• Baxter International recognized the potential of cell therapy and signed an agreement which resulted in significant investment with Slavin at Hadassah Medical Center for further development of new approaches based on cell therapy for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, and organ transplantation based on new methods for regulation rather than non-specific suppression of the immune system. (wikipedia.org)
  • EPF has been reported in association with infections, in particular AIDS, medications, autoimmune diseases, as well as autologous peripheral blood stem cell and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. (pgdue.com)
  • Successes and failures of stem cell transplantation in autoimmune diseases. (unibas.ch)
  • Secondary autoimmune diseases occurring after HSCT for an autoimmune disease : a retrospective study of the EBMT Autoimmune Disease Working Party. (unibas.ch)
  • Why should mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) cure autoimmune diseases? (cellsurgicalnetwork.com)
  • More research teams are accelerating the use of other types of adult stem cells, in particular neural stem cells for diseases where beneficial outcome could result from either in-lineage cell replacement or extracellular factors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cord blood stem cell transplants have now been successfully given to treat patients with more than 70 diseases. (mastercellbank.com)
  • The HUCMSCs derived different donors have individual heterogeneity, which potentially lead to distinct therapeutic outcomes in mouse liver fibrosis, indicating we could make use of the donor-variation of MSCs to screen out guaranteed general indicators of MSCs for specific diseases in further stem cell therapy. (researchsquare.com)
  • The Department of Neurology deals with various diseases that affect the central nervous system (e.g., the cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord), peripheral nerves, and muscles. (keio.ac.jp)
  • and hence being tested in four main areas: tissue regeneration for cartilage, bone, muscle, tendon and neuronal cells for treatment of immune diseases such as RA, MS, etc. (myradiary.com)
  • One emerging treatment option for several antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases is the anti-CD38 antibody daratumumab, which depletes autoantibody-secreting plasma cells. (bmj.com)
  • 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)
  • Autoimmune diseases are usually complex and multifactorial, characterized by aberrant production of autoreactive immune cells and/or autoantibodies against healthy cells and tissues. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases has not been clearly elucidated. (frontiersin.org)
  • These relationships have been studied in various autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), systemic sclerosis (SSc), type 1 diabetes (T1D), Grave's disease (GD), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), aplastic anemia (AA), and vitiligo. (frontiersin.org)
  • In each of these diseases, genes that play a role in the proliferation or activation of CD8+ T cells have been found to be affected by epigenetic modifications. (frontiersin.org)
  • Various cytokines, transcription factors, and other regulatory molecules have been found to be differentially methylated in CD8+ T cells in autoimmune diseases. (frontiersin.org)
  • Autoimmune diseases are complex diseases characterized by the loss of immunological tolerance to self-antigens and sustained aberrant immunological response against healthy cells and tissues, leading ultimately to the overproduction of autoreactive immune cells and/or autoantibodies ( 1 , 2 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • It is becoming evident that both the innate and the adaptive immune response are involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases ( 4 ), especially adaptive immune response. (frontiersin.org)
  • Traditionally, the roles of B lymphocytes and CD4+ T lymphocytes in autoimmune diseases have already been widely studied and are well recognized. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, mounting evidence has suggested that CD8+ T cells, in particular, play an important role in the induction, progression, pathogenesis, and protection for autoimmune diseases ( 5 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • In autoimmune diseases, these target cells killed by autoreactive CD8+ T cells can release numerous autoantigens to induce the overproduction of autoantibodies, and finally lead to the death of self-cells. (frontiersin.org)
  • In recent years, developments in stem cell (SC) biology and regenerative medicine have revealed that SCs unexpectedly can be used to treat autoimmune diseases. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Solid tumors, autoimmune diseases, graft versus host disease (GvHD), genetic diseases and neurodegenerative diseases are investigated using many types of autologous and allogeneic cells with rapidly evolving cell engineering and editing approaches. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • He has successfully taken research discoveries to the bedside and has been instrumental in establishing many of the clinicial HSCT procedures and current clinical trials including HSCT for severe autoimmune diseases and HIV. (edu.au)
  • Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation is used as a treatment for different hemic diseases and some autoimmune disorders. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • Sadan O, Melamed E, Offen D. Bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy for neurodegenerative diseases. (jamanetwork.com)
  • Sadan O, Shemesh N, Cohen Y, Melamed E, Offen D. Adult neurotrophic factor-secreting stem cells: a potential novel therapy for neurodegenerative diseases. (jamanetwork.com)
  • Research so far has proved that stem cells have the capability to treat human diseases therapeutically. (advancells.com)
  • Thereby, providing a replacement source of cells to treat any serious diseases. (advancells.com)
  • However, stem cell therapies spark skepticism because the range of diseases for which there are proven uses for stem cells is pretty limited. (advancells.com)
  • Although this form of transplant offers the best chance of curing a number of blood cancers and other serious diseases, it is much riskier than autologous transplants. (advancells.com)
  • More recently, he's been working on the use of multi-potent mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in regenerative medicine for the treatment of neurological, systemic, and orthopedic disorders. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are many studies involving autologous therapies and some allogenic therapies, based on the recovery of mobilized bone marrow cells, including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and adipose derived stem cells that also include the stromal or adherent cell type that has an MSC phenotype. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The public clinical trials database http://clinicaltrials.gov shows 123 clinical trials using MSCs for a very wide range of therapeutic applications (Figure 1 ), the majority of which are in Phase I (safety studies), Phase II (proof of concept for efficacy in human patients), or a mixture of PhaseI/II studies (Figure 2 ). (biomedcentral.com)
