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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-23
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the recovery of circulating monocytoid (Lin- CD11+ HLA-DR+) and plasmacytoid (Lin- CD123+ HLA-DR+) precursor (pre) dendritic cell (DC) subsets after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) in 39 children, using age-matched healthy children as controls. The frequencies of DCs in peripheral blood samples were determined by flow cytometry. The initial recovery of DC occurred simultaneously with myeloid engraftment. However, with time, DC subset values declined, being very low 40-50 days after SCT. Low monocytoid and plasmacytoid DC values were associated significantly with the development of severe acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) (P=0.042 and 0.017, respectively). Plasmacytoid DC values were lower than in the age-matched controls for the entire follow-up period (range 102-2569 days), although, with time, values approached normal levels. Normal monocytoid DC numbers were observed within 300-400 days post SCT. The severity of chronic GVHD did not correlate with quantitative recovery of DC. We conclude that in pediatric SCT, initial recovery of DC production is concurrent with that of myelopoiesis, yet with time, DC subset values decline and low counts are associated with severe aGVHD. Monocytoid DC numbers approach normal levels within a year of SCT, but plasmacytoid DC counts recover very slowly.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0268-3369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
501-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Blood Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Child, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15665841-Transplantation, Homologous
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Circulating dendritic cell subset levels after allogeneic stem cell transplantation in children correlate with time post transplant and severity of acute graft-versus-host disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. jukka.vakkila@hus.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't