| Literature DB >> 12358912 |
Mohamad Mohty1, Daniel Isnardon, Norbert Vey, Francine Brière, Didier Blaise, Daniel Olive, Béatrice Gaugler.
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Myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (MDC, PDC) play a key role in the initiation of immune responses. We found a reduction of DC subsets among 20 chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) patients in chronic phase (MDC, mean, 0.10% +/- 0.10, P = 0.02; PDC, mean, 0.11% +/- 0.08, P = 0.006 versus controls). The maintenance of blood DC correlated with the presence of high percentages of circulating CD34+/CD38- progenitors that were able to give rise in vitro to CD1a+ DC. The reduced DC numbers may contribute to leukaemia escape from immune control and restoration of DC may be a goal for CML immunotherapy.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12358912 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03831.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Haematol ISSN: 0007-1048 Impact factor: 6.998