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. 2017 Mar 20;52(9):1241–1248. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2017.22

Table 2. Graft manipulation strategies and their clinical purposes.

Manipulation strategy Clinical purpose
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.