Table 2. Graft manipulation strategies and their clinical purposes.
Manipulation strategy | Clinical purpose |
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Depletion (targeted negative selection) Pan T-cell depletion Ex vivo (with or without T-cell add-back) In vivo serotherapy (ATG or alemtuzumab). T-cell subset depletion CD8+ T-cell depletion. CD3/CD19 cell depletion. αβ T-cell/CD19 cell depletion. Naive T-cell depletion. Depletion of immune cells (indirectly) CD34+ positive selection. | GvHD risk reduction |
Inclusion (positive selection/expansion) Treg cells | GvHD risk reduction |
NK cell γδ T cells | Relapse/infection risk reduction |
Abbreviations: ATG=anti-thymocyte globulin; NK=natural killer.