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Lahtinen AK, Funke M, Krallmann C, Wyrwoll MJ, Jarisch A, Yang Y, Bjarnason R, Romerius P, Sundin M, Norén-Nyström U, Langenskiöld C, Cremers JF, Kliesch S, Stukenborg JB, Neuhaus N, Jahnukainen K. Decreased spermatogonial numbers in boys with severe haematological diseases. Br J Haematol 2024. [PMID: 38810989 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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This study examines spermatogonial numbers in testicular samples from 43 prepubertal patients undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). High-dose chemotherapy and/or radiation during HSCT can impact spermatogenesis requiring fertility preservation. Results show that 49% of patients have decreased and 19% severely depleted spermatogonial pool prior to HSCT. Patients with Fanconi anaemia exhibit significantly reduced spermatogonial numbers. Patients with immunodeficiency or aplastic anaemia generally present within the normal range, while results in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome or myeloproliferative neoplasm vary. The study emphasizes the importance of assessing spermatogonial numbers in patients with severe haematological diseases for informed fertility preservation decisions.
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- Atte K Lahtinen
- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics/Medicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Institute of Reproductive and Regenerative Biology, University Münster, Munster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany
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- Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Department of Children and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Frankfurt, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- NORDFERTIL Research Lab Stockholm, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Children's Medical Center, Landspítali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Barn-Och Ungdomssjukhuset Lund, Skånes Universitetssjukhus, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Paediatrics, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Section of Paediatric Haematology, Immunology and HCT, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Paediatrics, Department of Clinical Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Paediatric Oncology, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany
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- NORDFERTIL Research Lab Stockholm, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Institute of Reproductive and Regenerative Biology, University Münster, Munster, Germany
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- NORDFERTIL Research Lab Stockholm, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- New Children's Hospital, Pediatric Research Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Aamer W, Al-Maraghi A, Syed N, Gandhi GD, Aliyev E, Al-Kurbi AA, Al-Saei O, Kohailan M, Krishnamoorthy N, Palaniswamy S, Al-Malki K, Abbasi S, Agrebi N, Abbaszadeh F, Akil ASAS, Badii R, Ben-Omran T, Lo B, Mokrab Y, Fakhro KA. Burden of Mendelian disorders in a large Middle Eastern biobank. Genome Med 2024; 16:46. [PMID: 38584274 PMCID: PMC11000384 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-024-01307-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Genome sequencing of large biobanks from under-represented ancestries provides a valuable resource for the interrogation of Mendelian disease burden at world population level, complementing small-scale familial studies. METHODS Here, we interrogate 6045 whole genomes from Qatar-a Middle Eastern population with high consanguinity and understudied mutational burden-enrolled at the national Biobank and phenotyped for 58 clinically-relevant quantitative traits. We examine a curated set of 2648 Mendelian genes from 20 panels, annotating known and novel pathogenic variants and assessing their penetrance and impact on the measured traits. RESULTS We find that 62.5% of participants are carriers of at least 1 known pathogenic variant relating to recessive conditions, with homozygosity observed in 1 in 150 subjects (0.6%) for which Peninsular Arabs are particularly enriched versus other ancestries (5.8-fold). On average, 52.3 loss-of-function variants were found per genome, 6.5 of which affect a known Mendelian gene. Several variants annotated in ClinVar/HGMD as pathogenic appeared at intermediate frequencies in this cohort (1-3%), highlighting Arab founder effect, while others have exceedingly high frequencies (> 5%) prompting reconsideration as benign. Furthermore, cumulative gene burden analysis revealed 56 genes having gene carrier frequency > 1/50, including 5 ACMG Tier 3 panel genes which would be candidates for adding to newborn screening in the country. Additionally, leveraging 58 biobank traits, we systematically assess the impact of novel/rare variants on phenotypes and discover 39 candidate large-effect variants associating with extreme quantitative traits. Furthermore, through rare variant burden testing, we discover 13 genes with high mutational load, including 5 with impact on traits relevant to disease conditions, including metabolic disorder and type 2 diabetes, consistent with the high prevalence of these conditions in the region. CONCLUSIONS This study on the first phase of the growing Qatar Genome Program cohort provides a comprehensive resource from a Middle Eastern population to understand the global mutational burden in Mendelian genes and their impact on traits in seemingly healthy individuals in high consanguinity settings.
