Improving clinical outcomes using adoptively transferred immune cells from umbilical cord blood

Patrick J. Hanley, Conrad Russell Cruz, Elizabeth J. Shpall, Catherine M. Bollard

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Abstract

Because of the necessary immunodepletion prior to cord blood transplantation as well as the immaturity of cord blood immune cells, recipients experience a high incidence of viral infection in addition to complications observed after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, such as relapse and graft-versus-host disease. We describe current immunotherapeutic approaches to treating these complications, including the generation of antigen-specific T cells from cord blood, redirecting cord blood T cells using chimeric antigen receptors, and generating cord blood-derived natural killer cells and regulatory T cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)713-720
Number of pages8
JournalCytotherapy
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2010

Keywords

  • Immune reconstitution
  • Immunotherapy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology
  • Oncology
  • Genetics(clinical)
  • Cell Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Transplantation

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