title: Predictive factors and impact of full donor T-cell chimerism after reduced intensity conditioning allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
abstract: This study investigated the kinetics of CD3+-T cell chimerism (TCC) in 102 patients receiving reduced intensity conditioning allogeneic stem cell transplantation (RIC-allo-SCT) from an HLA-identical sibling. Patients with full donor TCC at day 30 had a higher incidence of grade 2-4 acute GVHD compared to patients in mixed TCC (cumulative-incidence, 61% vs. 35%; p=0.01). The delayed establishment of full donor TCC in myeloid malignancies was associated with a higher incidence of relapse (40% vs. 0; p=0.002), suggesting that monitoring of the kinetics of TCC is mandatory after RIC-allo-SCT.
authors.affiliation: Unite de Transplantation et de Therapie Cellulaire, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France. mohtym@marseille.fnclcc.fr
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohty
authors.forename: Odile
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Avinens
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faucher
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Viens
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blaise
authors.forename: Jean-Francois
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Eliaou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009196:Myeloproliferative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D035781:Siblings; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D018183:Transplantation Chimera; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning / Q000379:methods; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous