Review Article

NK Cell and CD4+FoxP3+ Regulatory T Cell Based Therapies for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Engraftment

Table 1

Treg adoptive transfer in clinical trials.

HCT typeClinical approachPatients treatedTreg isolationTreg number/kgGvHD outcome

Trzonkowski et al., 2009 [78]HLA-matchedT: aGvHD and cGvHD2 (1 aGvHD and 1 cGvHD)Magnetic separation
FACS sorting
In vitro expansion
cGvHD (1 × 105)
aGvHD (2 × 106)
1 (cGvHD) response

Brunstein et al., 2011 [75]Cord bloodP23Magnetic separation
In vitro expansion
1 × 105–3 × 106aGvHD II–IV (43%)
aGvHD III-IV (17%)
cGvHD (14%)

Di Ianni et al., 2011 [76]HaploidenticalP28Magnetic separation2 × 106–4 × 106aGvHD (2/26)
No reported cGvHD

Martelli et al., 2014 [77]HaploidenticalP43Magnetic separation2 × 106aGvHD (6/41)
cGvHD (1/41)

Theil et al., 2015 [79]HLA-matched (4)
Cw mismatch (1)
T: cGvHD5Magnetic separation
In vitro expansion
Median 2.36 × 106Response (2)
Stable (3)

T: treatment; P: prevention.