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The thymus is essential for establishing adaptive immunity yet undergoes age-related involution that leads to compromised immune responsiveness. The thymus is also extremely sensitive to acute insult and although capable of regeneration, this capacity declines with age for unknown reasons. We applied single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, lineage-tracing and advanced imaging to define age-related changes in nonhematopoietic stromal cells and discovered the emergence of two atypical thymic epithelial cell (TEC) states. These age-associated TECs (aaTECs) formed high-density peri-medullary epithelial clusters that were devoid of thymocytes; an accretion of nonproductive thymic tissue that worsened with age, exhibited features of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and was associated with downregulation of FOXN1. Interaction analysis revealed that the emergence of aaTECs drew tonic signals from other functional TEC populations at baseline acting as a sink for TEC growth factors. Following acute injury, aaTECs expanded substantially, further perturbing trophic regeneration pathways and correlating with defective repair of the involuted thymus. These findings therefore define a unique feature of thymic involution linked to immune aging and could have implications for developing immune-boosting therapies in older individuals.
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HLA-DP permissive mismatches can be assigned a direction according to their immunopeptidome divergence across core and non-core subsets. Non-core permissive GvH mM show significantly reduced risks of relapse (HR 0.77 [0.63-0.93]; p<0.001) without increased NRM compared to allele-matched pairs.
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Multiple myeloma remains an incurable disease plagued by high relapse rates. Deeper and more sustainable responses, however, have been consistently shown to improve outcomes and could eventually pave the way to achieving a cure. Our understanding of disease response has surpassed complete response (CR), because the current definitions are suboptimal, and the treatment goal should aim even beyond stringent CR, toward molecular and flow CR, that is, measurable residual disease (MRD) negativity. It has been more than 20 years since the discrepancy in the outcome between patients in CR with and without MRD has been demonstrated, and the field has come a long way from multiparameter flow cytometry to next-generation flow and next-generation sequencing, able to detect up to a limit of detection of a single myeloma cell from 1 million healthy counterparts. This review aims to summarize the current available data regarding MRD but also its potential future use as a coprimary outcome both in clinical and trial settings as a survival surrogate as well as its use to evaluate treatment efficacy and for adaptive response-based and early-rescue therapy. Furthermore, we discuss whether these concepts are applicable in different settings (eg, newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory myeloma, patients who are eligible and ineligible for tansplant, and standard- and high-risk disease).
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Mieloma Múltiplo , Humanos , Mieloma Múltiplo/terapia , Mieloma Múltiplo/tratamento farmacológico , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia , Resultado do Tratamento , Neoplasia Residual/diagnóstico , Citometria de FluxoRESUMO
We evaluated the impact of early recovery of mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAIT) and gamma-delta (γδ) T cells, especially Vδ2+ T cells, on the clinical outcomes of 76 patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). MAIT cells were identified at day 20-30 post-transplant using flow cytometry and defined as CD3+ TCRVα7.2+CD161+. Two subsets of Vδ2+ T cells were analyzed according to the expression of CD26. The cytotoxicity profile of MAIT and Vδ2+ T cells was analyzed according to the intracellular expression of perforin and granzyme B, and intracellular IFN-γ was evaluated after in vitro activation. CD26+Vδ2+ T cells displayed higher intracellular levels of IFN-γ, whereas CD26- Vδ2+ T were found to be more cytotoxic. Moreover, MAIT cell frequency was correlated with the frequency of Vδ2+ T cells with a better correlation observed with Vδ2+CD26+ than with the Vδ2+CD26- T cell subset. By using the composite endpoint graft-versus-host disease (GvHD)-free, relapse-free survival (GRFS) as the primary endpoint, we found that patients with a higher MAIT cell frequency at day 20-30 after allo-HCT had a significantly increased GRFS and a better overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). Moreover, patients with a low CD69 expression by MAIT cells had an increased cumulative incidence of grade 2-4 acute GvHD (aGvHD). These results suggest that MAIT cell reconstitution may provide mitigating effects early after allo-HCT depending on their activation markers and functional status. Patients with a high frequency of Vδ2+CD26+ T cells had a significantly higher GRFS, OS and DFS, but there was no impact on cumulative incidence of grade 2-4 aGVHD, non-relapse mortality and relapse. These results revealed that the impact of Vδ2+ T cells on the success of allo-HCT may vary according to the frequency of the CD26+ subset.
