title: Pilot study of allogeneic G-CSF-stimulated bone marrow transplantation: harvest, engraftment, and graft-versus-host disease.
abstract: Peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) harvests mobilized by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) contain more CD34+ cells and provide more rapid engraftment than do bone marrow (BM) harvests. However, some reports have suggested a higher risk of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), possibly because such PBPC harvests contain approximately 10 times more T lymphocytes than do BM harvests. Some groups are attempting to combine the faster engraftment of PBPCs with the lower incidence of GVHD observed after BM transplantation by using G-CSF-primed BM conventionally harvested from iliac crests for allogenic BM transplantation. We report the results of a pilot study of 38 allogeneic transplants using G-CSF-stimulated BM from related donors, with a focus on the harvest composition, engraftment, and incidence of acute and chronic GVHDs.
authors.affiliation: Hematology and BMT Unit, Real-Hospital Português, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ostronoff
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ostronoff
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Souto Maior
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matias
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calixto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sucupira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Domingues
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Florencio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tagliari
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor