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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Cora K Ogle, Cincinnatti, OH (US);
John F Valente, Cincinnatti, OH (US);
J Wesley Alexander, Cincinnatti, OH (US);
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of treatment using immune system suppressor cells and immune system stimulator cells comprises providing stem cells; combining the stem cells with lymphoid-derived cells to produce a co-culture; adding lipopolysaccharide and a factor selected from the group consisting of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor, macrophage colony stimulating factor, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor and mixtures thereof to the co-culture; obtaining immune system suppressor cells and immune system stimulator cells from the co-culture; and introducing and the cells into a host.