Technology
Main Process

- Collection of whole blood from patient (for autologous) or healthy donor (for allogenic)
- Isolation of immune cell from the blood using semi-automated and fully closed cell isolation process
- Activation of isolated immune cells are with ancillary protein class I developed by GI Cell, Inc.
- Expansion of the immune cells with ancillary protein class II developed by GI Cell, Inc.
- Infusion of the processed specific-immune cells into the patient's bloodstream to treat a disease
T.O.P. NK® Cell

Key features of T.O.P. NK® Cell
- Tumor-targeting Optimally Primed (T.O.P.) NK Cell.
- T.O.P. NK cells are robustly activated and amplified using ONLY the ancillary proteins in the Nkpure expander platform.
- T.O.P. NK cells are highly pure (>99%) and safe to use as NO feeder cells are used during the cultivation process.
- Even with NO genetic modification or viral transduction, CD16 (FcγRIII) expression and cytotoxic granule contents are HIGHLY ELEVATED in T.O.P NK cells.
- High CD16 expression enables T.O.P NK cells to target and kill tumor cells via antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC).
- Robust cytotoxic granule contents elevate T.O.P. NK cells’ killing competency.
Nano NK® Cell

Key features of Nano NK® Cell
- Nanoparticle-armed (Nano) NK Cells are NK cells carrying pH-sensitive nanoparticles loaded with a chemotherapeutic drug.
- Tumor-specific homing and targeting by the NK cells grants major advantages over conventional chemotherapy, which causes systemic adverse effect to the recipients.
- Nano NK cells carry out tumor-targeted drug delivery, which significantly reduce the toxicity of released chemotherapeutic agent.
- Upon engaging a tumor cell, Nano NK cell releases its cytotoxic granules, causing the immunological synapse between engaging NK cell and target tumor cell to turn acidic.
- Acidification of the surroundings prompts nanoparticle disassembly and release of chemotherapeutic drug directly onto the tumor cell, resulting in tumor cell killing.
- This technology could also be adapted to reinforce cytotoxic T lymphocytes with chemo-loaded nanoparticles.
X-Pres T Cell®

Key features of X-Pres T Cell®
- Personalized, tumor-targeting autologous cytotoxic T lymphocytes for cancer treatment.
- Personalized tumor antigen profiling is performed to identify target antigens.
- Matching target antigens are selected from the GI Cell’s “in-house engineered” tumor antigen library.
- Through a process called “cross-presentation,” CTLs are selectively educated to eliminate cancer cells expressing the target antigens.
- Educated tumor-specific CTLs (X-Pres T cells) are further amplified and activated using GI Cell’s ancillary proteins.
- The cultivation process with GI Cell’s ancillary proteins increases purity of X-Pres T cells, eliminating the need for further (and expensive) cell purification steps.
- X-Pres T cells are administered to the patient as treatment for cancer.
Drone Treg® Cell

Key features of Drone Treg® Cell
- Regulatory T cells play important role in maintaining tolerance and immune cell homeostasis.
- Tregs are crucial in controlling chronic inflammatory diseases as they can suppress inflammatory immune responses through secretion of inhibitory cytokines.
- Target organ-specific regulatory T cell therapy platform which induces controlled expression of organ-specific homing receptors from the Foxp3hi regulatory T cell isolated from patient’s blood.
- Drone Treg Cells expressing gut-specific homing markers, CCR9 and α4β7 integrin, induce migration to lesion of patient’s gut after infusion.
- In intestinal autoimmune diseases, APCs and effector T cells elicit and propagate aberrant inflammatory responses towards innocuous antigens, such as food particles or commensal microbiomes, which leads to tissues damage in the gut.
- Drone Treg Cells in the gut can effectively control the inflammatory APCs and effector T cells by releasing anti-inflammatory cytokines and induce repair of damaged tissues.