title: Low blood dendritic cells in chronic myeloid leukaemia patients correlates with loss of CD34+/CD38- primitive haematopoietic progenitors.
abstract: Myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (MDC, PDC) play a key role in the initiation of immune responses. We found a reduction of DC subsets among 20 chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) patients in chronic phase (MDC, mean, 0.10% +/- 0.10, P = 0.02; PDC, mean, 0.11% +/- 0.08, P = 0.006 versus controls). The maintenance of blood DC correlated with the presence of high percentages of circulating CD34+/CD38- progenitors that were able to give rise in vitro to CD1a+ DC. The reduced DC numbers may contribute to leukaemia escape from immune control and restoration of DC may be a goal for CML immunotherapy.
mesh_terms: D036541:ADP-ribosyl Cyclase / Q000276:immunology*; D051997:ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology*; D018949:Antigens, CD1 / Q000276:immunology; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018949:Antigens, CD1; D018952:Antigens, CD34; C419393:CD1a antigen; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D036541:ADP-ribosyl Cyclase; C498154:CD38 protein, human; D051997:ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1