A novel method using blinatumomab for efficient, clinical-grade expansion of polyclonal T cells for adoptive immunotherapy

Autor: Sabrina Cribioli, Rachele Alzani, Martino Introna, Michela Bonzi, Rut Valgardsdottir, Maria Chiara Finazzi, Enrico Pesenti, Clara Albanese, Anna E. D’Amico, Gianmaria Borleri, Dirk Nagorsen, Alessandro Rambaldi, Josée Golay, Giulia Quaresmini
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 193(9)
ISSN: 1550-6606
Popis: Current treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients often results in life-threatening immunosuppression. Furthermore, CLL is still an incurable disease due to the persistence of residual leukemic cells. These patients may therefore benefit from immunotherapy approaches aimed at immunoreconstitution and/or the elimination of residual disease following chemotherapy. For these purposes, we designed a simple GMP-compliant protocol for ex vivo expansion of normal T cells from CLL patients’ peripheral blood for adoptive therapy, using bispecific Ab blinatumomab (CD3 × CD19), acting both as T cell stimulator and CLL depletion agent, and human rIL-2. Starting from only 10 ml CLL peripheral blood, a mean 515 × 106 CD3+ T cells were expanded in 3 wk. The resulting blinatumomab-expanded T cells (BET) were polyclonal CD4+ and CD8+ and mostly effector and central memory cells. The Th1 subset was slightly prevalent over Th2, whereas Th17 and T regulatory cells were
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