T-Cell Depletion Therapy

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** Treatment to destroy T cells, which play an important role in the immune response. Elimination of T cells from a bone marrow graft or peripheral blood stem cell graft from a donor may reduce the chance of an immune reaction against the recipient's tissues.

**Synonyms:** - T-Cell Depletion - T-Cell Depletion - T-Lymphocyte Depletion Therapy - T-cell depletion