Method of treating graft versus host disease
View Patent ↗A method for preventing the development of or treating GvHD complications in a mammalian patient which comprises administering to the mammal a population of cells enriched for STRO-1 bright cells and/or progeny thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom.
1. A method for preventing the development of or treating graft versus host disease (GvHD) complications in a human patient undergoing or about to undergo a bone marrow or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, which method comprises administering, to the human patient, an effective amount of a population of cells enriched for STRO-1 bright multipotential cells, or multipotential cells culture-expanded from STRO-1 bright cells, wherein the cells in the administered population are CD34 − .
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the administered population is administered to the human patient prior to undergoing the transplantation.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the bone marrow or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an allogeneic transplantation.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the administered population is allogeneic.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the population is administered systemically.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the population is administered by intravenous injection.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the administered population comprises between 0.1×10 6 to 5×10 6 cells.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the administered population comprises between 0.3×10 6 to 2×10 6 cells.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the administered population comprises between 0.1×10 5 and 0.5×10 6 cells.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the administered population comprises about 0.3×10 6 cells.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the administered population is administered once weekly or less often.
12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the human patient is suffering from aplastic anemia, myelofibrosis, or bone marrow failure following chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
13. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising administering an immunosuppressive drug to the human patient.