  • 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)
  • The use of patient's own bone marrow aspirates, hematopoietic stem cells and MSCs, for heart muscle tissue repair can be puzzling because these cells do not normally contribute to the cardiac lineage types that are desired. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) the most significant stem cells for cell therapy were first isolated and characterized in 1974 and have been used in the clinic since 2004. (mastercellbank.com)
  • MSCs are multipotent stromal cells that make and restore skeletal tissue and can differentiate into diverse cell types: bone, cartilage, muscle and fat. (mastercellbank.com)
  • Bone marrow was the original and most common source of MSCs and they are also found in Wharton's Jelly, Cord Blood, Adipose Tissue, Molar Teeth, Amniotic Fluid and Peripheral Blood. (mastercellbank.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs)‐based therapy brings the reassuring capability to regenerative medicine through their self‐renewal and multilineage potency. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Accordingly, pre-conditioning of MSCs is strongly suggested to upgrade their performances in vivo, leading to more favored transplantation efficacy in regenerative medicine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although there is no particular quantitative assay to provide MSCs identification in mixed cells population [ 8 ], the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) has provided minimum principles to determine MSCs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, natural MSCs in vivo survival and their biological effects on tissue recovery decrease with long-term cultivation called aging and also injected cells demonstrate poor targeted migration [ 21 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been widely tested for treating a variety of refectory medical indications such as type 1 diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease due to their multiple differentiation potentials and immunomodulation capability [1-5]. (researchsquare.com)
  • Over the past few years, MSCs researches have achieved some inspiring results and some of which moved up to clinic period from preclinical phases, resulting in the marketing approval of a few cell-based therapy products (CTPs) by different national regulatory authorities [18]. (researchsquare.com)
  • We established a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) grade cell facility to produce clinic-grade human umbilical cord derived MSCs (HUCMSCs) for treating premature ovarian failure (POF) and recurrent uterine adhesion [18, 20]. (researchsquare.com)
  • To learn more about stem cells, do watch this video in which Dr. Riordan discusses about mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) harvested from fat tissue and the role they play in reducing inflammation, repairing tissue and modulating the immune system. (myradiary.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are adult stem cells that can be isolated from most adult tissues, including bone marrow, adipose, liver, amniotic fluid, lung, skeletal muscle and kidney. (myradiary.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have been shown to counter rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune hepatitis, and systemic sclerosis [ 8 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Due to their immunomodulatory properties, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have come into focus as a potential therapeutic concept. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of MSCs on the phenotype, cytokine profile, and functionality of naive and non-naive CD4 + T-cells from healthy donors (HD) and patients with autoimmune arthritis under Th17-cytokine polarizing conditions in an explorative way using a transwell system prohibiting any cell-cell-contact. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Magnetically isolated naive and non-naive CD4 + T-cells were stimulated under Th17-polarizing proinflammatory cytokine conditions in presence and absence of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). (biomedcentral.com)
  • In isolated naive CD4 + T-cells from HD and patients, MSCs suppressed the differentiation of naive towards an effector phenotype while memory and naive cells showed higher percentages in culture with MSCs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In patients, MSCs significantly decreased the proportion of IL-9 and IL-17 producing effector T-cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The results of the study indicate significant immunomodulatory properties of MSCs, as under Th17-polarizing conditions MSCs are still able to control T-cell differentiation and proinflammatory cytokine production in both HD and patients with autoimmune arthritis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent adult stem (or stromal) cells with the capacity of self-renewal and differentiation potential towards several mesodermal linages such as osteogenic, chondrogenic and adipogenic differentiation (more citations) [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A shift from Th1 to Th2 cells demonstrated by an increase in the levels of IL-4 has been observed upon treatment with MSCs [ 8 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are under investigation to treat autoimmune and degenerative disorders due to their immunomodulatory and regenerative properties. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study aims to verify the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of MSCs treatment in canine idiopathic autoimmune inflammatory disorders of the CNS. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Autologous bone marrow MSCs (BMMSCs), isolated, cultured, and expanded, were administered by intrathecal (IT) injection in the cisterna magna intravenously (IV) and by intra-arterial (IA) injection in the right carotid artery. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have immunomodulatory properties. (nature.com)
  • Therefore, we performed a phase 1/2a, single-arm clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of human umbilical cord-derived MSCs (UMSCs) in the treatment of psoriasis and to preliminarily explore the possible mechanisms. (nature.com)
  • MSCs are multipotent cells characterized by their regenerative capabilities and immunomodulatory properties. (nature.com)
  • 11 The regulatory effect of MSCs on T cells has also been demonstrated in mice models of autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis and sjogren syndrome (SS). (nature.com)
