AB0 and related antigens, whose presence on vascular endothelial cells may provoke
antibody-mediated graft rejection, are excluded from this group because they do not initiate …

The ability to transplant visceral organs and hematopoietic stem cells into donors with organ
failure and other life-threatening diseases has revolutionized modern medicine. Advances in …

Major neurologic morbidity, such as seizures and encephalopathy, complicates 20–30% of
organ and stem cell transplantation procedures. The majority of these disorders occur in the …

Interstitial pneumonia (IP) is a frequent and serious complication of bone marrow
transplantation with a median time of onset about 2 months posttransplant. Most cases result …

Langerhans cells (LC) are bone marrow‐derived dendritic antigen‐presenting cells found in
the epidermis. In an effort to determine the origin (host versus donor) of LC at different …

Eight patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) were treated with bone marrow
transplantation (BMT). Median age was 34.5 years and ranged between 3 and 45. FAB …

In order to study the posttransplant evolution of serum immunoglobulin levels, we measured
serum IgG, IgA and IgM levels in 50 recipients of allogeneic bone marrow before …

The potential value of in vitro cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) assays for predicting the
occurrence of graft vs host disease (GVHD) following allogeneic bone marrow …

Postmortem fixed tissue sections of the lymphoid and digestive systems of eight consecutive
leukemic patients dying of various diseases after bone marrow transplantation (BMT) were …

Graft-infiltrating T-lymphocytes (GITL) were isolated from two successive biopsies of a
patient who had received an HLA-identical kidney from his brother. Both T-cell lines were …