title: Bone marrow and blood findings after marrow transplantation and rhGM-CSF therapy.
abstract: Sequential bone marrow biopsy specimens and peripheral blood findings were evaluated from patients treated with recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor after autologous bone marrow transplantation for recurrent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Parallel increases were found in white blood cell count and marrow cellularity and in absolute neutrophil count, monocyte count, and marrow myeloid:erythroid ratio. Platelet count recovery and the reappearance of megakaryocytes occurred later than granulocyte/monocyte recovery. Elevated peripheral eosinophil counts and eosinophilic hyperplasia in the marrow were noted during recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor administration, as was the appearance of distinctive, prominently granulated and/or vacuolated neutrophils and neutrophilic precursors in the blood and bone marrow. No detrimental effects of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor administration in the marrow or peripheral blood were observed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ryder
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Farhi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D016723:Bone Remodeling; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor