Frontiers in Medicine (Oct 2022)

Natural killer cell infusion for cytomegalovirus infection in pediatric patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome following cord blood transplantation: A case report and literature review

  • Yongwei Yue,
  • Lijun Meng,
  • Jing Ling,
  • Liyan Fan,
  • Yanlei Zhang,
  • Yanlei Zhang,
  • Yixin Hu,
  • Alex H. Chang,
  • Alex H. Chang,
  • Shaoyan Hu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.988847
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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NK cells have important functions in resisting cytomegalovirus infection, as they proliferate after viral infection and have certain immunological memory. Here, we report infusion of haploid donor-derived natural killer cells to treat two pediatric patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) who were infected with cytomegalovirus after cord blood transplantation (CBT), which successfully cleared the viral infection in both patients.

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