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Impact of peri-transplant RBC transfusion and ABO incompatibility on acute graft-versus-host disease in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients. Transfus Apher Sci 2022; 61:103352. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2022.103352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Immune-Mediated Anemia: A Literature Review and Novel Therapeutics. Blood Adv 2021; 6:2707-2721. [PMID: 34972204 PMCID: PMC9043947 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Anemia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be immune or non–immune mediated. Auto- or alloimmunity resulting from blood group incompatibility remains an important cause in post-HSCT immune-mediated anemia. ABO incompatibility is commonly encountered in HSCT and may lead to serious clinical complications, including acute hemolysis, pure red cell aplasia, and passenger lymphocyte syndrome. It remains controversial whether ABO incompatibility may affect HSCT outcomes, such as relapse, nonrelapse mortality, graft-versus-host disease, and survival. Non-ABO incompatibility is less frequently encountered but can have similar complications to ABO incompatibility, causing adverse clinical outcomes. It is crucial to identify the driving etiology of post-HSCT anemia in order to prevent and treat this condition. This requires a comprehensive understanding of the mechanism of anemia in blood group–incompatible HSCT and the temporal association between HSCT and anemia. In this review, we summarize the literature on post-HSCT immune-mediated anemia with a focus on ABO and non-ABO blood group incompatibility, describe the underlying mechanism of anemia, and outline preventive and treatment approaches.
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Optimizing selection of double cord blood units for transplantation of adult patients with malignant diseases. Blood Adv 2021; 4:6327-6335. [PMID: 33351128 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020002258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Double-unit unrelated cord blood transplantation (DUCBT) is an option in patients for whom a single unit is not sufficient to provide an adequate number of cells. As current guidelines on UCB unit selection are mainly based on single-unit UCB data, we performed a retrospective analysis of 1375 adult recipients of DUCBT for hematologic malignancies to determine optimal criteria for graft selection. Cryopreserved total nucleated cells (TNCs; ≤3.5 vs >3.5 × 107/kg: hazard ratio [HR], 1.53; 30% vs 45%; P = .01), number of HLA mismatches (≥2 vs 0-1: HR, 1.28; 42% vs 48%; P = .01), and ABO compatibility (minor/major ABO incompatibility vs compatibility: HR, 1.28; P = .04) were independent risk factors for OS. Cryopreserved CD34+ cell dose ≥0.7 × 105/kg in the winning UCB was associated with improved OS (HR, 1.34; P = .03). Low TNC (≤3.5 × 107/kg) and CD34+ (≤1.4 × 105/kg) cell doses were related to decreased neutrophil recovery (HR, 0.65 [P = .01] and HR, 0.81 [P = .01], respectively). DUCBT recipients with ≥2 HLA mismatches had a higher incidence of grade II-IV and III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (HR, 1.26 [P = .03] and 1.59 [P = .02], respectively). Low TNC dose (HR, 1.57; P = .02) and receiving UCB with ≥2 HLA mismatches (HR, 1.35; P = .03) were associated with increased transplant-related mortality. Our data support selecting adequately HLA-matched UCB units with a double-unit cryopreserved TNC dose >3.5 × 107/kg and CD34+ cell dose of ≥0.7 × 105/kg per unit in DUCBT candidates.
