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Recent evidence indicates that specific types of nuclear acids, including guanosine and its derivatives, act as natural ligands for TLR7. This led us to hypothesize that purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitors not only can induce apoptosis of T cells but also can lead to TLR7 activation by accumulation of guanine nucleosides, in particular under systemic inflammation, where damaged tissues release a large amount of nucleotides. We demonstrate in the present study that a purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitor, forodesine, can reduce the disease severity and prolong the survival in a xenogeneic mouse model of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Guanine nucleosides were undetectable in mice during GVHD but increased significantly following forodesine treatment. Our in vitro experiments showed that forodesine enhanced guanosine-mediated cytokine production from APCs, including alveolar macrophages and plasmacytoid dendritic cells, through TLR7 signaling. Forodesine also enhanced Ag-presenting capacity, as demonstrated by increased CD8+ T cell proliferation and higher secretion of IFN-γ and IL-12p40 in an MLR with plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Furthermore, forodesine stimulated IFN-γ production from activated T cells in the presence of a low concentration of guanosine while inhibiting their proliferation and inducing apoptotic cell death. Although forodesine ameliorated GVHD severity, mice treated with forodesine showed significantly higher levels of multiple proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines in plasma, suggesting in vivo upregulation of TLR7 signaling. Our study suggests that forodesine may activate a wide range of immune cells, including T cells, through TLR7 stimulation while inhibiting GVHD by inducing apoptosis of T cells, after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
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Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Purina-Núcleosídeo Fosforilase , Animais , Camundongos , Receptor 7 Toll-Like , Guanosina/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Imunidade , GuaninaRESUMO
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a multiorgan syndrome with clinical features resembling those of autoimmune diseases. Thus, understanding commonalities in the pathophysiology of cGVHD and autoimmune diseases, such as the presence of disease-risk HLA alleles, is imperative for developing novel therapies against cGVHD. Alloantibodies against H-Y antigens encoded on the Y-chromosome are well-described risk factors for cGVHD in female-to-male transplantation. However, because H-Y antigens generally localize intracellularly in the male reproductive organs, how they emerge at affected organ levels remains elusive. Here, by analyzing nationwide registry data stratified per donor-recipient sex, we identified specific HLA class II alleles that contributed to susceptibility to male cGVHD after transplantation from HLA-identical female siblings (HLA-DRB1∗15:02: hazard ratio, 1.28; 95% confidence interval, 1.03-1.58; P = .025). Coexpression of HLA-DRB1∗15:02 efficiently transported full-length H-Y antigens, especially DBY, to the surface. The presence of alloantibodies against DBY/HLA class II complexes significantly predicted the occurrence of cGVHD (68.8% vs 31.7% at 1 year; P = .002). Notably, the ability of HLA class II molecules to transport and present DBY to alloantibodies was closely associated with the susceptibility of HLA class II alleles to cGVHD. DBY specifically colocalized with HLA class II molecules on the dermal vascular endothelium in cGVHD and provoked complement-dependent cytotoxicity. Moreover, these complexes were observed in some male leukemic cells. Altogether, these findings suggest that vascular endothelial cells facilitate alloantibody-mediated cGVHD and highlight that alloantibodies against DBY/HLA class II complexes could be common targets for cGVHD and a graft-versus-leukemia effect.
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Síndrome de Bronquiolite Obliterante , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Masculino , Humanos , Feminino , Isoanticorpos , Células Endoteliais , Cadeias HLA-DRB1/genética , Proteínas/genética , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversosRESUMO
Triplet regimens, such as lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (RVd) or thalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (VTd), are standard induction therapies for transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM). The addition of daratumumab to RVd and VTd has been investigated in the GRIFFIN and CASSIOPEIA trials, respectively, resulting in improvement in the rate of minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity. In this study, we conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis with a 10-year time horizon to compare first-line and second-line use of daratumumab for transplant-eligible patients with NDMM. Because long-term follow-up data for these clinical trials are not yet available, we developed a Markov model that uses MRD status to predict progression-free survival. Daratumumab was used either in the first-line setting in combination with RVd or VTd or in the second-line setting with carfilzomib plus dexamethasone (Kd). Quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios were calculated from a Japanese and US payer perspective. In the Japanese analysis, D-RVd showed higher QALYs (5.43 vs 5.18) and lower costs (¥64 479,793 vs ¥71 287 569) compared with RVd, and D-VTd showed higher QALYs (5.67 vs 5.42) and lower costs (¥43 600 310 vs ¥49 471,941) compared with VTd. Similarly, the US analysis demonstrated dominance of a strategy incorporating daratumumab in first-line treatment regimens. Given that overall costs are reduced and outcomes are improved when daratumumab is used as part of a first-line regimen, the economic analysis indicates that addition of daratumumab to first-line RVd and VTd regimens is a dominant strategy compared with reserving its use for the second-line setting.
