A party of three: iNKT cells in GVHD prevention

Blood. 2015 May 28;125(22):3374-5. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-04-636282.

Abstract

In this issue of Blood, Schneidawind et al demonstrate that the adoptive transfer of CD4+ invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells from third-party mice protects from lethal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) through expansion of donor regulatory T cells (Tregs) in a murine model of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / physiology*
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / transplantation*
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease / mortality*
  • Graft vs Host Disease / prevention & control*
  • Immunotherapy, Adoptive / methods*
  • Killer Cells, Natural / physiology*
  • Killer Cells, Natural / transplantation*
  • Male