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Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Células T Invariantes Associadas à Mucosa , Transplante Homólogo , Humanos , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Masculino , Feminino , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/imunologia , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologia , Células T Invariantes Associadas à Mucosa/imunologia , Adulto Jovem , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/imunologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Adolescente , Idoso , Resultado do Tratamento , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T gama-delta/metabolismo , Dipeptidil Peptidase 4/metabolismo , Citotoxicidade ImunológicaRESUMO
Transvaginal oocyte retrieval is an outpatient procedure performed under local anaesthesia. Hypno-analgesia could be effective in managing comfort during this procedure. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a virtual reality headset as an adjunct to local anaesthesia in managing nociception during oocyte retrieval. This was a prospective, randomized single-centre study including patients undergoing oocyte retrieval under local anaesthesia. Patients were randomly assigned to the intervention group (virtual reality headset + local anaesthesia) or the control group (local anaesthesia). The primary outcome was the efficacy on the ANI®, which reflects the relative parasympathetic tone. Secondary outcomes included pain, anxiety, conversion to general anaesthesia rate, procedural duration, patient's and gynaecologist's satisfaction and virtual reality headset tolerance. ANI was significantly lower in the virtual reality group during the whole procedure (mean ANI: 79 95 CI [77; 81] vs 74 95 CI [72; 76]; p < 0.001; effect size Cohen's d -0.53 [-0.83, -0.23]), and during the two most painful moments: infiltration (mean ANI: 81 +/- 11 vs 74 +/- 13; p < 0.001; effect size Cohen's d -0.54[-0.85, -0.24]) and oocytes retrieval (mean ANI: 78 +/- 11 vs 74.40 +/- 11; p = 0.020; effect size Cohen's d -0.37 [-0.67, -0.07]).There was no significant difference in pain measured by VAS. No serious adverse events related were reported. The integration of virtual reality as an hypnotic tool during oocyte retrieval under local anaesthesia in assisted reproductive techniques could improve patient's comfort and experience.
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Anestesia Local , Realidade Virtual , Humanos , Recuperação de Oócitos/efeitos adversos , Recuperação de Oócitos/métodos , Dor/etiologia , Estudos Prospectivos , FemininoRESUMO
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) remains the most important long-term complication of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), but the field has seen significant changes in the last decade. Remarkable advances in the understanding of the biological pathways of cGvHD, lead to the development of targeted therapy with novel drugs thereby minimizing the exposure to harmful corticosteroids, preserving function and mobility, preventing disability, and improving quality of life (QoL) and overall survival (OS). Steroid-refractory cGvHD management has recently experienced significant improvement since ibrutinib and ruxolitinib were approved for patients that failed at least one line of treatment and belumosudil for patients that failed two lines. These recently approved drugs will be discussed in this review, along with perspectives regarding cGVHD management and additional promising drug in development.
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Síndrome de Bronquiolite Obliterante , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Humanos , Qualidade de Vida , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Corticosteroides/uso terapêutico , Doença CrônicaRESUMO
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis, microangiopathy, and autoantibodies. We previously reported that circulating follicular helper T (cTfh) cells are increased in SSc and induce plasmablast differentiation. However, mechanisms leading to cTfh cell expansion and activation in SSc remain to be established. Tfh cells require IL-12 for their expansion and differentiation. 6-Sulfo LacNAc monocytes (slanMo), a subset of monocytes, have a higher capacity to produce IL-12 and to induce CD4+ T cell proliferation in comparison with dendritic cells (DC) or classical monocytes. The aim of this study was to perform a quantitative and functional analysis of monocytes and DC and to correlate them with cTfh cell expansion and clinical manifestations in SSc. Using flow cytometry, we analyzed different monocyte subsets including slanMo and DC from 36 SSc patients and 26 healthy controls (HC). In vitro culture experiments of sorted slanMo were performed for functional analysis and cytokine production. We observed that slanMo, intermediate and non-classical monocytes were increased in SSc in comparison with HC. Furthermore, the increase in slanMo cells was more potent in patients with diffuse SSc. We observed a significant positive correlation between slanMo and cTfh cell levels in SSc patients but not in HC. Other monocyte subsets did not correlate with cTfh cell expansion. In addition, we observed that in vitro, slanMo cells from SSc patients produced less IL-12 than slanMo from HC. SlanMo are increased in SSc and may participate in the activation of cTfh cells in SSc.
