title: Simultaneous quantification of recent thymic T-cell and bone marrow B-cell emigrants in patients with primary immunodeficiency undergone to stem cell transplantation.
abstract: A major problem in the field of stem cell transplantation is the difficulty to monitor the efficacy of immune reconstitution. By modifying the widely used method of measuring T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) and the recently proposed kappa-deleting recombination excision circles (KRECs) assay, we set up a duplex Real-Time PCR that allowed the simultaneous quantification of newly produced T and B cells in children with primary immunodeficiency undergone to transplantation. We found that lymphocyte recovery involves the mobilization of both new T and B cells from production and maturation sites, and that the increase of TRECs and KRECs can be or strictly associated or independent one from the other. Some patients showed a "lymphocyte rebound" which is followed by a progressive decrease of newly produced T and B lymphocytes starting about 2years after transplantation. In other patients, TRECs and KRECs number remained very low for the entire period of study.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostics Department, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sottini
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ghidini
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zanotti
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiarini
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caimi
authors.forename: Arnalda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanfranchi
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moratto
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Porta
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Imberti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015703:Antigens, CD; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016511:Severe Combined Immunodeficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD