Rufeng Xie, Yiming Yang, Xueyu Jiang, Li Gao, Juan Sun, Jie Yang
{"title":"The effect of modulating platelet reactive oxygen species by the addition of antioxidants to prevent clearance of cold-stored platelets.","authors":"Rufeng Xie, Yiming Yang, Xueyu Jiang, Li Gao, Juan Sun, Jie Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.09.2479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2024.09.2479","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It is known that the rapid clearance of cold-stored platelets is attributed to various storage lesions, including an abnormal increase in reactive oxygen species when platelets are exposed to cold temperatures. As an antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine exhibits some significant effects on scavenging various reactive oxygen species and inhibiting cell damage and apoptosis.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the effects of N-acetylcysteine on reducing reactive oxygen species production and protecting cold-stored platelets from phagocytosis and clearance, and to determine the optimal concentration of N-acetylcysteine.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Platelet concentrates were divided into three groups: room-temperature-stored platelets, cold-stored platelets, and cold-stored platelets with the addition of different concentrations of N-acetylcysteine. After five days of storage, reactive oxygen species production, lipid peroxidation levels, activation marker expressions, GPIb/ɑ desialylation with exposure of glycan residues and other quality parameters of platelets were measured and compared between the groups. Phagocytosis of platelets was detected by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-activated THP-1 or Hep G2 cells. Moreover, the recovery of infused platelets was measured in severe combined immunodeficient mice at different timepoints.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After 5 days of storage, cytoplasmic reactive oxygen species significantly increased in chilled compared to non-chilled platelets; they were notably reduced with the addition of N-acetylcysteine, particularly at a concentration of 5 mM. Compared with chilled platelets, the P-selectin and phosphatidylserine expressions, as well as exposure of GPIb/ɑ glycan residues, were significantly reduced with 5 mM of N-acetylcysteine. Phagocytosis of platelets by THP-1 or Hep G2 cells was significantly lower in 5 mM of N-acetylcysteine compared to cold-stored platelets without N-acetylcysteine.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrated correlations between reactive oxygen species production and their pro-oxidant effects on platelet clearance after cold storage. The addition of N-acetylcysteine at an appropriate concentration do not only protects chilled platelets from storage lesions caused by reactive oxygen species overproduction but also prevents platelet phagocytosis in vitro and clearance in vivo, thereby extending circulating time.</p>","PeriodicalId":94026,"journal":{"name":"Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142585411","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}
Laila M Sherief, Mohamed Beshir, Sahar N Saleem, Wesam Elmozy, Mona Elkalioubie, Basma K Soliman, Amr M Fawzy, Mona Alsharkawy, Diana Hanna
{"title":"Assessment of transfusion-induced iron overload with T2*MRI in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A case control study.","authors":"Laila M Sherief, Mohamed Beshir, Sahar N Saleem, Wesam Elmozy, Mona Elkalioubie, Basma K Soliman, Amr M Fawzy, Mona Alsharkawy, Diana Hanna","doi":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.09.2478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2024.09.2478","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors receiving multiple packed red blood transfusions may be at risk of vital organ iron deposition causing long-term complications. This study was undertaken to assess the prevalence and severity of iron overload in the liver and heart by magnetic resonance imaging.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A case-control study was conducted on 60 acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors aged from 6 to 18 years and 60 healthy, age- and sex-matched children as a control group. The hematological profile, and serum ferritin was assessed and the iron content of the liver and heart was measured by T2* magnetic resonance imaging.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-six (43.3 %) and two (3.3 %) patients had elevated liver and myocardial iron concentrations, respectively. The statistics show a significantly positive correlation between liver T2* magnetic resonance and serum ferritin. The total volume of blood transfused and duration of follow up were associated with elevated liver iron concentrations (p-values = 0.036 and 0.028 respectively). Myocardial T2* magnetic resonance lacked correlation with serum ferritin and transfusion therapy CONCLUSION: Liver iron overload was detected in children and adolescents after acute lymphoblastic leukemia therapy. The risk of iron overload was related mainly to the transfusion burden during therapy. These patients need monitoring after therapy to assess their need for future chelation therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":94026,"journal":{"name":"Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570803","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":"A comprehensive consolidation of data on the connection between CDKN2A polymorphisms and the susceptibility to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.","authors":"Maryam Aghasipour, Fatemeh Asadian, Seyed Alireza Dastgheib, Abolhasan Alijanpour, Ali Masoudi, Maedeh Barahman, Mohammad Golshan-Tafti, Reza Bahrami, Amirmasoud Shiri, Hossein Aarafi, Kazem Aghili, Hossein Neamatzadeh","doi":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.05.