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Mieloma Múltiplo , Anticorpos Monoclonais , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , Bortezomib/farmacologia , Bortezomib/uso terapêutico , Análise Custo-Benefício , Dexametasona/farmacologia , Dexametasona/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Mieloma Múltiplo/terapia , Talidomida/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The number of CD34+ cells in the graft is generally associated with time to engraftment and survival in transplantation using cord blood or allogeneic peripheral blood stem cells. However, the significance of abundant CD34+ in bone marrow transplantation (BMT) remained unclear. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 207 consecutive adult patients who underwent their first BMT at Jichi Medical University between January 2009 and June 2021. RESULTS: The median nucleated cell count (NCC) and CD34+ cell dose were 2.17 × 108/kg (range .56-8.52) and 1.75 × 106/kg (.21-5.84), respectively. Compared with 104 patients in the low CD34+ group (below the median), 103 patients in the high CD34+ group (above the median) showed faster engraftment at day +28 in terms of neutrophil (84.6% vs. 94.2%; p = .001), reticulocyte (51.5% vs. 79.6%; p < .001), and platelet (39.4% vs. 72.8%; p < .001). There were no significant differences in overall survival, relapse, nonrelapse mortality, acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease, or infectious complications between the two groups in univariate and multivariate analyses. Low or high NCC had no significant effect on overall survival, nonrelapse mortality, cumulative incidence of relapse and graft-versus-host disease, either. While a positive correlation was observed between NCC and the CD34+ cell dose, a high CD34+ cell dose was associated with rapid hematopoietic recovery, even in patients with NCC below the median. CONCLUSION: Measurement of CD34+ cell dose in addition to NCC was useful for predicting hematopoietic recovery, but seemed to have little influence on the long-term outcome in BMT.
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Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Adulto , Humanos , Transplante de Medula Óssea/efeitos adversos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Antígenos CD34 , Recidiva , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversosRESUMO
The prognosis of multiple myeloma (MM) has dramatically improved with the development of new drugs, and it has become important to determine the appropriate combinations of these novel agents. This study was a systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) of randomized trials in patients with relapsed and/or refractory (RR) MM. The PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase databases were searched for randomized trials from 1 January 2002 to 28 February 2022 of patients treated for MM. The primary end-point was progression-free survival (PFS), evaluated as a hazard ratio (HR) with a 95% confidence interval (95% CI) compared to dexamethasone (DEX). The p-score was used to rank treatments. Of a total of 1136 abstracts screened, 37 studies were selected, including 34 treatment options for RRMM. Daratumumab, lenalidomide and DEX was found to be the best treatment for RRMM, with the best HR compared to DEX (HR, 0.13; 95% CI, 0.08-0.20; p-score 0.9796). There was no evidence of significant heterogeneity (I2 , 41.3%; p = 0.146). The current NMA confirmed the excellent efficacy of three-drug regimens including anti-CD38 antibodies to treat RRMM and provides background data to evaluate the efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell treatments and bispecific T-cell engager therapies.
