The only curative therapy is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, the standardization of the manufacturing process of MSC-based cell therapy medicinal products in compliance with the requirements of the local authorities is obligatory and will allow us to obtain the necessary permits for product administration according to its intended use. (mdpi.com)
  • There is an unmet need to develop novel therapies for refractory/relapsed MM. In the past few years, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified T cell therapy for MM has shown promising efficacy in preclinical and clinical studies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Furthermore, the toxicities of CAR-T cell therapy are manageable. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Several antigens have been used as targets for CAR-T cell therapy against MM, including B cell maturation antigen (BCMA), CD19, CD138, signaling lymphocytic activation molecule 7 (SLAM7), and immunoglobulin light chains. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Two main advantages of BCMA as an antigen for CAR-T therapy are the potential reduction of on-target/off-tumor toxicity and the lack of antigen-dependent reduction in CAR-T cell expansion [ 16 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It includes the possible stem cell therapy mechanisms involved and outcomes recorded so far, the limitations of using these regenerative medicines, and the progressive improvement in stem cell therapy by adopting approaches like PiggyBac, Sleeping Beauty, and the Sendai virus. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Radiation therapy uses x-rays or other high-energy rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. (marystolfacancerfoundation.org)
  • The purpose of induction therapy is to kill as many of the leukemia cells as possible and make patients go into remission. (marystolfacancerfoundation.org)
  • Once in remission with no signs of leukemia, patients enter a second phase of treatment (called continuation therapy), which tries to kill any remaining leukemia cells. (marystolfacancerfoundation.org)
  • The specific medications administered depend on the choice of therapy and whether it is supportive care only, immunosuppressive therapy, or hematopoietic cell transplantation. (medscape.com)
  • In spite of widespread use, data supporting specific practice paradigms for whole blood and component therapy transfusion are lacking, the notable exception being in the primary treatment of hemorrhagic shock. (medscape.com)
  • Expectations for patient benefits are high in these therapeutic applications. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The present invention provides stem cells enriched with healthy functional mitochondria, and therapeutic methods utilizing such cells for the alleviation of debilitating conditions, including aging, and age-related diseases as well as the debilitating effects of anti-cancer therapies in subjects in need thereof. (justia.com)
  • This is particularly apparent from the entree of high-throughput diagnostic technologies and the identification of prognostic and therapeutic targets, the introduction of therapies in genetically defined subgroups of AML, as well as the influx of investigational approaches and novel drugs into the pipeline of clinical trials that target pathogenetic mechanisms of the disease. (ashpublications.org)
  • In order to find more promising treatments to stimulate renal repair, stem cell-based technology has been proposed as a potentially therapeutic option. (biomedcentral.com)
  • So as a new therapeutic approach, stem cells are under research with a focus on reducing the burden of several kidney diseases. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Recently, stem cells are being engineered to carry therapeutic reagents to target tumor sites. (bmrat.org)
  • Candidates for HSCTs include pediatric cases where the patient has an inborn defect such as severe combined immunodeficiency or congenital neutropenia with defective stem cells, and also children or adults with aplastic anemia who have lost their stem cells after birth. (wikipedia.org)
  • Severe veno-occlusive disease after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma: report of a successfully managed case and a literature review of veno-occlusive disease. (unicatt.it)
  • Severe peripheral sensory neuropathy ranged from 2% to 9% in patients with neuroblastoma. (nih.gov)
  • Severe peripheral motor neuropathy has also been reported. (nih.gov)
  • Unituxin causes serious neurologic adverse reactions including severe neuropathic pain and peripheral neuropathy. (nih.gov)
  • G-CSF was found to mobilize both CD34+ stem cells (p=0.02)and even more dramatically mobilize Hox11+ splenic stem cells (p=0.000013) into the peripheral blood. (fliphtml5.com)
  • In addition, PD-1/PD-L1 interactions contribute to functional T-cell impairment, which fails to elicit minimal residual disease and may be related to leukemia relapse. (biomedcentral.com)
  • National Cancer Institute's First International Workshop on the Biology, Prevention, and Treatment of Relapse after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: summary and recommendations from the organizing committee. (uchicago.edu)
  • The effect of potential reinfusion of tumor cells has not been well-studied. (fresenius-kabi.com)
  • Clones from three patients with a partial response or stable disease recognized antigens expressed on renal cell carcinoma tumor cells. (aacrjournals.org)
  • CD8 + CTL-recognizing minor H antigens on tumor cells can be isolated posttransplant and could contribute to the graft- versus -tumor effect. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Rarely, tumor cells can appear as a solid tumor called an isolated granulocytic sarcoma or chloroma. (marystolfacancerfoundation.org)