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- Waleed Aamer
- Department of Human Genetics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Applied Bioinformatics Core, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Human Genetics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Human Genetics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Human Genetics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Human Genetics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Diagnostic Genomic Division, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Section of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Department of pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Pediatric, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
- Division of Genetic & Genomics Medicine, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Human Genetics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
- College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Human Genetics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
- College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
- College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
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Lee S, Zhan H. Deciphering the differential impact of thrombopoietin/MPL signaling on hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell function in bone marrow and spleen. Stem Cell Reports 2024; 19:211-223. [PMID: 38215758 PMCID: PMC10874852 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024] Open
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Thrombopoietin (TPO) and its receptor MPL play crucial roles in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function and platelet production. However, the precise effects of TPO/MPL signaling on HSC regulation in different hematopoietic niches remain unclear. Here, we investigated the effects of TPO/MPL ablation on marrow and splenic hematopoiesis in TPO-/- and MPL-/- mice during aging. Despite severe thrombocytopenia, TPO-/- and MPL-/- mice did not develop marrow failure during a 2-year follow-up. Marrow and splenic HSCs exhibited different responses to TPO/MPL ablation and exogenous TPO treatment. Splenic niche cells compensated for marrow HSC loss in TPO-/- and MPL-/- mice by upregulating CXCL12 levels. These findings provide new insights into the complex regulation of HSCs by TPO/MPL and reveal a previously unknown link between TPO and CXCL12, two key growth factors for HSC maintenance. Understanding the distinct regulatory mechanisms between marrow and spleen hematopoiesis will help to develop novel therapeutic approaches for hematopoietic disorders.
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- Sandy Lee
- Graduate Program in Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA; Medical Service, Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, NY, USA.
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Cuccuini W, Collonge-Rame MA, Auger N, Douet-Guilbert N, Coster L, Lafage-Pochitaloff M. Cytogenetics in the management of bone marrow failure syndromes: Guidelines from the Groupe Francophone de Cytogénétique Hématologique (GFCH). Curr Res Transl Med 2023; 71:103423. [PMID: 38016422 DOI: 10.1016/j.retram.2023.103423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Bone marrow failure syndromes are rare disorders characterized by bone marrow hypocellularity and resultant peripheral cytopenias. The most frequent form is acquired, so-called aplastic anemia or idiopathic aplastic anemia, an auto-immune disorder frequently associated with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, whereas inherited bone marrow failure syndromes are related to pathogenic germline variants. Among newly identified germline variants, GATA2 deficiency and SAMD9/9L syndromes have a special significance. Other germline variants impacting biological processes, such as DNA repair, telomere biology, and ribosome biogenesis, may cause major syndromes including Fanconi anemia, dyskeratosis congenita, Diamond-Blackfan anemia, and Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Bone marrow failure syndromes are at risk of secondary progression towards myeloid neoplasms in the form of myelodysplastic neoplasms or acute myeloid leukemia. Acquired clonal cytogenetic abnormalities may be present before or at the onset of progression; some have prognostic value and/or represent somatic rescue mechanisms in inherited syndromes. On the other hand, the differential diagnosis between aplastic anemia and hypoplastic myelodysplastic neoplasm remains challenging. Here we discuss the value of cytogenetic abnormalities in bone marrow failure syndromes and propose recommendations for cytogenetic diagnosis and follow-up.
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- Wendy Cuccuini
- Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Unité de Cytogénétique, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), 75475, Paris Cedex 10, France.
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- Oncobiologie Génétique Bioinformatique UF Cytogénétique et Génétique Moléculaire, CHU de Besançon, Hôpital Minjoz, 25030, Besançon, France
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- Laboratoire de Cytogénétique/Génétique des Tumeurs, Gustave Roussy, 94805, Villejuif, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Chromosomique, CHU Brest, Hôpital Morvan, 29609, Brest Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Secteur de Cytogénétique, Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie de Toulouse, CHU de Toulouse, 31059, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire de Cytogénétique Hématologique, CHU Timone, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Aix Marseille Université, 13005, Marseille, France
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Lee S, Zhan H. Deciphering the Differential Impact of Thrombopoietin/MPL Signaling on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function in Bone Marrow and Spleen. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.04.27.538580. [PMID: 37162918 PMCID: PMC10168386 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.27.538580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Thrombopoietin (TPO) and its receptor MPL play crucial roles in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function and platelet production. However, the precise effects of TPO/MPL signaling on HSC regulation in different hematopoietic niches remain unclear. Here, we investigated the effects of TPO/MPL ablation on marrow and splenic hematopoiesis in TPO-/- and MPL-/- mice during aging. Despite severe thrombocytopenia, TPO-/- and MPL-/- mice did not develop marrow failure during a 2-year follow-up. Marrow and splenic HSCs exhibited different responses to TPO/MPL ablation and exogenous TPO treatment. Splenic niche cells compensated for marrow HSC loss in TPO-/- and MPL-/- mice by upregulating CXCL12 levels. These findings provide new insights into the complex regulation of HSCs by TPO/MPL and reveal a previously unknown link between TPO and CXCL12, two key growth factors for HSC maintenance. Understanding the distinct regulatory mechanisms between marrow and spleen hematopoiesis will help develop novel therapeutic approaches for hematopoietic disorders.
