Clinical Focus ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 251-255.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2021.03.013

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Expression of PD-1 on T-lymphocytes in acute leukemia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Liu Jianning, Sun Li, Niu Zhiyun, Wen Shupeng, Wang Ying, Zhang Xuejun, Wang Fuxu()   

  1. Department of Hematology, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Hematology, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
  • Received:2020-09-23 Online:2021-03-20 Published:2021-03-29
  • Contact: Wang Fuxu E-mail:wfxhebmu@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To explore the dynamic change and clinical significance of PD-1 (programmed cell death protein 1) expression on T-lymphocytes in acute leukemia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Methods Twenty-three healthy volunteers (the control group) and 40 patients with acute leukemia (the transplantation group) were selected, peripheral blood samples were collected 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 months after allo-HSCT, and PD-1 expression levels on CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+ T-lymphocytes were tested by the flow cytometry. The differences of PD-1 expression levels between the allo-HSCT group and the control group were analyzed. Results The expression levels of PD-1 on CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+ T-lymphocytes in acute leukemia patients in the transplantation group at 1 and 2 months after allo-HSCT were higher than those of the control group. The PD-1 expression levels on CD3+CD4+ T-lymphocyte in the transplantation group were higher than those of the control group at 3, 4, 5 and 6 month after allo-HSCT, but they showed a downtrend with the transplantation time, while the PD-1 expression levels in CD3+CD8+ T-lymphocyte had no obvious statistical significance (P>0.05 for all). Conclusion The PD-1expression levels on CD3+CD4+ T-lymphocyte in patients with acute leukemia after allo-HSCT were higher than those normal levels at the early stage and showed a downtrend with the transplantation time; while the PD-1 expression levels on CD3+CD8+ T-lymphocyte were increased transiently at the early stage after allo-HSCT.

Key words: leukemia, programmed cell death protein 1, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, lymphocyte

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