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BLOOD
卷 104, 期 5, 页码 1565-1573出版社
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-01-0328
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL 66279, K08 HL 03979] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [T32 AI 071019-23-25] Funding Source: Medline
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is an increasingly common cause of morbidity and mortality in allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT). Relative to acute GVHD (aGVHD), much less is understood about cGVHD. Using the B10.D2 --> BALB/c murine cGVHD model, which shares critical pathologic features with human cGVHD, we find that radiation-resistant host T cells regulate cGVHD. We initially observed that recipients lacking all lymphocytes developed accelerated and more severe cGVHD. Using genetically deficient recipients, we determined that alphabeta(+)CD4(+) T cells were required to regulate cGVHD. Increased cGVHD severity was not due to the absence of T cells per se. Rather, the potency of regulation was proportional to host T-cell receptor (TCR) diversity. Only CD4(+)CD25(+), and not CD4(+)CD25(-), host T cells ameliorated cGVHD when added back, indicating that host T cells acted not via host-versus-graft activity or by reducing homeostatic proliferation but by an undefined regulatory mechanism. Thus, preparative regimens that spare host CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells may reduce cGVHD. Donor CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells also reduced cGVHD. Depletion of CD4(+)CD25(+) cells from the inoculum exacerbated disease, whereas transplantation of additional CD4(+)CD25(+) cells protected against severe cGVHD. Additional CD4(+)CD25(+) cells also promoted healing of established lesions, suggesting that their effects persist during the evolution of cGVHD. (C) 2004 by The American Society of Hematology.
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