Table 2.

Effects of IL-11 on Cytoablative Preclinical Models

ModelsPeripheral BloodBone MarrowSpleenThymusGI TractOther
BMT122-127 WBC↑, N↑ CFU-mix↑ CFU-mix   Myeloid leukemia 
 Plt↑ CFU-GM↑ CFU-GM↑   Body weight↓ 
 Reticulocyte↑ CFU-MK↑ CFU-MK↑   Hyperactive state 
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa LD50↑ Cellularity↑ Cellularity↑   Thymic atrophy 
 Tail bleeding time↓     Inflammation 
      Acute-phase protein↑ 
Sublethal122 128  WBC↑  Cellularity↑ Cellularity↑  Pneumonitis 
 Plt↑  T- & B-cell function T- & B-cell function↑   
Chemotherapy42,66 129-133  WBC↑, N↑ Plt↑ Cellularity↑ tCellularity↑  ↓Frequency, severity and duration of oral mucositis ↑Survival 
 Hct↑ CFU-mix↑ SRBC-specific plaque    
 Pancytopenia↓ CFU-GM↑ Forming cells↑    
 SRBC-specific Ab↑ BFU-E↑ CFU-mix, GM, BFU-E↑    
Chemoradiation therapy79 134  Late recovery of Plt & Hct BFU-E↑ BFU-E, CFU-GM & CFU-MK↑ at day 15 postirradiation  ↑Mitotic index & PCNA+ cells in crypts ↑Recovery of spermatogenesis 
 Mild ↑Plt at early stage postirradiation CFU-GM↑   ↓Apoptosis ↑Survival 
  CFU-MK↑     
  at day 15 & 30 postirradiation     
ModelsPeripheral BloodBone MarrowSpleenThymusGI TractOther
BMT122-127 WBC↑, N↑ CFU-mix↑ CFU-mix   Myeloid leukemia 
 Plt↑ CFU-GM↑ CFU-GM↑   Body weight↓ 
 Reticulocyte↑ CFU-MK↑ CFU-MK↑   Hyperactive state 
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa LD50↑ Cellularity↑ Cellularity↑   Thymic atrophy 
 Tail bleeding time↓     Inflammation 
      Acute-phase protein↑ 
Sublethal122 128  WBC↑  Cellularity↑ Cellularity↑  Pneumonitis 
 Plt↑  T- & B-cell function T- & B-cell function↑   
Chemotherapy42,66 129-133  WBC↑, N↑ Plt↑ Cellularity↑ tCellularity↑  ↓Frequency, severity and duration of oral mucositis ↑Survival 
 Hct↑ CFU-mix↑ SRBC-specific plaque    
 Pancytopenia↓ CFU-GM↑ Forming cells↑    
 SRBC-specific Ab↑ BFU-E↑ CFU-mix, GM, BFU-E↑    
Chemoradiation therapy79 134  Late recovery of Plt & Hct BFU-E↑ BFU-E, CFU-GM & CFU-MK↑ at day 15 postirradiation  ↑Mitotic index & PCNA+ cells in crypts ↑Recovery of spermatogenesis 
 Mild ↑Plt at early stage postirradiation CFU-GM↑   ↓Apoptosis ↑Survival 
  CFU-MK↑     
  at day 15 & 30 postirradiation     

Abbreviations: CFU-mix, colony-forming unit-mix; CFU-GM, colony-forming unit-granulocyte/macrophage; CFU-MK, colony-forming unit-megakaryocyte; WBC, white blood cells; N, neutrophils; Plt, platelets; Hct, hematocrit; SRBC, sheep red blood cell; PCNA, proliferating cell nuclear antigen.

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