title: Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells as salvage therapy for treatment of severe refractory acute graft-vs.-host disease in two children.
abstract: Severe GVHD is a lethal complication to ASCT, and a number of approaches are therefore being evaluated. Recently, Le Blanc et al. reported a case of grade IV therapy-resistant acute GVHD of the gut and liver that showed rapid improvement after infusion of mesenchymal stem cells. Here we describe two pediatric patients who developed severe refractory acute GVHD following ASCT and were successfully treated with AMSC from HLA-mismatched unrelated donors.
authors.affiliation: Henan Institute of Haematology, Henan Tumor Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
authors.forename: Baijun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Yongping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Quande
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yanli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Robert Chunhua
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yuanfang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000637:transplantation*; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000637:transplantation*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents