Influence of the length of the small bowel graft on the severity of graft versus host disease

✍ Scribed by Jacques Pirenne; Milbhor D'Silva; Etienne Hamoir; Frederic Lardinois; Viviana Fridman; Philippe Mahieu; Pierre Honore; Michel Meurisse; Nicolas Jacquet

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 488 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0738-1085
• DOI: 10.1002/micr.1920110413

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The influence of the length and origin of a small bowel graft on graft versus host disease (GVHD) was studied in 33 (Lewis × brown Norway) F1 hybrids transplanted with different types of Lewis small bowel grafts. Recipients of an entire small bowel graft (N = 9), a jejunal graft (N = 6), or an ileal graft (N = 6) displayed a similar acute lethal GVHD, with 100% mortality rate and equivalent survival time (15 ± 0.7, 16.8 ± 0.9, and 16 ± 0.6 days, respectively) (P > 0.01). On the other hand, 80% of the recipients of a segmental jejunal graft (N = 10) recovered from a transitory form of GVHD and regained weight similarly to the isografted rats (N = 4). It was concluded that the entire small bowel, jejunum, and ileum can provoke an equivalent GVHD after transplantation, whereas a segment of jejunum decreases the intensity of GVHD, probably by reducing the amount of transplanted lymphoid tissue.