A METHOD TO INCREASE THE SURVIVAL OF TRANSPLANTED CELLS

摘要

The invention relates to the field of transplantation, specifically to the field of transplantation of isolated cells. The invention provides a method to allow cell transplantation as a method to replace organ transplantation. Anti-integrin (poly)peptides significantly block attachment of cells to both vessel walls and tissue in an in vitro binding assay. Blocking of integrins by incubation with blocking (poly)peptides significantly decreases the number of cellular aggregates after in vivo cell transplantation, and has a significant increasing effect on cellular homing in the recipient tissue. Blocking of integrin strongly improves transplanted cell survival in the recipient tissue after transplantation.