Blood ResearchPub Date : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1007/s44313-024-00007-9
Imen Frikha, R. Frikha, M. Medhaffer, Hanen Charfi, F. Turki, Moez Elloumi
{"title":"Impact of CYP1A1 variants on the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: evidence from an updated meta-analysis","authors":"Imen Frikha, R. Frikha, M. Medhaffer, Hanen Charfi, F. Turki, Moez Elloumi","doi":"10.1007/s44313-024-00007-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44313-024-00007-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46224,"journal":{"name":"Blood Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140080120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Blood ResearchPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1007/s44313-024-00011-z
D. E. El Demerdash, Maha Mohamed Saber, Alia Ayad, Kareeman Gomaa, Mohamed Abdelkader Morad
{"title":"Cytotoxic T lymphocyte‐associated antigen‐4 (CTLA-4) gene polymorphisms in a cohort of Egyptian patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)","authors":"D. E. El Demerdash, Maha Mohamed Saber, Alia Ayad, Kareeman Gomaa, Mohamed Abdelkader Morad","doi":"10.1007/s44313-024-00011-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44313-024-00011-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46224,"journal":{"name":"Blood Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140086249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparable outcomes with low-dose and standard-dose horse anti-thymocyte globulin in the treatment of severe aplastic anemia.","authors":"Arihant Jain, Aditya Jandial, Thenmozhi Mani, Kamal Kishore, Charanpreet Singh, Deepesh Lad, Gaurav Prakash, Alka Khadwal, Reena Das, Neelam Varma, Subhash Varma, Pankaj Malhotra","doi":"10.1007/s44313-024-00003-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44313-024-00003-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The standard dose (SD) of horse anti-thymocyte globulin (hATG) ATGAM (Pfizer, USA) or its biosimilar thymogam (Bharat Serum, India) for the treatment of Aplastic Anemia (AA) is 40 mg/kg/day for 4 days in combination with cyclosporine. Data on the impact of hATG dose on long-term outcomes are limited. Here, we describe our comparative experience using 25 mg/kg/day (low-dose [LD]) hATG for 4 days with SD for the treatment of AA.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively studied patients with AA (age > 12 years) who received two doses of hATG combined with cyclosporine. Among 93 AA patients who received hATG, 62 (66.7%) and 31 (33.3%) patients received LD and SD hATG with cyclosporine, respectively. Among these,seventeen(18.2%) patients also received eltrombopag with hATG and cyclosporine. Overall response rates [complete response (CR) and partial response (PR)] of LD and SD hATG groups at 3 months (50% vs. 48.4%; p = 0.88), 6 months (63.8% vs. 71.4%; p = 0.67), and 12 months (69.6% vs. 79.2%; p = 0.167) were comparable. The mean (Standard Deviation) 5-year Kaplan-Meier estimate of overall survival and event-free survival was 82.1 (4.6)% and 70.9 (5.5)% for the study population. The mean (standard deviation) 5-year Kaplan-Meier estimate of overall survival and event-free survival of those who received LD hATG versus SD hATG dose was 82.9 (5·3)% versus 74.8 (10·3)% (P = 0·439), and 75.2 (6.2)% versus 61.4(11.2)% (P = 0·441).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study revealed that the response rates of patients with AA and LD were similar to those of patients with SD to hATG combined with cyclosporine in a real-world setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":46224,"journal":{"name":"Blood Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10903521/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140132789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Blood ResearchPub Date : 2024-02-26DOI: 10.1007/s44313-024-00009-7
Hye Won Lee, Ja Young Lee
{"title":"Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, NOS in bone marrow and heart.","authors":"Hye Won Lee, Ja Young Lee","doi":"10.1007/s44313-024-00009-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44313-024-00009-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46224,"journal":{"name":"Blood Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10917705/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140132791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Blood ResearchPub Date : 2024-02-19DOI: 10.1007/s44313-024-00002-0
Saba Manoochehrabadi, Morteza Talebi, H. Pashaiefar, S. Ghafouri-Fard, Mohammad Vaezi, M. Omrani, M. Ahmadvand
{"title":"Upregulation of lnc-FOXD2-AS1, CDC45, and CDK1 in patients with primary non-M3 AML is associated with a worse prognosis","authors":"Saba Manoochehrabadi, Morteza Talebi, H. Pashaiefar, S. Ghafouri-Fard, Mohammad Vaezi, M. Omrani, M. Ahmadvand","doi":"10.1007/s44313-024-00002-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44313-024-00002-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46224,"journal":{"name":"Blood Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139958526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adding MYC/BCL2 double expression to NCCN-IPI may not improve prognostic value to an acceptable level.","authors":"Naree Warnnissorn, Nonglak Kanitsap, Pimjai Niparuck, Paisarn Boonsakan, Prapasri Kulalert, Wasithep Limvorapitak, Lantarima Bhoopat, Supawee Saengboon, Chinnawut Suriyonplengsaeng, Pichika Chantrathammachart, Teeraya Puavilai, Suporn Chuncharunee","doi":"10.1007/s44313-024-00006-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44313-024-00006-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>MYC/BCL2 double expression (DE) is associated with poor prognosis in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) receiving rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone (R-CHOP). This study aimed to determine whether the addition of DE to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Internal Prognostic Index (NCCN-IPI) could improve the prediction of disease progression in patients with DLBCL treated with R-CHOP.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This confirmatory prognostic factor study retrospectively recruited patients with newly diagnosed DLBCL between January 1, 2014, and January 31, 2018, at Ramathibodi Hospital (RA) and Thammasat University Hospital (TU). The follow-up period ended on July 1, 2022. Tumors expressing MYC ≥ 40% and BCL2 ≥ 50% were classified as DE. We calculated the hazard ratios (HR) for progression-free survival (PFS) from the date of diagnosis to refractory disease, relapse, or death. Discrimination of the 5-year prediction was based on Cox models using Harrell's concordance index (c-index).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 111 patients had DE (39%), NCCN-IPI (8%), and disease progression (46%). The NCCN-IPI adjusted HR of DE was 1.6 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.9-2.8; P = 0.117). The baseline NCCN-IPI c-index was 0.63. Adding DE to the NCCN-IPI slightly increased Harrell's concordance index (c-index) to 0.66 (P = 0.119).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Adding DE to the NCCN-IPI may not improve the prognostic value to an acceptable level in resource-limited settings. Multiple independent confirmatory studies from a large cohort of lymphoma registries have provided additional evidence for the clinical utility of DE.</p>","PeriodicalId":46224,"journal":{"name":"Blood Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10903517/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140132846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}