  • We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of using high-dose iodine-131-metaiodobenzylguanidine ((131)I-MIBG) followed by reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) and transplantation of T cell-depleted haploidentical peripheral blood stem cells (designated haplo-SCT) to treat relapsing/refractory neuroblastoma (RRNB). (lu.se)
  • abstract: PURPOSE:M30 and M65 ELISAs are proposed as surrogate biomarkers of tumour cell death in patients and are being applied increasingly in the pharmacodynamic (PD) evaluation of anticancer drugs during clinical trials. (shengsci.com)
  • In recent years, clinical trials with stem cells have taken the emerging field in many new directions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The rapid advance of stem cell clinical trials for a broad spectrum of conditions warrants an update of the review by Trounson (2009) [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There has been a rapid surge in clinical trials involving stem cell therapies over the last two to three years and those trials are establishing the clinical pathways for an emergent new medicine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Placenta-derived stem cells are being considered for similar uses and are in Phase III clinical trial for critical limb ischemia by Israel's Pluristem Therapeutics. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We have chosen to concentrate on the emerging therapeutics that broadly involves a wide range of cell types in clinical trials registered on the National Institutes of Health's clinical trials web site. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The inferior clinical performance of CD34+-enriched and purified PBSCTs compared tounenriched PBSCTs may be explained by the omission of Hox11+ stem cells. (fliphtml5.com)
  • High-quality RCTs, powered to detect differences in clinical outcomes, are needed to answer this question. (southcarolinablues.com)
  • In clinical studies of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma, Grade 3 peripheral sensory neuropathy occurred in 2% to 9% of patients. (nih.gov)
  • Median time to an absolute neutrophil count higher than 0·5x10 9 /L and nontransfused platelet count higher than 20x10 9 /L was 9 days (range 8-11) and 11 days (10-13), respectively. (northwestern.edu)
  • The optimal thresholds for SSClo ALDH(br) cells were 6.53 x 106/kg for neutrophil recovery and 8.72 x 106/kg platelet recovery. (ogu.edu.tr)
  • Diagnosis of bladder cancer by immunocytochemical detection of minichromosome maintenance protein-2 in cells retrieved from urine. (nih.gov)
  • Qualification of M30 and M65 ELISAs as surrogate biomarkers of cell death: long term antigen stability in cancer patient plasma. (shengsci.com)
  • When a patient presents with neck lymphadenopathy and risk factors for a head and neck cancer, a fine-needle aspiration is usually advised as the initial diagnostic step, followed by excisional biopsy if squamous cell histology is excluded. (medscape.com)
  • The sCA-125 levels were significantly higher in noncancer patients than those in the cancer patients, while the pCA-125 levels showed no significant difference between the two groups. (go.jp)
  • Alemtuzumab is a monoclonal antibody that may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. (scdstudies.com)
  • When a patient is diagnosed with a blood cancer or chronic blood condition, it is often the start of a new journey that will be the beginning of great change. (rochester.edu)
  • Professor Ma heads the Blood, Stem Cell and Cancer Research Programme at St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney. (edu.au)
  • Stem cells are not only widely used for regenerative medicine, but are also considered as a useful tool for cancer treatment. (bmrat.org)
  • Cancer vaccines based on the knowledge of cancer stem cells have been studied and applied for cancer treatment. (bmrat.org)
  • It will also describe rare forms of panniculitis, such as Eosinophilic panniculitis (a pathological entity debated by many authors), Subcutaneous panniculitis T-cell lymphoma, and the different forms of the so call "Lipophagic panniculitis", encompassing respectively the febrile relapsing panniculitis of Weber-Christian disease and the non-relapsing form of Rothmann-Makai disease. (bvsalud.org)
  • Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma showing both mononucleate and binucleate Reed-Sternberg cells in a background of inflammatory cells (hematoxylin and eosin, original magnification x200). (medscape.com)
  • The image below shows pre-B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (B-ALL). (medscape.com)
  • Renal disorders are an emerging global public health issue with a higher growth rate despite progress in supportive therapies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Similarly, it opens a new path for the treatment and repair of damaged renal cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Because in order to avoid renal injury, the recovery of affected cells is as significant as preventing its progression towards end stage renal disease [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The malignant cells of ALL are lymphoid precursor cells (ie, lymphoblasts) that are arrested in an early stage of development. (medscape.com)
  • BCMA, a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily, is exclusively expressed in a subpopulation of B cells, normal plasma cells, and malignant plasma cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One to two days before your stem cell infusion, you'll take a regimen of drugs to help prevent GVHD. (drcremers.com)
  • The final analysis of the landmark French IFM-94 trial demonstrated that double transplantation led to improved survival compared with single transplantation in patients with previously untreated myeloma. (cancertreatmenttoday.org)
  • Opinions are embraced and defended, but transfusion of red blood cells has not reliably demonstrated increased survival, other than in 2 specific populations, as follows: (1) those with active hemorrhage, and (2) those with active cardiac ischemia. (medscape.com)