Graft-versus-host disease in the ovary potentially causes female infertility after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Ovarian failure-associated infertility is a serious late complication for female patients who have undergone allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). Although the role of a pretransplant conditioning regimen has been well appreciated, the increasing application of reduced-intensity conditioning has led us to reconsider other factors possibly affecting ovarian function after allogeneic SCT. We recently reported that graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) targets granulosa cells of the ovarian follicles, thereby significantly reducing ovarian reserves and fertility after SCT. We also found that ovarian GVHD impairs fertility independently of the toxicities of the conditioning regimens, and pharmacological GVHD prophylaxis preserves fertility after SCT. For the first time, these results demonstrated that GVHD targets the ovary and impairs ovarian functions and fertility, thereby having important clinical implications in young female transplant recipients with nonmalignant diseases, for whom minimally toxic regimens are used. Here we review recently published articles regarding clinical and basic researches on female infertility after SCT.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Rinsho ketsueki] The Japanese journal of clinical hematology - 58(2017), 7 vom: 29., Seite 827-834

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shimoji, Sonoko [VerfasserIn]
Hashimoto, Daigo [VerfasserIn]
Teshima, Takanori [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Female infertility
Graft-versus-host disease
Journal Article
Ovarian insufficiency

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Date Completed 13.12.2017

Date Revised 13.12.2017

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.11406/rinketsu.58.827

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM274550946