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Adkins BD, Andrews J, Sharma D, Hughes C, Kassim AA, Eichbaum Q. Low rates of anti-recipient isohemagglutinins in ABO incompatible hematopoietic stem cell transplants. Transfus Apher Sci 2020; 60:102965. [PMID: 33127310 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2020.102965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Isohemagglutinins occur naturally and form in an 'opposite' (antigen-negative) pattern to a patient's ABO blood type. Patients undergoing minor and bidirectional ABO incompatible hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may demonstrate detectable antibodies against their native blood type. In this study, we sought to characterize the rates of such antibody formation and evaluate the clinical significance of our findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS An internal database of HSCT patients at an academic medical center was queried for ABO incompatible transplant patients from 2009-2019. Serum typing results, clinical histories, and laboratory data were compiled and reviewed. RESULTS A total of 182 minor and bidirectional ABO incompatible HSCT patients were identified. Anti-recipient isohemagglutinins were found in 9% (16/182) of the HSCT patients. The rate was higher in patients with minor incompatibility (12%: 15/127) versus bidirectional ABO incompatibility (2%: 1/55) (p = 0.04). No anti-recipient isohemagglutinins were identified in umbilical cord HSCT patients (0%: 0/7). Serologic agglutination reactions of recipient isohemagglutinins were overall mostly weak (13/16 weak + to 1+). There was a trend towards a higher rate of acute graft-versus-host-disease in patients with anti-recipient isohemagglutinins compared to those without (75% vs. 53%; p = 0.12), though not statistically significant. Rates of alloimmunization to minor red cell antigens were similar between the two groups. Few patients showed laboratory evidence of hemolysis at 12 months follow up. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Anti-recipient isohemagglutinins occur at low rates in ABO incompatible HSCT and are significantly more common in minor ABO incompatible transplant compared to bidirectional transplants. Larger cohort studies are needed to better understand the relationship between anti-recipient isohemagglutinins and HSCT outcomes.
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- Brian D Adkins
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, USA; University of Virginia Health System, Department of Pathology, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, USA; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, USA; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, USA; Veterans Administration Hospital, Tennessee Valley Health Care System, TN, USA
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Mansouri M, Villard J, Ramzi M, Alavianmehr A, Farjadian S. Impact of donor KIRs and recipient KIR/HLA class I combinations on GVHD in patients with acute leukemia after HLA-matched sibling HSCT. Hum Immunol 2020; 81:285-292. [PMID: 32199702 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2020.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/14/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In addition to T cells, NK cells can also participate in the outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) mainly through the interaction between donor killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and recipient human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules. There is a risk of GVHD other than leukemia relapse after allogeneic HSCT that activation of donor NK cells in the absence of appropriate inhibitory ligands will be one of the reasons. To investigate the impact of donor KIRs and recipient KIR/HLA class I combinations on GVHD and leukemia relapse in patients with acute leukemia after HSCT, 100 patients with acute leukemia who received HSCT from their HLA-matched siblings were included in this study. Genotypes of 16 KIR genes and two 2DS4 variants (full length and deleted alleles), along with HLA-A/B genotypes, were determined by PCR-SSP. HLA-C genotyping was done with the SSO-Luminex method. Chimerism analysis was done using 16 short tandem repeats (STRs) to detect early leukemia relapse. Acute (a)GVHD occurred in 38 patients, and 16 of them died during the study. None of the recipients showed any sign of leukemia relapse after HSCT. Full donor chimerism was observed in all tested patients during the first year after HSCT. Our results also indicated an increased risk of aGVHD in AA recipients with the C2/Cx, Bw4+ (or A-Bw4+) or HLA-A3-/A11- genotypes who received HSCT from Bx donors. Our results showed that donor selection based on donor-recipient KIR genotypes and recipient HLA class I status can improve the outcome of HSCT.
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- Marzieh Mansouri
- Department of Immunology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Immunology and Transplant Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Histocompatibility (LNRH), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Ma YR, Wang WJ, Cheng YF, Zhang YY, Mo XD, Han TT, Wang FR, Yan CH, Sun YQ, Chen YH, Wang JZ, Tang FF, Han W, Wang Y, Zhang XH, Huang XJ, Xu LP. Impact of ABO incompatibility on outcomes after haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe aplastic anemia. Bone Marrow Transplant 2020; 55:1068-1075. [PMID: 31932654 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-020-0779-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The impact of ABO incompatibility on transplantation outcomes in severe aplastic anemia (SAA) patients receiving haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains controversial without published data. A total of 199 SAA patients receiving haploidentical HSCT from ABO-matched (n = 114), minor ABO-incompatible (n = 47), or major ABO-incompatible donors (n = 38) were included in this study. The median time and cumulative incidences of both myeloid and platelet engraftment in the ABO-compatible and ABO-incompatible groups were similar, and pure red cell aplasia was absent. Minor ABO incompatibility increased the rate of grade III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) (ABO compatible: 6.14 ± 0.05%, minor incompatible: 19.15 ± 0.34%, and major incompatible: 10.53 ± 0.25%; P = 0.051), but did not influence the rates of grade II-IV aGVHD or chronic GVHD (cGVHD). Minor ABO-incompatibility was identified as an independent risk factor for grade III-IV aGVHD by multivariate analysis (hazard ration (HR) = 4.00 (1.48-10.80), P = 0.006). Chronic GVHD, mortality, and treatment failure were not increased in the minor ABO-incompatible group. For SAA patients receiving haploidentical HSCT, ABO compatible donors are better than ABO minor incompatible donors if several haploidentical donors are available.
