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Estudos sobre o isolamento e expansão de células Natural Killer (NK) do sangue de cordão umbilical e placentário na presença de células mesenquimais
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Furlan, Juliana Monteiro |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Background: Natural killer (NK) cells play a major role in innate immunity, especially against viral pathogens, and are also a part of the immune surveillance of tumors. Several clinical trials have evaluated the use of these cells for adoptive cell immunotherapy. Ex vivo expansion of NK cells, however, is a complex process which requires multiple cell signals to ensure cell survival, proliferation, and activation. There are many protocols used for NK cell expansion and activation, however, there is a lack of evidence regarding which method is the most effective for clinical grade NK cells expansion. Objective: The main purpose of this study is to evaluate an optimal protocol for the ex vivo expansion of NK cells isolated from umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells (CB-MNC). Methods: Five different conditions for the expansion of umbilical cord-derived NK cells were evaluated. Each protocol was a different combination of interleukins (IL-2, IL-3, and IL-15) with or without the presence of feeder cells or artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs). Feeder cells utilized were umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSC), and aAPCs were membrane-bound IL-21 artificial APCs (mbIL21 aAPCs). Results: Protocols employing mbIL21 aAPCs demonstrated greater expansion of natural killer cells (CD3CD56+) than the other protocols. The protocol employing aAPCs, IL-2 and UC-MSC feeder cells had a statistically significant higher proportion of CD16+ NK cells when compared to the protocol without the MSC feeder cells, but there was no significant difference in the expansion of total natural killer cells concerning these two protocols. Conclusion: Ex vivo expansion of NK cells in the presence of aAPCs and UC-MSC feeder cells yielded a significant higher proportion of CD16+ NK when compared to the aAPCs only culture condition, and could be a better product for NK adoptive immunotherapy in conjunction with monoclonal or bi-specific antibodies. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |