HematologyPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-05-16DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2024.2338300
Christopher Graham, Mark Litzow
{"title":"The use of haploidentical stem cell transplant as an alternative donor source in patients with decreased access to matched unrelated donors.","authors":"Christopher Graham, Mark Litzow","doi":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2338300","DOIUrl":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2338300","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The likelihood of finding HLA-matched unrelated donors for rare HLA types and non-white European ancestry continues to be a challenge with less than a 70% chance of finding a full match. Mismatched transplants continue to have high rates of transplant-related mortality. With the near-universal ability to find a haploidentical donor in families, haploidentical transplants have become of more critical importance in ethnic minority groups and patients with rare HLA types.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data was collected through clinical trials, review articles, and case reports published in the National Library of Medicine.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The use of improved lymphodepleting conditioning regimens, graft versus host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis using regimens such as post-transplant cyclophosphamide, mycophenolate, and tacrolimus have improved engraftment to nearly 100 percent and reduced transplant-related mortality to less than 20 percent. Attention to donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) with interventions using bortezomib, rituximab, and plasmapheresis has decreased graft failure rates.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>With improved prevention of GVHD with interventions such as post-transplant cyclophosphamide and management of DSAs, haploidentical transplants continue to improve transplant-related mortality (TRM) compared to patients who received matched-related donor transplants. While TRM continues to improve, ongoing research with haploidentical transplants will focus on improving graft and donor immunosuppression and identifying the best regimens to improve TRM without compromising relapse-free survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":13161,"journal":{"name":"Hematology","volume":"29 1","pages":"2338300"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HematologyPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2024.2366718
Pongthep Vittayawacharin, Piyanuch Kongtim, Stefan O Ciurea
{"title":"Future directions in haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.","authors":"Pongthep Vittayawacharin, Piyanuch Kongtim, Stefan O Ciurea","doi":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2366718","DOIUrl":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2366718","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Outcomes of haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-SCT) have improved over time. Graft failure and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), which were important complications in major human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-disparity stem cell transplantation, have significantly decreased. These improvements have led to an exponential increase in the use of haploidentical donors for transplantation, as well as in the number of publications evaluating haplo-SCT outcomes. Many studies focused on factors important in donor selection, novel conditioning regimens or GVHD prophylaxis, the impact of donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA), as well as strategies to prevent disease relapse post-transplant. DSA represents an important limitation and multimodality desensitization protocols, including plasma exchange, rituximab, intravenous immunoglobulin and donor buffy coat infusion, can contribute to the successful engraftment in patients with high DSA levels and is currently the standard therapy for highly allosensitized individuals. With regards to donor selection, younger donors are preferred due to lower risk of complications and better transplant outcomes. Moreover, recent studies also showed that younger haploidentical donors may be a better choice than older-matched unrelated donors. Improvement of disease relapse remains a top priority, and several studies have demonstrated that higher natural killer (NK) cell numbers early post-transplant are associated with improved outcomes. Prospective studies have started to assess the role of NK cell administration in decreasing post-transplant relapse. These studies suggest that the incorporation of other cell products post-transplant, including the administration of chimeric antigen receptor T-cells, should be explored in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":13161,"journal":{"name":"Hematology","volume":"29 1","pages":"2366718"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141418703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HematologyPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-07-12DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2024.2372482
Xiuli Wang, Qiyuan Zhou, Wen Yang, Hui Bi, Honghui Wang, Yacan Wang, Yadong Du, Lin Liu, Yuebo Liu, Liefen Yin, Jin Yao, Jingxing Yu, Wei Tao, Yongchun Zhou, Zeping Zhou
