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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
Reticular Dysgenesis (RD) basically represents a lymphopenic severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in association with congenital agranulocytosis. It is presumed that RD results from a primary defect of pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). Alternatively RD might be due to an alloreaction induced by T-cells derived from intrauterine transfusion of maternal cells into an immunoincompetent host. In the past 15 years, among 49 newborns with SCID taken care of in the University Hospital of Ulm, 5 children (4 boys, 1 girl) exhibited the characteristics of RD. In 3 of 4 cases studied, maternal T-cells were detected by HLA-typing. All 3 children showed signs of graft-versus-host-disease (GvHD), confirmed histologically. However, 9 of 45 newborns with SCID without congenital agranulocytosis also disclosed maternal T-cell-engraftment; 5 of the 9 had signs of GvHD. Therefore, it is unlikely that RD is caused by GvHD secondary to maternofetal transfusion. The fact that erythropoiesis, thrombopoiesis and the monocyte-macrophage-system basically are intact argues against a global maturation defect of HSC in RD.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0070-4113
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
106-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Reticular dysgenesis: primary disorder in differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells?].
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung für Pathologie, Universität Ulm.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract