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Large-Scale Culture and Genetic Modification of Human Natural Killer Cells for Cellular Therapy
Describes a GMP-compliant method for expanding NK cells using K562 feeder cells in G-Rex® 10 and G-Rex® 100. The method yields large numbers of functional NK cells in 10 days without feeding, and supports efficient retroviral transduction.
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Plasticity and Aggregation of Juvenile Porcine Islets in Modified Culture: Preliminary Observations
The study reports that culturing juvenile porcine islets in Wilson Wolf gas-permeable (G-Rex®) allows them to aggregate into functional 'pancreatites'. These flasks were also used for shipping the islets, maintaining viability and function.
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Manufacture of GMP-compliant functional adenovirus-specific T-cell therapy for treatment of post-transplant infectious complications
This paper details the GMP manufacture of Cytovir ADV. The process utilizes a closed G-Rex® 10 cell culture device for a 10-day expansion of adenovirus-specific T cells, requiring minimal intervention and achieving high purity and potency.
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Expansion of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) from human pancreatic tumors
The study demonstrates successful expansion of tumor-reactive TILs from pancreatic cancer. The Rapid Expansion Protocol (REP) was performed using GREX10 to stimulate and expand the TILs with anti-CD3 and feeder cells.
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The beneficial effects of a gas-permeable for expansion of Tumor-Infiltrating lymphocytes as reflected in their mitochondrial function and respiration capacity
This paper investigates the use of G-Rex® for TIL rapid expansion. Results show G-Rex® rescues poor TIL growth, preserves clonal diversity, and yields cells with a more oxidative metabolic phenotype (higher mitochondrial capacity) compared to traditional flasks/bags.
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Efficient mRNA-Based Genetic Engineering of Human NK Cells with High-Affinity CD16 and CCR7 Augments Rituximab-Induced ADCC against Lymphoma and Targets NK Cell Migration toward the Lymph Node-Associated Chemokine CCL19
This study shows efficient mRNA electroporation of NK cells. Clinical-grade NK cells were expanded ex vivo using G-Rex® prior to electroporation, allowing for the generation of large numbers of highly cytotoxic cells.
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Early transduction produces highly functional chimeric antigen receptor-modified virus-specific T-cells with central memory markers: a Production Assistant for Cell Therapy (PACT) translational application
The authors developed a method for early transduction of trivirus-specific T cells. The clinical SOP utilized G-Rex®100 for the second stimulation phase to rapidly expand transduced VSTs to clinically relevant numbers.
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Ex vivo expansion of human T cells for adoptive immunotherapy using the novel Xeno-free CTS Immune Cell Serum Replacement
The study validates a xeno-free serum replacement for T cell expansion. It demonstrates that combining OpTmizer medium with CTS Immune Cell SR in G-Rex® culture vessels promotes optimal expansion of antigen-specific T cells compared to standard flasks.
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Cells on Demand™ Fresh Human Pancreatic Islets Technical Information & Instructions
This document provides instructions for Lonza's Fresh Human Pancreatic Islets. It highlights that the islets are shipped in Wilson Wolf G-Rex® gas permeable cell culture devices (G-Rex®10 or G-Rex®100) to maintain viability during transport and culture.
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Effector CD8+ T cell engraftment and anti-tumor immunity in lymphodepleted hosts is IL-7Rα dependent
The study found that IL-12 conditioning increases IL-7Rα, crucial for T cell persistence. For clinical translation, TCR-transduced human T cells were expanded using a rapid expansion protocol in G-Rex® 100 to generate large numbers of cells for analysis.
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Defining novel parameters for the optimal priming and expansion of minor histocompatibility antigen-specific T cells in culture
This paper establishes a clinical-compliant protocol to generate MiHA-specific T-cell lines. The priming phase utilized G-Rex®10 to maximize cell expansion and DC-T cell interactions starting from limited PBMCs, followed by a rapid expansion protocol.
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Coordinate regulation of residual bone marrow function by paracrine trafficking of AML exosomes
The study demonstrates that AML exosomes suppress hematopoiesis by altering stromal cells and progenitors. To model physiological hypoxia, AML cells were cultured in G-Rex® in a low-oxygen chamber, which increased exosome release compared to normoxia.