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Mieloma Múltiplo , Humanos , Mieloma Múltiplo/tratamento farmacológico , Metanálise em Rede , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Lenalidomida/uso terapêutico , Intervalo Livre de Progressão , Dexametasona/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The early recovery of lymphocyte and monocyte cells is associated with a favorable prognosis after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT); however, it is not clear whether the balance of lymphocyte and monocyte recovery affects the post-transplant prognosis. METHODS: We examined whether the time-point at which the number of lymphocytes exceeded the number of monocytes, which we termed lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio reversal (LMRR), affected the prognosis after allo-HSCT. We retrospectively evaluated 235 patients who underwent their first allo-HSCT at our institution. RESULTS: The median number of days from HSCT to LMRR was 46 (range, 0-214), and the patients were divided into two groups according to the occurrence of LMRR by day 45 (LMRR45). In a multivariate analysis, early LMRR contributed favorably to overall survival (hazard ratio [HR] .519; 95% confidence interval [CI] .332-.812; p = .004) with fewer post-transplant relapses (HR .462; 95% CI, .274-.777; p = .004). Differences in the timing of LMRR did not affect non-relapse mortality (HR 1.477; 95% CI .779-2.80; p = .23) or the incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD (LMRR45(+): 25.0% vs. LMRR45(-) 35.2%. p = .111). In subgroup analyses, LMRR45(+) was found to be a favorable factor for survival with less relapse, regardless of the disease risk, stem cell source, or the recovery of either lymphocyte or monocyte counts. CONCLUSIONS: An early LMRR may be a novel factor that is associated with reduced relapse and improved survival after allo-HSCT.
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Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Humanos , Monócitos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Linfócitos , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Prognóstico , Doença Crônica , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/diagnóstico , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologia , RecidivaRESUMO
Aprepitant (Apr) is an effective antiemetic agent for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). Current CINV guidelines recommend the antiemetic combination of a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, Apr, and dexamethasone (Dex) for highly emetogenic chemotherapies. Apr inhibits CYP3A4 dose-dependently. Since Dex is metabolized by CYP3A4, the combined use of Apr and Dex inhibits Dex metabolism. CINV guidelines therefore recommend dose-reduction of Dex when Apr and Dex are used together. However, there is some controversy over whether or not Dex should be reduced when administered as an antitumor agent for lymphoid malignancies. We retrospectively compared the antitumor effect of Dex-containing chemotherapy in which Dex is administered at the usual dose without Apr (group A) or administered at a half-dose in combination with Apr (group B). We analyzed 62 consecutive patients with refractory or relapsed CD20 + B cell lymphoma who received R-DHAP therapy in our hospital, including 29 and 33 cases in groups A and B, respectively. The response rate at the end of the first course of R-DHAP was 62.1% and 54.5%, respectively (P = 0.61). As another endpoint to evaluate the effect of Dex, group B tended to show greater suppression of the lymphocyte count (P = 0.05). Therefore, decreasing the dose of Dex by half appeared to be reasonable when combined with Apr.
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Antieméticos , Antineoplásicos , Linfoma , Antieméticos/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Aprepitanto/efeitos adversos , Citocromo P-450 CYP3A , Dexametasona/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Linfoma/tratamento farmacológico , Náusea/induzido quimicamente , Náusea/prevenção & controle , Estudos Retrospectivos , Vômito/induzido quimicamente , Vômito/prevenção & controleRESUMO
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) can coexist with autoimmune thyroid disease. However, the detailed clinical features remain unknown. We retrospectively reviewed 248 patients with newly diagnosed ITP in our institute for whom we had thyroid function data at diagnosis between 2000 and 2019. Of the 248 patients with ITP, 74 patients also had thyroid disease, including 36 with overt thyroid disease (13 Graves' disease and 23 Hashimoto's thyroiditis) and 38 with subclinical thyroid disease (3 hyperthyroidism and 35 hypothyroidism). ITP and thyroid disease were concurrently diagnosed in 54 patients. Female sex and positivity for antinuclear antibodies (ANA) were significantly associated with thyroid diseases. Platelet-associated immunoglobulin G (PAIgG) levels in patients with Graves' disease were higher than those in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Platelet counts were similar among euthyroid patients and patients with thyroid disease. Thrombopoietin-receptor agonist was administered more frequently in patients with thyroid disease. The cumulative incidences of thrombosis and bleeding and overall survival did not differ between patients with and without thyroid disease. Treatment for thyroid disease in 22 patients improved thrombocytopenia in 21 patients, especially in 4 patients who were not treated for ITP. This study demonstrated that thyroid diseases were commonly found in patients with ITP. Treatment of the underlying thyroid disease may improve thrombocytopenia.
