The Graft-Versus-Tumor Effect in Pediatric Malignancy

作者：Fry Terry J^*; Willasch Andre; Bader Peter

来源：Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2010, 57(1): 67-+.

DOI：10.1016/j.pcl.2009.12.002

• Graft-versus-host disease
• Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• Graft-versus-tumor effect
• Graft-versus-host reaction
• Graft-versus-leukemia

Because severe forms of the graft-versus-host reaction directed against normal tissues (also termed graft-versus-host disease [GVHD]) also contribute to morbidity and mortality following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, major efforts have focused on strategies to separate GVHD from the potentially beneficial immune reactivity against tumor (also called the graft-versus-tumor [GVT] effect). This article focuses on the data supporting the contribution of the GVT effect to cure of malignancy, what is known about the biology of the GVT reaction, and, finally, strategies to manipulate the GVT effect to increase the potency of HSCT.

• 出版日期2010-2