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- Yan-Ru Ma
- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China.,Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China.
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Xu LP, Wang SQ, Ma YR, Gao SJ, Cheng YF, Zhang YY, Mo WJ, Mo XD, Zhang YP, Yan CH, Chen YH, Zhou M, Wang Y, Zhang XH, Liu KY, Huang XJ. Who is the best haploidentical donor for acquired severe aplastic anemia? Experience from a multicenter study. J Hematol Oncol 2019; 12:87. [PMID: 31477147 PMCID: PMC6719398 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-019-0775-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Haploidentical transplantation has been proposed as an effective treatment for severe aplastic anemia (SAA). The majority of patients have more than one HLA-haploidentical donor. Herein, we compared the outcomes between different donor-recipient relationships for optimal haploidentical donor selection in acquired SAA. METHODS We conducted a multicenter study based on a registered database of 392 patients with SAA treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) between 2006 and 2018. In total, 223 patients received grafts from father donors, 47 from mother donors, 91 from siblings, 29 from children, and 2 from collateral donors. RESULTS Of the 381 patients who survived more than 28 days, 379 (99.5%) recipients were engrafted. The 2-year overall survival (OS) was 86.6 ± 2.5%, 87.1 ± 4.9%, 84.3 ± 3.9%, and 92.2 ± 5.1% for recipients of father, mother, sibling, and child grafts, respectively, (P = 0.706). The 2-year failure-free survival (FFS) was 82.8 ± 2.7%, 86.7 ± 5.1%, 80.8 ± 4.2%, and 92.5 ± 5.1% for recipients of father, mother, sibling, and child grafts, respectively, (P = 0.508). There was no difference in the incidence of either acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) among the different donor sources in multivariate analyses. There were also no differences in the OS or FFS among the different donor sources in the Cox regression analysis. However, OS was significantly better in the patients with a shorter history of aplastic anemia (< 12 months), better performance status (ECOG scores 0-1), or moderate graft mononuclear cell (MNC) counts (6-10 × 108/kg), and in female recipients with male donors. The FFS was also higher in patients with a shorter history of aplastic anemia (< 12 months) and better performance status (ECOG scores 0-1). CONCLUSIONS Fathers, mothers, siblings, and children are all suitable haploidentical donors for patients with SAA.