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Monócitos , Escleroderma Sistêmico , Hormônios , Humanos , Interleucina-12 , Monócitos/imunologia , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/imunologiaRESUMO
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains a major limitation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Only half of patients with severe acute GVHD respond to first-line treatment with corticosteroids and, for several decades, there was no optimal second-line treatment of patients with corticosteroid-refractory acute GVHD. Ruxolitinib was recently approved for the treatment of corticosteroid-refractory acute GVHD in adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older. Thus, it is important to define the patient population that would now be considered as refractory to ruxolitinib vs ruxolitinib dependent. Here, we propose to define ruxolitinib-refractory acute GVHD as disease that shows: (1) progression of GVHD compared with baseline after at least 5 to 10 days of treatment with ruxolitinib, based either on objective increase in stage/grade, or new organ involvement; (2) lack of improvement in GVHD (partial response or better) compared with baseline after ≥14 days of treatment with ruxolitinib; or (3) loss of response, defined as objective worsening of GVHD determined by increase in stage, grade, or new organ involvement at any time after initial improvement. GVHD manifestations that persist without improvement in patients who had a grade ≥3 treatment-emergent and ruxolitinib-attributed adverse event that did not resolve within 7 days of discontinuing ruxolitinib would serve as a clinical indication for additional treatment. In addition, absence of complete response or very good partial response at day 28 after ruxolitinib could be considered as an eligibility criterion.
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Corticosteroides/uso terapêutico , Resistência a Medicamentos , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/tratamento farmacológico , Terapia de Salvação , Terapias em Estudo , Doença Aguda , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Progressão da Doença , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologia , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/patologia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Nitrilas , Prednisona/administração & dosagem , Prednisona/efeitos adversos , Pirazóis/uso terapêutico , Pirimidinas , Terapia de Salvação/métodos , Terapia de Salvação/tendências , Terapias em Estudo/métodos , Terapias em Estudo/tendências , Falha de Tratamento , Adulto JovemRESUMO
PURPOSE: This single-center retrospective study aims to assess the feasibility, safety, and tolerability of CareMin650, a new photobiomodulation device, for both preventing oral mucositis (OM) and reducing its severity in the setting of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). METHODS: Patients who underwent autologous HCT for hematological malignancies between November 2020 and October 2021 could be included. Prophylactic photobiomodulation (PBM) was used daily from day 1 of conditioning until the day of neutrophil recovery at a dose of 3 J/cm2. Curative PBM was started at a dose of 6 J/cm2 when at least one grade 1 OM had occurred. For each OM case, time of onset, National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) v5.0 grade for OM, analgesic dose, and time to resolution were reported. RESULTS: Twenty-five consecutive patients were included. The median age was 58 years (range, 39-74) and 14 (56%) were male. Twenty-one patients (84%) received a high-dose melphalan conditioning regimen for multiple myeloma, and 4 (16%) patients received BEAM conditioning for aggressive lymphoma. A total of 178 CareMin650 sessions were performed, with a median of 7 days of application (range, 4-12), with no device-related adverse events (AEs). According to the NCI-CTCAE v5.0 scale, 76% (19 of 25) of patients presented grade 0 or 1 mucositis (no ulcers), five patients (20%) developed small ulcers (grade 2), and only one patient developed grade 4 mucositis. Satisfaction rates were high among patients and users. CONCLUSION: Photobiomodulation provides excellent safety and tolerance, as well as promising efficacy, both as a preventive and curative strategy, in patients undergoing autologous HCT.
