Abstract |
We have studied immune reconstitution in a patient with paediatric-onset polyarteritis nodosa treated with high-dose immunosuppressive agents followed by stem cell rescue. The patient developed several new autoimmune phenomena over the 18 months after immunosuppression and stem cell rescue. Flow cytometry, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) heteroduplex and isotype-specific RT-PCR analysis of immunoglobulin expression showed that the T- and B-cell repertoires were highly restricted in the first few months after treatment. The dominant T-cell clones seen after reconstitution were persistently expanded, were different from those which could be demonstrated before autologous stem cell transplantation, and were in the CD8(+) population. Our data also show that 12 months after treatment these expanded T-cell clones were within the CD45RA(+) population, suggesting that reversion from the CD45RO(+) to the CD45RA(+) phenotype had occurred in vivo.
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Authors | L R Wedderburn, R Jeffery, H White, A Patel, H Varsani, D Linch, K Murray, P Woo |
Journal | Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
(Rheumatology (Oxford))
Vol. 40
Issue 11
Pg. 1299-307
(Nov 2001)
ISSN: 1462-0324 [Print] England |
PMID | 11709615
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Biomarkers
- Leukocyte Common Antigens
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Topics |
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- B-Lymphocytes
(chemistry, immunology)
- Biomarkers
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression
(immunology)
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Heteroduplex Analysis
- Humans
- Immunologic Memory
(immunology)
- Immunosuppression Therapy
- Leukocyte Common Antigens
(analysis, genetics, immunology)
- Phenotype
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
(genetics, immunology, therapy)
- T-Lymphocytes
(chemistry, immunology)
- Transplantation, Autologous
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