Therapeutic potential of induced and natural FoxP3(+) regulatory T cells for the treatment of Graft-versus-host disease
Standard
Therapeutic potential of induced and natural FoxP3(+) regulatory T cells for the treatment of Graft-versus-host disease. / Prinz, Immo; Koenecke, Christian.
In: ARCH IMMUNOL THER EX, Vol. 60, No. 3, 06.2012, p. 183-90.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Review article › Research
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Therapeutic potential of induced and natural FoxP3(+) regulatory T cells for the treatment of Graft-versus-host disease
AU - Prinz, Immo
AU - Koenecke, Christian
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) remains a major complication after allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell-transplantation. Present GvHD prophylaxis and treatment is still based on unspecific immunosuppressive drug therapy. Over the last decade, the potential of cell-based therapies involving the infusion of regulatory T cells has emerged as a feasible alternative approach for the treatment and prevention of GvHD. Here we review current efforts to translate data obtained in rodent models into clinical trials. Special emphasis is placed on the variety of strategies to generate sufficient numbers of alloantigen-specific regulatory T cells for adoptive cell therapy. This can be achieved either by expansion or by induction of a regulatory phenotype in naive T cells. Stability of the immunosuppressive phenotype of transferred regulatory T cells even in the highly inflammatory environment of acute GvHD will be thereby a critical parameter for actual therapeutic application.
AB - Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) remains a major complication after allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell-transplantation. Present GvHD prophylaxis and treatment is still based on unspecific immunosuppressive drug therapy. Over the last decade, the potential of cell-based therapies involving the infusion of regulatory T cells has emerged as a feasible alternative approach for the treatment and prevention of GvHD. Here we review current efforts to translate data obtained in rodent models into clinical trials. Special emphasis is placed on the variety of strategies to generate sufficient numbers of alloantigen-specific regulatory T cells for adoptive cell therapy. This can be achieved either by expansion or by induction of a regulatory phenotype in naive T cells. Stability of the immunosuppressive phenotype of transferred regulatory T cells even in the highly inflammatory environment of acute GvHD will be thereby a critical parameter for actual therapeutic application.
KW - Adoptive Transfer/methods
KW - Animals
KW - Cells, Cultured
KW - Clinical Trials as Topic
KW - Forkhead Transcription Factors/immunology
KW - Graft vs Host Disease/etiology
KW - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects
KW - Humans
KW - Isoantigens/immunology
KW - Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
KW - Mice
KW - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
U2 - 10.1007/s00005-012-0172-3
DO - 10.1007/s00005-012-0172-3
M3 - SCORING: Review article
C2 - 22476537
VL - 60
SP - 183
EP - 190
JO - ARCH IMMUNOL THER EX
JF - ARCH IMMUNOL THER EX
SN - 0004-069X
IS - 3
ER -