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Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática , Doenças da Glândula Tireoide , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Anticorpos Antinucleares/sangue , Anticorpos Antinucleares/imunologia , Plaquetas/imunologia , Plaquetas/metabolismo , Plaquetas/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Contagem de Plaquetas , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/sangue , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/tratamento farmacológico , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/imunologia , Receptores de Trombopoetina/agonistas , Receptores de Trombopoetina/sangue , Receptores de Trombopoetina/imunologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Doenças da Glândula Tireoide/sangue , Doenças da Glândula Tireoide/tratamento farmacológico , Doenças da Glândula Tireoide/imunologiaRESUMO
The amount of infused CD34+ cells has been reported to be the strongest predictor of platelet recovery after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). However, the timing of platelet recovery varies widely among patients even after the infusion of similar amounts of CD34+ cells. Therefore, we retrospectively assessed 99 patients who underwent their first ASCT for lymphoma or myeloma at our center. Thirteen patients (13%) did not achieve platelet engraftment, defined as a platelet count of at least 2.0 × 104/µL without transfusion, at day 28 after transplantation, whereas 58 of 60 patients (97%) who received at least 2.0 × 106/kg CD34+ cells achieved platelet engraftment within 28 days. Multivariate analysis identified the following significant risk factors for delayed platelet recovery: hemoglobin level and platelet count before stem cell harvest, body temperature of > 39 °C within 5 days after ASCT, and infusion of a small amount (< 2.0 × 106/kg) of CD34+ cells. In a subgroup analysis of 39 patients infused with < 2.0 × 106/kg CD34+ cells, a need for repeated apheresis for stem cell harvest and a body temperature of > 39 °C within 5 days after ASCT were identified as independent factors for delayed platelet recovery. In summary, platelet recovery following ASCT was affected by insufficient hematopoietic recovery at stem cell harvest, a need for repeated apheresis, and high fever early after ASCT, particularly when the amount of infused stem cells was insufficient.
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Plaquetas/fisiologia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/métodos , Linfoma/sangue , Linfoma/terapia , Mieloma Múltiplo/sangue , Mieloma Múltiplo/terapia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/tendências , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Recuperação de Função Fisiológica/fisiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Transplante Autólogo/métodos , Transplante Autólogo/tendências , Adulto JovemRESUMO
The speed of neutrophil recovery following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) varies widely among patients. We retrospectively evaluated the slope of neutrophil recovery (N slope) in 120 patients who underwent a first unrelated bone marrow transplantation with granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor support between 2009 and 2018. The median N slope was 205.5/µl/day. We classified patients into low (n = 59) and high (n = 61) N slope groups with a cutoff value of 200/µl/day. The high N slope group correlated with older patients, RIC regimen, high CD34+ cells, and recent transplantation. The cumulative incidence of grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) was significantly higher in the high N slope group than in the low N slope group (44.3% vs. 16.9%, P < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, high N slope was identified as a significant independent risk factor for grade II-IV aGVHD, irrespective of the involved organs. There were no differences in relapse, nonrelapse mortality, or overall survival between the two groups. In conclusion, the difference in N slope after allo-HCT may predict the risk of aGVHD. Prevention and treatment of GVHD according to the changes in the neutrophil count may improve post-transplant complications.
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Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Transplante de Medula Óssea/efeitos adversos , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Neutrófilos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Danaparoid sodium and synthetic protease inhibitors (SPIs) have been approved for the treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in Japan. OBJECTIVES: To compare the clinical results of the treatment of DIC with danaparoid or SPIs. METHODS: We retrospectively examined 188 patients with hematological malignancy-related DIC. RESULTS: DIC resolution rate in the danaparoid group was higher than that in the SPIs group (61.5 vs. 42.6%; p = 0.031) on day 7. Multivariate analysis identified the response to chemotherapy as independent predictive factor for DIC resolution on day 7 (odds ratio, OR, 2.28; 95% confidence interval, CI, 1.21-4.31; p = 0.011). While there was no significant difference in the DIC resolution rate on day 14 (75.0 vs. 62.4%; p = 0.117), in a subgroup analysis of patients who did not show an improvement in the underlying disease, the danaparoid group showed a significantly better DIC resolution rate (OR 3.89; 95% CI 1.15-13.2; p = 0.030). There was no difference in the rate of cumulative mortality from bleeding within 28 days between the 2 groups (6.6 vs. 3.3%; p = 0.278). CONCLUSIONS: Danaparoid may be associated with more frequent resolution of DIC in patients with refractory underlying disease.
