SUPPRESSIVE MONOCYTE DERIVED CELLS, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR USES IN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS

摘要

The invention relates to suppressive monocyte derived cells presenting the following characteristics: 1) increased release, with respect to normal monocyte derived cells, for instance of prostaglandins, and decreased level of expression and secretion of inflammatory and immunostimulating cytokines with respect to normal monocytes derived cells, and decreased presence, on their membrane, with respect to normal monocyte derived cells, of for instance CD80, and/or 2) presence in their nucleus of at least one exogenous nucleic acid which has been integrated in the absence of the monocyte derived cell division. The monocyte derived cells can be the active substances of the pharmaceutical compositions.