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ArticlePloS one2015

Adoptive Transfer of Treg Cells Combined with Mesenchymal Stem Cells Facilitates Repopulation of Endogenous Treg Cells in a Murine Acute GVHD Model.

Eun-Sol Lee, Jung-Yeon Lim, Keon-Il Im, Nayoun Kim, Young-Sun Nam, Young-Woo Jeon, Seok-Goo Cho

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eun-Sol LeeInstitute for Translational Research and Molecular Imaging, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jung-Yeon LimInstitute for Translational Research and Molecular Imaging, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Keon-Il ImInstitute for Translational Research and Molecular Imaging, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Nayoun KimInstitute for Translational Research and Molecular Imaging, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Young-Sun NamInstitute for Translational Research and Molecular Imaging, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Young-Woo JeonInstitute for Translational Research and Molecular Imaging, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Department of Hematology, Catholic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seok-Goo ChoInstitute for Translational Research and Molecular Imaging, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Department of Hematology, Catholic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Catholic University of Korea · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Therapeutic effects of combined cell therapy with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and regulatory T cells (Treg cells) have recently been studied in acute graft-versus-host-disease (aGVHD) models. However, the underlying, seemingly synergistic mechanism behind combined cell therapy has not been determined. We investigated the origin of Foxp3+ Treg cells and interleukin 17 (IL-17+) cells in recipients following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT) to identify the immunological effects of combined cell therapy. Treg cells were generated from eGFP-expressing C57BL/6 mice (Tregegfp cells) to distinguish the transferred Treg cells; recipients were then examined at different time points after BMT. Systemic infusion of MSCs and Treg cells improved survival and GVHD scores, effectively downregulating pro-inflammatory Th×and Th17 cells. These therapeutic effects of combined cell therapy resulted in an increased Foxp3+ Treg cell population. Compared to single cell therapy, adoptively transferred Tregegfp cells only showed prolonged survival in the combined cell therapy group on day 21 after allogeneic BMT. In addition, Foxp3+ Treg cells, generated endogenously from recipients, significantly increased. Significantly higher levels of Tregegfp cells were also detected in aGVHD target organs in the combined cell therapy group compared to the Treg cells group. Thus, our data indicate that MSCs may induce the long-term survival of transferred Treg cells, particularly in aGVHD target organs, and may increase the repopulation of endogenous Treg cells in recipients after BMT. Together, these results support the potential of combined cell therapy using MSCs and Treg cells for preventing aGVHD.

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Acute DiseaseAdoptive TransferAnimalsBone Marrow TransplantationCells, CulturedCombined Modality TherapyDisease Models, AnimalForkhead Transcription FactorsGene ExpressionGraft SurvivalGraft vs Host DiseaseGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxp3 protein, mouseGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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PMID26393514
PMCPMC4578951
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