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- Sandy Lee
- Graduate Program in Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
- Medical Service, Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, NY
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Davenport P, Liu ZJ, Sola-Visner M. Fetal vs adult megakaryopoiesis. Blood 2022; 139:3233-3244. [PMID: 35108353 PMCID: PMC9164738 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020009301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fetal and neonatal megakaryocyte progenitors are hyperproliferative compared with adult progenitors and generate a large number of small, low-ploidy megakaryocytes. Historically, these developmental differences have been interpreted as "immaturity." However, more recent studies have demonstrated that the small, low-ploidy fetal and neonatal megakaryocytes have all the characteristics of adult polyploid megakaryocytes, including the presence of granules, a well-developed demarcation membrane system, and proplatelet formation. Thus, rather than immaturity, the features of fetal and neonatal megakaryopoiesis reflect a developmentally unique uncoupling of proliferation, polyploidization, and cytoplasmic maturation, which allows fetuses and neonates to populate their rapidly expanding bone marrow and blood volume. At the molecular level, the features of fetal and neonatal megakaryopoiesis are the result of a complex interplay of developmentally regulated pathways and environmental signals from the different hematopoietic niches. Over the past few years, studies have challenged traditional paradigms about the origin of the megakaryocyte lineage in both fetal and adult life, and the application of single-cell RNA sequencing has led to a better characterization of embryonic, fetal, and adult megakaryocytes. In particular, a growing body of data suggests that at all stages of development, the various functions of megakaryocytes are not fulfilled by the megakaryocyte population as a whole, but rather by distinct megakaryocyte subpopulations with dedicated roles. Finally, recent studies have provided novel insights into the mechanisms underlying developmental disorders of megakaryopoiesis, which either uniquely affect fetuses and neonates or have different clinical presentations in neonatal compared with adult life.
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- Patricia Davenport
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; and
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; and
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; and
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Sakaguchi H, Yoshida N. Recent advances in hematopoietic cell transplantation for inherited bone marrow failure syndromes. Int J Hematol 2022; 116:16-27. [PMID: 35633493 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-022-03362-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFSs) are a group of rare genetic disorders characterized by bone marrow failure with unique phenotypes and predisposition to cancer. Classical IBMFSs primarily include Fanconi anemia with impaired DNA damage repair, dyskeratosis congenita with telomere maintenance dysfunction, and Diamond-Blackfan anemia with aberrant ribosomal protein biosynthesis. Recently, comprehensive genetic analyses have been implemented for the definitive diagnosis of classic IBMFSs, and advances in molecular genetics have led to the identification of novel disorders such as AMeD and MIRAGE syndromes. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), a promising option to overcome impaired hematopoiesis in patients with IBMFSs, does not correct nonhematological defects and may enhance the risk of secondary malignancies. Disease-specific management is necessary because IBMFSs differ in underlying defects and are associated with varying degrees of risk for clonal evolution and early or late complications after HCT. In addition, long-term follow-up is essential to detect complications related to the IBMFS or HCT. This review provides a summary of current clinical practices along with the latest data on HCT in IBMFSs.
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- Hirotoshi Sakaguchi
- Department of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Children's Cancer Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Medical Center, Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
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Germeshausen M, Ballmaier M. CAMT-MPL: congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia caused by MPL mutations - heterogeneity of a monogenic disorder - a comprehensive analysis of 56 patients. Haematologica 2021; 106:2439-2448. [PMID: 32703794 PMCID: PMC8409039 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2020.257972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia caused by deleterious homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in MPL (CAMT-MPL) is a rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome presenting as an isolated thrombocytopenia at birth progressing to pancytopenia due to exhaustion of hematopoietic progenitors. The analysis of samples and clinical data from a large cohort of 56 patients with CAMT-MPL resulted in a detailed description of the clinical picture and reliable genotype-phenotype correlations for this rare disease. We extended the spectrum of CAMT causing MPL mutations regarding number (17 novel mutations) and impact. Clinical courses showed great variability with respect to the severity of thrombocytopenia, the development of pancytopenia and the consequences from bleedings. The most severe clinical problems were (i) intracranial bleedings pre- and perinatally and the resulting long-term consequences, and (ii) the development of aplastic anemia in the later course of the disease. An important and new finding was that thrombocytopenia was not detected at birth in a quarter of the patients. The rate of non-hematological abnormalities in CAMT-MPL was higher than described so far. Most of the anomalies were related to the head region (brain anomalies, ocular and orbital anomalies) and consequences of intracranial bleedings. The present study demonstrates a higher variability of clinical courses than described so far and has important implications on diagnosis and therapy. The diagnosis CAMT-MPL has to be considered even for those patients who are inconspicuous in the first months of life or show somatic anomalies typical for other inherited bone marrow failure syndromes.
