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This review describes an in vitro skin explant model which has been used since 1988 for both predicting acute GVHD in HLA identical sibling bone marrow transplantation and studying the pathophysiology of the disease. The model involves sensitising donor lymphocytes in vitro in a primary mixed lymphocyte reaction and then evaluating the secondary response on patient skin biopsies by grading the graft-versus-host reactivity (grades I-IV) histopathologically. From analysis of collective data the model is a clear predictor of GVHD and superior to the other assays widely used, with a correlation of 82% with clinical outcome. The skin explant model allows the investigator to study the pathogenesis of GVHD. The cytokines TNF alpha and IFN gamma are shown to be important mediators of cellular damage in graft-versus-host reactions. Recent work has also involved using the model to study the alloreactivity of cord blood. The model is currently being assessed in several bone marrow transplantation centres in Europe on different patient groups including those who receive marrow from haploidentical and matched unrelated donors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/jcp.52.12.910","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,12,31]],"date-time":"2008-12-31T19:05:02Z","timestamp":1230750302000},"page":"910-913","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["A human skin explant model for predicting graft-versus-host disease following bone marrow transplantation."],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"52","author":[{"given":"L","family":"Sviland","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A M","family":"Dickinson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1999,12,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","article-title":"Clinical spectrum of graft-versus-host disease","author":"Ringden, O.; Deeg, H.J.","unstructured":"Ringden O, Deeg HJ. 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