  • The transplanted cells kill any remaining cancer cells and restore the patient's immune system. (mdanderson.org)
  • While numerous teams continue to refine and expand the role of bone marrow and cord blood stem cells for their vanguard uses in blood and immune disorders, many others are looking to expand the uses of the various types of stem cells found in bone marrow and cord blood, in particular mesenchymal stem cells, to uses beyond those that could be corrected by replacing cells in their own lineage. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A significant proportion of clinical studies that are underway involve bone marrow and cord blood stem cells for blood and immune disorders [ 3 ] and cancers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cord blood is now being enriched with functional stem and progenitor cells and also immune modulatory cells. (mastercellbank.com)
  • Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) used in the treatment of cancers and other immune system disorders are found in the red bone marrow in the central part of most bones but principally in the pelvis, femur, and sternum. (mastercellbank.com)
  • Immunological tolerance is critical in preventing autoimmune disease and maintaining immune homeostasis. (myradiary.com)
  • Transduction of CLL cells by CD40 ligand enhances an antigen-specific immune recognition by autologous T cells. (shengsci.com)
  • It uses a person s own T cells, which are part of the immune system. (survivornet.com)
  • EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Peripheral blood samples from 55 patients with MDS were assessed for immune subsets, T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire, mutations in 295 acute myeloid leukemia (AML)/MDS-related genes, and immune-related gene expression profiling before and after the first treatment. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • Adaptive immune cells, including B and T cells, have been demonstrated to be primary contributors to the overactive immune response and overproduction of antibodies. (frontiersin.org)
  • MUO are mostly considered as autoimmune CNS disorders, so that suppressing the immune reaction is the best management method for patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 2 Psoriasis is a disease with innate and adaptive immune system disorder and dendritic cells, neutrophils, keratinocytes and T cells play major roles in the pathogenesis. (nature.com)
  • The proinflammatory T cells secrete inflammatory cytokines, including interferon (IFN)-γ and IL-17, which affect keratinocytes and other leukocytes that forms an amplified immune response. (nature.com)
  • The main advantage is that cord blood cells are less mature than adult stem cells, which makes it less likely for the patient's immune system to reject the transplant. (vanyahealth.com)
  • Immune reconstitution in severe combined immunodeficiency disease following lectin-treated T-cell depleted haplocompatible bone marrow transplantation. (cellsilab.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Moreover, increasing data have shown that peripheral T-cell tolerance is an essential property of the specific immune response to tumor cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • An induced state of non-reactivity to grafted tissue from a donor organism that would ordinarily trigger a cell-mediated or humoral immune response. (lookformedical.com)
  • Overview of the Immune System The immune system distinguishes self from nonself and eliminates potentially harmful nonself molecules and cells from the body. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Although some antigens (Ags) can stimulate the immune response directly, T cell-dependent acquired immune responses typically require antigen-presenting cells (APCs) to present antigen-derived peptides within major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. (msdmanuals.com)
  • they have receptors for the crystallizable fragment (Fc) region of immunoglobulin (Ig) G and for complement, which enable them to bind with immune complexes and present the complex to B cells in germinal centers of secondary lymphoid organs. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Multiple Sclerosis: Does Neural Differentiation Really Matter? (cellsurgicalnetwork.com)
  • They also can inspire angiogenesis by direct differentiation, cell-to-cell interaction, or paracrine effects. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Thioredoxin-1 regulates self-renewal and differentiation of murine hematopoietic stem cells through p53 tumor suppressor. (dukecancerinstitute.org)
  • The activation, differentiation, and development of CD8+ T cells can be affected by numerous inflammatory cytokines, transcription factors, and chemokines. (frontiersin.org)
  • The activation, differentiation, and development of CD8+ T cells is accompanied by large-scale changes in the coordinated expression of numerous inflammatory cytokines, transcription factors (TFs) and chemokines that are correlated with their survival, effector function, and self-renewal ( 7 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • In the presence of TGF-β, IL-9 may induce differentiation of naive CD4 + T-cells towards Th17 cells, while IL-9 also affects thymus-derived natural Tregs (nTregs) and enhances their suppressive function in vitro [ 26 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • When genetically susceptible individuals are exposed to infection, stress or trauma, cutaneous dendritic cells are activated to produce tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-23, which subsequently stimulate the proliferation and differentiation of proinflammatory T cells. (nature.com)
  • B lood cell differentiation begins with multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs), which are located in the marrow spaces of the bone. (nationalacademies.org)
  • These primitive cells undergo division and differentiation to form the various peripheral blood cells. (nationalacademies.org)
  • In the second part of our study, combining in-situ-hybridization and immunohistochemical methods, we were able to show that there is a migration of donor cells into the central nervous system of the recipient after peripheral blood stem cell transplantation as well as a differentiation of these cells into other cell types. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • 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)
  • Within the B-cell and T-cell categories, two subdivisions are recognized: precursor neoplasms, which correspond to the earliest stages of differentiation, and more mature differentiated neoplasms. (medscape.com)
  • Autologous graft versus host disease (GVHD) involving the skin of a patient's arm appeared shortly after signs of engraftment appeared. (medscape.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)
