CPC C12N 5/0637 (2013.01) [A61K 35/15 (2013.01); A61K 35/17 (2013.01); A61P 37/06 (2018.01); C12N 5/0645 (2013.01); C12N 2501/2334 (2013.01); C12N 2501/599 (2013.01); C12N 2502/1157 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A method for treating an immune and/or inflammatory disease or condition in a subject, comprising obtaining a population of human CD8+ CD45RClow Treg cells by: (a) culturing a population of human monocytes in presence of interleukin-34 (IL-34) polypeptide in order to obtain a population of immunosuppressive macrophages; (b) co-culturing a population of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and the population of immunosuppressive macrophages obtained at step (a) to obtain a population of human CD8+ CD45RClow Treg cells; and (c) optionally isolating the human CD8+ CD45RClow Treg cells from the population obtained at step (b); and administering said population or said isolated population of human CD8+ CD45RClow Treg cells to the subject, wherein the immune and/or inflammatory disease or condition is selected from the group consisting of an autoimmune disease, graft rejection and GVHD.
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