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- Manuela Germeshausen
- Central Research Facility Cell Sorting, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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- Central Research Facility Cell Sorting, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia - Not a single disease. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2021; 34:101286. [PMID: 34404532 DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2021.101286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome (IBMFS) that is characterized by severe thrombocytopenia at birth due to ineffective megakaryopoiesis and development towards aplastic anemia during the first years of life. CAMT is not a single monogenetic disorder; rather, many descriptions of CAMT include different entities with different etiologies. CAMT in a narrow sense, which is primarily restricted to the hematopoietic system, is caused mainly by mutations in the gene for the thrombopoietin receptor (MPL), sometimes in the gene for its ligand (THPO). CAMT in association with radio-ulnar synostosis, which is not always clinically apparent, is mostly caused by mutations in MECOM, rarely in HOXA11. Patients affected by other IBMFS - especially Fanconi anemia or dyskeratosis congenita - may be misdiagnosed as having CAMT when they lack typical disease features of these syndromes or have only mild symptoms. This article reviews scientific and clinical aspects of the various disorders associated with the term "CAMT" with a main focus on the disease caused by mutations in the MPL gene.
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Zhao TY, Chen M. [Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia with inflammatory disease of ascending colon and ileocecum: a case report and literature review]. ZHONGHUA XUE YE XUE ZA ZHI = ZHONGHUA XUEYEXUE ZAZHI 2021; 41:762-765. [PMID: 33113609 PMCID: PMC7595868 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2020.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- T Y Zhao
- Endocrinology Department, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing 100730, China
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- Hematology Department, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing 100730, China
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Davenport P, Liu ZJ, Sola-Visner M. Changes in megakaryopoiesis over ontogeny and their implications in health and disease. Platelets 2020; 31:692-699. [PMID: 32200697 PMCID: PMC8006558 DOI: 10.1080/09537104.2020.1742879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A growing body of research has made it increasingly clear that there are substantial biological differences between fetal/neonatal and adult megakaryopoiesis. Over the last decade, studies revealed a developmentally unique uncoupling of proliferation, polyploidization, and cytoplasmic maturation in neonatal MKs that results in the production of large numbers of small, low ploidy, but mature MKs during this period of development, and identified substantial molecular differences between fetal/neonatal and adult MKs. This review will summarize our current knowledge on the developmental differences between fetal/neonatal and adult MKs, and recent advances in our understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms, including newly described developmentally regulated pathways and miRNAs. We will also discuss the implications of these findings on the ways MKs interact with the environment, the response of neonates to thrombocytopenia, the pathogenesis of Down syndrome-transient myeloproliferative disorder (TMD), and the developmental stage specific-manifestations of congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia.
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- Patricia Davenport
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA, USA
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Zebrafish for thrombocytopoiesis- and hemostasis-related researches and disorders. BLOOD SCIENCE 2020; 2:44-49. [PMID: 35402814 PMCID: PMC8975081 DOI: 10.1097/bs9.0000000000000043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Platelets play vital roles in hemostasis, inflammation, and vascular biology. Platelets are also active participants in the immune responses. As vertebrates, zebrafish have a highly conserved hematopoietic system in the developmental, cellular, functional, biochemical, and genetic levels with mammals. Thrombocytes in zebrafish are functional homologs of mammalian platelets. Here, we summarized thrombocyte development, function, and related research techniques in zebrafish, and reviewed available zebrafish models of platelet-associated disorders, including congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia, inherited thrombocytopenia, essential thrombocythemia, and blood coagulation disorders such as gray platelet syndrome. These elegant zebrafish models and methods are crucial for understanding the molecular and genetic mechanisms of thrombocyte development and function, and provide deep insights into related human disease pathophysiology and drug development.
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Hall E, Shenoy S. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Neonatal Perspective. Neoreviews 2019; 20:e336-e345. [PMID: 31261097 DOI: 10.1542/neo.20-6-e336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is indicated in various nonmalignant disorders that arise from genetic, hematopoietic, and immune system defects. Many of the disorders described here have life-threatening consequences in the absence of HSCT, a curative intervention. However, timing and approach to HSCT vary by disorder and optimum results are achieved by performing transplantation before irreversible disease-related morbidity or infectious complications. This article details the principles of HSCT in the very young, lists indications, and explores the factors that contribute to successful outcomes based on transplantation and disease-related nuances. It provides an overview into the HSCT realm from a neonatologist's perspective, describes the current status of transplantation for relevant disorders of infancy, and provides a glimpse into future efforts at improving on current success.