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Sulfatos de Condroitina/uso terapêutico , Dermatan Sulfato/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias Hematológicas/sangue , Heparitina Sulfato/uso terapêutico , Inibidores de Proteases/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Idoso , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Transfusão de Componentes Sanguíneos , Sulfatos de Condroitina/efeitos adversos , Dermatan Sulfato/efeitos adversos , Coagulação Intravascular Disseminada/tratamento farmacológico , Coagulação Intravascular Disseminada/terapia , Feminino , Produtos de Degradação da Fibrina e do Fibrinogênio/análise , Fibrinogênio/análise , Neoplasias Hematológicas/tratamento farmacológico , Hemorragia/etiologia , Hemorragia/mortalidade , Heparitina Sulfato/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Plasma , Inibidores de Proteases/efeitos adversos , Tempo de Protrombina , Estudos Retrospectivos , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
We retrospectively analyzed 70 patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) who were treated with doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (ABVD) with or without radiotherapy to assess the influence of the soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) level at diagnosis on the clinical outcome. Receiver operating characteristic analyses determined that the optimal cutoff value of the sIL-2R level for progression-free survival (PFS) was 2490 U/mL. Using this cutoff value, patients were classified into low (n = 46) and high (n = 24) sIL-2R groups. The patients in the high sIL-2R group exhibited a significantly inferior PFS (44.1% vs. 90.4% at 5 years, P < 0.001) and overall survival (OS) (67.6% vs. 94.7% at 5 years, P = 0.001) compared with those in the low sIL-2R group. Multivariate analysis showed that a high sIL-2R level was an independent prognostic factor for PFS after adjusting for stage, white blood cell, hemoglobin, and B symptoms, and also OS after adjusting for age and stage (hazard ratio (HR) 6.49, P < 0.001 and HR 5.98, P = 0.009, respectively). In patients with advanced-stage cHL, a high sIL-2R level predicted 5-year PFS even after adjustment for international prognostic score > 4 (HR 6.00, P = 0.007). These results demonstrate that the sIL-2R level can be a useful prognostic factor in patients with cHL treated with ABVD with or without radiotherapy.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/administração & dosagem , Quimiorradioterapia , Doença de Hodgkin , Proteínas de Neoplasias/sangue , Receptores de Interleucina-2/sangue , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Bleomicina/administração & dosagem , Dacarbazina/administração & dosagem , Doxorrubicina/administração & dosagem , Feminino , Doença de Hodgkin/sangue , Doença de Hodgkin/diagnóstico , Doença de Hodgkin/mortalidade , Doença de Hodgkin/terapia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Estudos Retrospectivos , Vimblastina/administração & dosagemRESUMO
It is controversial whether blast percentage based on all nucleated cells (ANC) or non-erythroid cells (NEC) more accurately reflects the prognosis of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). We considered that the impact of blast percentage on survival should be similar in MDS with erythroid hyperplasia (MDS-E) and MDS with no erythroid hyperplasia (MDS-NE), and from this perspective, we retrospectively analyzed 322 patients, including 44 with MDS-E and 278 with MDS-NE. Overall survival was similar between the MDS-E and MDS-NE groups (P = 0.94). In a subgroup of patients with bone marrow (BM) blasts of < 5%, no difference in survival was found between MDS-E and MDS-NE by either calculation method. However, in patients with a blast percentage between 5 and 10%, a significant difference in survival was observed only when the blast percentage in MDS-E was calculated from ANC (P < 0.001 by ANC and P = 0.66 by NEC). A similar result was observed when we analyzed the remaining patients with higher blasts together with those with blasts between 5 and 10%. These results suggest that the calculation of the BM blast percentage based on NEC in MDS-E provides a blast percentage value with a clinical impact consistent with that in MDS-NE.
