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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Juan Carlos Zuniga-pflucker, Toronto, CA;
Geneve Awong, Toronto, CA;
Ross LA Motte-mohs, Toronto, CA;
Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker, Toronto, CA;
Geneve Awong, Toronto, CA;
Ross La Motte-Mohs, Toronto, CA;
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Human progenitor T cells that are able to successfully engraft a murine thymus and differentiate into mature human T and NK cells are described The human progenitor T cells have the phenotype CD34+CD7+CD1a−CD5− or CD34+CD7+CD1a−CD5+ and are derived from human hematopoietic stem cells, embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells b\ coculture with cells expressing a Notch receptor ligand (OP9-DL1 or OP9-DL4) Such cells are useful in a variety of applications including immune reconstitution, the treatment of immunodeficiencies and as carriers for genes used in gene therapy.