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- Erin Hall
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO
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Calreticulin mutants as oncogenic rogue chaperones for TpoR and traffic-defective pathogenic TpoR mutants. Blood 2019; 133:2669-2681. [PMID: 30902807 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-09-874578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Calreticulin (CALR) +1 frameshift mutations in exon 9 are prevalent in myeloproliferative neoplasms. Mutant CALRs possess a new C-terminal sequence rich in positively charged amino acids, leading to activation of the thrombopoietin receptor (TpoR/MPL). We show that the new sequence endows the mutant CALR with rogue chaperone activity, stabilizing a dimeric state and transporting TpoR and mutants thereof to the cell surface in states that would not pass quality control; this function is absolutely required for oncogenic transformation. Mutant CALRs determine traffic via the secretory pathway of partially immature TpoR, as they protect N117-linked glycans from further processing in the Golgi apparatus. A number of engineered or disease-associated TpoRs such as TpoR/MPL R102P, which causes congenital thrombocytopenia, are rescued for traffic and function by mutant CALRs, which can also overcome endoplasmic reticulum retention signals on TpoR. In addition to requiring N-glycosylation of TpoR, mutant CALRs require a hydrophobic patch located in the extracellular domain of TpoR to induce TpoR thermal stability and initial intracellular activation, whereas full activation requires cell surface localization of TpoR. Thus, mutant CALRs are rogue chaperones for TpoR and traffic-defective TpoR mutants, a function required for the oncogenic effects.
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Platelets are anuclear blood cells required for haemostasis and are implicated in other processes including inflammation and metastasis. Platelets are produced by megakaryocytes, specialized cells that are themselves generated by a process of controlled differentiation and maturation of bone-marrow stem and progenitor cells. This process of megakaryopoiesis involves the coordinated interplay of transcription factor-controlled cellular programming with extra-cellular cues produced locally in supporting niches or as circulating factors. This review focuses on these external cues, the cytokines and chemokines, that drive production of megakaryocytes and support the terminal process of platelet release. Emphasis is given to thrombopoietin (Tpo), the major cytokine regulator of steady-state megakaryopoiesis, and its specific cell surface receptor, the Mpl protein, including normal and pathological roles as well as clinical application. The potential for alternative or supplementary regulatory mechanisms for platelet production, particularly in times of acute need, or in states of infection or inflammation are also discussed.
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- Kira Behrens
- a The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research , Parkville , Australia
- b Department of Medical Biology , University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia
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- a The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research , Parkville , Australia
- b Department of Medical Biology , University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia
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Inherited platelet disorders : Management of the bleeding risk. Transfus Clin Biol 2018; 25:228-235. [PMID: 30077511 DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Inherited platelet disorders are rare bleeding syndromes due to either platelet function abnormalities or thrombocytopenia which may be associated with functional defects. The haemorrhagic symptoms observed in these patients are mostly muco-cutaneous and of highly variable severity. Although 30 to 50% of the platelet disorders are still of unknown origin, the precise diagnosis of these pathologies by specialized laboratories together with haemorrhagic scores enables an assessment of the risk of bleeding in each patient. Depending on the diagnostic elements collected, an appropriate medical procedure can be proposed for each situation: scheduled or emergency surgical interventions and pregnancy follow-up. The pathologies most at risk correspond to Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, Bernard-Soulier syndrome, severe thrombocytopenia (<40,000 platelets/μL) and signalling protein abnormalities affecting the activation of GPIIb-IIIa, a membrane glycoprotein essential for platelet aggregation. For these particular patients, in whom the risk of bleeding can be increased by a factor of 40, management protocols during surgical procedures are generally based on the use of conventional platelet concentrates, for both prophylaxis and the control of active bleeding. The perinatal period in women with platelet disorders and their new-born also require special attention. Indeed, beyond unpredictable delivery haemorrhages, bleeding requiring a blood transfusion is observed after delivery in more than 50% of women with Glanzmann's thrombastenia or Bernard-Soulier syndrome.
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Mucocutaneous bleeding symptoms and/or persistent thrombocytopenia occur in individuals with congenital disorders of platelet function and number. Apart from bleeding, these disorders are often associated with additional hematologic and clinical manifestations, including auditory, immunologic, and oncologic disease. Autosomal recessive, dominant, and X-linked inheritance patterns have been demonstrated. Precise delineation of the molecular cause of the platelet disorder can aid the pediatrician in the detection and prevention of specific disorder-associated manifestations and guide appropriate treatment and anticipatory care for the patient and family.
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- Ruchika Sharma
- BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8733 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Blood Center of Wisconsin, Blood Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8733 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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Schoettler ML, Nathan DG. The Pathophysiology of Acquired Aplastic Anemia: Current Concepts Revisited. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2018; 32:581-594. [PMID: 30047412 DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Idiopathic acquired aplastic anemia is a rare, life-threatening bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by cytopenias and hypocellular bone marrow. The pathophysiology is unknown; the most favored model is of a dysregulated immune system leading to autoreactive T-cell destruction of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in a genetically susceptible host. The authors review the literature and propose that the major driver of acquired aplastic anemia is a combination of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells intrinsic defects and an inappropriately activated immune response in the setting of a viral infection. Alterations in bone marrow microenvironment may also contribute to the disease process.
