• The Journal of infection · Sep 2016

    Poor CMV-specific CD8+ T central memory subset recovery at early stage post-HSCT associates with refractory and recurrent CMV reactivation.

    • Jing Liu, Ying-Jun Chang, Chen-Hua Yan, Lan-Ping Xu, Zheng-Fan Jiang, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Kai-Yan Liu, and Xiao-Jun Huang.
    • Peking University People's Hospital, Institute of Hematology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, 100044, China.
    • J. Infect. 2016 Sep 1; 73 (3): 261-70.

    ObjectivesRefractory and recurrent cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation were independent risk factors of CMV disease and transplant-related mortality post allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Our aims were to identify the recovery of CMV-specific CD8+ T cells with a central memory phenotype (TCM) associated with refractory and recurrent CMV reactivation.MethodWe analyzed findings in a prospective study comprising (n = 107) post allo-HSCT. CMV-specific CD8+ T cells were determined using HLA class I pentamers together with extended phenotypic analyses.ResultThe patients with lower level of CMV-specific CD8+ TCM at day 30 post-HSCT had an increased risk of refractory and recurrent CMV (68.5%) comparing with the higher one (13.2%) (p < 0.001) and poorer long term CMV-specific CD8+ T cell reconstitution post-HSCT (p = 0.026). Multivariate analysis revealed that CMV-specific CD8+ TCM at day 30 was an independent prognostic factor for refractory and recurrent reactivation (p = 0.002).ConclusionThe CMV-specific CD8+ TCM subset at day 30 post-HSCT is associated with CMV-specific T cell immunity recovery as well as the refractory and recurrent CMV reactivation post-HSCT.Copyright © 2016 The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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