title: Role of myeloid human cytomegalovirus infection in children's idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
abstract: This project explores the specificity of myeloid human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in pathogenesis of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Eighty-one subjects with ITP were observed. HCMV early antigen and related myeloid cells in bone marrow, and platelet, HCMV IgM, and IgG in blood were tested. The results presented potent evidence that myeloid HCMV infection is a specific factor in children's ITP: patients of ITP with myeloid HCMV infection had a tendency for exacerbation, refractoriness, and chronic advance. However, HCMV did not affect the quantity of megakaryocyte, which showed the complicated relationships between HCMV and ITP.
authors: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Ding
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Zhao
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Mei
authors: Shu-Ling
authors: SL
authors: Zhang
authors: Zhi-Hua
authors: ZH
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D022423:Myeloid Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology*; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M