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New Insights into Cellular Transplantation and Immunotherapy
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New Insights into Cellular Transplantation and Immunotherapy

A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Stem Cells".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2022) | Viewed by 11856

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Takafumi Yokota

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Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, C9, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Interests: hematopoietic stem cells; stem cell biology; stem cell transplantation; aging; leukemia stem cells; hematopoietic neoplasms

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Cellular transplantation has long been used in various medical fields to replace diseased or abnormal cells and to regenerate heathy organs. In addition to traditional transplantation, recent biotechnological advances have enabled us to engineer artificially designed cells from our own (e.g., chimeric antigen receptor T cells) and to use them in clinical practice, such as immunotherapy. The notion of such “designer cells” has been attracting broad attention in the cellular transplantation field because it paves the way for a prosperous future for customized medicine to cure not only cancers but also intractable genetic diseases.

This Special Issue invites manuscripts providing new insights into cellular transplantation and immunotherapy. We are interested in a wide range of work from different medical sections, including cardiovascular biology, gastroenterology, hepatology, endocrinology, immunology, hematology, and neuroscience. Review or original articles on stem cell biology, cell culture systems, and tissue engineering for transplantation are also important. Finally, comprehensive papers regarding ethics, safety, and technology relevant to the new era of cellular transplantation are also welcome. 

Dr. Takafumi Yokota
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • transplantation
  • stem cells
  • designer cells
  • tissue engineering
  • cell therapy

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Experiences with Glofitamab Administration following CAR T Therapy in Patients with Relapsed Mantle Cell Lymphoma
by Alexander D. Heini, Ulrike Bacher, Naomi Porret, Gertrud Wiedemann, Myriam Legros, Denise Stalder Zeerleder, Katja Seipel, Urban Novak, Michael Daskalakis and Thomas Pabst
Cells 2022, 11(17), 2747; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11172747 - 2 Sep 2022
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Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare type of B-cell Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) affecting predominantly male patients. While complete remissions following first-line treatment are frequent, most patients ultimately relapse, with a usually aggressive further disease course. The use of cytarabine-comprising induction chemotherapy and [...] Read more.
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare type of B-cell Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) affecting predominantly male patients. While complete remissions following first-line treatment are frequent, most patients ultimately relapse, with a usually aggressive further disease course. The use of cytarabine-comprising induction chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation, Rituximab maintenance, Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors and CAR T therapy has substantially improved survival. Still, options for patients relapsing after CAR T therapy are limited and recommendations for the treatment of these patients are lacking. We report two cases of patients with mantle cell lymphoma who relapsed after CAR T therapy and were treated with the bispecific CD20/CD3 T cell engaging antibody glofitamab. Both patients showed marked increases of circulating CAR T cells and objective responses after glofitamab administration. Therapy was tolerated without relevant side effects in both patients. One patient completed all 12 planned cycles of glofitamab therapy and was alive and without clinical progression at the last follow-up. The second patient declined further treatment after the first cycle and succumbed to disease progression. We review the literature and investigate possible mechanisms involved in the observed responses after administration of glofitamab, such as proliferation of CAR T cells, anti-tumor effects of the bispecific antibody and the role of other possibly contributing factors. Therapy with bispecific antibodies might offer an effective and well-tolerated option for patients with mantle cell lymphoma relapsing after CAR T therapy. Full article
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Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Hepatocytes Inhibit T Cell Proliferation In Vitro through Tryptophan Starvation
by Marco Romano, Raul Elgueta, Daniel McCluskey, Ana Maria Ortega-Prieto, Emilie Stolarczyk, Francesco Dazzi, Baltasar Lucendo-Villarin, Jose Meseguer-Ripolles, James Williams, Giorgia Fanelli, David C. Hay, Fiona M. Watt and Giovanna Lombardi
Cells 2022, 11(1), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11010024 - 22 Dec 2021
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Regenerative medicine aims to replace damaged tissues by stimulating endogenous tissue repair or by transplanting autologous or allogeneic cells. Due to their capacity to produce unlimited numbers of cells of a given cell type, pluripotent stem cells, whether of embryonic origin or induced [...] Read more.
Regenerative medicine aims to replace damaged tissues by stimulating endogenous tissue repair or by transplanting autologous or allogeneic cells. Due to their capacity to produce unlimited numbers of cells of a given cell type, pluripotent stem cells, whether of embryonic origin or induced via the reprogramming of somatic cells, are of considerable therapeutic interest in the regenerative medicine field. However, regardless of the cell type, host immune responses present a barrier to success. The aim of this study was to investigate in vitro the immunological properties of human pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-derived hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs). These cells expressed MHC class I molecules while they lacked MHC class II and co-stimulatory molecules, such as CD80 and CD86. Following stimulation with IFN-γ, HLCs upregulated CD40, PD-L1 and MHC class I molecules. When co-cultured with allogeneic T cells, HLCs did not induce T cell proliferation; furthermore, when T cells were stimulated via αCD3/CD28 beads, HLCs inhibited their proliferation via IDO1 and tryptophan deprivation. These results demonstrate that PSC-derived HLCs possess immunoregulatory functions, at least in vitro. Full article
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The Impact of Infused Autograft Absolute Numbers of Immune Effector Cells on Survival Post-Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
by Luis F. Porrata
Cells 2022, 11(14), 2197; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11142197 - 14 Jul 2022
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Autologous stem cell transplantation treatment has been viewed as a therapeutic modality to enable the infusion of higher doses of chemotherapy to eradicate tumor cells. Nevertheless, recent reports have shown that, in addition to stem cells, infusion of autograft immune effector cells produces [...] Read more.
Autologous stem cell transplantation treatment has been viewed as a therapeutic modality to enable the infusion of higher doses of chemotherapy to eradicate tumor cells. Nevertheless, recent reports have shown that, in addition to stem cells, infusion of autograft immune effector cells produces an autologous graft-versus-tumor effect, similar to the graft-versus-tumor effect observed in allogeneic-stem cell transplantation, but without the clinical complications of graft-versus-host disease. In this review, I assess the impact on clinical outcomes following infusions of autograft-antigen presenting cells, autograft innate and adaptive immune effector cells, and autograft immunosuppressive cells during autologous stem cell transplantation. This article is intended to provide a platform to change the current paradigmatic view of autologous stem cell transplantation, from a high-dose chemotherapy-based treatment to an adoptive immunotherapeutic intervention. Full article
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