The present invention provides cells (
Immune Checkpoint Junction 'ICE' cells) having enhanced
Immune Checkpoint Junction function. In some embodiments, the ICE cells have a PD-1 conjugation function (PD-1 conjugant cells). The ICE cells reduce adaptability and innate
immunity when transplanted into a subject as compared to parental cells with corresponding unmodified
immune checkpoint conjugation function. In some embodiments, the PD-1
zygote cells are low immune pluripotent (HIP) cells. In further embodiments, the HIP
cell is type O blood (HIPO), rhesus monkey factor (Rh) negative (HIP-), or both type O and type Rh (HIPO-). In other embodiments, the PD-1
zygote cells have been derived or differentiated from HIP, HIP-, or HIPO-cells. In other embodiments, the ICE
cell expresses a ligand that binds to a suppressive immune
cell receptor selected from the group consisting of a LILRB1
zygote, a LILRB3 zygote, and a TIM3 zygote. In other embodiments, the ICE cell is a PD-1 zygote cell that also expresses a ligand that binds to another inhibitory immune cell
receptor selected from the group consisting of CD47, truncated CD47, a LILRB1 zygote, a LILRB3 zygote, and a TIM3 zygote.