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Crise Blástica , Células da Medula Óssea , Leucócitos Mononucleares , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Crise Blástica/classificação , Crise Blástica/metabolismo , Crise Blástica/mortalidade , Crise Blástica/patologia , Células da Medula Óssea/metabolismo , Células da Medula Óssea/patologia , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Hiperplasia , Leucócitos Mononucleares/metabolismo , Leucócitos Mononucleares/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/classificação , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/metabolismo , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/mortalidade , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/patologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Taxa de SobrevidaRESUMO
TAFRO syndrome, a rare systemic inflammatory disease, can lead to multiorgan failure without appropriate treatment. Although thrombocytopenia is frequently seen in patients with TAFRO syndrome, little is known about its pathogenesis. Moreover, while recent studies have reported the presence of an anterior mediastinal mass in some patients, the pathological status of this remains unclear. Here, we report a case of fatal bleeding in a patient with TAFRO syndrome accompanied by an anterior mediastinal mass. A 55-year-old female was transferred to our hospital with a 2-week history of fever, epistaxis, and dyspnea. Laboratory tests revealed severe thrombocytopenia, computed tomography (CT) showed pleural effusions, and bone marrow biopsy revealed reticulin myelofibrosis. We suspected TAFRO syndrome, but the CT scan showed an anterior mediastinal mass that required a biopsy to exclude malignancy. She soon developed severe hemorrhagic diathesis and died of intracranial hemorrhage despite intensive treatment. She had multiple autoantibodies against platelets, which caused platelet destruction. An autopsy of the mediastinal mass revealed fibrous thymus tissues with infiltration by plasma cells. Our case suggests that thrombocytopenia could be attributed to antibody-mediated destruction and could be lethal. Hence, immediate treatment is imperative in cases of severe thrombocytopenia, even when accompanied by an anterior mediastinal mass.
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Autoanticorpos , Hiperplasia do Linfonodo Gigante , Doenças do Mediastino , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Autopsia , Hiperplasia do Linfonodo Gigante/sangue , Hiperplasia do Linfonodo Gigante/diagnóstico por imagem , Hiperplasia do Linfonodo Gigante/patologia , Hiperplasia do Linfonodo Gigante/terapia , Evolução Fatal , Feminino , Humanos , Hemorragias Intracranianas/sangue , Hemorragias Intracranianas/diagnóstico por imagem , Hemorragias Intracranianas/patologia , Hemorragias Intracranianas/terapia , Doenças do Mediastino/sangue , Doenças do Mediastino/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças do Mediastino/patologia , Doenças do Mediastino/terapia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Derrame Pleural/sangue , Derrame Pleural/diagnóstico , Derrame Pleural/patologia , Derrame Pleural/terapia , Mielofibrose Primária/sangue , Mielofibrose Primária/diagnóstico por imagem , Mielofibrose Primária/patologia , Mielofibrose Primária/terapia , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/sangue , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/diagnóstico por imagem , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/patologia , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/terapiaRESUMO
Although the role of aerobic glycolysis in activated T cells has been well characterized, whether and how fatty acids (FAs) contribute to donor T cell function in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is unclear. Using xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) models, this study demonstrated that exogenous FAs serve as a crucial source of mitochondrial respiration in donor T cells in humans. By comparing human T cells isolated from wild-type NOD/Shi-scid-IL2rγnull (NOG) mice with those from MHC class I/II-deficient NOG mice, we found that donor T cells increased extracellular FA uptake, the extent of which correlates with their proliferation, and continued to increase FA uptake during effector differentiation. Gene expression analysis showed the upregulation of a wide range of lipid metabolism-related genes, including lipid hydrolysis, mitochondrial FA transport, and FA oxidation. Extracellular flux analysis demonstrated that mitochondrial FA transport was required to fully achieve the mitochondrial maximal respiration rate and spare respiratory capacity, whereas the substantial disruption of glucose supply by either glucose deprivation or mitochondrial pyruvate transport blockade did not impair oxidative phosphorylation. Taken together, FA-driven mitochondrial respiration is a hallmark that differentiates TCR-dependent T cell activation from TCR-independent immune response after hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
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Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Fosforilação Oxidativa , Humanos , Animais , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos NOD , Linfócitos T , Ácidos Graxos , Glucose , Camundongos SCID , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos TRESUMO
Guidelines recommend rasburicase for high-risk patients to prevent tumor lysis syndrome (TLS). However, little information is available on the incidence and outcome of TLS in AML patients. We analyzed 145 patients with AML who underwent induction therapy before the approval of rasburicase to evaluate the incidence of TLS and the necessity of rasburicase as prophylaxis. Three patients had already developed clinical TLS (CTLS) at diagnosis of AML, and another three developed CTLS after the initiation of chemotherapy. In patients without TLS at diagnosis of AML, the risk for developing TLS was classified as high in 44 patients, intermediate in 41 and low in 57, according to the current guidelines. Allopurinol alone was administered to prevent hyperuricemia in all patients. All three patients who developed CTLS after diagnosis of AML were at high risk of TLS, and had elevated serum creatinine levels and a WBC count greater than 200,000 per microliter at diagnosis of AML. Allopurinol may be insufficient to prevent TLS in high-risk patients with renal dysfunction at diagnosis of AML, especially those with a high tumor burden and a WBC count of 200,000 or more, which indicates that prophylactic administration of rasburicase should be considered.
