Abstract:
A method of generating an isolated population of non graft versus host disease (GvHD) inducing cells comprising a central memory T-lymphocyte (Tcm) phenotype, the cells being tolerance inducing cells and/or endowed with anti-disease activity, and capable of homing to the lymph nodes following transplantation is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) providing a population of at least 70 % memory T cells; (b) contacting the population of memory T cells with an antigen or antigens so as to allow enrichment of antigen reactive cells; and (c) culturing the cells resulting from step (b) in the presence of cytokines so as to allow proliferation of cells comprising the Tcm phenotype. Cells generated by the method, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method of treating a pulmonary disorder or injury in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprising administering to the subject non-syngeneic pulmonary tissue cells in suspension comprising an effective amount of hematopoietic precursor cells (HPCs) or supplemented with HPCs, wherein the effective amount is a sufficient amount to achieve tolerance to the pulmonary tissue cells in the absence of chronic immunosuppressive regimen. A method of inducing donor specific tolerance in a subject in need of a pulmonary cell or tissue transplantation is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method of modulating transplant organ size in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) administering to the subject an agent capable of modulating an activity or expression of a coagulation factor or an effector thereof; and (b) transplanting the organ into the subject; thereby modulating the transplant organ size in the subject.
Abstract:
A non-human chimeric animal useful as a model for human HV infection, comprising a mammal M5 having xenogeneic cells; mammal M5 being derived from a mammal M1 treated to substantially destroy its hematopoietic cells and then transplanted with hematopoietic cells derived from one or more mammals M2 and transplanted with liver tissue from a mammal M3, the one or more mammals M2 and mammal M3 being from the same or from a different species; the transplanted hematopoietic cells from the one or more mammals M2 being either one or both of a hematopoietic cell preparation from a T cell deficient mammal or of a T cell depleted mammalian stem cell or bone marrow preparation; the transplanted liver tissue from mammal M3 being either a human liver tissue preparation or a liver tissue preparation from a non-human mammal capable of being infected by HV; the liver tissue preparation in the M5 mammal being infected by HV.
Abstract:
A method of treating a malignant disease in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprises subjecting cells of the subject to a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of ablating Perforin positive dendritic cells (Perf+ DCs) of the subject, thereby treating the malignant disease.
Abstract:
A method of treating a subject in need of a non-syngeneic cell or tissue graft is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) transplanting into a subject a dose of T cell depleted immature hematopoietic cells, wherein the T cell depleted immature hematopoietic cells comprise less than 5 x 105 CD3+ T cells per kilogram body weight of the subject, and wherein the dose comprises at least about 5 x 106 CD34+ cells per kilogram body weight of the subject; and subsequently (b) administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of cyclophosphamide, wherein the therapeutically effective amount comprises 25-200 mg per kilogram body weight, thereby treating the subject.
Abstract:
A method of treating a subject in need of a non-syngeneic cell or tissue graft is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) transplanting into a subject a dose of T cell depleted immature hematopoietic cells, wherein the T cell depleted immature hematopoietic cells comprise less than 5 x 105 CD3+ T cells per kilogram body weight of the subject, and wherein the dose comprises at least about 5 x 106 CD34+ cells per kilogram body weight of the subject, and wherein the T cell depleted immature hematopoietic cells are obtained by separating the T cells from the immature hematopoietic cells, by a method comprising: (i) adding an antibody to the immature hematopoietic cells that specifically binds to a surface marker, wherein the antibody is labeled with a magnetically responsive agent; (ii) immobilizing the immature hematopoietic cells specifically bound to the antibody labeled with the magnetically responsive agent in a matrix through a magnetic field; (iii) washing the matrix to remove unbound cells; and (iv) removing the magnetic field to elute bound cells from the matrix; and subsequently (b) administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of cyclophosphamide, wherein the therapeutically effective amount comprises 25-200 mg per kilogram body weight, thereby treating the subject.
Abstract:
A method of inducing tolerance to a transplant transplanted from a donor to a recipient is disclosed. The method comprises (a) culturing a hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) population under growth conditions suitable for inducing or enhancing veto activity in at least a portion of the HPC population, thereby generating a tolerance-inducing cell population; and (b) administering a dose of the tolerance-inducing cell population prior to, concomitantly with or following transplantation of the transplant, thereby inducing tolerance to the transplant in the recipient.
Abstract:
A method of transplantation is disclosed. The method comprising administering to a subject in need of transplantation of cells in suspension, a therapeutically effective amount of anti-third party cells having a central memory T-lymphocyte (Tcm) phenotype, said anti- third party cells being tolerance-inducing cells and capable of homing to the lymph nodes following transplantation, wherein said cells in suspension comprise non-hematopoietic cells or hematopoietic cells which are not stem cells. Methods of treating and kits are also provided.
Abstract:
A method of conditioning a subject in need of transplantation of progenitor cells in suspension of a tissue of interest is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of inducing damage to the tissue of interest, wherein the damage results in proliferation of resident stem cells in the tissue; and subsequently (b) subjecting the subject to an agent which ablates the resident stem cells in the tissue. A method of transplanting progenitor cells in suspension of a tissue of interest to a subject in need thereof is also disclosed.