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- Michelle L Schoettler
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215-5450, USA; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215-5450, USA; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Novotný JP, Köhler B, Max R, Egerer G. Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Progressing into Aplastic Anemia. Prague Med Rep 2018; 118:147-155. [PMID: 29324222 DOI: 10.14712/23362936.2017.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Acquired amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenic purpura (AATP) is a rare hematological disorder characterized by severe thrombocytopenia and a complete or near-to complete absence of megakaryocytes in the bone marrow, while granulopoiesis, as well as erythropoiesis are usually preserved. Although autoimmune mechanisms are believed to be causative, the exact underlying pathogenesis is not known. To date, only few cases have been reported and management of this disease remains controversial with immunosuppression being the treatment modality of choice in the majority of patients. In this article, we report a case of newly acquired AATP without an associated autoimmune disease, refractory to corticoids, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and second-generation TPO (thrombopoietin) agonists, which have recently been approved for the treatment of thrombocytopenia. Finally, in accordance with other reports, disease progression into aplastic anemia has occurred.
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- Department of Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Case Report: Clinical Variation in Children With Thrombopoietin Receptor (C-MPL) Mutations: Report of 2 Cases. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2018; 40:67-70. [PMID: 28859041 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000000944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT, MIM# 604498) is a rare congenital bone marrow failure syndrome which presents early in life with abnormal bleeding because of thrombocytopenia. Classically, megakaryocytes are decreased to absent in the bone marrow. The development of aplastic anemia early in childhood has led to the recommendation for early stem cell transplantation. Quantitative or loss-of-function mutations in the myeloproliferative leukemia gene (c-mpl), whose gene product functions as the thrombopoietin receptor, have been identified as causative for CAMT. Approximately 100 cases of CAMT are published in the medical literature. We describe 2 cases of CAMT who demonstrate disparate clinical courses, thereby highlighting phenotypic differences and increasing awareness of this clinical entity.
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Lorenz V, Ramsey H, Liu ZJ, Italiano J, Hoffmeister K, Bihorel S, Mager D, Hu Z, Slayton WB, Kile BT, Sola-Visner M, Ferrer-Marin F. Developmental Stage-Specific Manifestations of Absent TPO/c-MPL Signalling in Newborn Mice. Thromb Haemost 2017; 117:2322-2333. [PMID: 29212120 DOI: 10.1160/th17-06-0433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopaenia (CAMT) is a disorder caused by c-MPL mutations that impair thrombopoietin (TPO) signalling, resulting in a near absence of megakaryocytes (MKs). While this phenotype is consistent in adults, neonates with CAMT can present with severe thrombocytopaenia despite normal MK numbers. To investigate this, we characterized MKs and platelets in newborn c-MPL –/– mice. Liver MKs in c-MPL –/– neonates were reduced in number and size compared with wild-type (WT) age-matched MKs, and exhibited ultrastructural abnormalities not found in adult c-MPL –/– MKs. Platelet counts were lower in c-MPL –/– compared with WT mice at birth and did not increase over the first 2 weeks of life. In vivo biotinylation revealed a significant reduction in the platelet half-life of c-MPL –/– newborn mice (P2) compared with age-matched WT pups, which was not associated with ultrastructural abnormalities. Genetic deletion of the pro-apoptotic Bak did not rescue the severely reduced platelet half-life of c-MPL –/– newborn mice, suggesting that it was due to factors other than platelets entering apoptosis early. Indeed, adult GFP+ (green fluorescent protein transgenic) platelets transfused into thrombocytopenic c-MPL –/– P2 pups also had a shortened lifespan, indicating the importance of cell-extrinsic factors. In addition, neonatal platelets from WT and c-MPL –/– mice exhibited reduced P-selectin surface expression following stimulation compared with adult platelets of either genotype, and platelets from c-MPL –/– neonates exhibited reduced glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GPIIb/IIIa) activation in response to thrombin compared with age-matched WT platelets. Taken together, our findings indicate that c-MPL deficiency is associated with abnormal maturation of neonatal MKs and developmental stage-specific defects in platelet function.
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- Viola Lorenz
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.,Blood Center of Wisconsin, Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States.,College of Pharmacy, Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, Orlando, Florida, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.,Unidad de Hematología y Oncología Médica, Hospital Morales-Meseguer, Centro de Hemodonacion, IMIB-Murcia, CIBERER (CB15/00055), UCAM, Spain
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Hsu SY, Chen SH, Fu RH. Alpha-thalassemia major and restrictive foramen ovale in a preterm neonate without severe hydrops fetalis. Pediatr Neonatol 2017; 58:546-548. [PMID: 28381365 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2016.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Revised: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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- Shih-Yun Hsu
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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Pramono A, Zahabi A, Morishima T, Lan D, Welte K, Skokowa J. Thrombopoietin induces hematopoiesis from mouse ES cells via HIF-1α-dependent activation of a BMP4 autoregulatory loop. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2017; 1375:38-51. [PMID: 27447537 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying hematopoietic differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells may help to ascertain the conditions for the in vitro generation of hematopoietic cells. Previously, we found that patients with congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT), who develop pancytopenia early after birth, harbor mutations within the thrombopoietin (TPO) receptor, c-MPL. This knowledge, together with observations in vitro and in vivo, suggests that TPO/c-MPL signaling promotes early hematopoiesis. However, the mechanisms underlying TPO signaling are not fully elucidated. Here, we describe a direct connection between TPO and bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) signaling pathways in determining the hematopoietic fate of ES cells. Morphogen BMP4 is known to induce early hematopoietic differentiation of ES cells. Treatment of ES cells with TPO induced the autocrine production of BMP4 with concomitant upregulation of the BMP receptor BMPR1A, phosphorylation of SMAD1, 5, 8, and activation of specific BMP4 target genes; this was mediated by TPO-dependent binding of transcription factor HIF-1α to the BMP4 gene promoter. Treatment of ES cells with the BMP antagonist noggin substantially reduced TPO-dependent hematopoietic differentiation of ES cells. Thus, our findings contribute to the establishment of techniques for generating hematopoietic cells from ES cells.
