Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (41): 6645-6648.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.41.015

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Blood glucose recovery following allogenetic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with hematological diseases complicated with diabetes mellitus

Feng Kai1, Xu Yi-wei1, Ye Fu-guang1, Jiang Min2, Chen Hu2, Shi Bing-yi1   

  1. 1Department of Cellular Therapy, PLA Organ Transplantation Centre, the 309th Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100091, China; 2Department of Transplantation, the 307th Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100071, China
  • Revised:2014-07-02 Online:2014-10-01 Published:2014-10-01
  • Contact: Shi Bing-yi, Master, Chief physician, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Department of Cellular Therapy, PLA Organ Transplantation Centre, the 309th hospital of PLA, Beijing 100091, China
  • About author:Feng Kai, M.D., Associate chief physician, Associate investigator, Department of Cellular Therapy, PLA Organ Transplantation Centre, the 309th hospital of PLA, Beijing 100091, China
  • Supported by:

    the Capital Health Development and Research Special Program, No. 2011-5007-03

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown that the large-dose regular insulin therapy used to control blood glucose levels can cause 50% of patients suffering from vascular, optic nerve and kidney complications. Previous results from authors exhibit that when allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is applied for treatment of leukemia, diabetic symptoms in patients disappear. Dose it prompt that allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an effective therapy for treatment of diabetes mellitus?

OBJECTIVE: To explore the feasibility of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for treatment of diabetes mellitus.
METHODS: A retrospective analysis was done regarding the data of patients with hematological diseases complicated with diabetes mellitus who underwent allogenetic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Four patients with acute lymphocyte leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, aplastic anemia, and myolodysplastic syndromes, respectively, were complicated with diabetes mellitus. Conditioning regimen was cyclophosphamide+ total body irradiation protocol. Cyclosporin A and short-term methotrexate were used for graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis. Blood glucose was controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs or insulin injections before transplantation.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: All the four patients were successfully engrafted. Fasting glucose level of the four patients recovered at 4-6 months after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (without hypoglycemic drugs). One patient died of leukemia relapse after 12 months of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The other three  patients had disease-free survival until the time of follow-up.

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Key words: stem cells, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, hematologic diseases, diabetes mellitus, blood glucose

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