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MxA expression in patients with viral infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation volume 32, pages 313–316 (2003)Cite this article

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Many patients suffer febrile diseases soon after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). Some of the symptoms of viral infections and acute GVHD are often difficult to distinguish. However, an accurate diagnosis is important since the treatments for these conditions are different. It is known that MxA protein is specifically induced in patients with several viral infections. We investigated the cytoplasmic expression of MxA in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of patients with fever after allogeneic SCT using a newly generated monoclonal antibody (KM1135) and flow cytometry. The level of MxA expression was significantly higher in patients diagnosed with viral infections (n=6, cytomegalovirus in three, Epstein–Barr virus in one, human herpesvirus-6 in one, adenovirus in one) than control individuals (n=9) (P<0.05, Mann–Whitney test). The level of MxA in patients with aGVHD (n=7) was identical to that in controls. The level of MxA correlated well with the amount of the cytomegalovirus antigen-positive cells in the presence of acute GVHD in two patients. The measurement of MxA is simple and useful in distinguishing viral disease from acute GVHD after allogeneic SCT.

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We thank Kyosuke Nagata and Akiko Furuya for providing the KM1135 antibody and Daniel Mrozek for proofreading the manuscript. We also thank the physicians and nurses who cared for the patients in this study.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

    T Yoshimasu, A Manabe, Y Ebihara, R Tanaka & K Tsuji

  2. Department of Hemotology-Oncology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

    J Ooi, T Iseki & S Asano

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University, Japan

    N Shirafuji

  4. Cell Transfusion, Kyoto University, Japan

    T Maekawa

  5. Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical College, Japan

    T Yoshimasu & N Yoshikawa

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Yoshimasu, T., Manabe, A., Ebihara, Y. et al. MxA expression in patients with viral infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 32, 313–316 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1704128

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