Essential role of the thymus to reconstitute naive (CD45RA(+)) T-helper cells after human allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
Essential role of the thymus to reconstitute naive (CD45RA(+)) T-helper cells after human allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
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DOI:
10.1182/blood.v90.2.850.850_850_857
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发表时间:
1997-07-15
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20.3
通讯作者:
Fink, FM
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作者:
Heitger, A;Neu, N;Fink, FM
To contribute to the understanding of the role of the thymus in humans in the reconstitution of naive (CD45RA(+)) T cells after bone marrow transplantation (BMT), we compared T-cell regeneration in a unique situation, namely a thymectomized cancer patient (15 years old), with that of thymus-bearing patients after allogeneic BMT. These cases shared features of transplantation (total body irradiation, HLA-matched donors, and graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis with cyclosporine A) and all had an uncomplicated posttransplantation course. As shown by fluorescence-activated cell sorting analyses, the thymectomized host failed to reconstitute CD45RA(+) T-helper cells even 24 months after BMT (11% CD45RA(+) of CD4(+) cells). In this patient, preferentially CD45RO(+) cells contributed to the recovery of CD4(+) cells (206 of 261/mu L at 6 months and 463 of 558/mu L at 24 months after BMT, CD45RA(+) of CD4(+) cells), whereas CD45RA(+) cells remained low (