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Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Mucosite , Estomatite , Feminino , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Masculino , Melfalan/efeitos adversos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mucosite/induzido quimicamente , Estudos Retrospectivos , Estomatite/etiologia , Estomatite/patologia , Estomatite/prevenção & controle , Condicionamento Pré-Transplante/efeitos adversos , Transplante AutólogoRESUMO
Myelofibrosis (MF) is a clonal stem cell neoplasm with heterogeneous clinical phenotypes and well-established molecular drivers. Allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) offers an important curative treatment option for primary MF and post-essential thrombocythaemia/polycythaemia vera MF or secondary MF. With a disease course that varies from indolent to highly progressive, we are now able to stratify risk of mortality through various tools including patient-related clinical characteristics as well as molecular genetic profile. Owing to the high risk of mortality and morbidity associated with HSCT for patients with myelofibrosis, it is important to improve patient selection for transplant. Our primary goal is to comprehensively define our understanding of current practices including the role of Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors, to present the data behind transplantation before and after leukaemic transformation, and to introduce novel personalization of MF treatment with a proposed clinical-molecular prognostic model to help elucidate a timepoint optimal for consideration of HSCT.
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Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Mielofibrose Primária/terapia , Aloenxertos , Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Terapia Combinada , Ciclofosfamida/administração & dosagem , Ciclofosfamida/uso terapêutico , Progressão da Doença , Seleção do Doador , Hematopoese Extramedular , Humanos , Janus Quinase 2/antagonistas & inibidores , Janus Quinase 2/genética , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mutação , Nitrilas/administração & dosagem , Nitrilas/uso terapêutico , Pré-Medicação , Mielofibrose Primária/tratamento farmacológico , Mielofibrose Primária/genética , Mielofibrose Primária/cirurgia , Prognóstico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Pirazóis/administração & dosagem , Pirazóis/uso terapêutico , Pirimidinas/administração & dosagem , Pirimidinas/uso terapêutico , Recidiva , Medição de Risco , Terapia de Salvação , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Esplenectomia , Condicionamento Pré-Transplante/métodosRESUMO
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia develops in both children and adults, with a peak incidence between 1 year and 4 years. Most acute lymphoblastic leukaemia arises in healthy individuals, and predisposing factors such as inherited genetic susceptibility or environmental exposure have been identified in only a few patients. It is characterised by chromosomal abnormalities and genetic alterations involved in differentiation and proliferation of lymphoid precursor cells. Along with response to treatment, these abnormalities are important prognostic factors. Disease-risk stratification and the development of intensified chemotherapy protocols substantially improves the outcome of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, particularly in children (1-14 years), but also in adolescents and young adults (15-39 years). However, the outcome of older adults (≥40 years) and patients with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukaemia remains poor. New immunotherapeutic strategies, such as monoclonal antibodies and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells, are being developed and over the next few years could change the options for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia treatment.
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Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras/diagnóstico , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Lactente , Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras/etiologia , Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras/terapia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease characterized by excessive dermal fibrosis with progression to internal organs, vascular impairment and immune dysregulation evidenced by the infiltration of inflammatory cells in affected tissues and the production of auto antibodies. While the pathogenesis remains unclear, several data highlight that T and B cells deregulation is implicated in the disease pathogenesis. Over the last decade, aberrant responses of circulating T follicular helper cells, a subset of CD4 T cells which are able to localise predominantly in the B cell follicles through a high level of chemokine receptor CXCR5 expression are described in pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases and chronic graft-versus-host-disease. In the present review, we summarized the observed alteration of number and frequency of circulating T follicular helper cells in systemic sclerosis. We described their role in aberrant B cell activation and differentiation though interleukine-21 secretion. We also clarified T follicular helper-like cells involvement in fibrogenesis in both human and mouse model. Finally, because T follicular helper cells are involved in both fibrosis and autoimmune abnormalities in systemic sclerosis patients, we presented the different strategies could be used to target T follicular helper cells in systemic sclerosis, the therapeutic trials currently being carried out and the future perspectives from other auto-immune diseases and graft-versus-host-disease models.
