Immunity to infections following hematopoietic cell transplantation.
Hematopoietic cell transplantation has progressed from the use of unpurified bone marrow cells or mobilized peripheral blood cells to the use of purified stem cells and progenitor cells. These kinds of transplants can be designed to provide not only hematopoietic rescue but also augmented innate and acquired immunity.
Brown
J M
JM
H1353, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, Department of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. wesbrown@stanford.edu
Weissman
I L
IL
Shizuru
J A
JA
D000818:Animals; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000276:immunology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007239:Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014019:Tissue Donors