Eight cytokines (IL-8, IL-10, sCD40L, TNF-α, MCP-1, MIP-1α, RANTES and LIGHT) and 19 biochemical indices (ALT, AST, GGT, ALB, TP, TB, DB, TBA, UN, Cr, UA, ADA, ApoAI, ApoC, SOD, SF, CHE, ALP and LDH) were analyzed in aGVHD patients and non-GVHD control subjects at each time point. This evidence concerns the gene CCL5 and graft versus host disease.