Circulating hematopoietic progenitors are not altered in patients with post-transplant erythrocytosis

Abstract

Granulocyte/macrophage (GM), mixed colony and erythroid burst forming unit assays were performed in 9 post-transplant erythrocytosis (PTE) patients, 18 non-PTE kidney transplant recipients and 12 healthy volunteers. The number of GM precursors was lower in PTE patients than in normal subjects. This indicates that hematopoietic stem cell potential is not altered in PTE.