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To evaluate T-cell immune recovery and identify the physiological causes of delayed immune reconstitution in adult cord blood transplant recipients.

August 2, 2007BloodOpen Access

Delayed immune reconstitution after cord blood transplantation is characterized by impaired thymopoiesis and late memory T-cell skewing

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KKKrishna V. KomanduriUniversity of California, San Francisco LJLisa S. St. JohnThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center MLMarcos de LimaCleveland State University

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Prospective study demonstrates severe thymopoietic failure after cord blood transplantation in adults, suggesting therapies should target thymus protection and lymphoid recovery.

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To evaluate T-cell immune recovery and identify the physiological causes of delayed immune reconstitution in adult cord blood transplant recipients.
Conducted a single-center prospective cohort study evaluating T-cell immune recovery in a predominantly adult population following cord blood transplantation.
Assessed thymopoiesis, T-cell maturation subsets, and functional T-cell responses using T-cell receptor excision circle (TREC) assays and cytokine-flow cytometry.
Cord blood transplant recipients exhibited prolonged T-cell lymphopenia accompanied by compensatory expansion of natural killer (NK) and B cells.
Immune recovery was marked by severe thymopoietic failure and late memory T-cell skewing, with functional T-cell impairment despite de novo cytomegalovirus (CMV) responses in a subset of patients.

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Komanduri et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8194a0184dca0d6958b83a https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2007-05-092130

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Prospective study demonstrates severe thymopoietic failure after cord blood transplantation in adults, suggesting therapies should target thymus protection and lymphoid recovery.

Delayed immune reconstitution after cord blood transplantation is characterized by impaired thymopoiesis and late memory T-cell skewing

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Delayed immune reconstitution after cord blood transplantation is characterized by impaired thymopoiesis and late memory T-cell skewing

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