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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-3
pubmed:abstractText
In this single-center, cross-sectional study, we evaluated 44 very long-term survivors with a median follow-up of 17.5 years (range, 11-26 years) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We assessed the telomere length difference in human leukocyte antigen-identical donor and recipient sibling pairs and searched for its relationship with clinical factors. The telomere length (in kb, mean +/- SD) was significantly shorter in all recipient blood cells compared with their donors' blood cells (P < .01): granulocytes (6.5 +/- 0.9 vs 7.1 +/- 0.9), naive/memory T cells (5.7 +/- 1.2 vs 6.6 +/- 1.2; 5.2 +/- 1.0 vs 5.7 +/- 0.9), B cells (7.1 +/- 1.1 vs 7.8 +/- 1.1), and natural killer/natural killer T cells (4.8 +/- 1.0 vs 5.6 +/- 1.3). Chronic graft-versus-host disease (P < .04) and a female donor (P < .04) were associated with a greater difference in telomere length between donor and recipient. Critically short telomeres have been described in degenerative diseases and secondary malignancies. If this hypothesis can be confirmed, identification of recipients at risk for cellular senescence could become part of monitoring long-term survivors after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1528-0020
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
114
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Cell Aging, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Child, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Leukocytes, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Sex Characteristics, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Siblings, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Telomere, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Tissue Donors, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Transplantation, Homologous, pubmed-meshheading:19411630-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Cellular senescence of white blood cells in very long-term survivors after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: the role of chronic graft-versus-host disease and female donor sex.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology, University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Gabriela.Baerlocher@insel.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't