In nine patients with posttransplant Kaposi sarcoma (KS) T-cell responses to human herpesvirus (HHV)-8 latent and lytic antigens, as detected by enzyme-linked-immunospot (Elispot) assay, were absent at disease onset. Virus-specific T-cell responses were detected in six renal recipients at remission after a reduction of calcineurin inhibitors (CIs), and in two HHV-8 seropositive renal recipients without KS. In two liver recipients undergoing switch from CIs to sirolimus (SRL), normalization of the T-cell repertoire and recovery of both HHV-8-specific effector and memory T lymphocytes were associated with complete KS remission. In a renal recipient undergoing SRL conversion, the early recovery of HHV-8-specific effector but not of memory T lymphocytes, was associated only with partial remission. Neither rejection nor changes in graft function were observed after SRL conversion. HHV-8-specific T-cell responses are required to achieve posttransplant KS remission, and may be restored under SRL, while maintaining effective immunosuppression.
Changes in the immune responses against human herpesvirus-8 in the disease course of posttransplant Kaposi sarcoma / Barozzi, Patrizia; Bonini, C; Potenza, Leonardo; Masetti, Michele; Cappelli, Gianni; Gruarin, P; Whitby, D; Gerunda, Giorgio Enrico; Mondino, A; Riva, Giovanni; Vallerini, Daniela; Quadrelli, Chiara; Bosco, Raffaella; Ciceri, F; Bordignon, C; Schulz, Tf; Torelli, Giuseppe; Luppi, Mario. - In: TRANSPLANTATION. - ISSN 0041-1337. - STAMPA. - 86:5(2008), pp. 738-744. [10.1097/TP.0b013e318184112c]
Changes in the immune responses against human herpesvirus-8 in the disease course of posttransplant Kaposi sarcoma
BAROZZI, Patrizia;POTENZA, Leonardo;MASETTI, Michele;CAPPELLI, Gianni;GERUNDA, Giorgio Enrico;RIVA, Giovanni;VALLERINI, Daniela;QUADRELLI, Chiara;BOSCO, Raffaella;TORELLI, Giuseppe;LUPPI, Mario
2008
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In nine patients with posttransplant Kaposi sarcoma (KS) T-cell responses to human herpesvirus (HHV)-8 latent and lytic antigens, as detected by enzyme-linked-immunospot (Elispot) assay, were absent at disease onset. Virus-specific T-cell responses were detected in six renal recipients at remission after a reduction of calcineurin inhibitors (CIs), and in two HHV-8 seropositive renal recipients without KS. In two liver recipients undergoing switch from CIs to sirolimus (SRL), normalization of the T-cell repertoire and recovery of both HHV-8-specific effector and memory T lymphocytes were associated with complete KS remission. In a renal recipient undergoing SRL conversion, the early recovery of HHV-8-specific effector but not of memory T lymphocytes, was associated only with partial remission. Neither rejection nor changes in graft function were observed after SRL conversion. HHV-8-specific T-cell responses are required to achieve posttransplant KS remission, and may be restored under SRL, while maintaining effective immunosuppression.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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