Impact of low-dose anti-thymocyte globulin on immune reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

Ayumu Ito, Shigehisa Kitano, Kinuko Tajima, Youngji Kim, Takashi Tanaka, Yoshihiro Inamoto, Sung Won Kim, Noboru Yamamoto, Takahiro Fukuda, Shinichiro Okamoto

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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How low-dose anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) for prophylaxis of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) influences immune reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) remains incompletely understood. We prospectively enrolled 41 consecutive adult patients and conducted cytometry-based immunophenotyping for 12 months after allo-HCT. Rabbit ATG (Thymoglobulin) was administered at a median total dose of 1.75 mg/kg in 16 of the 41 patients. Compared with patients who did not receive ATG, those who did had a significantly smaller number of naïve T cells (especially CD4+) within three months after allo-HCT. No significant difference was observed between the two groups in the reconstitution of other T cells (effector, memory, Th1, Th2, Th17, Treg, and Tfh), B cells (transitional, naïve, memory, and plasmablast), NK cells (regulatory and cytolytic), or dendritic cells (myeloid and plasmacytoid). Patients with fewer CD4+ naïve T cells than the median count (7.60 cells/µL) at two months after allo-HCT developed chronic GVHD less frequently than those with CD4+ naïve T cells above the median count (2-year cumulative incidences were 0.31 and 0.53, respectively; p = 0.133). This pilot study suggests low-dose Thymoglobulin suppresses the recovery of naïve T cells after allo-HCT, which may contribute to a lower incidence of chronic GVHD.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)120-130
ページ数11
ジャーナルInternational Journal of Hematology
111
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DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 01-01-2020
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  • 血液学

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