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Alopurinol , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Síndrome de Lise Tumoral , Urato Oxidase , Humanos , Síndrome de Lise Tumoral/etiologia , Síndrome de Lise Tumoral/prevenção & controle , Urato Oxidase/uso terapêutico , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/complicações , Masculino , Feminino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Alopurinol/uso terapêutico , Alopurinol/administração & dosagem , Idoso , Adulto , Quimioterapia de Indução , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Hiperuricemia/tratamento farmacológico , Adolescente , Incidência , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Despite its promising outcomes, anti-BCMA chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy (CAR-T) is the most expensive myeloma treatment developed to date, and its cost-effectiveness is an important issue. This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of anti-BCMA CAR-T compared to standard antimyeloma therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. The model included myeloma patients in Japan and the United States who have received ≥3 prior lines of antimyeloma therapy, including immunomodulatory drugs, proteasome inhibitors, and anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies. A Markov model was constructed to compare the CAR-T strategy, in which patients receive either idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel) or ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) followed by 3 lines of multiagent chemotherapy after relapse, and the no CAR-T strategy, in which patients receive only chemotherapy. Data from the LocoMMotion, KarMMa, and CARTITUDE-1 trials were extracted. Several assumptions were made regarding long-term progression-free survival (PFS) with CAR-T. Extensive scenario analyses were made regarding regimens for no CAR-T strategies. The outcome was an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) with willingness-to-pay thresholds of ¥7,500,000 in Japan and $150,000 in the United States. When a 5-year PFS of 40% with cilta-cel was assumed, the ICER of the CAR-T strategy versus the no CAR-T strategy was ¥7,603,823 per QALY in Japan and $112,191 per QALY in the United States over a 10-year time horizon. When a 5-year PFS of 15% with ide-cel was assumed, the ICER was ¥20,388,711 per QALY in Japan and $261,678 per QALY in the United States over a 10-year time horizon. The results were highly dependent on the PFS assumption with CAR-T and were robust to changes in most other parameters and scenarios. Although anti-BCMA CAR-T can be cost-effective even under current pricing, a high long-term PFS is necessary.
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Mieloma Múltiplo , Neoplasias de Plasmócitos , Receptores de Antígenos Quiméricos , Humanos , Mieloma Múltiplo/terapia , Receptores de Antígenos Quiméricos/uso terapêutico , Análise Custo-Benefício , Terapia Baseada em Transplante de Células e TecidosRESUMO
The tumor microenvironment's cells can promote or inhibit tumor formation, and there are no reports on the CD4/CD8 ratio's association with outcomes post allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). We retrospectively evaluated the pre-transplant peripheral blood CD4/CD8 ratio in 168 patients who underwent their first allo-HSCT for hematological malignancies at our institution. When patients were divided into two groups according to the median CD4/CD8 ratio 1.35 (range, 0.09-19.89), the high CD4/CD8 ratio group had a higher incidence of relapse, equivalent non-relapse mortality and worse overall survival (OS) than the low CD4/CD8 ratio group. In a multivariate analysis, the CD4/CD8 ratio was significantly associated with an increased risk of relapse, although there was a marginally significant difference in OS. The pre-transplant peripheral blood CD4/CD8 ratio could be a novel biomarker for predicting the prognosis of allo-HSCT.