Bone Marrow ResearchPub Date : 2012-01-01Epub Date: 2012-11-10DOI: 10.1155/2012/271695
Meral Beksaç, Klara Dalva
{"title":"Role of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor and ligand matching in donor selection.","authors":"Meral Beksaç, Klara Dalva","doi":"10.1155/2012/271695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/271695","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite all efforts to improve HLA typing and immunosuppression, it is still impossible to prevent severe graft versus host disease (GVHD) which can be fatal. GVHD is not always associated with graft versus malignancy and can prevent stem cell transplantation from reaching its goals. Overall T-cell alloreactivity is not the sole mechanism modulating the immune defense. Innate immune system has its own antigens, ligands, and mediators. The bridge between HLA and natural killer (NK) cell-mediated reactions is becoming better understood in the context of stem cell transplantation. Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) constitute a wide range of alleles/antigens segregated independently from the HLA alleles and classified into two major haplotypes which imprints the person's ability to suppress or to amplify T-cell alloreactivity. This paper will summarize the impact of both activating and inhibitory KIRs and their ligands on stem cell transplantation outcome. The ultimate goal is to develop algorithms based on KIR profiles to select donors with maximum antileukemic and minimum antihost effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":9220,"journal":{"name":"Bone Marrow Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2012/271695","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31082774","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}
Bone Marrow ResearchPub Date : 2012-01-01Epub Date: 2012-07-19DOI: 10.1155/2012/406796
Elisa Dorantes-Acosta, Rosana Pelayo
{"title":"Lineage switching in acute leukemias: a consequence of stem cell plasticity?","authors":"Elisa Dorantes-Acosta, Rosana Pelayo","doi":"10.1155/2012/406796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/406796","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute leukemias are the most common cancer in childhood and characterized by the uncontrolled production of hematopoietic precursor cells of the lymphoid or myeloid series within the bone marrow. Even when a relatively high efficiency of therapeutic agents has increased the overall survival rates in the last years, factors such as cell lineage switching and the rise of mixed lineages at relapses often change the prognosis of the illness. During lineage switching, conversions from lymphoblastic leukemia to myeloid leukemia, or vice versa, are recorded. The central mechanisms involved in these phenomena remain undefined, but recent studies suggest that lineage commitment of plastic hematopoietic progenitors may be multidirectional and reversible upon specific signals provided by both intrinsic and environmental cues. In this paper, we focus on the current knowledge about cell heterogeneity and the lineage switch resulting from leukemic cells plasticity. A number of hypothetical mechanisms that may inspire changes in cell fate decisions are highlighted. Understanding the plasticity of leukemia initiating cells might be fundamental to unravel the pathogenesis of lineage switch in acute leukemias and will illuminate the importance of a flexible hematopoietic development.</p>","PeriodicalId":9220,"journal":{"name":"Bone Marrow Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2012/406796","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30804733","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}
Bone Marrow ResearchPub Date : 2012-01-01Epub Date: 2012-07-30DOI: 10.1155/2012/270425
Kamonnaree Chotinantakul, Wilairat Leeanansaksiri
{"title":"Hematopoietic stem cell development, niches, and signaling pathways.","authors":"Kamonnaree Chotinantakul, Wilairat Leeanansaksiri","doi":"10.1155/2012/270425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/270425","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) play a key role in hematopoietic system that functions mainly in homeostasis and immune response. HSCs transplantation has been applied for the treatment of several diseases. However, HSCs persist in the small quantity within the body, mostly in the quiescent state. Understanding the basic knowledge of HSCs is useful for stem cell biology research and therapeutic medicine development. Thus, this paper emphasizes on HSC origin, source, development, the niche, and signaling pathways which support HSC maintenance and balance between self-renewal and proliferation which will be useful for the advancement of HSC expansion and transplantation in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":9220,"journal":{"name":"Bone Marrow Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2012/270425","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30840262","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}
Bone Marrow ResearchPub Date : 2012-01-01Epub Date: 2012-10-02DOI: 10.1155/2012/680841
Meerim Park, Jong Jin Seo
{"title":"Role of HLA in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.","authors":"Meerim Park, Jong Jin Seo","doi":"10.1155/2012/680841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/680841","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The selection of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) donors includes a rigorous assessment of the availability and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) match status of donors. HLA plays a critical role in HSCT, but its involvement in HSCT is constantly in flux because of changing technologies and variations in clinical transplantation results. The increased availability of HSCT through the use of HLA-mismatched related and unrelated donors is feasible with a more complete understanding of permissible HLA mismatches and the role of killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes in HSCT. The influence of nongenetic factors on the tolerability of HLA mismatching has recently become evident, demonstrating a need for the integration of both genetic and nongenetic variables in donor selection.</p>","PeriodicalId":9220,"journal":{"name":"Bone Marrow Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2012/680841","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30987211","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}
