Pericapillary hemorrhage as criterion of severe human digestive graft-versus-host disease
- 15 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 103 (12), 4681-4684
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2003-05-1548
Abstract
In an experimental model we demonstrated that endothelial cells of all organs are targets of the alloimmune reaction. Here, in 68 digestive biopsies, we found endothelial lesions by immunohistochemistry and ultrastructure in patients with severe acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). In contrast, no such endothelial cell alterations were found either in patients without GVHD or in nongrafted controls. In the biopsies with severe GVHD lesions, ultrastructure showed rupture of the capillary basal membrane and extravased red blood cells. These pericapillary hemorrhages were highly correlated with GVHD severity. In a separate cohort of 39 patients who underwent an allogeneic transplantation after a nonmyeloablative conditioning, 8 patients had intestinal biopsies. Three of these latter patients had both severe pathologic lesions of GVHD and similar endothelial lesions, thus, strengthening the concept that endothelial lesions are linked to GVHD severity and not to the intensity of the conditioning regimen. (Blood. 2004;103:4681-4684)This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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