title: The impact of post-thaw colony-forming units-granulocyte/macrophage on engraftment following unrelated cord blood transplantation in pediatric recipients.
abstract: We retrospectively reviewed the engraftment kinetics following unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) in association with the post-thaw colony-forming units-granulocyte/macrophage (CFU-GM) number along with the numbers of total nucleated cells (TNC), CD34(+) cells and CD3(+) cells. A total of 71 cord blood units prepared for 53 patients (double-unit CBT in 18 patients) were evaluated. Either the number of infused CFU-GM or CD34(+) cells was significantly lower in patients who failed to achieve engraftment (P=0.028 and 0.005, respectively). Post-thaw CFU-GM, TNC and CD34(+) cells correlated with the speed of neutrophil engraftment (P=0.004, 0.037 and 0.004, respectively), whereas only CFU-GM showed a significant correlation with platelet engraftment (r=-0.385, P=0.024). In double-unit transplants, the number of CFU-GM was the only significant factor predicting engraftment of the predominating unit (P=0.006). We conclude that the post-thaw CFU-GM number is a reliable predictor of rapid engraftment after CBT as well as of the predominating unit in double-unit transplants. Thus, it would be important to perform post-thaw CFU-GM assay on cryopreserved aliquots from several candidate cord blood units in advance before CBT to avoid selecting the unit that might possess a low clonogenic potential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H-J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Koo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D036101:Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; D015925:Cryopreservation; D006085:Graft Survival; D042381:Granulocyte Precursor Cells; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34