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Escleroderma Sistêmico , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores , Animais , Linfócitos B , Humanos , Camundongos , Receptores CXCR5 , Células T Auxiliares FolicularesRESUMO
Haploidentical transplantation has extended the availability of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (alloHCT) to almost all patients. Sequential conditioning regimens have been proposed for the treatment of hematological active disease. Whether these new transplantation procedures affect the prognosis of critically ill alloHCT recipients remains unknown. We evaluated this question in a retrospective study including consecutive alloHCT patients admitted to the intensive care unit of a tertiary academic center from 2010 to 2017. During the study period, 412 alloHCTs were performed and 110 (27%) patients-median age 55 (36-64) years-were admitted to ICU in a median time of 58.5 (14-245) days after alloHCT. Twenty-nine (26%) patients had received a haploidentical graft and 34 (31%) a sequential conditioning. Median SOFA score was 9 (6-11). Invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) was required in 61 (55%) patients. Fifty-six (51%) patients died in the hospital. Independent factors associated with in-hospital mortality were as follows: MV (OR=8.44 [95% CI 3.30-23.19], p<0.001), delta SOFA between day 3 and day 1 (OR=1.60 [95% CI 1.31-2.05], p<0.0001), and sequential conditioning (OR=3.7 [95% CI 1.14-12.92], p=0.033). Sequential conditioning was also independently associated with decreased overall survival (HR=1.86 [95% CI 1.05-3.31], p=0.03). Other independent factors associated with reduced overall survival were HCT-specific comorbidity index ≥2 (HR=1.76 [95% CI 1.10-2.84], p=0.02), acute GVHD grade ≥2 (HR=1.88 [95% CI 1.14-3.10], p=0.01), MV (HR=2.37 [95% CI 1.38-4.07, p=0.002), and vasopressors (HR=2.21 [95% CI 1.38-3.54], p=0.001). Haploidentical transplantation did not affect outcome. Larger multicenter studies are warranted to confirm these results.
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Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Condicionamento Pré-Transplante/métodos , Adulto , Aloenxertos , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Terapia Combinada , Comorbidade , Feminino , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologia , Histocompatibilidade , Mortalidade Hospitalar , Humanos , Imunossupressores/uso terapêutico , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Escores de Disfunção Orgânica , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Respiração Artificial , Estudos Retrospectivos , Resultado do Tratamento , Irradiação Corporal TotalRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease with fibrosis, microangiopathy and immune dysfunction. B cell abnormalities characterised by autoantibody production and polyclonal B cell activation play an important role in the pathogenesis of SSc. We previously identified an expansion of functional and activated circulating T follicular helper (cTfh) cells in SSc patients. The aim of this study was to analyse the frequency of regulatory B (Breg) cell subsets and the correlation with Tfh in SSc patients. METHODS: Circulating Breg cells CD24hiCD38hi and CD27+CD24hi levels and cTfh cells CD4+CXCR5+PD1+ were determined by cytometry in 50 SSc patients and 32 healthy subjects. RESULTS: The frequency of Breg cells CD24hiCD38hi and CD24hiCD27+ was significantly reduced in patients with SSc as compared to controls (p=0.02 and p<0.001, respectively). In contrast, when examining the CD21low B cell subset, the frequency was significantly increased in SSc patients compared to healthy controls, (p<0.001). There was no difference in Breg cell levels in patients with diffuse SSc and limited SSc. However, CD24hiCD27+ Breg cell frequency was significantly decreased in SSc patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (p=0.014), but not in patients with interstitial lung disease (p=0.058). Furthermore, we observed a negative correlation between cTfh and CD24hiCD27+ Breg cell levels in SSc patients but not in healthy controls (p=0.02). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that Breg cell subsets may participate in the regulation of cTfh and disease severity. Decreased CD24hiCD27+ Breg cell frequency may contribute to the development of SSc.
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Linfócitos B Reguladores , Escleroderma Sistêmico , Humanos , Ativação Linfocitária , Receptores CXCR5 , Células T Auxiliares Foliculares , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-IndutoresRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: SSc is an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis, microangiopathy and immune dysfunctions including dysregulation of proinflammatory cytokines. Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is defined by the acquisition of somatic mutations in haematopoietic stem cells leading to detectable clones in the blood. Recent data have shown a higher risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with CHIP resulting from increased production of proinflammatory cytokines and accelerated atherosclerosis. Eventual links between CHIP and autoimmune diseases are undetermined. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of CHIP in SSc patients and its association with clinical phenotype. METHODS: Forty-one genes frequently mutated in myeloid malignancies were sequenced in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 90 SSc patients and 44 healthy donors. RESULTS: A total of 15 somatic variants were detected in 13/90 SSc patients (14%) and four somatic variants in 4/44 (9%) healthy donors (HD) (P = 0.58). The prevalence of CHIP was significantly higher in younger SSc patients than in HD: 25% (6/24) vs 4% (1/26) (P = 0.045) under 50 years and 17% (7/42) vs 3% (1/38) (P = 0.065) under 60 years. The prevalence of CHIP in patients over 70 years was similar in SSc patients and healthy donors. The most common mutations occurred in DNMT3A (seven variants). No major clinical differences were observed between SSc patients with or without CHIP. CONCLUSION: Whether CHIP increases the risk to develop SSc or is a consequence of a SSc-derived modified bone marrow micro-environment remains to be explored.
