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Harnessing the biology of IL-7 for therapeutic applicationCrystal L Mackall
Immunology Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Nat Rev Immunol 11:330-42. 2011..This Review summarizes the biology of IL-7 and the results of its clinical use that are available so far to provide a perspective on the opportunities for clinical application of this cytokine...
IL-7 increases both thymic-dependent and thymic-independent T-cell regeneration after bone marrow transplantationC L Mackall
Pediatric Oncology Branch and Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Blood 97:1491-7. 2001..These results suggest that one mechanism by which T-cell-depleted hosts may support antigen-driven T-cell expansion in vivo is via an increased availability of T-cell-active cytokines to support clonal expansion...
Targeting pediatric malignancies for T cell-mediated immune responsesC L Mackall
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Curr Oncol Rep 2:539-46. 2000..The benefits and limitations for each approach, particularly as it pertains to the development of immunotherapy for pediatric tumors, are discussed in this article...
Prolonged CD4 depletion after sequential autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell infusions in children and young adultsC L Mackall
Pediatric Oncology Branch, Medicine Branch, Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute and Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892 USA
Blood 96:754-62. 2000..Blood. 2000;96:754-762)..
T-cell immunodeficiency following cytotoxic antineoplastic therapy: a reviewC L Mackall
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Stem Cells 18:10-8. 2000....
T-cell immunodeficiency following cytotoxic antineoplastic therapy: a reviewC L Mackall
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Oncologist 4:370-8. 1999....
A pilot study of consolidative immunotherapy in patients with high-risk pediatric sarcomasCrystal L Mackall
Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 1104, USA
Clin Cancer Res 14:4850-8. 2008..This study administered a novel immunotherapy regimen aimed at consolidating remission in these patients...
A potential role for interleukin-7 in T-cell homeostasisT J Fry
Pediatric Oncology Branch, Biostatistics and Data Management Section, and HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch of the National Cancer Institute, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Blood 97:2983-90. 2001..In light of the known effects of IL-7 on T-cell regeneration, we postulate that increased availability of IL-7 could play a critical role in restoring T-cell homeostasis following T-cell depletion...
Development of a clinical-scale method for generation of dendritic cells from PBMC for use in cancer immunotherapyE C Wong
Department of Transfusion Medicine, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cytotherapy 3:19-29. 2001..This method avoids the use of FBS and results in immature DCs suitable for clinical trials...
Immune dysregulation in TGF-beta 1-deficient miceM Christ
Cellular Immunology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
J Immunol 153:1936-46. 1994..The mechanism leading to T cell anergy remains unclear; however, these data confirm the essential role for TGF-beta 1 in maintaining normal immune function...
Thymic function in young/old chimeras: substantial thymic T cell regenerative capacity despite irreversible age-associated thymic involutionC L Mackall
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Eur J Immunol 28:1886-93. 1998..Therefore, thymic function is reduced with aged but it is not lost, suggesting that therapeutic approaches to enhance thymic function may be successful even in very aged hosts...
Autoimmunity associated with TGF-beta1-deficiency in mice is dependent on MHC class II antigen expressionJ J Letterio
The Laboratory of Chemoprevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 5055, USA
J Clin Invest 98:2109-19. 1996..Thus, MHC class II antigens are essential for the expression of autoimmunity in TGF-beta1-deficient mice, and normally may cooperate with TGF-beta1 to regulate hematopoiesis...
Thymic aging and T-cell regenerationC L Mackall
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1928, USA
Immunol Rev 160:91-102. 1997..The development of therapies which can reverse thymic aging are critical for improving outcome in clinical settings of T-cell depletion, and could potentially improve immunologic function in normal aged hosts...
Interleukin-7 restores immunity in athymic T-cell-depleted hostsT J Fry
Molecular Oncology Section, Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Heath, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Blood 97:1525-33. 2001..These results show that immune competence for even stringent antigens such as HY can be restored in the absence of thymic function and identify IL-7 as a potent modulator of thymic-independent T-cell regeneration...
Pathways of T-cell regeneration in mice and humans: implications for bone marrow transplantation and immunotherapyC L Mackall
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1928, USA
Immunol Rev 157:61-72. 1997..New strategies to enhance thymic function in man after BMT would hold great therapeutic potential...
Immunomagnetic purging of Ewing's sarcoma from blood and bone marrow: quantitation by real-time polymerase chain reactionM E Merino
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1928, USA
J Clin Oncol 19:3649-59. 2001..We used a new approach to purge artificially contaminated cellular specimens of Ewing's sarcoma and show the capacity for real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to quantify the contamination level of Ewing's sarcoma in such specimens...
Modulating T-cell homeostasis with IL-7: preclinical and clinical studiesC M Capitini
Immunology Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Intern Med 266:141-53. 2009..This review will address current understanding of IL-7 biology, review recent clinical experiences and discuss potential future clinical applications of IL-7, or IL-7 blockade, in the setting of disease...
Clinical trial designs for the early clinical development of therapeutic cancer vaccinesR M Simon
Branch of Biometric Research, Biostatistics and Data Management Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7434, USA
J Clin Oncol 19:1848-54. 2001..Several conclusions for expediting the clinical development of effective cancer vaccines are proposed...
A role for TGFbeta1 in langerhans cell biology. Further characterization of the epidermal Langerhans cell defect in TGFbeta1 null miceT A Borkowski
Dermatology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Invest 100:575-81. 1997....
Interleukin-7: master regulator of peripheral T-cell homeostasis?T J Fry
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 13N240, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1928, Bethesda, MD 20892-1928, USA
Trends Immunol 22:564-71. 2001....
Enhancing immune reconstitution after stem cell transplants with cytokinesC L Mackall
Pediatric Branch NCI, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cytotherapy 4:427-8. 2002
Immune reconstitution following hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation: challenges for the futureT J Fry
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Bone Marrow Transplant 35:S53-7. 2005..New translatable strategies are needed to safely augment one or both of these pathways in the setting of allogeneic hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation...
Long-term virologic and immunologic responses in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected children treated with indinavir, zidovudine, and lamivudineS Jankelevich
HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Infect Dis 183:1116-20. 2001..CD4+ CD45RA+ (naive) T cells were the major contributor to CD4+ T cell expansion. Continued long-term immunologic benefit may be experienced by a subset of children, despite only transient virologic suppression...
Transforming growth factor-beta 1 null mice. An animal model for inflammatory disordersA B Kulkarni
Molecular and Medical Genetics Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
Am J Pathol 146:264-75. 1995....
