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Query: UMLS:C0019045 (hemoglobinopathies)
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is characterized by significant morbidity and early mortality. Children with this hemoglobinopathy exhibit many of the manifestations associated with immunodeficiency disorders. Serum was obtained from 56 healthy SCD subjects and 45 normal healthy controls. Type 2 cytokines interleukin (IL)-4, IL-6, and IL-10 serum levels were measured. Concentrations were determined by reference to a standard curve, and results were expressed in pg/mL. Results revealed significant levels of IL-4 in 6 (13%) of 45 SCD patients compared with 1 (2%) of 45 controls. Increased levels of IL-6 were present in 35 (78%) of 45 SCD patients and 12 (41%) of 29 controls. Elevated levels of IL-10 were detectable in 13 (41%) of 42 SCD patients and 1 (4%) of 25 controls. High circulating levels of type 2 cytokines may suppress both humoral and cell-mediated immune functions in SCD, with resultant increased morbidity.
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PMID:Type 2 cytokine serum levels in healthy sickle cell disease patients. 937 80

Over the last three decades, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has become an important therapeutic tool that can cure life-threatening diseases affecting children and adults, including a variety of neoplastic and inborn genetic disorders of the hematopoietic system. Engraftment of donor-derived cells represents a crucial event in order to obtain a successful transplant; therefore, many techniques have been developed to monitor engraftment and eventually determine the presence of mixed chimerism (MC) after HSCT. PCR based on the amplification of short tandem repeats is currently the most common technique used to monitor chimerism, although the degree of achievable quantification can be increased by performing quantitative PCR. In hemoglobinopathies, different studies have showed that complete donor hematopoiesis is not essential for sustained engraftment and that the simultaneous presence of hematopoietic cells of both donor and recipient origin is not a rare event after HSCT. In the present study our data confirmed that the presence of MC in thalassemic patients negatively influence the outcome of HSCT early after HSCT, but not if it becomes persistent in the long follow-up. Different studies have shown that T regulatory type 1 (Tr1) cells, characterized by the coexpression of CD49b and LAG-3 and by their ability to secrete IL-10, have been associated with the presence and maintenance of persistent MC in beta-thalassemic patients after HSCT. In the present study we summarize the incidence of MC after HSCT in a single transplant center cohort of thalassemic patients, showing the role of regulatory T cells in promoting and maintaining immune tolerance in some of them.
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PMID:The study of engraftment after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: From the presence of mixed chimerism to the development of immunological tolerance. 3027 May 57