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2024.05.017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the predominant neoplastic ailment in childhood. Prior research has already established noteworthy connections between CDKN2A polymorphisms and susceptibility to this childhood leukemia, however, substantial associations are still awaiting validation. This investigation was undertaken to examine the correlation between CDKN2A polymorphisms and the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Acquisition of information encompassed the exploration of diverse databases including PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) until January 10, 2024. An estimation of associations was achieved utilizing odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 22 case-control studies encompassing 10,203 cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 36,424 healthy controls were included. Within this pool of studies, 14 focused on rs3731217, comprising 5396 cases and 15,787 controls, whereas eight studies investigated rs3731249, comprising 4807 cases and 20,637 controls. The aggregated data showed that the rs3731217 variant offers protection against acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nevertheless, when subgroups are analyzed according to ethnicity, it becomes clear that the rs3731217 polymorphism significantly influences susceptibility, particularly among individuals of Caucasian and African descent with no such association being observed in children of Asian origin. Nevertheless, the rs3731249 polymorphism displayed a noteworthy correlation with vulnerability to pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The aggregated data revealed that the rs3731217 variation offers protection against the development of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the rs3731249 polymorphism is significantly correlated with susceptibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":94026,"journal":{"name":"Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142515298","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":"Epidemiologic profile of hemoglobinopathies in Benin.","authors":"Selma Gomez, Adjile Edjide Roukiyath Amoussa, Edwige Dedjinou, Manasse Kakpo, Pélagie Gbédji, Nouhoum Amossou Soulé, Bernice Quenum","doi":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.07.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2024.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the world with the birth of approximately 300,000 newborns screened each year. In 2009, the World Health Organization ranked the fight against sickle cell disease among the priorities for the Africa regions. The best way to prevent this incurable disease remains, on one hand systematic screening at birth, and on the other the proscription of risky union between heterozygous subjects.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiological profile of sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies in Benin and determine more up-to-date prevalence rates of the disease within the population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The hemoglobin profiles of 2910 study participants were determined by quantitative electrophoresis. Samples with abnormal hemoglobin results were subjected to a complete blood count.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our study population was balanced between males (1528) and females (1382) with a sex ratio of 1.1. The mean age ranged from eight years in the pediatric group to 26 years in adults. The hemoglobin electrophoresis profiles found were as follows: 59.7 % Hb AA (normal), 21.7 % Hb AS, 10.2 % Hb AC, 3.1 % Hb SS, 3.7 % Hb SC, and 1.6 % of the rare phenotypes (Hb AD, Hb AE, Hb AF, Hb A/β-thal, Hb SD, Hb SF, Hb CC and Hb C/β-thal). Participants with abnormal hemoglobin presented a normochromic normocytic anemia. A total of 356 (12 %) people knew their profile compared to 2554 (88 %) who did not.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The high prevalence of hemoglobinopathies found in this study highlights in importance of screening in the Benin population.</p>","PeriodicalId":94026,"journal":{"name":"Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484128","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}
Astrid Pavlovsky, Juan Ignacio Garcia Altuve, Amalia Cerutti, Lorena Fiad, Nicolás Kurgansky, Fernando Warley, Florencia Negri Aranguren