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- Lan-Ping Xu
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hematology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hematology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hematology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hematology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China. .,Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Damodar S, Shanley R, MacMillan M, Ustun C, Weisdorf D. Donor-to-Recipient ABO Mismatch Does Not Impact Outcomes of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Regardless of Graft Source. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2017; 23:795-804. [PMID: 28232088 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The impact of ABO mismatch has been studied on various hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) outcomes, including neutrophil and platelet engraftment, pure red cell aplasia, acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), nonrelapse mortality (NRM), and overall survival (OS). Yet conflicting results have been reported. However, the impact of ABO mismatch on transplant outcomes with various graft types has not been carefully investigated. We analyzed the impact of various graft sources and type of ABO mismatch on transplant outcomes for 1502 patients who underwent HCT at the University of Minnesota between 2000 and 2014: 312 receiving marrow (BM), 475 filgrastim-mobilized blood (peripheral blood stem cell [PBSC]), and 715 umbilical cord blood (UCB) grafts. Neutrophil engraftment by day 28 was marginally less frequent in the bidirectional ABO mismatched transplants receiving UCB, whereas ABO matching had no influence on engraftment in the BM or PBSC cohorts. ABO mismatch led to no significant differences in platelet engraftment irrespective of stem cell source. We observed a modest but not significantly lower incidence of grades II/IV acute GVHD in the bidirectional ABO mismatched transplants in the UCB and the PBSC cohorts but not in the BM group. We found a higher incidence of chronic GVHD in the PBSC group, but it was not significantly lower in the minor ABO mismatched transplants. The incidence of chronic GVHD was similar in the major ABO mismatched transplants receiving BM. We found no significant difference in the OS and NRM between ABO matched and ABO mismatched transplants within each of the 3 graft source groups. Multivariable analysis adjusting for other relevant factors confirmed that ABO match status did not significantly influence the outcomes of either engraftment, acute or chronic GVHD or NRM. We conclude that ABO mismatch does not influence the outcomes of allogeneic HCT, regardless of stem cell source.
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- Sharat Damodar
- Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Narayana Health City, Bangalore, India
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- University of Minnesota, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Kudek MR, Shanley R, Zantek ND, McKenna DH, Smith AR, Miller WP. Impact of Graft-Recipient ABO Compatibility on Outcomes after Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant for Nonmalignant Disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2016; 22:2019-2024. [PMID: 27496217 PMCID: PMC5067229 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2016.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Existing literature shows mixed conclusions regarding the impact of ABO incompatibility on outcomes after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Because the future for umbilical cord blood (UCB) expansion technologies is bright, we assessed whether this typically overlooked graft characteristic impacted various outcomes after UCB transplantation (UCBT) for nonmalignant disorders (NMDs). A prospectively maintained institutional blood and marrow transplant program database was queried for all patients undergoing first UCBT for NMDs. UCB and recipient ABO compatibility was considered as matched, major mismatched, minor mismatched, or bidirectional mismatched. The impact of ABO incompatibility was assessed on overall survival, graft failure, acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), time to neutrophil and platelet recovery, day 0 to day 100 RBC transfusion burden, and donor hematopoietic chimerism. Through December 2014, 270 patients have undergone first UCBT for various NMDs. In both univariable and multivariable analyses, ABO compatibility status did not appear to impact any outcomes assessed, although a trend toward increased grades III to IV acute GVHD was seen in recipients of major mismatched units. When considering UCBT for treatment of NMDs, ABO compatibility between the donor unit and intended recipient does not appear to be an important consideration in the UCB unit choice.
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- Matthew R Kudek
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Worel N. ABO-Mismatched Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Transfus Med Hemother 2015; 43:3-12. [PMID: 27022317 DOI: 10.1159/000441507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a curative option for a variety of malignant and non-malignant hematological and congenital diseases. Due to the fact that the human leukocyte antigen system is inherited independently of the blood group system, approximately 40-50% of all HSCTs are performed across the ABO blood group barrier. The expected immune-hematological consequences after transplantation of an ABO-mismatched stem cell graft are immediate and delayed hemolytic complications due to presence of isohemagglutinins or passenger lymphocyte syndrome. The risks of these complications can partially be prevented by graft manipulation and appropriate transfusion support. Dependent on the kind of ABO mismatch, different effects on engraftment have been observed, e.g. delayed red blood cell recovery and pure red cell aplasia. Data on incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), non-relapse mortality, relapse, and overall survival are inconsistent as most studies include limited patient numbers, various graft sources, and different conditioning and GVHD prophylaxis regimens. This makes it difficult to detect a consistent effect of ABO-mismatched transplantation in the literature. However, knowledge of expectable complications and close monitoring of patients helps to detect problems early and to treat patients efficiently, thus reducing the number of fatal or life-threatening events caused by ABO-mismatched HSCT.
