2005
Prospective study of extracorporeal photopheresis in steroid-refractory or steroid-resistant extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease: analysis of response and survival incorporating prognostic factors
Foss FM, DiVenuti GM, Chin K, Sprague K, Grodman H, Klein A, Chan G, Stiffler K, Miller KB. Prospective study of extracorporeal photopheresis in steroid-refractory or steroid-resistant extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease: analysis of response and survival incorporating prognostic factors. Bone Marrow Transplantation 2005, 35: 1187-1193. PMID: 15852025, DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracorporeal photophoresisChronic graftHost diseaseSteroid-refractory chronic graftExtensive chronic graftHigh-risk patientsDe novo onsetUnfavorable risk groupCutaneous GVHDImmunosuppressive medicationsStable diseaseSteroid sparingOral ulcerationExtracorporeal photopheresisMedian durationNovo onsetProspective trialPrognostic factorsPrognostic scoreMedian timeProspective studyRisk groupsPatientsResponse rateProgressive onset
2002
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