Graft-versus-host disease in the ovary potentially causes female infertility after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Graft-versus-host disease in the ovary potentially causes female infertility after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
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卵巢移植物抗宿主病可能导致异基因造血干细胞移植后女性不孕
DOI:
10.11406/rinketsu.58.827
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发表时间:
2017
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Teshima T
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Shimoji S;Hashimoto D;Teshima T
Ovarian failure-associated infertility is a serious late complication for female patients who have undergone allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). Although the role of a pretransplant conditioning regimen has been well appreciated, the increasing application of reduced-intensity conditioning has led us to reconsider other factors possibly affecting ovarian function after allogeneic SCT. We recently reported that graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) targets granulosa cells of the ovarian follicles, thereby significantly reducing ovarian reserves and fertility after SCT. We also found that ovarian GVHD impairs fertility independently of the toxicities of the conditioning regimens, and pharmacological GVHD prophylaxis preserves fertility after SCT. For the first time, these results demonstrated that GVHD targets the ovary and impairs ovarian functions and fertility, thereby having important clinical implications in young female transplant recipients with nonmalignant diseases, for whom minimally toxic regimens are used. Here we review recently published articles regarding clinical and basic researches on female infertility after SCT.