Accelerated telomere loss after SCT is limited in time.

Analysis of telomere fluorescence of monocytes (shaded circles) and lymphocytes (black squares) isolated from blood samples from patients A-D at different time points after transplantation. Telomere loss (bp/y) was calculated by linear regression analysis (solid line) of the data after the first year following SCT only. Telomere fluorescence of monocytes (open circles) and lymphocytes (open squares) of the respective donors is shown both at the time of transplantation and at the time indicated (dotted line).