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- Nina Worel
- Department for Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Hefazi M, Litzow M, Hogan W, Gastineau D, Jacob E, Damlaj M, Hashmi S, Al-Kali A, Patnaik MM. ABO blood group incompatibility as an adverse risk factor for outcomes in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia undergoing HLA-matched peripheral blood hematopoietic cell transplantation after reduced-intensity conditioning. Transfusion 2015; 56:518-27. [PMID: 26446051 DOI: 10.1111/trf.13353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND ABO incompatibility is not a contraindication to hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), but it has been associated with additional risks including delayed engraftment, pure red cell aplasia (PRCA), and higher transfusion needs. Data on these events and on patient survival after reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) HCT are limited. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 127 consecutive patients, 86 with acute myeloid leukemia and 41 with myelodysplastic syndromes, who underwent HLA-matched peripheral blood RIC allogenic HCT between 2005 and 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS Eighty ABO-compatible, 26 major/bidirectional, and 21 minor-ABO-mismatch HCT were identified. Compared to the ABO-compatible group, major/bidirectional mismatches had increased red blood cell (RBC) transfusion requirement during the first 100 days (p = 0.009), delayed RBC and PLT engraftment (p = 0.0011 and p = 0.005, respectively), and higher incidence of grade II to IV acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD; p = 0.037). In multivariable analysis, major/bidirectional mismatches had significantly higher non-relapse mortality (NRM) and inferior disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) compared with ABO-compatible patients (p = 0.01, p = 0.04, and p = 0.035, respectively). Minor ABO mismatch had no impact on survival (p = 0.99). Four (15%) of 26 major/bidirectional mismatches developed PRCA. There was a significant association between fludarabine plus busulfan conditioning and PRCA (p = 0.0046). CONCLUSION Major/bidirectional ABO mismatch is associated with higher NRM and shortened DFS and OS in the setting of RIC HCT. Increased transfusion need, delayed RBC and platelet engraftment, PRCA, and increased severity of aGVHD are additional complications contributing to the morbidity.
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- Mehrdad Hefazi
- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Transfusion Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Transfusion Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Goldstein G, Bielorai B, Stein J, Stepensky P, Elhasid R, Zaidman I, Chetrit A, Yaniv I, Nagler A, Toren A. Analysis of risk factors of cord blood transplantation for children. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013; 60:2007-11. [PMID: 24039183 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND As cord blood (CB) is being used frequently as a source for heamtopoetic stem cell transplantation defining risk factors for transplantation outcome is an important issue. PROCEDURE The data of all single unit CB transplantation preformed in Israel from 1992 to 2011 were collected. The risk factors for myeloid engraftment, event free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were studied in 87 children. RESULTS There were 49 children with hematological malignancies and 38 with non-malignant diseases. Cumulative rate of neutrophil recovery was 78.3%, while median time to myeloid recovery was 26 days. The incidence of platelet engraftment at 150 days was 53%, and the median time to platelet recovery was 36 days. ABO blood group matching between CB unit and recipient was associated with superior myeloid engraftment. Acute graft versus host disease of grades II-IV occurred in 33% of the patients. Chronic graft versus host disease occurred in 16% of patients. Probabilities of EFS and OS at 1 year were 45% and 57%, respectively. Factors associated with inferior OS were Rh major mismatch versus matched Rh and transplantation from unrelated donor versus related donor. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that matching of ABO blood groups is an important factor that affects engraftment, and also that Rh matching seem to have an impact on OS, which was not previously described in the setting of CB transplantation.