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Hematopoiese Clonal , Escleroderma Sistêmico/sangue , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idade de Início , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/genética , Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Hematopoiese Clonal/genética , DNA (Citosina-5-)-Metiltransferases/genética , DNA Metiltransferase 3A , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Dioxigenases , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mutação , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , RNA Polimerase III/imunologia , Proteínas Repressoras/genética , Escleroderma Sistêmico/imunologia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
The FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) gene is mutated in 25-30% of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Because of the poor prognosis associated with FLT3-internal tandem duplication mutated AML, allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (SCT) was commonly performed in first complete remission. Remarkable progress has been made in frontline treatments with the incorporation of FLT3 inhibitors and the development of highly sensitive minimal/measurable residual disease assays. Similarly, recent progress in allogeneic hematopoietic SCT includes improvement of transplant techniques, the use of haploidentical donors in patients lacking an HLA matched donor, and the introduction of FLT3 inhibitors as post-transplant maintenance therapy. Nevertheless, current transplant strategies vary between centers and differ in terms of transplant indications based on the internal tandem duplication allelic ratio and concomitant nucleophos-min-1 mutation, as well as in terms of post-transplant maintenance/consolidation. This review generated by international leukemia or transplant experts, mostly from the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, attempts to develop a position statement on best approaches for allogeneic hematopoietic SCT for AML with FLT3-internal tandem duplication including indications for and modalities of such transplants and on the potential optimization of post-transplant maintenance with FLT inhibitors.
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Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Medula Óssea , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/terapia , Indução de Remissão , Tirosina Quinase 3 Semelhante a fms/genéticaRESUMO
BACKGROUND AIMS: Corticosteroids are the standard first-line treatment for acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD), but they are associated with many complications, and less than half of patients have a sustained response. METHODS: To improve outcomes, we performed a retrospective study to analyze the efficacy of the addition of extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) to low-dose corticosteroids in 37 adult patients (median age, 57 years) with skin-predominant aGVHD (grade I, n = 17; grade II, n = 18; and grade III, n = 2). All patients received ECP in combination with 1 mg/kg prednisone (n = 26) or topical steroids (n = 11). RESULTS: Overall response rate was 81% after a median of three ECP procedures (range, 2-8), including 22 complete responses (CR, 59%) and eight very good partial responses (VGPR, 22%). The 11 patients treated with topical corticosteroids achieved CR. Furthermore, 16 (62%) patients reached prednisone withdrawal at a median of 100 days (range, 42-174 days) after its initiation. Eighteen patients developed chronic GVHD (cGVHD); 11 of them (who were in CR of aGVHD) had a new-onset cGVHD, and seven experienced progressive cGVHD (five non-responding and two VGPR patients). A second-line immunosuppressive treatment was initiated in only five (14%) non-responding patients. With a median follow-up of 31 months (range, 6-57 months) 2-year overall survival and non-relapse mortality were 74% and 11%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the combination of low-dose corticosteroids and ECP appear to be safe and effective for first-line treatment of skin predominant aGVHD.
