Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Graft-versus-host disease is one of the major complications after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, but it is not easy to anticipate the onset. Cytokines released by type 1 T helper cells are thought to play a pivotal role in acute graft-versus-host disease aGVHD. The ability to predict the likely occurrence of graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) after Hematopoietic Stem cell Transplantation (HSCT) would be extremely valuable. By serially measuring serum levels of soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R), IL-18 and following allogeneic HSCT we tried to define their effect on aGVHD as a complication of transplantation and determine useful markers for aGVHD predictors. SAMPLES AND METHODS:Serum sIL-2R, IL-18, levels were measured by sandwich ELISA in 219 sera samples from 39 patients (with hematological disorders before and after allogeneic HSCT) and 28 controls. All patients received transplants from HLA-identical siblings. RESULTS:23 (58.9%) patients developed aGVHD (I-IV) and serum levels of sIL-2R and IL-18, in sera drawn before transplantation, in patients with acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD(+)), were increased in comparison to patients without acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD(-)) and to a control group and there were no significant differences in serum levels of sIL-2R and IL-18 in aGVHD(-) patients and controls. Serum level of IL-18, in aGVHD(+) patients, was increased during days 3-24 after HSCT, and there was a significant difference according to GVHD severity. In majority of patients with acute GVHD (60%), the peak levels of IL-18 and sIL-2R were achieved on day 10 after HSCT and the rise in sIL-2R and IL-18 preceded the clinical signs of GVHD (mean day 15 after BMT). The level of IL-18 in patients with aGVHD strongly correlated with the severity of aGVHD on Day 10 after HSCT. IL-18 level (before HSCT), in patients who received Busulfan and Fludarabin which were used to treat aGVHD, was lower than in patients who received Busulfan and Cyclophosphamide. CONCLUSION:Our data concluded that IL-18 plays an important role in the development of aGVHD and the IL-18 level might be an indicator of aGVHD, reflecting the severity of the disease. These findings suggest that IL-18 may play an important role in the pathogenesis of aGVHD and that measurement of serum IL-18 levels can be a useful indicator of aGVHD.
journal_name
Transpl Immunoljournal_title
Transplant immunologyauthors
Shaiegan M,Iravani M,Babaee GR,Ghavamzadeh Adoi
10.1016/j.trim.2005.10.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-01-01 00:00:00pages
223-7issue
3eissn
0966-3274issn
1878-5492pii
S0966-3274(05)00120-6journal_volume
15pub_type
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更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2005.04.004
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2006.03.001
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2012.02.005
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transplant immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2006.03.010
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2018.08.008
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0966-3274(95)80035-2
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transplant immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2006.09.022
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0966-3274(01)00031-4
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 社论
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更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2018.01.002
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transplant immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0966-3274(00)00010-1
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::There have been several reports that xeno-MHC-restricted T-cells have a cytotoxic function through a direct xenoantigen recognition, but yet no report that they have a helper function. Previously we showed that both xeno-MHC-restricted CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cells recognized xenoantigens directly in a mouse anti-rat comb...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0966-3274(02)00158-2
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transplant immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2013.04.002
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2007.01.011
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transplant immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2011.03.005
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Transplant immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2008.12.002
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2019.101250
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.trim.2014.10.001
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00