Graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children

Autor: Y. V. Skvortsova, D. N. Balashov, V. M. Delyagin
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Медицинский совет, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 136-139 (2016)
ISSN: 2658-5790
2079-701X
Popis: Up to 60 thousand hematopoietic stem cell transplantations (HSCT) are carried out globally all over the world. The outcome of HSCT is largely determined by the probability and severity of the graft-versus-host reaction/disease (GVHD). Treatment involves corticosteroids. Antithymocyte globulin, extracorporeal photopheresis, monoclonal antibodies to interleukins or their receptors, methotrexate, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, sirolimus, antithymocyte globulin, etc. are used in steroid-refractory GVHD. It is worth to mention that mycophenolate mofetil, esther of mycophenolic acid, blocks proliferation of T and B lymphocytes. In patients who are refractory to corticosteroids, the use of mycophenolate mofetil in isolation or in combination with cyclosporine, tacrolimus seems to be justified.
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