{"title":"Benefits of BV-AVD (Brentuximab vedotin, doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) versus ABVD (doxorubicin hydrochloride, bleomycin sulfate, vinblastine sulfate, dacarbazine) in patients with advanced-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma: an analysis of the ECHELON 1 trial by the GATLA group using the Delphi Method.","authors":"Astrid Pavlovsky, Juan Ignacio Garcia Altuve, Amalia Cerutti, Lorena Fiad, Nicolás Kurgansky, Fernando Warley, Florencia Negri Aranguren","doi":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The BV-AVD (Brentuximab vedotin, doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) combination for first-line treatment of advanced stage Hodgkin's lymphoma has been approved by regulatory authorities and included in international guidelines. However, several factors influence its incorporation as standard of care.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A group of experts from different institutions was identified and, using the Delphi method, an analysis of the results of the ECHELON 1 trial for the indication of BV-AVD over ABVD (doxorubicin hydrochloride, bleomycin sulfate, vinblastine sulfate, dacarbazine) in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma Stages III and IV in Argentina was done. The clinical and academic experience of the authors and the context of the Argentine healthcare system were considered.</p><p><strong>Results and discussion: </strong>Seven statements on general aspects of the management of Hodgkin's lymphoma and nine on specific aspects related to the use of BV-AVD over ABVD reached a consensus of agreement. There was a strong expert consensus in favor of indicating BV-AVD in the presence of extranodal disease or pulmonary disease. Moderate to severe neuropathy, pregnancy and drug allergy were considered absolute contraindications to prescribe BV.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The authors agreed that BV-AVD could be considered a new treatment option in high-risk patients. However health system-dependent factors (such as high cost, lack of availability, reimbursement difficulties, irregular delivery, and issues with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor availability) could pose limitations for this prescription. While awaiting new data from clinical trials and real-world studies, these recommendations can represent a useful tool for hematologists in different parts of the world.</p>","PeriodicalId":94026,"journal":{"name":"Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142376479","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}
Lauro Fabián Amador-Medina, Erick Crespo-Solís, Francisco Javier Turrubiates-Hernández, Karla Edith Santibañez-Bedolla
{"title":"Venetoclax with low-dose cytarabine, a forgotten combination in patients with acute myeloid leukemia ineligible for intensive chemotherapy: a systematic review.","authors":"Lauro Fabián Amador-Medina, Erick Crespo-Solís, Francisco Javier Turrubiates-Hernández, Karla Edith Santibañez-Bedolla","doi":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.07.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.07.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Based on the VIALE-A and VIALE-C studies, the Food and Drug Administration approved venetoclax in 2020 in combination with azacitidine or low-dose cytarabine for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia ineligible for intensive chemotherapy. After the publication of these studies, venetoclax/azacitidine was assumed to be superior to venetoclax/low-dose cytarabine; however, these studies were not designed to demonstrate superiority between these combinations. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review to describe overall survival, complete remission rate, and composite complete remission rate to assess response of these two regimens in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia who are ineligible for intensive chemotherapy.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The PubMed and Web of Science databases were searched for retrospective studies and complete remission, composite complete remission, and overall survival rates were recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only 11 of the 815 publications identified were eligible to be included n this review, ten studies evaluated the venetoclax/azacitidine combination and one study evaluated the venetoclax/low-dose cytarabine combination. The median overall survival for venetoclax/azacitidine was 10.75 months, whereas for venetoclax/low-dose cytarabine the median overall survival had not been reached at the time of publication. Composite complete remission was 63.3 % for venetoclax/azacitidine and 90 % for venetoclax/low-dose cytarabine. Adverse events were similar for both combinations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A limited number of studies investigating the venetoclax/low-dose cytarabine combination exist. Based on the available data, the superiority of venetoclax/azacitidine over venetoclax/low-dose cytarabine cannot be assumed for all acute myeloid leukemia patients who are ineligible for intensive chemotherapy. Venetoclax/low-dose cytarabine can still be considered as an option for the drug combinations currently under investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":94026,"journal":{"name":"Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142376481","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}
