Repifermin (keratinocyte growth factor-2) reduces the severity of graft-versus-host disease while preserving a graft-versus-leukemia effect
Clouthier S, Cooke K, Teshima T, Lowler K, Liu C, Connolly K, Ferrara J. Repifermin (keratinocyte growth factor-2) reduces the severity of graft-versus-host disease while preserving a graft-versus-leukemia effect. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2003, 9: 592-603. PMID: 14506661, DOI: 10.1016/s1083-8791(03)00230-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBone Marrow TransplantationCD4 Lymphocyte CountCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DivisionCell Line, TumorDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFibroblast Growth Factor 10Fibroblast Growth FactorsGraft vs Host DiseaseGraft vs Leukemia EffectHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-2IntestinesLipopolysaccharidesLiverLymphocyte CountMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred StrainsRecombinant ProteinsSpleenT-LymphocytesT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicTransplantation, HomologousTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsBone marrow transplantationAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationAllogeneic BMT recipientsSystemic GVHDGVL effectHost diseaseBMT recipientsTumor necrosis factor alphaBeneficial GVL effectInduction of GVHDSeverity of graftToxicity of GVHDMurine BMT modelBone marrow inoculumNecrosis factor alphaT cell proliferationRecombinant human keratinocyte growth factorHuman keratinocyte growth factorKeratinocyte growth factorLeukemia effectLeukemia responseSerum levelsMarrow transplantationControl miceOrgan histopathology