Abstract
Acute graft-vs.-host disease (GVHD) limits the efficacy of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), a main therapy to treat various hematological disorders. Despite rapid progress in understanding GVHD pathogenesis, broad immunosuppressive agents are most often used to prevent and remain the first line of therapy to treat GVHD. Strategies enhancing immune tolerance in allo-HSCT would permit reductions in immunosuppressant use and their associated undesirable side effects. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms responsible for GVHD and advancement in strategies to achieve immune balance and tolerance thereby avoiding GVHD and its complications.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 309 |
| Journal | Frontiers in immunology |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | MAR |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and National Cancer Institute R01 HL56067, HL1181879, and AI34495 (BB). GT was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) fellowship.
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Keywords
- Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin
- Graft-vs.-host disease
- Immune tolerance
- T regulatory cells