University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health 1 article published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Bone Marrow Transplantation Platform to Investigate the Role of Dendritic Cells in Graft-versus-Host Disease Hung D. Nguyen*1, Phung Thanh Huong*2, Krystal Hossack1, Sanjeev Gurshaney1, Kevin Ezhakunnel1, Thien-Huong Huynh1, Anamaria Morales Alvarez1, Nhat-Tu Le3, Hung N. Luu4,5 1Cancer Division, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 2Department of Biochemistry, Hanoi University of Pharmacy, 3Center for Cardiovascular Regeneration, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 4Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 5Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Hillman Cancer Center Graft-versus-host disease is a major complication after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Dendritic cells play a critical role in the pathogenesis of graft-versus-host disease. The current article describes a novel bone marrow transplantation platform to investigate the role of dendritic cells in the development of graft-versus-host disease and the graft-versus-leukemia effect.