  • The donor's cells are not as well matched to the patient's cells as in a standard allogeneic transplant, which increases the risk of complications such as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and graft rejection. (vanyahealth.com)
  • It is used for the prophylaxis of graft rejection in organ and tissue transplantation. (lookformedical.com)
  • or actively by prior immunization of the recipient with graft antigens which evoke specific antibodies and form antigen-antibody complexes which bind to the antigen receptor sites of the T-cells and block their cytotoxic activity. (lookformedical.com)
  • These observations that confirmed the therapeutic benefits of cell therapy led to the development of new concepts for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors focusing on utilizing well-tolerated non-myeloablative stem cell transplantation as a platform for cell therapy of cancer targeting killer cells against chemotherapy-resistant malignant cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • Using procedures developed by Slavin and his team, treatment of cancer is based on bright rather than aggressive treatment with conventional chemotherapy, which is associated with immediate and late procedure-related toxicity and mortality, aiming at selective elimination of all malignant cells including cancer stem cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • We extract blood cells, treat the cancer with high-dose chemotherapy , then place the cells back into the patient. (mdanderson.org)
  • Once the cancer is less active and the patient has been pre-treated with chemotherapy (known as conditioning), he or she receives the donor's healthy stem cells. (mdanderson.org)
  • Dual expression of MYC and BCL2 proteins (double-expressor lymphoma [DEL]) as well as cell of origin (COO) are important prognostic factors in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) after conventional chemotherapy. (bvsalud.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)
  • Rituximab should be combined with the chemotherapy for more efficient cancer cell kill. (lymphomaindia.com)
  • Salvage chemotherapy followed by allogeneic stem cell transplantation. (lymphomaindia.com)
  • Approximately 30-40 % of patients with FL will eventually transform to a more aggressive form of lymphoma like Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma and may require intensive chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation. (lymphomaindia.com)
  • In this type of transplant, the patient's own stem cells are collected before the high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy is given. (vanyahealth.com)
  • After the chemotherapy and radiation therapy, the stored stem cells are thawed and returned to the patient's body. (vanyahealth.com)
  • This type of transplant is used when the patient's own cells are not damaged or diseased, but are being used as a rescue therapy after high-dose chemotherapy or radiation therapy. (vanyahealth.com)
  • Stem cells : HSCT for systemic sclerosis - swallows and summers. (unibas.ch)
  • [ 1 ] Acute GVHD describes a distinctive syndrome of dermatitis (see the image below), hepatitis, and enteritis developing within 100 days after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). (medscape.com)
  • Traditional conditioning regimens for patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) provide suboptimal outcomes, especially for older patients and those with comorbidities. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • In clinical trials, stem cell transplantation reduced the CD activity index (SMD − 2.10, P = 0.000), the CD endoscopic index of severity (SMD − 3.40, P = 0.000) and simplified endoscopy score for CD (SMD − 1.71, P = 0.000) and improved the inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire score (SMD 1.33, P = 0.305) compared to control values. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Building off experience in hematopoietic stem cell transplant and exploiting advances in genetic engineering, genome editing, immunology, immunotherapy, stem cell biology, understanding disease mechanisms and cell therapy manufacturing, considerable progress has been made with hundreds of clinical trials underway. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • T cell-targeted immunomodulators such as monoclonal antibodies against PD-1 or CTLA4 may be used in combination with CAR-T cells in clinical trials. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • Progress in therapy is usually hampered by the difficulties of inadequate positive predictive value of antibody detection and clinical scores in suspected HIT, very limited availability of practical platelet activation assays, and the paucity of new agents in human clinical trials. (immune-source.com)
  • In this article, we discuss how incretin-related drugs contribute, if at all, to vascular endothelial cell function, atherosclerosis, and beta-cell function, based on our clinical trials and previous evidence. (clinicaltdd.com)
  • Can Stem Cell Therapy be a Viable Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment? (myradiary.com)
  • Indirectly, it also leads me to think about whether stem cell therapy can be a viable alternative treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis at all. (myradiary.com)
  • In the journal, Induction of remission of severe and refractory rheumatoid arthritis by allogeneic mixed chimerism , by Burt et al, American College of Rheumatology, first published in 2004, it was reported that researchers from Northwestern University in Chicago alleged that a 52-years old woman with RA in 38 joints has successfully been treated with stem cells from a sibling. (myradiary.com)
  • Blood and Marrow Transplant Research [CIBMTR] in 2004), the European Research Project on Cord Blood Transplantation (Eurocord) in 1993, and the Japanese Cord Blood Banking Network in 1996-expedited the clinical evaluation of the efficacy and safety of transplantation of cord blood from unrelated donors. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Insights into future directions and challenges for the appropriate development of biomarkers to evaluate both product bioactivity and treatment efficacy of T cell therapy trials. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As such, innovative reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) or non-myeloablative stem cell transplantation (NST) was pioneered by Slavin for safer stem cell transplantation for the treatment of malignant and life-threatening non-malignant disorders correctable by using stem cells and post-transplant immunotherapy if indicated for all patients in need. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stem cells as therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders? (cellsurgicalnetwork.com)
  • Cell therapy, cytotherapy, cytotherapeutics has the potential to provide cures for many significant ailments and disorders by repairing and reversing disease through regenerative medicine. (mastercellbank.com)
