@article{ZipfelEyrichSchlegeletal.2016,
  author    = {Zipfel, Julian and Eyrich, Matthias and Schlegel, Paul-Gerhardt and Wiegering, Verena},
  title     = {Disturbed B cell and DC-Homeostasis in Pediatric cGVHD Patients-Cocultivation Experiments and Review of the Literature},
  series = {Clinics in Oncology},
  volume    = {1},
  journal   = {Clinics in Oncology},
  number    = {1097},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147914},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {B cells and DCs are suspected to play an important role in the pathogenesis of cGvHD, which is a serious complication of HSCT with high morbidity. It is characterized by immune responses of donor immune cells against recipient-derived antigens. athogenesis is not yet fully understood, however reconstitution of B cells after HSCT has similarities to physiologic ontogeny. Immunophenotyping and co-cultivation-experiments of B cells and DCs from pediatric patients with cGvHD as well as healthy donors were conducted. Significant differences between patients and healthy donors were observed with increased memory, transitional, CD69+ and CD86+ phenotype and lower levels of na{\"i}ve B cells due to apoptosis. Co-cultivation revealed this to be primarily B cell-dependent without major effects of and with DCs. There was a decreased CD11c- phenotype in patients and less apoptosis of DCs. Our data suggest a disturbed homeostasis in B cells with increased memory phenotype in patients, whereas DCs could not influence these differences, therefore DCs are not imposing as promising targets. B cell-dependent approaches should be further investigated.},
  language  = {en}
}