title: Soluble c-kit levels in acute GVHD after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
abstract: Serum soluble c-kit concentrations were measured in 11 patients with or without acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. The serum soluble c-kit levels in the patients with moderate to severe acute GVHD (grade II-IV) were significantly lower than those in the patients with no or mild acute GVHD (grade 0-I) following the onset. The data from this study indicate that measurement of serum soluble c-kit concentration is a useful indicator of severe acute GVHD.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakurada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases