Reconstitution of T-cell compartment after in utero stem cell transplantation: analysis of T-cell repertoire and thymic output.
Reconstitution of T-cell compartment after in utero stem cell transplantation: analysis of T-cell repertoire and thymic output.
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子宫内干细胞移植后 T 细胞区室的重建:T 细胞库和胸腺输出的分析。
作者:
S. Pirovano;L. Notarangelo;F. Malacarne;E. Mazzolari;F. Porta;A. Lanfranchi;S. Giliani;S. Zucca;S. Pecorelli;A. Albertini;A. Ugazio;L. Imberti
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
In utero transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells allows immune reconstitution of fetuses with severe combined immunodeficiency. The objective of this work was to study the quality of T-cell reconstitution following this procedure.
DESIGN AND METHODS
We evaluated the kinetics and extent of T-cell reconstitution in five infants with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID), three with a B+ and two with a B- phenotype, who received haploidentical stem cell transplantation before birth. To this end, we measured the frequency of T-cell receptor excision circles (TREC) and the diversity of the T-cell repertoire.
RESULTS
In utero transplantation led to engraftment of donor-derived T lymphocytes which attained normal numbers in four infants, who are in good health. In the three patients with a B+ phenotype, generation of a heterogeneous T-cell repertoire was associated with development of TREC levels comparable to those of SCID patients treated by post-natal transplantation and of healthy babies. Of the two patients with a B- phenotype, one developed mixed T-cell chimerism and a substantial number of circulating T cells, associated with a variable heterogeneity of the T-cell repertoire; TREC levels were normal soon after birth, but declined thereafter. The remaining B- patient remained lymphopenic with a skewed T-cell repertoire and very low TREC levels. This patient eventually required transplantation from a matched unrelated donor at 5 years of age, but died of EBV-related lymphoproliferative disease.
INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS
These data indicate that in utero transplantation of fetuses with B+ SCID allows generation of newly diversified T lymphocytes and ensures long-term reconstitution of cell-mediated immunity.
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影响因子:
20.3
作者:
L. Lum
通讯作者:
L. Lum
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.96.4.1536
发表时间:
1999-02-16
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Kong, FK;Chen, CLH;Cooper, MD
通讯作者:
Cooper, MD
影响因子:
20.3
作者:
Lum,LG;Munn,NA;Schanfield,MS;Storb,R
通讯作者:
Storb,R
影响因子:
3.6
作者:
Witherspoon,RP;Lum,LG;Storb,R
通讯作者:
Storb,R
DOI:
--
发表时间:
1987
期刊:
The American journal of pathology
影响因子:
--
作者:
Müller-Hermelink,HK;Sale,GE;Borisch,B;Storb,R
通讯作者:
Storb,R