| Literature DB >> 12138903 |
Yasunobu Abe1, Shinji Yashiki, Ilseung Choi, Keiichi Hara, Takamitsu Matsushima, Junji Nishimura, Shoichi Inaba, Hajime Nawata, Koichiro Muta.
Abstract
We describe the case of a 55-year-old man with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) in first remission who underwent nonmyeloablative allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation with conditioning consisting of 4 courses of pentostatin and low-dose total body irradiation. Complete chimerism in peripheral blood was achieved on day 42 without severe myelosuppression. Concomitantly, the proviral DNA load for human T-cell leukemia virus I (HTLV-I) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells decreased below detectable limits and was still undetectable on day 270. This fact indicates that eradication of ATL cells is feasible by induction of an alloimmune response without high-dose chemoradiotherapy.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12138903 DOI: 10.1007/bf02982725
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Hematol ISSN: 0925-5710 Impact factor: 2.490