{"title":"The role of CD83 in the pathogenesis of immune thrombocytopenia.","authors":"Xiuli Wang, Qiyuan Zhou, Wen Yang, Hui Bi, Honghui Wang, Yacan Wang, Yadong Du, Lin Liu, Yuebo Liu, Liefen Yin, Jin Yao, Jingxing Yu, Wei Tao, Yongchun Zhou, Zeping Zhou","doi":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2372482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16078454.2024.2372482","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>CD83 are closely related to the pathogenesis of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), but the exact mechanism remains unclear.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore the relationship between CD83 and CD4<sup>+</sup> T cell subsets and clarify the role of CD83 in the pathogenesis of ITP.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>RT-qPCR and Flow cytometry were used to illustrate CD83 expression. The downregulation and overexpression of DC-CD83 were co-cultured with CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells to detect cell proliferation, co-cultured supernatant cytokines and Tregs expression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results indicate that the ITP patients showed higher expression of CD83 than the healthy controls. The proliferation of CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells was inhibited by downregulation of DCs-CD83 but promoted by overexpression of DCs-CD83. siRNA-CD83 inhibited proinflammatory IFN-γ and IL-17 secretion while raising TGF-β, IL-10 concentrations. Overexpression of DCs-CD83 promoted Tregs expression.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Th1/Th2 and Th17/Tregs polarization were reversed via interfering DCs with siRNA-CD83. CD83 plays an important role in ITP pathogenesis, suggesting novel treatment for ITP patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":13161,"journal":{"name":"Hematology","volume":"29 1","pages":"2372482"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141590197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HematologyPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-05-31DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2024.2352686
Anping Xu, Tong Guo, Shuping Zhang, Houlong Luo, Mengxue Shen, Yinghui Ye, Ling Ji
{"title":"Prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in Shenzhen, China.","authors":"Anping Xu, Tong Guo, Shuping Zhang, Houlong Luo, Mengxue Shen, Yinghui Ye, Ling Ji","doi":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2352686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16078454.2024.2352686","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Data on the prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) in China are very limited. Our aim was to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of MGUS in a large Chinese population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study included 49,220 healthy people who received serum immunofixation electrophoresis (sIFE) and serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) tests. Serum free light chain ratio, immunoglobulin quantification, and other clinically correlates of MGUS were performed for all patients with M-protein.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 576 MGUS patients were identified by sIFE, with a median age of 58 years and an overall prevalence of 1.17% (95% CI, 1.08-1.27). Among those aged 50 years and older, the prevalence of MGUS was 2.26% (95% CI, 2.04-2.50). The prevalence of MGUS was significantly higher in males than in females (<i>P</i> < 0.05). The median concentration of M-protein was 3.1 g/L, ranging from 0.5 g/L to 25.1 g/L. The M-protein type was IgG in 55.4% of MGUS patients, followed by IgA (31.1%), IgM (9.5%), IgD (0.5%), biclonal (2.3%), and light chain (1.2%). Abnormalities in SPE, FLC ratios, and immunoglobulin levels were observed in 78.3%, 31.1%, and 38.4% of MGUS patients, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The prevalence of MGUS is substantially lower in southern China than in whites and blacks.</p>","PeriodicalId":13161,"journal":{"name":"Hematology","volume":"29 1","pages":"2352686"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141178608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The prognostic significance of POD24 in peripheral T-cell lymphoma.","authors":"Huimin Chen, Ruixue Ma, Qianqian Zhang, Fengyi Lu, Yuhan Ma, Jingxin Zhou, Jiang Cao, Kunming Qi, Zhiling Yan, Wei Sang, Feng Zhu, Haiying Sun, Depeng Li, Zhenyu Li, Hai Cheng, Kailin Xu, Wei Chen","doi":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2304483","DOIUrl":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2304483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL) are an aggressive group of mature T-cell neoplasms, often associated with poor outcomes, in part, due to frequent relapsed/refractory disease. The objective of this study was to assess the prognostic impact of disease progression within 24 months (POD24) on overall survival (OS) for patients diagnosed with PTCL.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis was conducted on a cohort of patients with newly diagnosed PTCL who underwent chemotherapy at the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University between January 2010 and September 2021. Prognostic assessment was limited to patients who were evaluable for POD24.