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Clinical-grade varicella zoster virus-specific T cells produced for adoptive immunotherapy in hemopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.
Cytotherapy - 1 Jul 2012
Blyth Emily, Gaundar Shivashni S, Clancy Leighton, Simms Renee M, Bilmon Ian, Micklethwaite Kenneth P, Gottlieb David J
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BACKGROUND AIMS: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes life-long latent infection in healthy individuals, which reactivates in 10-68% of stem cell transplant patients. Reconstituting immunity through adoptive transfer of T cells specific for VZV may aid in the prophylaxis and treatment of VZV infections. The potential for generating T cells specific for VZV using a clinically approved VZV vaccine strain was...
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