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© 2018 Elsevier Inc. Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) complicates allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and is treated with topical and/or systemic corticosteroids. Systemic corticosteroids and aGVHD damage thymic tissue. We compared thymopoietic effect of topical steroid therapy, corticosteroids and extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) in 102 pediatric allogeneic HSCT patients.We categorized patients into 4 groups: - no aGVHD, aGVHD treated with topical or systemic steroid, or ECP. Naïve CD4+ CD45RA+ CD27+ T-lymphocyte values at 3, 6, 9, 12months post-HSCT were recorded: for ECP patients, values were recorded at 3, 6, 9, 12months during ECP. Differences were compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test.41 patients had no aGVHD, 23 had aGVHD treated topically or systemically (25), 13 received ECP. Rate of thymopoiesis was significantly different between all groups at all time-points post-transplant (p = 0.002, p. <. 0.001, p. <. 0.001, p = 0.001 respectively).Even mild aGVHD impairs thymopoiesis. Worst recovery was in ECP patients. Earlier institution of ECP may speed thymic recovery.
Author(s): Flinn AM, Roberts CF, Slatter MA, Skinner R, Robson H, Lawrence J, Guest J, Gennery AR
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Clinical Immunology
Year: 2018
Volume: 193
Pages: 33-37
Print publication date: 01/08/2018
Online publication date: 01/02/2018
Acceptance date: 17/01/2018
ISSN (print): 1521-6616
ISSN (electronic): 1521-7035
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clim.2018.01.006
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2018.01.006
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