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Telomere shortening has been documented in the blood cells of recipients of allogeneic bone marrow transplants compared with their donors. Allogeneic peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs) have been increasingly used as an alternative to bone marrow. Their advantages include earlier engraftment and immune reconstitution following transplantation. We have measured telomere length of neutrophils and T cells in fully engrafted recipients of allogeneic bone marrow (n = 19) and allogeneic PBPC (n=17) and also measured sequential telomere length in four patients after transplantation. Overall, significant telomere shortening occurred in recipients in neutrophils (0.3 kb, P<0.001) and T cells (0.2 kb, P = 0.045), The data demonstrate that first, the degree of shortening was the same for BM and PBPC transplants and was not related to the time taken to engraft neutrophils and platelets and second, telomere shortening occurs in the first year post transplant without further shortening during the period of observation. These data suggest that the superiority of engraftment seen in PBPC transplants is independent of telomere shortening and other mechanisms such as homing or seeding may be more important.
Author(s): Robertson JD, Testa NG, Russell NH, Jackson G, Parker AN, Milligan DW, Stainer C, Chakrabarti S, Dougal M, Chopra R
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Bone Marrow Transplantation
Year: 2001
Volume: 27
Issue: 12
Pages: 1283-1286
ISSN (print): 0268-3369
ISSN (electronic): 1476-5365
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1703069
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703069
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