title: [Lymphocyte subset reconstitution following human allogeneic bone marrow transplantation].
abstract: We analysed the reconstitution of lymphocyte subset during the first 4 weeks after human allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in relation to the recovery of hematopoiesis. Lymphocyte subset analysis was performed with flow cytometry. We performed allogeneic BMT from HLA matched sibling donor in 9 patients. We analysed the positive percentage of each surface antigen and analysed data prior to conditioning therapy and weekly during the first 4 weeks after BMT. Results were as follows: Two or 3 weeks after BMT, percentages of CD8+ (CD8+ CD11b+) lymphocyte and CD16+ (CD16+ CD57-) lymphocyte (NK cell) were increased, and those of CD3+ lymphocyte and CD4+ (CD4+ Leu8+) lymphocyte decreased. And the ratio of CD4+ lymphocytes to CD8+ lymphocytes decreased below 1.0 at 2 or 3 weeks after BMT and remained low. In relation to the recovery of hematopoiesis, CD16+ lymphocyte (especially CD16+ CD57- lymphocyte) percentages at the third weeks correlated significantly to the recovery of granulocyte, reticulocyte, and platelet. It seems that CD16+ lymphocytes may play a role in bone marrow cell engraftment and the recovery of hematopoiesis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Blood Transfusion, Chiba University Hospital.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aotsuka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011961:Receptors, Fc / Q000276:immunology; D017452:Receptors, IgG
chemical_list: D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D011961:Receptors, Fc; D017452:Receptors, IgG