Splenectomy does not enhance engraftment of DLA-nonidentical marrow transplants.
Previous studies in mice and monkeys suggested that either splenic irradiation of splenectomy led to enhanced allogeneic marrow engraftment. These findings suggested that a population of radiation-resistant host cells involved in mediating marrow graft rejection are sequestered in the spleen. In this current study, the effect of splenectomy in dogs receiving 9.2 Gy total body irradiation (TBI) and unrelated dog leukocyte antigen (DLA)-nonidentical donor marrow grafts was studied. We found that splenectomy did not significantly change the incidence of graft failure as compared to that observed in previously and concurrently transplanted nonsplenectomized recipients.
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98104.
Loughran
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Graham
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Pepe
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Johnston
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Sale
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Storb
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D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000276:immunology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D004285:Dogs; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D013156:Splenectomy; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; C039692:histocompatibility antigen DLA