Post-Transplantation Natural Killer Cell Count: A Predictor of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Survival Outcomes After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Reconstitution of the immune system after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is important in transplant outcomes. We retrospectively analyzed the data from 70 patients who had undergone allo-HSCT with the lymphocyte subset results. Also, the association between the lymphocyte subset counts and early complications and outcomes after allo-HSCT was analyzed. The natural killer cell counts after allo-HSCT were predictive of acute graft-versus-host disease, nonrelapse mortality, and survival.
Source: Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Original Study Source Type: research