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Records were reviewed for 106 patients with PTCL, of whom 66 patients experienced POD24 (referred to as the POD24 group) and 40 patients did not experience POD24 (referred to as the no POD24 group). Significant differences were observed between the POD24 group and the no POD24 group in regard to clinical stage, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS), International Prognostic Index (IPI) score, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels, β2-microglobulin (β2-MG) levels, prealbumin and albumin levels. Patients in the POD24 group had a significant shorter median OS compared to the no POD24 group (11.9 months vs not reached, respectively; <i>P </i>< 0.001). Non response (NR) to treatment and POD24 were identified as independent negative prognostic factors for survival in patients with PTCL.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>POD24 is a prognostic factor associated with unfavorable outcomes in patients with PTCL and can be used to identify high-risk patients and guide treatment decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":13161,"journal":{"name":"Hematology","volume":"29 1","pages":"2304483"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139512311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of lncRNA XIST on acute myeloid leukemia cells via miR-142-5p-PFKP axis.","authors":"Zhaozhi Jiang, Tingting Liu, Youhong Wang, Jiao Li, Lusheng Guo","doi":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2306444","DOIUrl":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2306444","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the common blood cancer in hematopoietic system-related diseases and has a poor prognosis. Studies have shown that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are closely related to the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases, including AML. However, the specific molecular mechanism remains unclear. Hence, the objective of this study was to investigate the effect and mechanism of lncRNA X inactive specific transcript (lncRNA XIST) on AML. To achieve our objective, some tests were performed. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was utilized to detect the expression of lncRNA XIST, miR-142-5p and the platelet isoform of phosphofructokinase (PFKP). The targeting relationship between miR-142-5p and lncRNA XIST and PFKP was verified by Pearson correlation analysis, dual-luciferase reporter assay, and pull-down assay. Functional experiments were used to analyze the effect and mechanism of action of knocking down lncRNA XIST on THP-1 and U937 cells. Compared with bone marrow cells, lncRNA XIST and PFKP expression levels were up-regulated and miR-142-5p expression levels were down-regulated in AML. Further analysis revealed that lncRNA XIST targeted and bound to miR-142-5p, and PFKP was a target gene of miR-142-5p. Knockdown of lncRNA XIST significantly promoted miR-142-5p expression to down-regulate PFKP in THP-1 and U937 cells, while the cell proliferation, cell viability, and cell cycle arrest were inhibited and apoptosis was increased. Knockdown of miR-142-5p reversed the functional impact of lncRNA XIST knockdown on AML cells. In conclusion, down-regulation of lncRNA XIST can affect the progression of AML by regulating miR-142-5p.</p>","PeriodicalId":13161,"journal":{"name":"Hematology","volume":"29 1","pages":"2306444"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139671718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HematologyPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2023.2293498
Li Wang, Hui Duan, Hongmei Zuo, Zhongyu Wang, Shuili Jiao, Yanli Liu, Huihui Li, Jie Chen
{"title":"Cognitive-behavioral stress management relieves anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder in parents of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia patients: a randomized, controlled study.","authors":"Li Wang, Hui Duan, Hongmei Zuo, Zhongyu Wang, Shuili Jiao, Yanli Liu, Huihui Li, Jie Chen","doi":"10.1080/16078454.2023.2293498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16078454.2023.2293498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Cognitive-behavioral stress management (CBSM) is an effective psychological intervention to relieve psychological and symptomatic distress. This study aimed to investigate the effect of CBSM in anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in parents of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Totally, 56 pediatric AML patients and 100 parents were randomized into the CBSM group (28 patients and 49 parents) and the normal control (NC) group (28 patients and 51 parents) to receive corresponding interventions for 10 weeks. The questionnaire scores were assessed at month M0, M1, M3, and M6.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In parents of pediatric AML patients, self-rating anxiety scale score at M1 (<i>p </i>= 0.034), M3 (<i>p </i>= 0.010), and M6 (<i>p </i>= 0.003), as well as anxiety at M3 (<i>p </i>= 0.036) and M6 (<i>p </i>= 0.012) were decreased in the CBSM group versus the NC group. Self-rating depression scale score at M3 (<i>p </i>= 0.022) and M6 (<i>p </i>= 0.002), as well as depression at M6 (<i>p </i>= 0.019) were declined in the CBSM group versus the NC group. Symptom checklist-90 (a psychotic status questionnaire) score at M3 (<i>p </i>= 0.031) and M6 (<i>p </i>= 0.019) were declined in the CBSM group versus the NC group. Regarding PTSD, the impact of the events scale-revised score at M3 (<i>p </i>= 0.044) and M6 (<i>p </i>= 0.010) were decreased in the CBSM group versus the NC group. By subgroup analyses CBSM (versus NC) improved all outcomes in parents with anxiety at M0 and depression at M0 (all <i>p </i>< 0.050), but could not affect the outcomes in parents without anxiety or depression at M0 (all <i>p </i>> 0.050).