Bone Marrow ResearchPub Date : 2012-01-01Epub Date: 2012-11-01DOI: 10.1155/2012/175419
David Steiner
{"title":"Computer algorithms in the search for unrelated stem cell donors.","authors":"David Steiner","doi":"10.1155/2012/175419","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2012/175419","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a medical procedure in the field of hematology and oncology, most often performed for patients with certain cancers of the blood or bone marrow. A lot of patients have no suitable HLA-matched donor within their family, so physicians must activate a \"donor search process\" by interacting with national and international donor registries who will search their databases for adult unrelated donors or cord blood units (CBU). Information and communication technologies play a key role in the donor search process in donor registries both nationally and internationaly. One of the major challenges for donor registry computer systems is the development of a reliable search algorithm. This work discusses the top-down design of such algorithms and current practice. Based on our experience with systems used by several stem cell donor registries, we highlight typical pitfalls in the implementation of an algorithm and underlying data structure.</p>","PeriodicalId":9220,"journal":{"name":"Bone Marrow Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3501812/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31113159","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}
Bone Marrow ResearchPub Date : 2012-01-01Epub Date: 2012-06-19DOI: 10.1155/2012/165107
Jennifer L Granick, Scott I Simon, Dori L Borjesson
{"title":"Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells as effectors in innate immunity.","authors":"Jennifer L Granick, Scott I Simon, Dori L Borjesson","doi":"10.1155/2012/165107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/165107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research has shed light on novel functions of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC). While they are critical for maintenance and replenishment of blood cells in the bone marrow, these cells are not limited to the bone marrow compartment and function beyond their role in hematopoiesis. HSPC can leave bone marrow and circulate in peripheral blood and lymph, a process often manipulated therapeutically for the purpose of transplantation. Additionally, these cells preferentially home to extramedullary sites of inflammation where they can differentiate to more mature effector cells. HSPC are susceptible to various pathogens, though they may participate in the innate immune response without being directly infected. They express pattern recognition receptors for detection of endogenous and exogenous danger-associated molecular patterns and respond not only by the formation of daughter cells but can themselves secrete powerful cytokines. This paper summarizes the functional and phenotypic characterization of HSPC, their niche within and outside of the bone marrow, and what is known regarding their role in the innate immune response.</p>","PeriodicalId":9220,"journal":{"name":"Bone Marrow Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2012/165107","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30740169","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}
{"title":"New rising infection: human herpesvirus 6 is frequent in myeloma patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation after induction therapy with bortezomib.","authors":"Netanel Horowitz, Ilana Oren, Noa Lavi, Tsila Zuckerman, Noam Benyamini, Zipi Kra-Oz, Viki Held, Irit Avivi","doi":"10.1155/2012/409765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/409765","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection is a common complication during immunosuppression. Its significance for multiple myeloma (MM) patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) after treatment with novel agents affecting immune system remains undetermined. Data on 62 consecutive MM patients receiving bortezomib-dexamethasone (VD) (n = 41; 66%) or thalidomide-dexamethasone (TD) (n = 21, 34%) induction, together with melphalan 200 mg/m(2) autograft between 01.2005 and 09.2010, were reviewed. HHV-6 reactivation was diagnosed in patients experiencing postengraftment unexplained fever (PEUF) in the presence of any level of HHHV-6 DNA in blood. There were no statistically significant differences in patient characteristics between the groups, excluding dexamethasone dosage, which was significantly higher in patients receiving TD. Eight patients in TD and 18 in VD cohorts underwent viral screening for PEUF. HHV-6 reactivation was diagnosed in 10 patients of the entire series (16%), accounting for 35% of those screened; its incidence was 19.5% (n = 8) in the VD group versus 9.5% (n = 2) in the TD group. All patients recovered without sequelae. In conclusion, HHV-6 reactivation is relatively common after ASCT, accounting for at least a third of PEUF episodes. Further studies are warranted to investigate whether bortezomib has an impact on HHV-6 reactivation development.</p>","PeriodicalId":9220,"journal":{"name":"Bone Marrow Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2012/409765","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31126930","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}
Bone Marrow ResearchPub Date : 2012-01-01Epub Date: 2012-10-22DOI: 10.1155/2012/873695
Sylwia Mizia, Dorota Dera-Joachimiak, Malgorzata Polak, Katarzyna Koscinska, Mariola Sedzimirska, Andrzej Lange
