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ArticleInternational journal of hematology2026

Clinical impact of infused CD3-positive cell dose in unrelated peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

Yasutaka Sadaga, Shuhei Kurosawa, Hiroaki Shimizu, Kairi Kojo, Riki Yamakawa, Kana Kato, Kaori Kondo, Ryo Hasunuma, Fumihiko Ouchi, Hiroki Hatsusawa and 9 more

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Article in International journal of hematology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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19 authors.

Yasutaka SadagaHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Shuhei KurosawaClinical Research and Trials Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroaki ShimizuHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan. hiroakis0825@icloud.com.
Kairi KojoHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Riki YamakawaHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Kana KatoHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Kaori KondoHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Ryo HasunumaHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Fumihiko OuchiHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Hiroki HatsusawaHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Atsushi TakeyoshiHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Masashi ShimabukuroHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Yukie TerasakiHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Atsushi JingujiHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Kaoru MoritaHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Yuho NajimaHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Tomomi ToubaiHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
Kyoko HaraguchiDivision of Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Noriko DokiHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical impact of the infused CD3-positive cell dose on outcomes after unrelated peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (uPBSCT) remains uncertain, particularly regarding graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). We retrospectively analyzed 75 patients who underwent first uPBSCT between 2016 and 2024, dichotomized at the median infused CD3-positive cell dose (20 × 10⁷ cells/kg). The cumulative incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD was significantly higher in the high CD3 group (45.7% vs 20.0% at day-100, p = 0.02). In multivariable analysis, high CD3-positive cell dose independently predicted acute GVHD (HR 3.15, 95% confidence interval 1.26-7.86) but was not associated with overall survival, non-relapse mortality, relapse, or chronic GVHD. Target-organ involvement and severity were similar between groups, although grade II acute GVHD was more frequent in the high CD3 group. In an exploratory analysis of patients receiving systemic corticosteroids for grade II-IV acute GVHD, progression of acute GVHD after first-line treatment occurred only in the high CD3 group, though based on small numbers and not statistically significant (p = 0.09). No GVHD-related mortality occurred. A higher infused CD3-positive cell dose increases acute GVHD risk without affecting other transplant outcomes and may serve as a practical marker of acute alloreactivity to guide risk-adapted GVHD prophylaxis.

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CD3-positive cell doseGraft-versus-host diseaseUnrelated peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

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