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Generation of autologous T cells against acute myeloid leukemia by transduction of hematopoietic stem cells with T cell receptor genes and subsequent differentiation to T cells
Code
3F009709
Duration
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Systems biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Hematology
    • Immunology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Hematology
    • Immunology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Hematology
    • Immunology
    • Laboratory medicine
Keywords
T cells cell therapy stem cells
 
Project description

Hematopoietic stem cells will be transduced to express a T Cell Receptor. This receptor will be optained by immunizing against WT1 tumor antigen. The T cell receptor genes will be cloned from WT1 speciific T cells and subsequently used for transduction of the stem cells. Stem cells will be differentiated in vitro to T cells and functionality will be assayed in an in vivo animal model