| CXCL13 as a Novel Marker for Diagnosis and Disease Monitoring in Pediatric PTLD. | |
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PMID: 22335599 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is a severe complication of immunosuppressive treatment in organ-grafted children. Early diagnosis of PTLD is hampered by both unspecific clinical symptoms and lack of easy accessible markers. The homeostatic chemokine CXCL13, which plays a crucial role in B-cell homing and lymphoid organ development, is expressed in some lymphomatous diseases. This study aims to investigate whether serum CXCL13 (sCXCL13) levels correlate with occurrence and regression of PTLD in pediatric solid-organ graft recipients. Serum samples from PTLD patients (n = 21), patients with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivation (n = 18), and healthy age-matched controls (n = 19) were tested for CXCL13 using a commercially available ELISA kit. sCXCL13 levels were significantly higher in PTLD patients than in healthy children. PTLD patients had also higher sCXCL13 values than pediatric solid-organ recipients with EBV reactivation. An increase in sCXCL13 levels was observed from EBV reactivation to PTLD diagnosis in most cases. Elevated sCXCL13 levels were detected up to 2 years prior to PTLD diagnosis and correlated well with response to cytoreductive treatment in individual patients. sCXCL13, thus, may be a readily available surrogate marker for the diagnosis of PTLD and for monitoring of response to treatment in patients with initially elevated sCXCL13 levels. |
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Authors:
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L Schiffer; C Henke Gendo; N Wilsdorf; K Hussein; L Pape; C Schmitt; H Haller; M Schiffer; C Klein; H Kreipe; B Maecker Kolhoff |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-2-15 |
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Title: American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Volume: - ISSN: 1600-6143 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Feb |
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Created Date: 2012-2-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100968638 Medline TA: Am J Transplant Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© Copyright 2012 The American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. |
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Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany Integrated Research and Treatment Center Transplantation (IFB-Tx) Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Hepatology and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany Konsiliarlabor für EBV, HHV-6, HHV-7 und HHV-8, Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. |
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