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- Gal Goldstein
- Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Alam N, Atenafu EG, Tse G, Viswabandya A, Gupta V, Kim D, Lipton JH, Messner HA, Kuruvilla J. Limited benefit of pentostatin salvage therapy for steroid-refractory grade III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease. Clin Transplant 2013; 27:930-7. [PMID: 24304375 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Corticosteroid-refractory (SR) acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Multiple agents have been evaluated in this setting, but the benefit of pentostatin has not been described well. We report a single-center experience of pentostatin salvage therapy for SR aGVHD. Fifteen patients received pentostatin for SR aGVHD from March 2005 till March 2010 after failure to respond to methylprednisolone ≥ 2 mg/kg/d for at least seven d. All patients had grade III-IV aGVHD prior to pentostatin therapy. Thirteen (87%), 10 (67%), and six (40%) patients had gastrointestinal (GI), skin, and liver involvement of aGVHD, respectively. Pentostatin was given at a median of 33 d after steroid therapy initiation. The dose of pentostatin was 1.4 mg/m(2) daily for three d, repeated every two wk. Eight (53%) patients also received additional therapies. Complete responses were noted in two patients (both in skin). However, one patient relapsed and did not respond to additional salvage treatment. Partial responses were seen in three patients. Fourteen died of GVHD-related causes. This study suggested that pentostatin is of limited benefit in the treatment for SR grade III-IV aGVHD.
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- Naheed Alam
- Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Gutiérrez-Aguirre CH, Gómez-De-León A, Alatorre-Ricardo J, Cantú-Rodríguez OG, González-Llano O, Jaime-Pérez JC, Mancías-Guerra C, Flores-Jiménez JA, Gómez-Almaguer D. Allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation using reduced-intensity conditioning in an outpatient setting in ABO-incompatible patients: are survival and graft-versus-host disease different? Transfusion 2013; 54:1269-77. [PMID: 24898453 DOI: 10.1111/trf.12466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major cause of morbimortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Minor ABO incompatibility has been associated with an increased risk of GVHD. We analyzed the impact of ABO matching on patient outcome after peripheral blood, reduced-intensity allo-HSCT in an outpatient setting, and its relationship with GVHD. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Data of 121 patients were included. All patients received allo-HSCT from HLA-identical siblings as outpatients using a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen. Influence of ABO matching as a risk factor for the development of GVHD and survival was analyzed using logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards regression, respectively. RESULTS Median age was 36 years (range, 1-71 years); 88 patients were ABO identical: 13 presented major mismatch and 20 minor mismatch, with an ABO incompatibility rate of 27.3%. The median follow-up period was 54 months (range, 0.3-120 months). Minor ABO incompatibility patients presented the highest rate of acute GVHD (aGVHD; 25%), in comparison with ABO-identical (20.5%) and major ABO incompatibility patients (15.4%; p = 0.79). The highest incidence of chronic GVHD (cGVHD) occurred in the context of minor ABO incompatibility (35%), in contrast to ABO-identical (30.8%) and major ABO incompatibility (15.4%). Survival was higher for patients in the minor ABO mismatch group; however, there was no significant correlation between ABO matching status and survival (p = 0.45). CONCLUSION Using this type of peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, minor ABO-mismatched allo-HSCT was associated with a higher incidence of aGVHD and cGVHD and with increased survival, albeit with no significance.
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- Cesar Homero Gutiérrez-Aguirre
- Hematology Service, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González," Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
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Zaimoku Y, Takami A, Sato H, Utsumi M, Nakao S. IgM anti-recipient ABO antibodies predict acute graft-versus-host disease following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Int J Hematol 2013; 98:96-101. [DOI: 10.1007/s12185-013-1360-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Revised: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Impact of ABO-mismatch on risk of GVHD after umbilical cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2013; 48:1046-9. [PMID: 23419434 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2013.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Revised: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Recent advances in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (allo-HCT) have led to an increasing use of alternative donors, including banked umbilical cord blood (UCB). Despite these advances, acute GVHD (aGVHD) and chronic GVHD (cGVHD) continue to be the leading causes of early and late transplant-related mortality. ABO-mismatch has been frequently reported as a risk factor for GVHD, however, data in the UCB recipients are limited. We hypothesized that as the lymphocytes in the cord blood are thought to be naive, they will therefore be less likely to mediate GVHD. Therefore, we analyzed the impact of ABO-mismatch on aGVHD and cGVHD in recipients of single and double UCB-HCT. In both univariate and multivariate analyses, presence of ABO-mismatch did not have an impact on aGVHD or cGVHD. Whereas ABO-compatible donors are preferred in recipients of URD-HCT, ABO compatibility generally need not be considered in recipients of UCB-HCT.
