Viruses | Free Full-Text | Torque Teno Virus DNA Load in Blood as an Immune Status Biomarker in Adult Hematological Patients: The State of the Art and Future Prospects
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All patients (n = 4) developed plasma TTV DNAemia before TBI and 3 after allo-SCT (day +30)
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TTV DNA load before TBI, median, 5.15 log10 copies/mL and median, 5.4 log10 copies/mL at day +80.
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Starting from day +26, TTV DNAemia consistently increased in parallel with white blood cells in peripheral blood.
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At baseline, 85 out of 121 patients had detectable TTV DNAemia, and all patients (77 out of 77) who were still available for follow-up had detectable TTV DNA at the end of it.
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At baseline, TTV DNA load was 2.38 log10 copies/mL (median) and 5.47 log10 copies/mL (median) 3 months later.
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TTV DNA load after transplantation was higher in patients who received immune suppression, including prednisone.
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At baseline, TTV DNA load was higher in patients with ALL or NHL
and at days +20, +30, +60,
and +90 after allo-SCT.
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Before conditioning 44/55 had detectable DNA load. A total of 23/23 patients with paired samples between days +20 and +90 had detectable TTV DNA in all available samples.
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TTV DNA load reached peak levels at around day +90 (median, 5.0 log10 copies/mL)
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TTV DNA load in plasma decreased dramatically after conditioning, in parallel with absolute lymphocyte counts.
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TTV DNA load increased steadily after engraftment, in parallel with absolute lymphocyte counts (rho = 0.21; p = 0.09)
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A total of 40/50 patients (80%) had detectable TTV DNA loads before conditioning and all developed plasma TTV DNAemia during the follow-up period
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TTV DNA load peaked (8.32 log10 copies/mL) at around day +80
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TTV DNA levels showed a weak yet significant inverse correlation with absolute lymphocyte counts following engraftment (rho = −0.27; p < 0.01)
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TTV DNA load reached a stable plateau towards the end of the follow-up period.
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At baseline (pre-transplant), TTV DNA was detected in all saliva samples (23/23) and all but 3 plasma samples (20/23)
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At day +90, all saliva samples (25/25) and all but one plasma specimen (24/25) had detectable TTV DNA.
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The kinetics of TTV DNA load in saliva and plasma specimens were comparable. The TTV DNA load peak was reached at day +90 in both compartments (median, 6.1 log10 copies/mL in saliva and 4.7 log10 copies/mL in plasma).
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A direct correlation between absolute lymphocyte counts and TTV DNA loads in plasma was seen after engraftment. (rho = 0.507; p < 0.0001)
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Detection rate over the study period 100% (33/33).
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Increasing TTV DNA levels after engraftment peaking at + 90 (median, 5.1 log10 copies/mL)
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TTV DNA loads measured within days +120 and +210 correlated inversely with absolute lymphocyte counts (rho = −0.26; p = 0.003)
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DNA TTV was detected in 100% (41/41) of patients.
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Peak TTV DNA load was 3.9 log10 copies/mL.
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There was no significant correlation between TTV DNA load and absolute lymphocyte counts or CD3+ T-cells.
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TTV DNA load was inversely correlated with CD3+ T-cell proliferation capacity (%) (rho = −0.39, p = 0.01)
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A total of 62/123 (50.4%) had measurable TTV DNA before transplantation.
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Peak TTV DNA was reached at day +90 (median, 5 log10 copies/mL).
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No statistically significant correlation was found between TTV DNA load and any lymphocyte subset.
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Patients with lymphatic malignancies had significantly more often detectable TTV DNA before allo-SCT compared with patients with myeloid diseases.
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TTV titer reached a peak value at day +100 (median 6.4 log10 copies/mL, IQR 5.1–7.7)
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At day 100, there was an inverse correlation between TTV levels and lymphocyte counts, particularly with CD4+ T-cells and NK cells. The correlation between TTV and CD4+ T-cell counts persisted until day 300. No significant correlation with any cell subset was observed before day 100 or after day 400.
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The prevalence of TTV DNA detection at baseline was 77% 42(54).
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All patients tested positive for TTV DNA on day +90. Furthermore, 95.6% of the samples remained TTV DNA positive one year after allo-SCT
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TTV DNA load peak was reached at day +56 (7.08 log10 copies/mL)
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A total of 73/75 patients had detectable TTV DNA load (97%) over the study period.
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The TTV DNA load decreased by day +30 compared with that at baseline (a reduction of 15%), and then increased, reaching its peak by day +90 with a median load of 7.29 log10 copies/mL.
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