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CBSM reduces anxiety, depression, and PTSD in parents of pediatric AML patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":13161,"journal":{"name":"Hematology","volume":"29 1","pages":"2293498"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138800843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HematologyPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2023-12-27DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2023.2296809
Abdullah AlZahrani, Nada Alsuhebany, Imran K Tailor, Abdullah M Alrajhi
{"title":"Advancing the understanding of venetoclax in t(11;14)-positive multiple myeloma: a comprehensive review of clinical evidence and future prospects.","authors":"Abdullah AlZahrani, Nada Alsuhebany, Imran K Tailor, Abdullah M Alrajhi","doi":"10.1080/16078454.2023.2296809","DOIUrl":"10.1080/16078454.2023.2296809","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Venetoclax is a selective inhibitor of the anti-apoptotic protein B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2), as a targeted therapy for multiple myeloma (MM) patients. It was initially approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in April 2016 and later for acute myeloid leukemia in October 2020. However, venetoclax is used as an off-label in a subset group of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) patients with the presence of translocation t(11;14). Preclinical and clinical studies have highlighted the potential of venetoclax in the management of MM patients, with a specific focus on t(11;14) as a predictive biomarker for initiating venetoclax-based treatment. Later, several studies in RRMM patients that used venetoclax in combination with dexamethasone or/and proteasome inhibitors have shown promising results, in which management guidelines have included venetoclax as one of the options to treat MM patients. Hence, this review focuses on the use of venetoclax in RRMM, clinical efficacy, safety, dosing strategies, and predictive biomarkers for initiating venetoclax. Additionally, we discuss ongoing studies that are investigating different combination of venetoclax regimens in MM patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":13161,"journal":{"name":"Hematology","volume":"29 1","pages":"2296809"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139039814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HematologyPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-03-12DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2024.2329378
Ying Chen, Zhe Chen, Junjie Cao, Li Lin, Jipeng Li
{"title":"Severe and continuous immunoparesis during induction or maintenance therapy in nontransplant patients with multiple myeloma is a sign of poor prognosis.","authors":"Ying Chen, Zhe Chen, Junjie Cao, Li Lin, Jipeng Li","doi":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2329378","DOIUrl":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2329378","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Multiple myeloma (MM) varies in clinical behavior, response to treatment and prognosis due to the heterogeneity of the disease. Data on the association between the immunoparesis status during treatment and prognosis in nontransplant MM patients are limited.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a retrospective analysis of 142 patients with MM, we examined the relationship between immunoparesis status and prognosis during treatment. All patients received novel agent-based therapy and did not undergo autologous stem cell transplantation. One, two, or three uninvolved immunoglobulins (Igs) below the lowest thresholds of normalcy were used to identify immunoparesis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients with a greater degree of immunoparesis during treatment had shorter progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). A total of 46.5% of the patients had severe and continuous immunoparesis (at least two uninvolved Igs suppressed continuously during treatment), representing a worse prognosis than those with complete or partial normalization of Igs during treatment. Among patients who achieved at least complete remission, PFS was poor in patients with severe and continuous immunoparesis. Furthermore, severe and continuous immunoparesis during treatment was a poor prognostic factor for PFS and OS according to multivariate analyses.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The degree of immunoparesis during treatment is a follow-up indicator for survival in nontransplant myeloma patients, and severe and continuous immunoparesis in nontransplant myeloma patients might be a sign of poor prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":13161,"journal":{"name":"Hematology","volume":"29 1","pages":"2329378"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140101500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}