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Prevention of graft-versus-host disease following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in rats using FK506

Markus, PM and Cai, X and Ming, W and Demetris, AJ and Fung, JJ and Starzl, TE (1991) Prevention of graft-versus-host disease following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in rats using FK506. Transplantation, 52 (4). 590 - 594. ISSN 0041-1337

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Abstract

FK506 and cyclosporine were used for the prevention of acute graft-versus-host disease. Acute GVHD was induced in Lewis rats by total-body irradiation and subsequent reconstitution with allogeneic (ACI) bone marrow and spleen cells (BMTx). GVHD was assessed by both clinical and histologic parameters during the experiment duration of 60 days, and longer for selected animals. All untreated BM recipients died within 26 days from severe acute GVHD. GVHD was prevented with CsA during the period of immunosuppressive therapy, but it appeared within a few days afterward. FK506-treated BM recipients were also protected, but they had a markedly prolonged GVHD-free period after therapy was discontinued. Most such animals eventually developed GVHD but with notable exceptions. Maintenance therapy with doses of FK506 as low as 0.1 mg/kg every other day (1/20 of daily induction dose) was infallible insurance against delayed GVHD. The relevance of these findings to GVHD caused by lymphoid-containing solid organs such as the intestine was discussed. © 1991 by Williams and Wilkins.


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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Markus, PM
Cai, X
Ming, W
Demetris, AJ
Fung, JJ
Starzl, TEtes11@pitt.eduTES11
Centers: Other Centers, Institutes, Offices, or Units > Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Date: 1 January 1991
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: Transplantation
Volume: 52
Number: 4
Page Range: 590 - 594
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.1097/00007890-199110000-00002
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Refereed: Yes
ISSN: 0041-1337
Other ID: uls-drl:31735062117688, Starzl CV No. 1217
Date Deposited: 08 Apr 2010 17:20
Last Modified: 21 Jul 2020 15:55
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4603

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