{"title":"Both optimal matching and procedure duration influence survival of patients after unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.","authors":"Sylwia Mizia, Dorota Dera-Joachimiak, Malgorzata Polak, Katarzyna Koscinska, Mariola Sedzimirska, Andrzej Lange","doi":"10.1155/2012/873695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/873695","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Eighty-six patients suffering from hematological malignancies, immunodeficiencies, and aplastic anemias received alloHSCT from unrelated donors. Donors were selected from the BMDW files and further matching was performed according to the confirmatory typing procedure with the use of PCR SSP and that based on sequencing. The time from the clinical request of the donor search to the final decision of clinicians accepting the donor was from 0.3 to 17.8 months (median 1.6). Matching was analyzed at the allele level, and 50, 27, and 9 donor-recipient pairs were 10/10 matched, mismatched in one or more alleles, respectively. In an univariate analysis we found better survival if patients were transplanted: (i) from donors matched 10/10 (P = 0.025), (ii) not from female donor to male recipient (P = 0.037), (iii) in female donation from those with ≤1 pregnancy than multiparous (P = 0.075). Notably, it became apparent that duration of the confirmatory typing process affected the survival (HR = 1.138, P = 0.013). In multivariate analysis only the level of matching and the duration of the matching procedure significantly affected the survival. In conclusion, the duration of the matching procedure in addition to the level of matching should be considered as an independent risk factor of survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":9220,"journal":{"name":"Bone Marrow Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2012/873695","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31126931","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}
{"title":"Influence of bisphosphonate treatment on medullary macrophages and osteoclasts: an experimental study.","authors":"Natalia Daniela Escudero, Patricia Mónica Mandalunis","doi":"10.1155/2012/526236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/526236","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates are widely used for treating diverse bone pathologies. They are anticatabolic drugs that act on osteoclasts inhibiting bone resorption. It remains unknown whether the mechanism of action is by decreasing osteoclast number, impairing osteoclast function, or whether they continue to effectively inhibit bone resorption despite the increase in osteoclast number. There is increasing evidence that bisphosphonates also act on bone marrow cells like macrophages and monocytes. The present work sought to evaluate the dynamics of preosteoclast fusion and possible changes in medullary macrophage number in bisphosphonate-treated animals. Healthy female Wistar rats received olpadronate, alendronate, or vehicle during 5 weeks, and 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) on day 7, 28, or 34 of the experiment. Histomorphometric studies were performed to study femurs and evaluate: number of nuclei per osteoclast (N.Nu/Oc); number of BrdU-positive nuclei (N.Nu BrdU+/Oc); percentage of BrdU-positive nuclei per osteoclast (%Nu.BrdU+/Oc); medullary macrophage number (mac/mm(2)) and correlation between N.Nu/Oc and mac/mm(2). Results showed bisphosphonate-treated animals exhibited increased N.Nu/Oc, caused by an increase in preosteoclast fusion rate and evidenced by higher N.Nu BrdU+/Oc, and significantly decreased mac/mm(2). Considering the common origin of osteoclasts and macrophages, the increased demand for precursors of the osteoclast lineage may occur at the expense of macrophage lineage precursors.</p>","PeriodicalId":9220,"journal":{"name":"Bone Marrow Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2012/526236","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30930827","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}
Bone Marrow ResearchPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2010-12-26DOI: 10.1155/2011/252953
Shanbao Cai, Haiyan Wang, Barbara Bailey, Jennifer R Hartwell, Jayne M Silver, Beth E Juliar, Anthony L Sinn, Arthur R Baluyut, Karen E Pollok
{"title":"Differential Secondary Reconstitution of In Vivo-Selected Human SCID-Repopulating Cells in NOD/SCID versus NOD/SCID/γ chain Mice.","authors":"Shanbao Cai, Haiyan Wang, Barbara Bailey, Jennifer R Hartwell, Jayne M Silver, Beth E Juliar, Anthony L Sinn, Arthur R Baluyut, Karen E Pollok","doi":"10.1155/2011/252953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/252953","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Humanized bone-marrow xenograft models that can monitor the long-term impact of gene-therapy strategies will help facilitate evaluation of clinical utility. The ability of the murine bone-marrow microenvironment in NOD/SCID versus NOD/SCID/γ chain(null) mice to support long-term engraftment of MGMT(P140K)-transduced human-hematopoietic cells following alkylator-mediated in vivo selection was investigated. Mice were transplanted with MGMT(P140K)-transduced CD34(+) cells and transduced cells selected in vivo. At 4 months after transplantation, levels of human-cell engraftment, and MGMT(P140K)-transduced cells in the bone marrow of NOD/SCID versus NSG mice varied slightly in vehicle- and drug-treated mice. In secondary transplants, although equal numbers of MGMT(P140K)-transduced human cells were transplanted, engraftment was significantly higher in NOD/SCID/γ chain(null) mice compared to NOD/SCID mice at 2 months after transplantation. These data indicate that reconstitution of NOD/SCID/γ chain(null) mice with human-hematopoietic cells represents a more promising model in which to test for genotoxicity and efficacy of strategies that focus on manipulation of long-term repopulating cells of human origin.</p>","PeriodicalId":9220,"journal":{"name":"Bone Marrow Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2011/252953","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40122331","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}