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Blood, 15 July 2001, Vol. 98, No. 2, pp. 489-491
BRIEF REPORT
Factors influencing B lymphopoiesis after allogeneic
hematopoietic cell transplantation
Jan Storek,
Denise Wells,
Monja A. Dawson,
Barry Storer, and
David G. Maloney
From the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
University of Washington, and Hematologics, Seattle, WA.
In 93 allograft recipients, the numbers of marrow B-cell precursors
on days 80 and 365 correlated with the counts of circulating B cells,
suggesting that the posttransplantation B-cell deficiency is at least
in part due to insufficient B lymphopoiesis. Factors that could affect
B lymphopoiesis were evaluated. The number of marrow B-cell
precursors on days 30 and 80 was at least 4-fold lower in patients with
grade 2 to 4 acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) compared with
patients with grade 0 to 1 acute GVHD. The number of B-cell precursors
on day 365 was 18-fold lower in patients with extensive chronic GVHD
compared with patients with no or limited chronic GVHD. The number of
B-cell precursors was not related to CD34 cell dose, type of transplant
(marrow versus blood stem cells), donor age, or patient age. It was
concluded that posttransplantation B-cell deficiency results in part
from inhibition of B lymphopoiesis by GVHD and/or its treatment.

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