METHODS FOR PRETREATING A SUBJECT WITH EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOPHERESIS AND/OR APOPTOTIC CELLS

摘要

The present invention relates to methods for treating a subject predisposed to an autoimmune disease with extracorporeal photopheresis or an effective amount of apoptotic cells before the clinical manifestation of a symptom associated with the autoimmune disease. The present invention alsorelates to methods for treating a subject predisposed to an atopic disease with extracorporeal photopheresis or an effective amount of apoptotic cells before the clinical manitfestation of a symptom associated with the atopic disease. The present invention further relates to methods for treating a transplant donor and/or a transplant recipient, or an implant recipient with extracorporeal photopheresis or an effective amount of apoptotic cells prior to the transplant or implantation procedure.