immunotherapy of invasive fungal infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

immunotherapy of invasive fungal infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

;Thomas eLehrnbecher;Stanislaw eSchmidt;Lars eTramsen;Thomas eKlingebiel
international journal of heat and technology 2013 Vol. 3 pp. -
303
elehrnbecher2013frontiersimmunotherapy

Abstract

Despite the availability of new antifungal compounds, invasive fungal infection remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children and adults undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Allogeneic HSCT recipients suffer from a long lasting defect of different arms of the immune system, which increases the risk for and deteriorates the prognosis of invasive fungal infections. In turn, advances in understanding these immune deficits have resulted in promising strategies to enhance or restore critical immune functions in allogeneic HSCT recipients. Potential approaches include the administration of granulocytes, since neutropenia is the single most important risk factor for invasive fungal infection, and preliminary clinical results suggest a benefit of adoptively transferred donor-derived antifungal T cells. In vitro data and animal studies demonstrate an antifungal effect of Natural Killer cells, but clinical data are lacking to date. This review summarizes and critically discusses the available data of immunotherapeutic strategies in allogeneic HSCT recipients suffering from invasive fungal infection.

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