2015 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Monitoring and Stability of Ex Vivo-Expanded Autologous and Non-Autologous Regulatory T Cells Following Infusion in Non-Human Primates
1University of Pittsburgh, pittsburgh, PA; 2University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Ex vivo-expanded cynomolgus monkey CD4+CD25+CD127- regulatory T cells (Treg) maintained Foxp3 demethylation status at the Treg-Specific Demethylation Region (TSDR), and potently suppressed T cell proliferation…2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinically Relevant Anti-TCR mAb Induction Plus Brief Rapamycin Therapy Can Achieve Long-Term Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Survival
Aim: Current strategies for management of VCA recipients are adapted from solid organ transplant protocols, and almost universally employ induction therapy followed by maintenance triple…