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- Andri Pramono
- Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran,", Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Departments of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Rheumatology, and Pulmonology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Departments of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Rheumatology, and Pulmonology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Pediatric Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Hospital, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Departments of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Rheumatology, and Pulmonology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Ok Bozkaya İ, Yaralı N, Işık P, Ünsal Saç R, Tavil B, Tunç B. Severe Clinical Course in a Patient with Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia Due to a Missense Mutation of the c-MPL Gene. Turk J Haematol 2017; 32:172-4. [PMID: 26316487 PMCID: PMC4451487 DOI: 10.4274/tjh.2013.0191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) generally begins at birth with severe thrombocytopenia and progresses to pancytopenia. It is caused by mutations in the thrombopoietin receptor gene, the myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene (c-MPL). The association between CAMT and c-MPL mutation type has been reported in the literature. Patients with CAMT have been categorized according to their clinical symptoms caused by different mutations. Missense mutations of c-MPL have been classified as type II and these patients have delayed onset of bone marrow failure compared to type I patients. Here we present a girl with severe clinical course of CAMT II having a missense mutation in exon 4 of the c-MPL gene who was admitted to our hospital with intracranial hemorrhage during the newborn period.
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- İkbal Ok Bozkaya
- Ankara Children's Hematology Oncology Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Hematology, Ankara, Turkey Phone: +90 312 396 99 70 E-mail:
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia with severe neurological findings. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 2016; 27:936-939. [PMID: 27100302 DOI: 10.1097/mbc.0000000000000508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia from failure of megakaryopoiesis. The genetic background of CAMT is mutations in the myeloproliferative ligand gene encoding the thrombopoietin receptor. In our patient with CAMT, we identified homozygous missense mutations [c.407C>T (p.P136L)]. The association of CAMT and central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities is uncommon. Here we present a case in which CAMT appears linked to CNS abnormalities (encephalomalacia, global atrophy) and developmental delay related with intrauterine intracranial hemorrhage.
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Thrombopoietin was posited to exist in 1958 and cloned in 1994, and in the ensuing two decades we have learned a great deal about the physiology and pathology of the primary regulator of thrombopoiesis. This paper will review the role of the hormone and its receptor, the product of the c-Mpl proto-oncogene, in health and disease, including many unexpected effects in both normal and neoplastic hematopoiesis. Amongst these unexpected properties are a non-redundant effect on hematopoietic stem cells, a critical role in all three of the acquired, chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms, as well as both gain-of-function and loss-of-function mutations in congenital and acquired states of thrombocytopenia and thrombocythemia.
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Aplastic anemia (AA) is a potential life-threatening hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) disorder resulting in cytopenia. The mainstays of treatment for AA are definitive therapy to restore HSCs and supportive measures to ameliorate cytopenia-related complications. The standard definitive therapy is HSC transplantation for young and medically fit patients with suitable donors and immunosuppressive therapy (IST) with antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine for the remaining patients. A significant proportion of patients are refractory to IST or relapse after IST. Various strategies have been explored in these patients, including second course of antithymocyte globulin, high-dose cyclophosphamide, and alemtuzumab. Eltrombopag, a thrombopoietin mimetic, has recently emerged as an encouraging and promising agent for patients with refractory AA. It has demonstrated efficacy in restoring trilineage hematopoiesis, and this positive effect continues after discontinuation of the drug. There are ongoing clinical trials exploring the role of eltrombopag as a first-line therapy in moderate to severe AA and a combination of eltrombopag with IST in severe AA.
