Immunologic mechanisms of extracorporeal photochemotherapy in chronic graft-versus-host disease
Gorgun G, Miller KB, Foss FM. Immunologic mechanisms of extracorporeal photochemotherapy in chronic graft-versus-host disease. Blood 2002, 100: 941-947. PMID: 12130506, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-01-0068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMixed lymphocyte reactionAntigen-presenting dendritic cellsDendritic cellsT cellsChronic graftHost diseaseClinical responseDC populationsActivity of DCsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationCD4/CD8 ratioMonocytic dendritic cellsAllogeneic T cellsEffector T cellsNatural killer cellsBone marrow transplantationTh2 cytokine profileChronic GVHDCD8 ratioCytokine profileECP therapyImmunologic mechanismsLymphocyte subpopulationsEffector lymphocytesKiller cells