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ArticleeLife2021

Cell-density independent increased lymphocyte production and loss rates post-autologous HSCT.

Mariona Baliu-Piqué, Vera van Hoeven, Julia Drylewicz, Lotte E van der Wagen, Anke Janssen, Sigrid A Otto, Menno C van Zelm, Rob J de Boer, Jürgen Kuball, Jose Am Borghans and 1 more

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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11 authors.

Mariona Baliu-Piqué *Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9276-8839
Vera van Hoeven *Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Julia Drylewicz *Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9434-8459
Lotte E van der WagenDepartment of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Anke JanssenCenter for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Sigrid A OttoCenter for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Menno C van ZelmDepartment of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University and Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Rob J de BoerTheoretical Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2130-691X
Jürgen KuballCenter for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Jose Am BorghansCenter for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Kiki TesselaarCenter for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9847-0814

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphocyte numbers need to be quite tightly regulated. It is generally assumed that lymphocyte production and lifespan increase homeostatically when lymphocyte numbers are low and, vice versa, return to normal once cell numbers have normalized. This widely accepted concept is largely based on experiments in mice, but is hardly investigated in vivo in humans. Here we quantified lymphocyte production and loss rates in vivo in patients 0.5-1 year after their autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (autoHSCT). We indeed found that the production rates of most T- and B-cell subsets in autoHSCT-patients were two to eight times higher than in healthy controls, but went hand in hand with a threefold to ninefold increase in cell loss rates. Both rates also did not normalize when cell numbers did. This shows that increased lymphocyte production and loss rates occur even long after autoHSCT and can persist in the face of apparently normal cell numbers.

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Lymphocyte CountAdultFemaleHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansLymphocytesMaleMiddle AgedTransplantation, Autologousautologous hematopoieticdeuterium labelinghumanimmunologyinflammationlymphocyte dynamicslymphopeniamathematical modelingstem cell transplantation

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PMID33538246
PMCPMC7886352

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