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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Successfully Treats CD40LG Duplication

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N.R. receives salary support from the Jeffrey Modell Foundation. D.S. is funded by NICHD-T32HD043021.

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  1. Division of Immunology and Allergy, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Di Sun, Carole Le Coz & Neil Romberg

  2. Division of Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Nancy Bunin

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Neil Romberg

  4. Abramson Research Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Room 1216C, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Neil Romberg

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C.LC. and N.R. planned the experiments. D.S. and C.LC. performed the experiments and completed data analysis. D.S. and N.R. wrote the manuscript, and C.LC. and N.B. edited the manuscript. N.B. and N.R. provided patient clinical data. All authors approve of the manuscript.

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Supplemental Figure 1: (upper panel) Lymphocyte, myeloid cell and (lower panel) T-cell receptor excision circle (TREC) concentrations are displayed relative to the day zero donor stem cell infusion (dashed vertical line). (PDF 440 KB)

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Sun, D., Le Coz, C., Bunin, N. et al. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Successfully Treats CD40LG Duplication. J Clin Immunol 41, 1668–1670 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-021-01085-5

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