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- Title
Prospective evaluation of gut mucosal barrier injury following various myeloablative regimens for haematopoietic stem cell transplant.
- Authors
Blijlevens, N. M. A.; Donnelly, J. P.; de Pauw, B. E.
- Abstract
Summary:We determined gut mucosal barrier injury (MBI) among 129 recipients of an allogeneic or autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) who had been given different myeloablative regimens by measuring integrity using the lactulose/rhamnose (RHA) ratio and absorption using the ratios of rhamnose/3-O-methylglucose and xylose/3-O-methylglucose. Regimens that did not contain idarubicin induced oral mucositis and disturbed gut integrity and absorption earlier than did those containing the anthracycline. By contrast, regimens containing idarubicin induced more severe and prolonged oral and gut MBI. Gut integrity and absorption of most patients were still abnormal at discharge from hospital. These results confirm that the integrity and absorptive capacity of the gut is affected adversely by myeloablative regimens in general, although only two patterns of mucosal injury emerged depending on whether or not idarubicin was used.Bone Marrow Transplantation (2005) 35, 707-711. doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1704863 Published online 31 January 2005
- Subjects
HEMATOPOIETIC stem cell transplantation; STEM cells; BLOOD cells; BONE marrow cells; BONE marrow; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge
- Publication
Bone Marrow Transplantation, 2005, Vol 35, Issue 7, p707
- ISSN
0268-3369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.bmt.1704863