Chongqing Completes First Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant to Treat Autoimmune Diseases

, the third military medical university Chongqing XinqiaoHospitalthe first time to use hematopoietic stem cell transplantation technology for the treatment of autoimmunedisease
successful,and find new treatments for some refractive autoimmune diseases2
0-year-old girl xiao Li, who has a rare clone
disease, was discharged from the hospitalafter receiving the treatment,became the first clone disease patient in China to be treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation,Xiao Li 16 years old when the stool about 1000 ml of blood will,after the periodic occurrence of local skin festering,half a year after the occurrence of gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and skin festering area gradually increased, after a number of diagnosis and treatment did not improve Newbridge Hospital experts to consult a large number of domestic and foreign literature diagnosis, Xiao Li is suffering from a rare clone disease Professor Chen Yuhua, director of the haematology department at Xinqiao Hospital, said that cloning is an autoimmune disease because of the disorder of the autoimmune system and the attack of the body's normal organ tissue by the immune system In the past, the treatment of the disease was to allow patients to take hormone drugs to inhibit the spread of lesions, or through surgery to remove the diseased tissue, but the effect is not ideal Xinqiao Hospital boldly used hematopoietic stem cell transplantation technology to treat cloned disease, in early October this year for Xiao Li's self-inflicted hematopoietic stem cell transplant The transplant uses hematopoietic stem cell purification technology, eliminating abnormal immune cells, and extracting stem cells with normal hematopoietic function for transplantation Xiao Li's attending physician, Dr , deputy director of the Hematology Department, said that after the successful hematopoietic stem cell transplant, Xiao Li's immune function has been completely removed, and successfully reconstructed a new hematopoietic system, its skin festering sores also gradually healed, no further symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding He said the successful use of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation technology to successful treatment sourcing other refractive autoimmune diseases has also found new and effective treatments for other refractive autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus , rheumatoid arthritis , dermatitis , multiple sclerosis of the skin