Pedro P M G Vieira, Josefina A P Braga, Rodrigo Regacini
{"title":"Lung ultrasound score to predict development of acute chest syndrome in children with sickle cell disease.","authors":"Pedro P M G Vieira, Josefina A P Braga, Rodrigo Regacini","doi":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to identify lung ultrasound (LUS) findings associated with acute chest syndrome (ACS) at the time of admission and 24-48 h later, to compare these to chest radiography (CXR) findings and to establish a score to predict the development of this pulmonary complication in sickle cell disease (SCD) children METHODS: A prospective observational study of SCD children presenting signs or symptoms of ACS evaluated by LUS and CXR at admission and 24-48 h later. A score was conceived to predict the evolution of ACS during hospitalization based on ultrasonographic findings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventy-eight children were evaluated; 61 (78.2 %) developed ACS. A score greater than one at admission showed sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive predictive value (PPV) of 75.4 %, 88.2 %, 78.2 %, and 95.8 %, respectively to predict ACS, while only 32 (52.5 %) CXR showed alterations. The development of ACS during hospitalization was unlikely for a score of zero and very likely for a score greater than one at admission. Regarding follow-up exams, a score greater than one showed sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and PPV of 98.4 %, 76.5 %, 93.6 %, and 92.8 %, respectively to predict the development of ACS. ACS development was very unlikely for a score of zero and very likely for a score greater than zero in the follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>LUS is an effective tool to assess risk for the development of ACS in SCD children with clinical suspicion.</p>","PeriodicalId":94026,"journal":{"name":"Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142376480","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":"Oral calcium supplementation versus placebo in mitigating citrate reactions during apheresis: an open-label randomized control trial.","authors":"Masaya Abe, Keiko Fujii, Nobuharu Fujii, Toshiharu Mitsuhashi, Takuya Fukumi, Yuichi Sumii, Maiko Kimura, Tomohiro Urata, Takumi Kondo, Fumio Otsuka, Yoshinobu Maeda","doi":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.06.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2024.06.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Citrate-related hypocalcemia is the most common adverse event linked with peripheral blood progenitor cell apheresis. A previous retrospective study highlighted the prophylactic effectiveness of oral calcium drinks before apheresis, supplemented with intravenous calcium gluconate. Consequently, this study is a randomized controlled trial comparing oral calcium with placebo drinks STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Healthy donors were randomized to receive either oral calcium (Cohort A) or placebo (Cohort B) drinks. If symptoms emerged, all donors were given calcium drinks to counteract hypocalcemia. The primary endpoint centered on the incidence of Grade 1 or higher citrate-related symptoms. Analyses were performed using the crude model and doubly robust estimation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-two healthy donors participated from January 2021 to July 2022. Case distribution (Cohort A: Cohort B) stood at 3:7 (Grade 1), 2:2 (Grade 2), and 1:0 (Grade 3); no Grade 4 cases were identified. There was no statistical significance in the incidence of Grade 1 or higher and Grade 3 citrate-related symptoms.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The cumulative incidence of citrate-related side effects was less pronounced than in the previous research. This could stem from absence of blinding, and the decision to administer calcium drinks to the untreated group upon symptom detection. Although preemptive oral calcium intake before peripheral blood progenitor cell apheresis is not wholly effective, providing calcium-rich beverages to symptomatic donors may stave off symptom intensification.</p>","PeriodicalId":94026,"journal":{"name":"Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142368027","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}
Márcio Antônio Portugal Santana, Daniel Gonçalves Chaves, Felipe Cb Souza, Suely Meireles Rezende
{"title":"HLA variants and inhibitor development in hemophilia A: results from the HEMFIL study group.","authors":"Márcio Antônio Portugal Santana, Daniel Gonçalves Chaves, Felipe Cb Souza, Suely Meireles Rezende","doi":"10.1016/j.htct.2024.05.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2024.05.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94026,"journal":{"name":"Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142368026","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}