  • Stem cell therapy has been the subject of many studies for its potential to cure many disorders. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology provides the following medical services: In the field of kidney disease, we diagnose, treat and prevent the progression of various (chronic) kidney disorders, such as diabetic nephropathy, nephrosclerosis, and renal dysfunction associated with autoimmune disease. (keio.ac.jp)
  • we provide comprehensive medical care for a variety of neurological disorders affecting the central nervous system, peripheral nerves, and muscles. (keio.ac.jp)
  • Novel antimyeloma therapeutic option with inhibition of the HDAC1-IRF4 axis and PIM kinase, Blood Advances, Vol.7, No.6, 1019-1032, 2023. (matci.jp)
  • In early 1987 Slavin introduced the concept of cancer immunotherapy using donor lymphocytes infusion (DLI) for the treatment and prevention of recurrent disease and pioneered the use of adaptive allogeneic cell-mediated immunotherapy and cytokine-activated lymphocytes for both treatment and prevention of relapse following allogeneic and autologous stem cell transplantation for hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • A hematopoietic stem cell transplant replaces faulty cells so the body can produce normal, healthy cells again. (mdanderson.org)
  • An autologous stem cell transplant uses the patient's own cells for treatment. (mdanderson.org)
  • An allogeneic stem cell transplant is similar, but we take cells from someone other than the patient. (mdanderson.org)
  • Where do allogeneic stem cell transplant donor cells come from? (mdanderson.org)
  • With a peripheral blood cell transplant, the donor receives growth factor shots to stimulate the bone marrow to push the stem cells into the blood. (mdanderson.org)
  • The cells for a cord blood transplant come from an umbilical cord collected at birth by the MD Anderson Cord Blood Bank . (mdanderson.org)
  • For many patients who don't have a well-matched, healthy donor, a cord blood transplant is a viable option. (mdanderson.org)
  • The clinical application cells began in 1956 with the first successful bone marrow transplant, performed between twins, with bone marrow taken from the healthy identical twin, and given to the other, who had leukaemia. (mastercellbank.com)
  • Its clinical introduction in 1986 replaced bone marrow (BM) as a stem cell source to almost 100% in the and to autologous approximately 75% in the allogeneic transplant setting. (mastercellbank.com)
  • The first successful cord blood stem cell transplant was performed 30 years ago in October 1988 with a boy with Fanconi anemia. (mastercellbank.com)
  • Prior to transplant, the woman was given several drugs to allow her body to accept the new cells. (myradiary.com)
  • We studied the prognostic impact of DEL and COO in patients with relapsed DLBCL treated with autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). (bvsalud.org)
  • Professor Ma holds leadership or scientific membership positions in a number of national and international scientific communities including the World Network for Blood & Marrow Transplantation (a WHO affiliated NGO), the AsiaPacific BM Transplant and the Royal College of Pathology of Australasian Quality Assurance Programme. (edu.au)
  • In this type of transplant, stem cells are taken from a donor (usually a close relative or sibling) and given to the patient. (vanyahealth.com)
  • This type of transplant is used when the patient's own cells are damaged or diseased. (vanyahealth.com)
  • Cord blood transplant is a type of allogeneic transplant that uses stem cells from the umbilical cord of a newborn baby. (vanyahealth.com)
  • However, cord blood units often have fewer stem cells than a bone marrow or peripheral blood transplant, which can increase the time it takes for the patient's blood counts to recover. (vanyahealth.com)
  • Both haploidentical BMT and cord blood transplant are considered alternative options for patients who do not have a suitable matched donor. (vanyahealth.com)
  • This occurs when the donated cells attack the patient's own cells in case of allogeneic transplant. (vanyahealth.com)
  • During the consultation, one must consider the basic criterions starting with the most suitable type of stem cell transplant, beginning with the right form of transplants and their source. (advancells.com)
  • An Autologous transplant is used to treat some types of blood cancer. (advancells.com)
  • In this therapy, the patient's own stem cells are removed from his or her bone marrow or peripheral blood before the transplant. (advancells.com)
  • Allogeneic stem transplant is another form wherein the stem cells are donated to the person from a genetically matched stem cell donor. (advancells.com)
  • Stammzelltherapie bei Autoimmunerkrankungen = Stem cell treatment of autoimmune disease. (unibas.ch)
  • Hardly a day goes by without hearing of some new cell involved in a new disease treatment: Numerous cellular immunotherapies are currently in clinical development, using natural killer cells, dendritic cells (DCs), macrophages, polyclonal or antigen-specific T cells and lymphokine-activated killer cells. (mastercellbank.com)
  • Stem cell-derived dopamine neurons for brain repair in Parkinson's disease. (mastercellbank.com)
  • In fact, groups of stem cells in some adult tissues also give rise to replacement cells that are destroyed through injury, disease or age. (myradiary.com)
  • Due to these special attributes, stem cells present huge potential to benefit different areas of disease research and management. (myradiary.com)
  • Between February 1986 and March 1990, 56 patients with relapsed Hodgkin's disease treated with high-dose cyclophosphamide, carmustine, and etoposide (CBV) received an autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation (PSCT) rather than an autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) because each patient had a marrow abnormality, either hypocellularity or tumor involvement. (shengsci.com)
  • The Tel-Abl (ETV6-Abl) tyrosine kinase, product of complex (9;12) translocations in human leukemia, induces distinct myeloproliferative disease in mice. (shengsci.com)
  • We explored whether stem cell therapy was effective for animal models and patients with Crohn's disease (CD). (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the animal studies, the disease activity index dramatically decreased in the mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) treatment groups compared to the control group. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Allogeneic stem cell transplantation should be considered for refractory disease or for very early relapsing disease. (lymphomaindia.com)
  • Particularly, NME is an idiopathic inflammatory disease of the CNS that is characterized by prominent necrosis and infiltration of inflammatory cells, including lymphocytes, plasma cells, and monocytes or histiocytes into the cerebral cortex and/or white matter, hippocampus, thalamus, and leptomeninges. (biomedcentral.com)
