IL-4-producing CD8+ T cells may be an immunological hallmark of chronic GVHD

Autor: Yonsu Son, Ryuichi Amakawa, Katsuhiro Zen, Kengo Nakamura, Yuji Kishimoto, S. Fukuhara, Michihiko Miyaji, Masashi Takebayashi, Tomoki Ito, Noriaki Matsumoto, K Nakai, Kenichirou Tajima
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Bone Marrow Transplantation. 36:639-647
ISSN: 1476-5365
0268-3369
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705107
Popis: Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) occurs in approximately 60-80% of those who survive over 100 days after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). However, the pathophysiology of cGVHD is poorly understood. To gain more insight into the immunological mechanism of cGVHD, we examine cytokine production of peripheral blood T cells from 19 patients in the chronic phase of allo-HSCT. The percentage of IFN-gamma-producing CD8(+) T cells among CD8(+) T cells was significantly higher in patients with or without cGVHD than in normal control subjects (P
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