[HTML][HTML] Phase II trial of costimulation blockade with abatacept for prevention of acute GVHD

…, C McCracken, B Bratrude, K Betz… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PURPOSE Severe (grade 3-4) acute graft-versus-host disease (AGVHD) is a major cause of
death after unrelated-donor (URD) hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT), resulting in …

Spatiotemporal single-cell profiling reveals that invasive and tissue-resident memory donor CD8+ T cells drive gastrointestinal acute graft-versus-host disease

…, B Watkins, M Qayed, Y Suessmuth, K Betz… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Organ infiltration by donor T cells is critical to the development of acute graft-versus-host
disease (aGVHD) in recipients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT). …

Combined OX40L and mTOR blockade controls effector T cell activation while preserving Treg reconstitution after transplant

…, HB Zheng, A Panoskaltsis-Mortari, K Betz… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
A critical question facing the field of transplantation is how to control effector T cell (T eff )
activation while preserving regulatory T cell (T reg ) function. Standard calcineurin inhibitor–…

Transcriptome analysis of GVHD reveals aurora kinase A as a targetable pathway for disease prevention

…, L Stempora, A Garrett, J Chen, KM Betz… - Science translational …, 2015 - science.org
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is the most common complication of hematopoietic stem
cell transplant (HCT). However, our understanding of the molecular pathways that cause this …

Abatacept for GVHD prophylaxis can reduce racial disparities by abrogating the impact of mismatching in unrelated donor stem cell transplantation

…, B Watkins, S Gillespie, B Bratrude, K Betz… - Blood …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Kayla Betz, Kayla Betz … Muna Qayed, Benjamin Watkins, Scott Gillespie, Brandi Bratrude,
Kayla Betz, Sung W. Choi, Jeffrey Davis, Christine Duncan, Roger Giller, Michael Grimley …

[HTML][HTML] CD28 blockade controls T cell activation to prevent graft-versus-host disease in primates

…, V Tkachev, SN Furlan, DJ Hunt, K Betz… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Controlling graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains a major unmet need in stem cell
transplantation, and new, targeted therapies are being actively developed. CD28-CD80/86 …

IL-2 enhances ex vivo–expanded regulatory T-cell persistence after adoptive transfer

…, V Tkachev, DJ Hunt, J Hibbard, KM Betz… - Blood …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
As regulatory T cell (Treg) adoptive therapy continues to develop clinically, there is a need
to determine which immunomodulatory agents pair most compatibly with Tregs to enable …

Systems analysis uncovers inflammatory Th/Tc17-driven modules during acute GVHD in monkey and human T cells

…, A Panoskaltsis-Mortari, K Betz… - Blood, The Journal …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
One of the central challenges of transplantation is the development of alloreactivity despite
the use of multiagent immunoprophylaxis. Effective control of this immune suppression–…

Higher abatacept exposure after transplant decreases acute GVHD risk without increasing adverse events

T Takahashi, M Al-Kofahi, M Jaber, B Bratrude, K Betz… - Blood, 2023 - ashpublications.org
In the ABA2 study, the T-cell costimulation blockade agent, abatacept, was safe and
effective in preventing acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) after unrelated-donor …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for persistence of the SHIV reservoir early after MHC haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

…, H Zheng, A Taraseviciute, DJ Hunt, K Betz… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Allogeneic transplantation (allo-HCT) has led to the cure of HIV in one individual, raising the
question of whether transplantation can eradicate the HIV reservoir. To test this, we here …