Immune reconstitution following umbilical cord blood transplantation: IRES, a study of UK paediatric patients
Abstract
To obtain a qualitative as well as quantitative view immune reconstitution following umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation of paediatric patients, we utilised a broad panel of flow cytometry markers to monitor the phenotypes of lymphoid and myeloid cells at 1-12 months post-transplant. Samples were received from 46 patients with a median age of 3.3 years and survival was 76% at 1 year. Monocytes were at similar or higher median levels than in adult controls at all times tested, with a high CD16+ proportion in the first 3 months. NK cells were also within adult ranges, with a CD56++ high proportion in the first 6 months. B cell recovery was seen from 2 months in most patients and T cells from 3 months, both were delayed with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) treatment. CD4:CD8 ratios were high in the first 6 months, and the proportion of T cells with recent thymic emigrant and naïve phenotypes rose from 3 months. NK and plasmacytoid dendritic cell numbers remained at reduced levels in patients not surviving to 1 year. Our results can serve as a useful reference for detailed monitoring of immune reconstitution in paediatric recipients of UCB.
| Authors: | Girdlestone J, Raymond M, Shaw B, Tululpe S, Devlia VR,Danby R, Ahyee T, Saudemont A, Hough R, Veys R, Ruggeri A, Vora A, Marks DI, Gibson B, Wynn R, Madrigal A, Navarrete CV |
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| Journal: | eJHaem. 2020;1:142–151 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| PubMed: | Find in PubMed |