  • T cell therapy represents an emerging and promising modality for the treatment of both infectious disease and cancer. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although there was evidence of a response to CTD (M-protein 34 g/L), bortezomib and dexamethasone treatment was initiated as an alternative, but this was discontinued after three cycles due to progressive disease (M-protein 49 g/L). The patient was then treated with lenalidomide and dexamethasone with the aim of reducing disease burden prior to high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation. (bmj.com)
  • Moreover, T cell function becomes suppressed with disease progression. (biomedcentral.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)
  • Protective effects of neurotrophic factor-secreting cells in a 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson disease. (jamanetwork.com)
  • Sadan O, Melamed E, Offen D. Intrastriatal transplantation of neurotrophic factor-secreting human mesenchymal stem cells improves motor function and extends survival in R6/2 transgenic mouse model for Huntington's disease. (jamanetwork.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells induced to secrete neurotrophic factors attenuate quinolinic acid toxicity: a potential therapy for Huntington's disease. (jamanetwork.com)
  • To refrain from such fraudulent practices, patients must understand their present health condition and pattern of the disease because the use of stem cells rests on their ability to differentiate into an enormous range of healthy functioning adult cells. (advancells.com)
  • Clinical and laboratory observations suggest that acquired aplastic anemia is an autoimmune disease. (medscape.com)
  • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of NHL, accounting for more than 30 percent of newly diagnosed cases. (lymphomaindia.com)
  • To compare the heterogeneities of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (HUCMSCs) derived from different donors and test their therapeutic variations in mouse liver fibrosis model. (researchsquare.com)
  • Investigational cell therapies are addressing a wide range of hematological malignancies. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • This allows us to collect more cells in a short period, decrease patient/donor downtime and freeze the cells for future use. (mdanderson.org)
  • If the donor cells aren't a close enough match, the patient's body may recognize the donor cells as foreign and reject them. (mdanderson.org)
  • Or, the cells from the donor may recognize the new body as foreign and attack. (mdanderson.org)
  • Late altered organ function in very long-term survivors after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation : a paired comparison with their HLA-identical sibling donor. (unibas.ch)
  • A new cell therapy, donor lymphocyte infusion, emerged in the 1990s to ensure that the donor stem cells remain engrafted whereby lymphocytes from the blood of a donor are given to a patient who has already received a hematopoietic stem cells from the same donor. (mastercellbank.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Cord blood transplants are an alternative to using stem cells from a matched adult donor. (vanyahealth.com)
  • They come with their own set of risks and benefits, and the decision to use them will depend on the patient's specific circumstances and the availability of a suitable cord blood unit or haploidentical donor. (vanyahealth.com)
  • Donor and recipient pairs should be of identical ABO blood group, and in addition should be matched as closely as possible for HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS in order to minimize the likelihood of allograft rejection. (lookformedical.com)
  • At least 6.5 x 10(8) [corrected] mononuclear cells/kg patient weight were collected from the peripheral blood of each patient, cyropreserved, and returned intravenously following CBV administration. (shengsci.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)
  • Two died while receiving high-dose systemic corticosteroids, methotrexate, and after recent exposure to anti-tumor necrosis factor-α biological DMARDs, and 2 during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation procedure. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers hope the changed T cells will be better at recognizing and killing tumor cells. (survivornet.com)
  • The aim of adoptive T-cell therapy of cancer is to selectively confer immunity against tumor cells. (haematologica.org)
  • These genes are involved in T cell regulation, including interferons, interleukin (IL),tumor necrosis factor (TNF), as well as linker for activation of T cells (LAT), cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA4), and adapter proteins. (frontiersin.org)
  • The resultant activation of T cells is then exploited for tumor elimination. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • Patient PBMCs are collected by leukapheresis followed by enrichment approaches to isolate T cells while removing other cells such as B cells, monocytes, neutrophils, dendritic cells and contaminating tumor cells. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • The fourth generation of CAR-T design attempts to deliver cytokines to modulate the tumor microenvironment either by activating host effector T cells or hampering host suppressors and reinforcing memory T cells. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • We all have protein structures called human leukocyte antigens (HLA) on our cells' surfaces. (mdanderson.org)
  • T cells can be genetically modified to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that specifically target malignancy-associated antigens. (survivornet.com)
  • 1 T cells are engineered to express CARs through viral vectors, enabling them to recognize specific target antigens. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • Typical isoantigens are the BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS. (lookformedical.com)
  • Transplantation between genetically identical individuals, i.e., members of the same species with identical histocompatibility antigens, such as monozygotic twins, members of the same inbred strain, or members of a hybrid population produced by crossing certain inbred strains. (lookformedical.com)
  • Intracellular antigens (eg, viruses) can be processed and presented to CD8 cytotoxic T cells by any nucleated cell because all nucleated cells express class I MHC molecules. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Extracellular antigens (eg, from many bacteria) that are phagocytosed or endocytosed can be processed into peptides and complexed with surface class II MHC molecules on professional APCs, which specialize in presenting antigens to CD4 helper T (Th) cells. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Recent studies have shown that soluble factors elaborated by human T lymphocytes enhance erythroid burst formation by human peripheral blood null cells. (shengsci.com)
