How to Use graft-versus-host disease in a Sentence

graft-versus-host disease

noun
  • That means there is less risk of graft-versus-host disease or a rejection of the stem cells.
    — AZCentral.com, 9 June 2021
  • But twice her body was attacked by graft-versus-host disease; her donor stem cells rejected by her body.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2019
  • Donor stem cells can go on the attack post-transplant, a condition known as graft-versus-host disease.
    — Terry Tang, The Seattle Times, 10 Sep. 2018
  • Most patients died from organ rejection, graft-versus-host disease, or both.
    — WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Even five years ago, using a donor who was a half match was impossible because the risk of graft-versus-host disease was too high.
    — Ginny Graves, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Up to 50% of patients who receive a stem cell transplant develop graft-versus-host disease.
    — Kate Ann Markey, The Conversation, 13 July 2022
  • The drug has moved on to phase 3 for chronic graft-versus-host disease despite failing in trials for the acute form of the condition.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2024
  • There are other treatments used to prevent a cytokine storm in patients suffering from graft-versus-host disease.
    — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2020
  • The biggest concern is that immune cells from his sister’s transplanted tissue are recognized as foreign and are attacked, which is known as graft-versus-host disease.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2026
  • In such cases, ruxolitinib has proved successful in interrupting the chain of events that leads graft-versus-host disease to develop into a cytokine storm.
    — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2020
  • Patients with the highest levels of MAIT cells had the lowest incidence of graft-versus-host disease.
    — Kate Ann Markey, The Conversation, 13 July 2022
  • If absolutely necessary, one of them could donate their marrow, thanks to recent advances that minimize graft-versus-host disease with half matches.
    — Ginny Graves, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Above-average levels of these cells were also associated with better survival and less graft-versus-host disease in transplant patients.
    — Kate Ann Markey, The Conversation, 13 July 2022
  • These patients develop a complication called graft-versus-host disease, in which the donor marrow mistakes the patient's own cells for foreign invaders, and attacks them.
    — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2020
  • In most cases, the donor is not a sibling, which introduces the risk that the donor’s immune cells will attack the recipient’s body, a phenomenon called graft-versus-host disease.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But finding a matching cell donor can be difficult, and a transplant can lead to graft-versus-host disease, a potentially deadly condition in which donor cells attack a patient’s cells.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Unfortunately, the transplant triggered a rare form of chronic graft-versus-host disease, in which the donor's immune cells attack the recipient's normal cells.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Dec. 2017
  • The donor’s immune cells can attack the recipient’s body, a condition called graft-versus-host disease, or GVHD.
    — Max G. Levy, Wired, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Cells donated by someone other than a sibling often behave as though the patients’ own cells are a threat and attack them, a potentially life-threatening complication called graft-versus-host disease.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Stem cell transplantation remains a risky procedure due to serious complications such as graft-versus-host disease, in which the donor’s cells attack the recipient’s cells, damaging tissues and organs.
    — WIRED, 27 July 2023
  • After his stem cell transplant, the Geneva patient developed graft-versus-host disease and doctors treated him with a drug called ruxolitinib, which at the time was being investigated for this complication.
    — WIRED, 27 July 2023
  • Tinkov resigned as Tinkoff Bank’s chairman in 2020 after being diagnosed with acute leukemia and is battling graft-versus-host disease following a bone marrow transplant.
    — Derek Saul, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • Orencia, also known by the name abatacept, used to treat such autoimmune conditions as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis and to help people who have undergone stem cell transplants prevent acute graft-versus-host disease.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 29 May 2025
  • Beyond that, there are dozens of ongoing clinical trials for conditions ranging from schizophrenia to Crohn’s disease to graft-versus-host disease—not to mention the appearance of CBD in consumer products ranging from oils to coffee to tampons.
    — Amber Dance, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2019

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