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Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a leading cause of non-relapse mortality following allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation. Attempts to improve treatment response in clinically-established GVHD have not improved overall survival, often due to the increased risk of infectious complications. Alternative approaches to decrease GVHD-related morbidity and mortality have focused on the ability to predict GVHD prior to clinical manifestation in an effort to provide an opportunity to abort GVHD development, and to gain new insights into GVHD pathophysiology. This review outlines the research efforts to date that have identified clinical and laboratory-based factors that are predictive of acute GVHD and describes future directions in developing algorithms that will improve the ability to predict the development of clinically relevant GVHD.
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- Andrew C Harris
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Pediatrics, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Impact of Donor Characteristics and HLA Matching on Survival of Chinese Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Undergoing Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2012; 18:1939-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2012.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Beating the odds: factors implicated in the speed and availability of unrelated haematopoietic cell donor provision. Bone Marrow Transplant 2012; 48:210-9. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2012.54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The timing represents a relevant prognostic factor of outcome for patients with hematological malignancies undergoing an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (ASCT). In this review, the most recent studies and own transplant center policy on the donor search will be summarized in order to design an algorithm of donor identification driving towards a timely ASCT. RECENT FINDINGS Nowadays, volunteer-unrelated, umbilical cord blood and haploidentical-related donors represent the three alternative sources of hematopoietic stem cells for patients who lack a human leukocyte antigen identical sibling, so that an alternative donor can potentially be found for about all patients eligible for an ASCT. To date, all retrospective studies comparing transplants from these alternative donors have shown no substantial differences in terms of final outcome of patients grafted for hematological malignancies. The policy of a widespread search for an alternative donor has been progressively increasing in the past years. SUMMARY All patients with hematological malignancy for whom the intention to treatment includes an allogeneic transplant should proceed with a well timed ASCT, whatever the stem cell source. The therapeutic policy following the concept of 'donor versus no donor' should presently be changed according to the concept of 'transplant versus no transplant'.
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Mueller RJ, Stussi G, Puga Yung G, Nikolic M, Soldini D, Halter J, Meyer-Monard S, Gratwohl A, Passweg JR, Odermatt B, Schanz U, Biedermann BC, Seebach JD. Persistence of recipient-type endothelium after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Haematologica 2010; 96:119-27. [PMID: 20934999 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2010.030288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The possibility that allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation performed across the ABO blood group-barrier is associated with an increase of graft-versus-host disease, in particular endothelial damage, has not been elucidated so far. For this reason, we investigated the level of endothelial cell chimerism after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in order to delineate the role of hematopoietic stem cells in endothelial replacement. DESIGN AND METHODS The frequency of donor-derived endothelial cells was analyzed in 52 hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, in 22 normal skin biopsies, in 12 skin samples affected by graft-versus-host disease, various tissues from five autopsies and four secondary solid tumors by ABH immunohistochemistry, XY fluorescence in situ hybridization and short tandem repeat analysis of laser captured endothelial cells. RESULTS Skin biopsies from two patients transplanted with minor ABO-incompatible grafts (i.e. O in A) showed 3.3% and 0.9% H antigen-positive donor-derived endothelial cells by ABH immunohistochemistry. Tumor biopsies from two recipients showed 1.2% and 2.5% donor-derived endothelial cells by combined immunohistochemistry/ fluorescence in situ hybridization. All other skin samples, heart, liver, bone-marrow, and tumor tissues failed to reveal donor-type endothelial cells up to several years after ABO-incompatible hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. CONCLUSIONS Endothelial cell replacement by bone marrow-derived donor cells after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a rare event. It does not seem to represent a major mechanism of physiological in vivo blood vessel formation, tumor neoangiogenesis, vascular repair after graft-versus-host disease episodes or acceptance of ABO-incompatible grafts.
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- Regula J Mueller
- Laboratory for Transplantation Immunology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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