Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: We analyzed the phenotypes of circulating T cells and the proliferative responses of peripheral-blood mononuclear cells to phytohemagglutinin in 83 patients with severe combined immunodeficiency who received allogeneic marrow transplants without T-cell ablation from related donors over an 18-year period. We also tested for the presence of episomes of T-cell antigen receptors (extrachromosomal DNA circles formed during intrathymic T-cell development) to assess thymus-dependent T-cell reconstitution. RESULTS: Before and early after transplantation, the numbers of circulating T cells were low, with a predominance of mature CD45RO+ T cells (primarily resulting from the transplacental transfer of maternal cells); T-cell antigen-receptor episomes were undetectable in peripheral-blood mononuclear cells. In 73 of the infants, thymus-derived T cells expressing CD45RA and T-cell antigen-receptor episomes were detected within three to six weeks after transplantation. The mean (+/-SD) value for thymus-dependent T-cell antigen-receptor episomes peaked (at 7311+/-8652 per microgram of peripheral-blood mononuclear-cell DNA) 1 to 2 years after transplantation and declined to low levels (less than 100 episomes per microgram of DNA) within 14 years, as compared with a gradual decline from birth to the age of about 80 years in normal subjects. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | D D Patel, M E Gooding, R E Parrott, K M Curtis, B F Haynes, R H Buckley |
Journal | The New England journal of medicine
(N Engl J Med)
Vol. 342
Issue 18
Pg. 1325-32
(May 04 2000)
ISSN: 0028-4793 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10793165
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
- Leukocyte Common Antigens
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Topics |
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Humans
- Infant
- Leukocyte Common Antigens
- Lymphocyte Count
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
(analysis)
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
(genetics)
- Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
(immunology, therapy)
- T-Lymphocytes
(immunology)
- Thymus Gland
(immunology, physiology)
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