Interleukin-15-activated cytokine-induced killer cells may sustain remission in leukemia patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: feasibility, safety and first insights on efficacy

• Eva Rettinger,
• Sabine Huenecke,
• Halvard Bonig,
• Michael Merker,
• Andrea Jarisch,
• Jan Soerensen,
• Andre Willasch,
• Gesine Bug,
• Ansgar Schulz,
• Thomas Klingebiel,
• Peter Bader

Affiliations

Eva Rettinger

JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Germany

Sabine Huenecke

JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Germany

Halvard Bonig

JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, and German Red Cross Blood Donor Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Department of Cellular Therapeutics / Cell Processing (GMP), Frankfurt/Main, Germany;University of Washington, Department of Medicine/Hematology, Seattle, WA, USA

Michael Merker

JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Germany

Andrea Jarisch

JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Germany

Jan Soerensen

JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Germany

Andre Willasch

JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Germany

Gesine Bug

JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of Medicine II, Hematology, Oncology, Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Germany

Ansgar Schulz

University Medical Center Ulm, Department of Pediatrics, Germany

Thomas Klingebiel

JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Germany

Peter Bader

JW Goethe University Frankfurt, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Germany