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CMV infection influences on peripheral immune status of acute myeloid leukemia patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
ZHANG Jie-xin, WU Lei, RONG Guo-dong, XU Ting, ZHAO Hong, WANG Fang, HUANG Pei-jun |
(Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Jiangsu 210029, China) |
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Abstract Objective: To analyze the distribution of peripheral lymphocyte subsets of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, who went through allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT), and to investigate the relationship among cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia, immune status and prognosis. Methods: We recruited 65 AML patients who had received alloHSCT. According to CMV infection status after transplantation, they were divided into CMV(+) (n=38) and CMV(-)(n=27) groups. We respectively collected their peripheral blood samples in different timepoints to analyse the ratios of lymphocyte subgroups and virus loads. KaplanMeier method, Fisher’s exact test, and the Cox proportional hazards regression model were used for statistical analysis between CMV infection and prognosis. Results: Immediately after transplantation, CMV(+) group showed inverted CD8+/CD4+ T cells ratio. CMV negatively turned in peripheral blood within six months by ganciclovir administration for two months. Although CD8+/CD4+ T cells ratio fell back, it was still higher than that before transplantation. CD8+ T cells were generally upregulated in both groups but more prominent in CMV(+) group within three months after transplantation. Conclusion: Peripheral lymphocytes distribution of AML patients after alloHSCT was altered by CMV infection, leading to inverted CD8+/CD4+ T cells ratio. CD8+ T cell was upregulated within three months postsurgery. These CMV infection and resulted in immune activation might favor leukemia free survival.
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Received: 17 October 2016
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