  • We investigated the use of human CD20 as suicide gene in T-lymphocytes. (haematologica.org)
  • 3 Autologous lymphocytes genetically modified with the TCR for MART-1/Melan-A have been adoptively transferred to patients with advanced melanoma. (haematologica.org)
  • 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)
  • CD8+ T cells, also called cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), are one subtype of T cell ( 6 ), characterized by robust production of interferon (IFN)-γ and cytolytic activities via perforin (PRF)/granzymes (GZM) or Fas mechanisms to kill target cells ( 7 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • We have constructed a novel anti-BCMA CAR that can specifically recognize BCMA- expressing target cells in vitro and eradicate BCMA-expressing tumors in mice. (survivornet.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)
  • Both MDSC phenotypes pre-ASCT but not post-ASCT similarly suppressed in vitro autologous T and natural killer T cell proliferation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • RIC or NST made it possible to apply much safer curative stem cell transplantation for every patient in need with no lower or upper age restriction, including patients with less than optimal clinical conditions that would not be eligible for the standard myeloablative stem cell transplantation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in patients with multiple sclerosis: a pilot study. (cellsurgicalnetwork.com)
  • Many alkylating cytotoxic agents, which cyclophoshpamide (CP) is a member, have been well documented to be effective in management of many human malignancies in order to improve quality of life and extend patients life span (Philip et al. (researchwap.com)
  • Autologous T cells genetically modified to express CARs targeting the B-cell antigen B-lymphocyte antigen CD19 (CD19) have caused complete remissions in a small number of patients with leukemia or lymphoma. (survivornet.com)
  • Determine the safety and feasibility of administering T cells expressing an anti-BCMA CAR to patients with MM. (survivornet.com)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the only potentially curative therapy, but it is only an option for select patients. (cancernetwork.com)
  • CD patients maintained high remission rates for 3-24 months after transplantation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Differential diagnoses include cryoglobulinemia, warfarin-induced necrosis, purpura fulminans, emboli to the skin, thrombocythemia, protein C deficiency, Sneddon syndrome, and skin ulcers in patients with sickle cell anemia or hemolytic anemia. (medscape.com)
  • Another example is "primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma" which often occurs in younger patients and grows rapidly in the chest (mediastinum) Often, the first sign of DLBCL is a painless rapid swelling in the neck, armpit, or groin, which is caused by enlarged lymph nodes. (lymphomaindia.com)
  • The importance of proinflammatory T-cells and their cytokine production in patients with autoimmune arthritis has been widely described. (biomedcentral.com)
  • IL-9 and Th9 cells are overexpressed in synovial tissue while proportion of Th9 cells are increased in peripheral blood from RA patients [ 28 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • After UMSC transplantation (UMSCT), the frequencies of Tregs and CD4 + memory T cells were significantly increased, and the frequencies of T helper (Th) 17 and CD4 + naive T cells were significantly decreased in peripheral blood (PB) of psoriasis patients. (nature.com)
  • The clinical presentation of patients with aplastic anemia includes signs and symptoms related to the decrease in bone marrow production of hematopoietic cells. (medscape.com)
  • We examined histopathological changes in the central nervous system of 19 patients who underwent autopsy studies following peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • The histological features of patients having received a stem cell transplantation were compared to patients who had not received any such treatment. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • Autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemia: Results and prognostic factors in 90 consecutive patients. (cellsilab.com)
  • To describe the psychological suffering developed by patients transplanted with hematopoietic stem cells from a referral service in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. (bvsalud.org)
  • and umbilical cord blood (PUCB), capable of 2017), associated with the results of the procedure restoring spinal cord function and immunology of and require a process of hospitalization and patients with indication for transplantation, with the prolonged hospital recovery. (bvsalud.org)
  • Also, drastic changes in daily living habits, qualified and responsible for the implementation of changes in body image, long duration of treatment, HSCT since 2004, agreed to the Brazilian Unified periods of hospitalization and protective isolation, Health System, which meets the needs of the feeling of loss of control, fear of death and lack of patients with an indication for transplantation. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, safety of autologous stem cells (Cells taken from the patients' body) has been established through various trials across the globe. (advancells.com)
  • Cell administration route, procedure and timings are the other criteria to be considered before opting for the transplantation because the closer the cells are delivered to the target area, the more effective it will be for the patients. (advancells.com)
  • However, the patients must understand that stem cell transplants turn out to be successful in 50-60 per cent cases and that too just in improving the condition of the patient. (advancells.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)
  • To understand the different types of stem cell transplants and how they work, we spoke with Borje S. Andersson, M.D., Ph.D. Here's what he had to say. (mdanderson.org)
  • What are the types of stem cell transplants? (mdanderson.org)
  • Stem cell transplants fall into two categories: autologous and allogeneic. (mdanderson.org)
  • With more than 6,000 transplants of cord blood from related and unrelated donors performed thus far, cord blood has emerged as an acceptable, alternative source of HPCs that has some advantages over adult sources of HPCs and the availability of which represents an important development in the field. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Dominant Epstein-Barr virus-specific T-cell responses are maintained during moderate and intense immunosuppressive treatment. (unibas.ch)
  • Mechanisms of oxidative damage in multiple sclerosis and a cell therapy approach to treatment. (cellsurgicalnetwork.com)
