作者: Yazhen Zhong
关键词: Disease 、 Rituximab 、 Virus 、 Immune system 、 Monoclonal antibody 、 Cytotoxic T cell 、 Epstein–Barr virus infection 、 Medicine 、 Transplantation 、 Immunology 、 Oncology(nursing) 、 Oncology
摘要: Common herpes viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) cause infection and disease after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder following allogeneic HCT is a rare but life-threatening disease, mostly associated with EBV-infected B cells. Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies (e.g., rituximab) target normal infected cells further suppress the patient's immune system. This article describes development of cellular therapies by infusing virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes via IV into patients to create an adoptive system for specific viral suppression.