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ArticleCancer research2010

Interleukin-7 permits Th1/Tc1 maturation and promotes ex vivo expansion of cord blood T cells: a critical step toward adoptive immunotherapy after cord blood transplantation.

Craig C Davis, Luciana C Marti, Gregory D Sempowski, Durairaj A Jeyaraj, Paul Szabolcs

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Article in Cancer research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Molecular measurement of T cell receptor excision circles.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2013
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  16. Umbilical cord blood immunology: relevance to stem cell transplantation.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2012
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  20. The immunobiology of cord blood transplantation.The Korean journal of hematology · 2010
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Craig C DavisDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA.
Luciana C Marti
Gregory D Sempowski
Durairaj A Jeyaraj
Paul Szabolcs
Duke Medical Center · US

Funding

Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL)UC6AI058607 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAMS, R SANDERS · 2003 to 2005
$16.3M
Duke University Center for Translational ResearchP30AI051445 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI FROTHINGHAM, RICHARD · 2002 to 2006
$8.1M
Immune Reconstitution After Cord Blood TransplantationR01HL091749 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI KOMANDURI, KRISHNA V., SZABOLCS, PAUL · 2008 to 2011
$1.6M
Graft Engineering and Immunotherapy After Unrelated Cord Blood TransplantationR01CA132110 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SZABOLCS, PAUL · 2007 to 2011
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA132110NCI NIH HHS R01-CA132110NHLBI NIH HHS 7R01HL091749NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL091749NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI051445NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI51445NIAID NIH HHS UC6 AI058607NIAID NIH HHS UC6 AI58607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Donor leukocyte infusions (DLI) in the allogeneic hematopoietic transplant setting can provide a clinically relevant boost of immunity to reduce opportunistic infections and to increase graft-versus-leukemia activity. Despite significant advances in applicability, DLI has not been available for single-unit recipients of unrelated cord blood transplant. Ex vivo expansion of cord blood T cells can be achieved with interleukin (IL)-2 and CD3/CD28 costimulatory beads. However, significant apoptosis occurs in proliferating T cells, diminishing the yield and skewing the CD4/CD8 ratio in the T-cell population, jeopardizing the potential efficacy of DLI. In this study, we show that interleukin (IL)-7 not only reduces apoptosis of activated T lymphocytes and enhances their proliferation but also promotes functional maturation, leading to secretion of IFN-gamma and other key cytokines. Recognizing that infused T lymphocytes will need to meet microbial antigens in secondary lymphoid organs to generate effectors, we also show that expansion with IL-7 promotes the preservation of a polyclonal broad T-cell receptor repertoire and a surface phenotype that favors lymph node homing. Expanded lymphocytes lack alloreactivity against recipient and other allogeneic cells, indicating a favorable safety profile from graft-versus-host disease. Nevertheless, expanded T cells can be primed subsequently against lymphoid and myeloid leukemia cells to generate tumor-specific cytotoxic T cells. Taken together, our findings offer a major step in fulfilling critical numerical and biological requirements to quickly generate a DLI product ex vivo using a negligible fraction of a cord blood graft that provides a flexible adoptive immunotherapy platform for both children and adults.

Indexed as

CD28 AntigensCD3 ComplexCD40 LigandFetal BloodHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveInterleukin-7Leukemia, LymphoidLeukemia, MyeloidLymphocyte ActivationPerforinReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaTh1 CellsT-LymphocytesT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9CD28 AntigensCD3 ComplexCD40 LigandInterleukin-7PerforinReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9

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PMID20530666
PMCPMC2896454
OpenAlexW2079367392

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