Article
Immune escape from a graft-versus-leukemia effect may play a role in the relapse of myeloid leukemias following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
Bone marrow transplantation - 1 May 1997
Dermime S, Mavroudis D, Jiang Y Z, Hensel N, Molldrem J, Barrett A J
Abstract excerpt
We studied patients relapsing with myeloid leukemias following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for evidence of immune escape by clonal evolution of the leukemia. Relapsed cells from four out of five patients had a reduced ability to stimulate proliferation of lymphocytes from an HLA-mismatched responder. There was decreased susceptibility to lysis by CTL in three and reduced susceptibility to...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Female
- Graft vs Host Reaction
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
