title: Alternative donor sources in HLA-mismatched marrow transplantation: T cell depletion of surgically resected cadaveric marrow.
abstract: Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation has been largely confined in its application to patients with an HLA-matched marrow donor, thereby limiting potential therapeutic benefits for patients with diseases amenable to treatment by marrow transplantation who lack effective alternative therapies and an identified matched marrow donor. T cells in the donor marrow generate graft-versus-host disease which is a major consideration in attempts to widen the application of allogeneic marrow transplantation to the minimally HLA-matched or mismatched setting. The method of marrow harvest influences both the number of such T cells in the donor marrow inoculum and the functional capacity of T cells in murine marrow. We have therefore evaluated surgically resected cadaveric marrow for T cell content and for T cell depletion. Surgically resected marrow is more easily depleted of T cells than aspirated marrow and clinically useful quantities of marrow have been obtained and cryopreserved in a bank of characterized donor marrow for future use in HLA minimally matched or unmatched marrow transplantation.
mesh_terms: D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002102:Cadaver; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006801:Humans; D008212:Lymphocyte Depletion; D013601:T-Lymphocytes
chemical_list: D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D006680:HLA Antigens