52 results about "Solid organ transplantation" patented technology

The invention provides methods and systems for imaging vessels in a subject. In certain embodiments the vessels may be associated with a solid organ transplant.

Methods are provided for evaluating a subject for graft survival, e.g., in terms of predicting graft survival, identifying the presence of a deleterious graft condition, such as CAN and DT, identifying the severity and class of acute rejection, etc, in a subject are provided. In practicing the subject methods, the expression of at least one gene in a sample from the subject, e.g., a blood or biopsy sample, is assayed, e.g., at the nucleic acid and/or protein level, to evaluate the subject. Also provided are compositions, systems and kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. The methods and compositions find use in a variety of applications.

The present invention relates to a function inhibitor of an effector cell comprising a CCR5 antagonist. Since the function inhibitor of an effector cell comprising a CCR5 antagonist inhibits the function of effector cells which play an important role in formation of diseases and the like, it is effective for the prevention and/or treatment of, for example, a transplant rejection (e.g., rejection of a solid organ graft, rejection of islet cell transplantation in diabetes mellitus, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), etc.), an autoimmune disease (e.g., arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, etc.), an allergic disease (e.g., asthma, etc.), an ischemic disease (e.g., ischemia-reperfusion injury, etc.), cancer or a metastatic disease or the like.

In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of bipiperidinyl compounds as inhibitors of the CCR5 receptors, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with CCR5 using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also relates to the use of a combination of a compound of this invention and one or more antiviral or other agents useful in the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The invention further relates to the use of a compound of this invention, alone or in combination with another agent, in the treatment of solid organ transplant rejection, graft v. host disease, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, asthma, allergies or multiple sclerosis.

The present invention relates to methods for producing immuno-suppressive dendritic cells. The present invention further relates to the use of such cells for treating patients suffering from autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivity diseases, rejection on solid-organ transplantation and/or Graft-versus-Host disease.

The invention is a method of detecting or assessing solid organ graft (transplant) rejection by detecting donor-specific HLA alleles in a blood sample of a graft (transplant) recipient. The invention further comprises a method of detecting the presence of maternal cells in a blood sample of an offspring.

The present disclosure is directed to methods of detecting cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in biological samples and using it to quantify organ damage and identify pathogens. In some aspects, the biological samples are from patients who have undergone solid-organ transplantation. The disclosure is also directed to methods of detecting and analyzing methylation patterns in cell-free DNA from organ transplant patients to identify the presence of pathogens as well as quantify contributing tissue proportions as a measurement of the host response.

Provided herein are methods of modulating immune response, including methods of treating a cancer or an infection using a combination of kinase modulators and immunotherapy that promotes immune response. Also provided herein are methods of treating an autoimmune disease or graft-versus-host disease, and methods of reducing the risk of solid organ transplant rejection using a combination of kinase modulators and immunosuppressive therapy.

This invention describes new methods for the mobilization of human cells such as hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow, and the subsequent collection of such cells from the peripheral blood of deceased donors. These methods produce quantities of hematopoietic stem cells that can be used in a multitude of possible applications without harming the deceased donor or the recovery of the deceased donor's organs for solid organ transplantation. The methods involve the administration of one or more mobilizing agents to mobilize bone marrow cells into the peripheral blood cells followed by the collection of cells via apheresis.

Disclosed herein are methods of treating CMV (cytomegalovirus) retinitis in a human patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the human patient a population of allogeneic T cells comprising CMV-specific T cells, wherein the human patient is infected with HIV or has been the recipient of a solid organ transplant.

Provided herein are methods of modulating immune response, including methods of treating a cancer or an infection using a combination of kinase modulators and immunotherapy that promotes immune response. Also provided herein are methods of treating an autoimmune disease or graft-versus-host disease, and methods of reducing the risk of solid organ transplant rejection using a combination of kinase modulators and immunosuppressive therapy.

Provided herein are immunogenic polypeptides, compositions, and methods related to the development of CMV-specific prophylactic and/or therapeutic immunotherapy based on T cell epitopes (e.g., CMV epitopes) that are recognized by cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) and can be employed in the prevention and/or treatment of CMV infection, reactivation, and/or disease (e.g., CMV-associated end organ disease), especially in solid organ transplant recipients.

An organ jacket fabricated from human birth tissue comprising at least one cross-linked amniotic membrane, or at least one cross-linked chorionic membrane, or at least one amniotic membrane, or at least one chorionic membrane, or any combination thereof. Methods of processing a membrane to form an organ jacket and methods of preventing graft rejection in solid organ transplantation and methods of reducing the incidence of acute and chronic rejection episodes after solid organ transplantation are also provided.

The disclosure relates to methods, treatment regimens, uses, kits and therapies for preventing graft rejection in solid organ transplantation, by employing anti-CD40 antibodies.

The invention relates to methods for diagnosing or determining in a subject who underwent a solid organ transplantation the risk of developing graft rejection other than T cell mediated, comprising the steps of: measuring in a peripheral blood sample from said subject the RNA expression levels of a set of genes comprising at least CXCL10, FCGR1A, FCGR1B and TEMP1; determining from the measured expression levels of said set of genes, an expression profile; comparing the determined expression profile of said subject with a reference expression profile; and determining from said comparison, whether said subject is experiencing said rejection or has an increased risk of developing said rejection.