Lourdes Cordón, Pedro Chorão, Beatriz Martín-Herreros, Juan Montoro, Aitana Balaguer, Manuel Guerreiro, Marta Villalba, Ana Facal, Pedro Asensi, Pilar Solves, Inés Gómez, Marta Santiago, Brais Lamas, Ana Bataller, Pablo Granados, Amparo Sempere, Guillermo F Sanz, Miguel A Sanz, Jaime Sanz
This study aimed to investigate the kinetics of immune recovery following umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) in adults who received a myeloablative conditioning (MAC) regimen and antithymocyte globulin (ATG). While the immune recovery kinetics has been extensively studied in pediatric UCBT recipients, limited data exist for adults. We conducted a comprehensive analysis of 221 consecutive adult patients who underwent UCBT with MAC and ATG at a single institution. Our objective was to evaluate the influence of patient, disease, and transplant factors, along with acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD), on immune reconstitution and overall survival...
April 18, 2024: Annals of Hematology