Article
Memory CD4+ T cells do not induce graft-versus-host disease
2003-07-01
Abstract excerpt
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT). Donor T cells that accompany stem cell grafts cause GVHD by attacking recipient tissues; therefore, all patients receive GVHD prophylaxis by depletion of T cells from the allograft or through immunosuppressant drugs. In addition to providing a graft-versusleukemia effect, donor T cel...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 195a54d3-6b0d-5671-bdcb-3cdf7fd92616
- DOI
- 10.1172/jci200317601