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Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/terapia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Fotoferese , Doença Aguda , Adulto , Idoso , Doença Crônica , Feminino , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Imunossupressores/uso terapêutico , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fotoferese/efeitos adversos , Indução de Remissão , Estudos Retrospectivos , Análise de Sobrevida , Transplante Homólogo/efeitos adversos , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto JovemRESUMO
We report the outcomes of 51 patients who underwent unmanipulated haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT) with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PT-Cy) and antithymocyte globulin (ATG), from peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) or bone marrow, after receipt of a TBF (thiotepa, busulfan, and fludarabine) conditioning regimen. Their median age was 55 years (range, 16 to 72 years). Hematologic diagnoses included acute leukemias (nâ¯=â¯31), lymphoid neoplasm (nâ¯=â¯12), myeloproliferative neoplasm (nâ¯=â¯5), and myelodysplastic syndromes (nâ¯=â¯3). Thirty-seven patients (73%) were in complete remission. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis consisted of cyclosporine and mycophenolate for all patients, associated with ATG in 39 patients (76.5%). The median time to neutrophil engraftment was 17 days (range, 12 to 34 days). The cumulative incidences of grade II-IV and grade III-IV acute GVHD were 27.5% and 14%, respectively. In patients receiving a PBSC graft and ATG prophylaxis, grade II-IV aGVHD occurred in 16% of patients. The use of ATG and a lower thiotepa dose (5 mg/kg versus 10 mg/kg) were associated with a reduced cumulative incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD (P = .03 and .005, respectively). The 2-year cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD was 29% and was significantly reduced to 13% with the lower thiotepa dose (P = .002). After a median follow-up of 25 months (range, 12 to 62 months), the cumulative incidences of nonrelapse mortality, relapse, overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and GVHD-free, relapse-free survival (GFRFS) were 20%, 22.5%, 67%, 58%, and 51%, respectively. Pretransplantation disease status (complete remission versus others) was the main factor associated with OS, DFS, and GFRFS. In conclusion, the TBF conditioning regimen is an appealing platform in the haplo-HSCT setting with PT-Cy in terms of engraftment rate, toxicity, and disease control. We found no benefit of a thiotepa dose of 10 mg/kg compared with a dose of 5 mg/kg. ATG reduced the risk of acute GVHD without comprising outcomes.
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Bussulfano/administração & dosagem , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Neoplasias Hematológicas , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Linfócitos T , Tiotepa/administração & dosagem , Condicionamento Pré-Transplante , Vidarabina/análogos & derivados , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Ciclosporina/administração & dosagem , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/metabolismo , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/mortalidade , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/patologia , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/prevenção & controle , Antígenos HLA , Neoplasias Hematológicas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hematológicas/mortalidade , Neoplasias Hematológicas/patologia , Neoplasias Hematológicas/terapia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ácido Micofenólico/administração & dosagem , Estudos Retrospectivos , Taxa de Sobrevida , Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Linfócitos T/patologia , Vidarabina/administração & dosagemRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterised by widespread fibrosis, microangiopathy and autoantibodies. Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells CD4+CXCR5+PD-1+ cooperate with B lymphocytes to induce the differentiation of plasmocytes secreting immunoglobulins (Ig). Circulating Tfh (cTfh) cells are increased in several autoimmune diseases. However, there are no data about cTfh cells and their interaction with B cells in SSc. The aim of this study was to perform a quantitative and functional analysis of cTfh cells in SSc. METHODS: Using flow cytometry, we analysed cTfh cells from 50 patients with SSc and 32 healthy controls (HC). In vitro coculture experiments of sorted cTfh and B cells were performed for functional analysis. IgG and IgM production were measured by ELISA. RESULTS: We observed that cTfh cell numbers are increased in patients with SSc compared with HC. Furthermore, the increase in cTfh cells was more potent in patients with severe forms of SSc such as diffuse SSc and in the presence of arterial pulmonary hypertension. cTfh cells from patients with SSc present an activated Tfh phenotype, with high expression of BCL-6, increased capacity to produce IL-21 in comparison with healthy controls. In vitro, cTfh cells from patients with SSc had higher capacity to stimulate the differentiation of CD19+CD27+CD38hi B cells and their secretion of IgG and IgM through the IL-21 pathway than Tfh cells from healthy controls. Blocking IL-21R or using the JAK1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinib reduced the Tfh cells' capacity to stimulate the plasmablasts and decreased the Ig production. CONCLUSIONS: Circulating Tfh cells are increased in SSc and correlate with SSc severity. The IL-21 pathway or JAK1/2 blockade by ruxolitinib could be a promising strategy in the treatment of SSc.