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Table 3 The change of immune status under immunosuppressive therapy before transplantation

From: A novel conditioning regimen with pre-transplantation immunosuppression reduces the complication rates in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia

Variables, median(range)

before FD

after FD

p

PRA titers (%)(N = 28)

22.5(3.3–54.5)

11.5(0-37.3)

0.002

 Class I HLA

19.5(2.5–41.0)

7.5(0–31.0)

0.003

 Class II HLA

0(0-15.5)

0(0-1.8)

0.043

Lymphocyte subsets (N = 46)

   

WBC (×109/L)

6.4(4.4, 8.6)

3.3(2.3, 5.0)

< 0.001

LYM (×109/L)

2.5(1.9, 3.6)

0.6(0.5, 1.0)

< 0.001

TCL (cells/uL)

1746.7(1370.7, 2147.3)

521.0(337.9, 782.4)

< 0.001

BCL (cells/uL)

501.4(289.9, 900.2)

35.8(8.3, 112.2)

< 0.001

NK (cells/uL)

218.8(163.6, 358.8)

84.4(54.9, 112.5)

< 0.001

CD3 + CD4+ (cells/uL)

827.7(650.2, 1068.1)

231.6(158.1, 370.6)

< 0.001

CD3 + CD8+ (cells/uL)

662.2(489.9, 899.1)

217.8(142.8, 308.2)

< 0.001

CD4+/CD8+

1.14(0.95, 1.50)

1.20(0.88, 1.62)

0.701

  1. Abbreviations: FD, courses of dexamethasone (Dex) and fludarabine (Flu); PRA, panel reactive antibody; HLA, Human leukocyte antigen; WBC, white blood cell; LYM, lymphocyte; TCL, T-cell; BCL, B-cell; NK, natural kill cell; CD, cluster of differentiation. Median (range) refers to the median value and the interquartile range