Baerlocher, Gabriela M; Rovó, Alicia; Müller, Astrid; Matthey, Sybille; Stern, Martin; Halter, Jörg; Heim, Dominik; Rischewski, Johannes; Gratwohl, Alois; Tichelli, André (2009). Cellular senescence of white blood cells in very long-term survivors after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: the role of chronic graft-versus-host disease and female donor sex. Blood, 114(1), pp. 219-22. Washington, D.C.: American Society of Hematology 10.1182/blood-2009-03-209833
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)In this single-center, cross-sectional study, we evaluated 44 very long-term survivors with a median follow-up of 17.5 years (range, 11-26 years) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We assessed the telomere length difference in human leukocyte antigen-identical donor and recipient sibling pairs and searched for its relationship with clinical factors. The telomere length (in kb, mean +/- SD) was significantly shorter in all recipient blood cells compared with their donors' blood cells (P < .01): granulocytes (6.5 +/- 0.9 vs 7.1 +/- 0.9), naive/memory T cells (5.7 +/- 1.2 vs 6.6 +/- 1.2; 5.2 +/- 1.0 vs 5.7 +/- 0.9), B cells (7.1 +/- 1.1 vs 7.8 +/- 1.1), and natural killer/natural killer T cells (4.8 +/- 1.0 vs 5.6 +/- 1.3). Chronic graft-versus-host disease (P < .04) and a female donor (P < .04) were associated with a greater difference in telomere length between donor and recipient. Critically short telomeres have been described in degenerative diseases and secondary malignancies. If this hypothesis can be confirmed, identification of recipients at risk for cellular senescence could become part of monitoring long-term survivors after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Haematology and Central Haematological Laboratory |
UniBE Contributor: |
Baerlocher, Gabriela M. |
ISSN: |
0006-4971 |
Publisher: |
American Society of Hematology |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:10 |
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05 Dec 2022 14:21 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1182/blood-2009-03-209833 |
PubMed ID: |
19411630 |
Web of Science ID: |
000267789800033 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/30914 (FactScience: 195276) |
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