  • RESULTS: Clinical responders treated with IMT ± HMA but not HMA alone showed a significant expansion of central memory (CM) CD8+ T cells, diverse TCRß repertoire pretreatment with increased clonality and emergence of novel clones after the initial treatment, and a higher mutation burden pretreatment with subsequent reduction posttreatment. (bvsalud.org)
  • CAR-T cells, which incorporate an antibody-derived extracellular receptor and T cell derived intracellular signaling domains, have shown convincing outcomes in certain types of leukemia and lymphoma, including commercial licensure of CD19 CAR-Ts for the treatment of relapsed/ refractory large B cell lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • Treatment was frequently interrupted and dose adjusted to account for neutropenia and despite a minor response after six cycles (starting M-protein 47 g/L, finishing M-protein 34 g/L), in October 2009, she proceeded with stem cell mobilisation. (bmj.com)
  • Systemic treatment with adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells ameliorates clinical and pathological features in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis murine model. (jamanetwork.com)
  • Widely accepted as the future of medical technology, the Indian market potential for stem cell treatment is slated to be in the range of US$ 500 million. (advancells.com)
  • Stem cell treatment has been widely accepted as the future of medical technology, therapy and any kind of treatment for health hazards. (advancells.com)
  • As a consumer, it is necessary to discuss the issue with a health specialist on all the available conventional treatment modalities before trying something as experimental as stem cells. (advancells.com)
  • At present, only guidelines are doing the rounds, which have resulted in the escalation of many clinics, hospitals, and nursing homes, claiming successful treatment by stem cell therapy. (advancells.com)
  • Peripheral blood samples were collected for measuring monocytic (M-) MDSCs (CD14 pos HLA-DR low/neg ) and early-stage (E-) MDSCs (Lin neg HLA-DR neg CD33 pos CD11b pos ) before and after ASCT. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We propose that targeting CSF1R on these cells may improve the results of ASCT in MM. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) affects serious risks for the patient, including death. (bvsalud.org)
  • HSCT make it an aggressive process, causing consists of painless intravenous infusion of healthy toxicity and can generate significant complications hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) extracted from bone and several side effects adding feelings of worry, marrow (BM), peripheral blood (PB) and placental anguish, anxiety, among others (KUBA et al. (bvsalud.org)
  • Diarrhea in acute GHVD is green, mucoid, watery, and mixed with exfoliated cells forming fecal casts. (medscape.com)
  • Previous studies have shown that children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who developed mixed chimerism (MC) were at high risk for relapse after allogeneic stem-cell transplantation (allo-SCT). (shengsci.com)
  • Overall, the present data suggest that acute repair of neonatal peripheral nerves with fibrin sealant results in neuroprotection and regeneration of motor and sensory axons. (hindawi.com)
  • Enhancement of human erythroid progenitor cell growth by media conditioned by a human t-lymphocyte line. (shengsci.com)
  • As the cells reproduce, they commit to a particular task or cell line and become known as committed progenitor cells . (nationalacademies.org)
  • Peripheral blood stem cell transplantations (PBSCT) are now the most common cell therapy procedure. (mastercellbank.com)
  • The cell therapy industry is rapidly expanding. (mastercellbank.com)
  • 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)
  • Stem cell transplantation is a valuable supplementary therapy for CD. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Several studies have evaluated the safety and effectiveness of CD stem cell therapy, but the results remain controversial. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Tremendous advances have been made in cell therapy in the past decade. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • A common theme in cell therapy is the need to characterize and understand cell phenotypes and heterogeneity at every step of the process. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • For all eight dogs, the owners considered euthanasia but accepted cell therapy as a last possibility. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the context of cell therapy trials, the definition of biomarkers can be extended to include a description of parameters of the cell product that are important for product bioactivity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This review will focus on biomarker studies as they relate to T cell therapy trials, and more specifically: i. (biomedcentral.com)
  • An overview and description of categories and classes of biomarkers that are specifically relevant to T cell therapy trials, and ii. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 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)
  • It is important for the patient to answer the basic questions of whether I am a candidate for stem cell therapy, (2) What kind of cells do I need? (advancells.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)
  • These trials showed that these therapeutic agents did not improve endothelial cell function. (clinicaltdd.com)
  • These results indicate that further investigation is needed to analyse risk and benefit of peripheral blood stem cell transplantation used for new therapeutic indications. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • Dendritic cells are present in the skin (as Langerhans cells), lymph nodes, and tissues throughout the body. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Dendritic cells in the skin act as sentinel APCs, taking up antigen, then traveling to local lymph nodes where they can activate T cells. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Follicular dendritic cells are a distinct lineage (a different cell type than conventional dendritic cells), do not express class II MHC molecules, and therefore do not present antigen to Th cells. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In addition to allogeneic HCT, procedures associated with high risk of GVHD include transplantation of solid organs containing lymphoid tissue and transfusion of unirradiated blood products. (medscape.com)
  • Less than a decade ago, adult stem cells were still believed to have intrinsic limitations as to their ability to become other types of cells (believed to be limited to becoming only blood cells). (myradiary.com)
  • What is radically new and is causing a change in the way we view health and wellness is the discovery that adult stem cells in the bone marrow have the ability to become virtually any kind of cell types in the body. (myradiary.com)