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Immunotherapy in high-risk chemotherapy-resistant patients with metastatic solid tumors and hematological malignancies using intentionally mismatched donor lymphocytes activated with rIL-2: a phase I study
The feasibility and safety of immunotherapy mediated by intentionally mismatched rIL-2 activated killer lymphocytes (IMAK) with no prior stem cell engraftment was investigated in patients with advanced chemoth...
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Open AccessNeuroblastoma Cell Death is Induced by Inorganic Arsenic Trioxide (As2O3) and Inhibited by a Normal Human Bone Marrow Cell-Derived Factor
Three phenotypically distinct cell types are present in human neuroblastomas (NB) and NB cell lines: I-type stem cells, N-type neuroblastic precursors, and S-type Schwannian/melanoblastic precursors. The stimu...
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Interleukin 2 regulation following semi-allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in mice
Success of allogeneic and autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is hampered by susceptibility to infection during the first two post-treatment years. Further, in treating malignant diseases, impaired an...
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Mycophenolate mofetil does not suppress the graft-versus-leukemia effect or the activity of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells in a murine model
Background: Graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect is an essential component in the course of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). However, both prevention and treatment of established graft-versus-host dis...
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Immunotherapy of murine leukemia following non-myeloablative conditioning with naïve or G-CSF mobilized blood or bone marrow stem cells
Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) is the treatment of choice for a large number of hematologic malignancies. Its major advantage over conventional chemotherapy lies in the graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) ...
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Nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation for the treatment of cancer and life-threatening nonmalignant disorders: past accomplishments and future goals
Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) or blood stem cell transplantation represents an important therapeutic tool for the treatment of otherwise incurable malignant and nonmalignant diseases. Until rec...