Cell therapy to promote transplantation tolerance: a winning strategy?

G Lombardi, P Sagoo, C Scotta, H Fazekasova… - …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Organ transplantation is currently the only effective treatment for end-stage organ failure.
However, success is limited by the immune response of the recipient to allogeneic tissues …

Regulatory T cells as therapeutic cells

P Sagoo, G Lombardi, RI Lechler - Current opinion in organ …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Although many key questions about Tregs remain, we are undoubtedly entering an exciting
era of Treg research in clinical transplantation. As renewed efforts focus on translational …

Regulatory T cells and tolerance induction

E Fritzsching, P Kunz, B Maurer, J Pöschl… - Clinical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Transplantation tolerance is the ultimate goal of organ transplantation. Natural regulatory T
cells (Treg) have been expected to reach clinical applications for tolerance induction …

T regulatory cells as an immunotherapy for transplantation

MH Albert, C Anasetti, XZ Yu - Expert Opinion on Biological …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Advances in immunosuppressive therapies have made tissue and organ transplantation a
common procedure in clinical medicine. However, true donor and recipient tolerance is not …

Regulatory T cells: first steps of clinical application in solid organ transplantation

JB van der Net, A Bushell, KJ Wood… - Transplant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Solid organ transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end‐stage organ
failure. To prevent rejection of the transplanted organ continuous treatment with …

Clinical perspectives for regulatory T cells in transplantation tolerance

KL Hippen, JL Riley, CH June, BR Blazar - Seminars in immunology, 2011 - Elsevier
Three main types of CD4+ regulatory T cells can be distinguished based upon whether they
express Foxp3 and differentiate naturally in the thymus (natural Tregs) or are induced in the …

Dominant tolerance: activation thresholds for peripheral generation of regulatory T cells

L Graca, TC Chen, A Le Moine, SP Cobbold… - TRENDS in …, 2005 - cell.com
In recent years, regulatory T (Treg) cells have reached centre-stage in immune tolerance
research. A role for Treg cells in preventing autoimmunity or generating transplantation …

Regulatory T-cell therapy in transplantation: moving to the clinic

Q Tang, JA Bluestone - Cold Spring …, 2013 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential to transplantation tolerance and their therapeutic
efficacy is well documented in animal models. Moreover, human Tregs can be identified …

Regulatory T cells in stem cell transplantation: strategies and first clinical experiences

M Edinger, P Hoffmann - Current opinion in immunology, 2011 - Elsevier
The adoptive transfer of donor-type CD4+ CD25+ FOXP3+ regulatory T cells (Treg) protects
from graft-versus-host disease in murine bone marrow transplantation models. Results from …

T regulatory cell-mediated immunotherapy for solid organ transplantation: a clinical perspective

MA Khan - Molecular Medicine, 2016 - Springer
T regulatory cells (Tregs) play a vital role in suppressing heightened immune response, and
thereby promote a state of immunological tolerance. Tregs modulate both innate and …