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- Su Han Lum
- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, UK
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Mussetti A, Kernan NA, Prockop SE, Scaradavou A, Lehrman R, Ruggiero JM, Curran K, Kobos R, O’Reilly R, Boulad F. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for nonmalignant hematologic disorders using chemotherapy-only cytoreductive regimens and T-cell-depleted grafts from human leukocyte antigen-matched or -mismatched donors. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2016; 33:347-358. [PMID: 27715384 PMCID: PMC5175271 DOI: 10.1080/08880018.2016.1204399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nonmalignant hematologic disorders (NMHD) of childhood comprise a variety of disorders, including acquired severe aplastic anemia and inherited marrow failure syndromes. Patients with high-risk NMHD without matched related donors fare poorly with allogeneic hematopoietic alternative donor stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) and are at high risk for developing graft-versus-host disease following unmodified grafts. The authors retrospectively analyzed data on 18 patients affected by NMHD, lacking a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical sibling donor, who underwent an alternative donor allo-HSCT at their institution between April 2005 and May 2013. Fifty percent of the patients had received prior immunosuppressive therapy, 72% had a history of infections, and 56% were transfusion dependent at the time of transplant. Cytoreduction included a combination of 3 of 5 agents: fludarabine, melphalan, thiotepa, busulfan, and cyclophosphamide. Grafts were T-cell depleted. All evaluable patients engrafted. Five died of transplant complications. The cumulative incidence of graft-versus-host disease was 6%. No patient had recurrence of disease. Five-year overall survival was 77%. Age at transplant <6 years was strongly associated with better survival. Based on these results, transplant with chemotherapy-only cytoreductive regimens and T-cell-depleted stem cell transplants could be recommended for patients with high-risk NMHD, especially at a younger age.
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- Alberto Mussetti
- Dipartimento di Ematologia e Onco-Ematologia Pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY,Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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Khincha PP, Savage SA. Neonatal manifestations of inherited bone marrow failure syndromes. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2016; 21:57-65. [PMID: 26724991 PMCID: PMC4747853 DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2015.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS) are a rare yet clinically important cause of neonatal hematological and non-hematological manifestations. Many of these syndromes, such as Fanconi anemia, dyskeratosis congenita and Diamond-Blackfan anemia, confer risks of multiple medical complications later in life, including an increased risk of cancer. Some IBMFS may present with cytopenias in the neonatal period whereas others may present only with congenital physical abnormalities and progress to pancytopenia later in life. A thorough family history and detailed physical examination are integral to the work-up of any neonate in whom there is a high index of suspicion for an IBMFS. Correct detection and diagnosis of these disorders is important for appropriate long-term medical surveillance and counseling not only for the patient but also for appropriate genetic counselling of their families regarding recurrence risks in future children and generations.
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- Corresponding author. Address: Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 9609, Medical Center Drive, Room 6E 454, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Tel.: +1 240-276-7241; fax: +1 240-276-7836. (S.A. Savage)
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Beer PA, Eaves CJ. Modeling Normal and Disordered Human Hematopoiesis. Trends Cancer 2015; 1:199-210. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2015.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Revised: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Mahadeo KM, Tewari P, Parikh SH, Driscoll TA, Page K, Martin PL, Kurtzberg J, Prasad VK. Durable engraftment and correction of hematological abnormalities in children with congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia following myeloablative umbilical cord blood transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 2015; 19:753-7. [PMID: 26369627 DOI: 10.1111/petr.12577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The use of HSCT is the only potentially curative treatment for CAMT, but access is limited by the availability of suitable donors. We report five consecutive patients with CAMT who received MAC and partially HLA-mismatched, UCBT (unrelated, n = 4). Median times to neutrophil (>500/μL) and platelet (≥20 000 and ≥50 000/μL) engraftment were 19, 57, and 70 days, respectively. Acute GvHD, grade II, developed in one patient, who subsequently developed limited chronic GvHD. At median follow-up of 14 yr, all patients are alive with sustained donor cell engraftment. To our knowledge, this is the largest single-center series of UCBT for patients with this disease and suggests that UCBT is a successful curative option for patients with CAMT.
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- Kris M Mahadeo
- Blood and Marrow and Transplantation Program, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Blood and Marrow and Transplantation Program, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Blood and Marrow and Transplantation Program, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Blood and Marrow and Transplantation Program, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Blood and Marrow and Transplantation Program, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Blood and Marrow and Transplantation Program, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Blood and Marrow and Transplantation Program, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Blood and Marrow and Transplantation Program, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Mouse prenatal platelet-forming lineages share a core transcriptional program but divergent dependence on MPL. Blood 2015; 126:807-16. [DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-12-616607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Prenatal platelet-forming lineages are subject to common transcription factor controls despite distinct spatial and ancestral origins. Platelet-forming lineage production is MPL-independent on emergence, but MPL is required in the late fetus for efficient thrombopoiesis.
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Kohlscheen S, Wintterle S, Schwarzer A, Kamp C, Brugman MH, Breuer DC, Büsche G, Baum C, Modlich U. Inhibition of Thrombopoietin/Mpl Signaling in Adult Hematopoiesis Identifies New Candidates for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Maintenance. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131866. [PMID: 26147434 PMCID: PMC4493002 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Thrombopoietin (Thpo) signals via its receptor Mpl and regulates megakaryopoiesis, hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) maintenance and post-transplant expansion. Mpl expression is tightly controlled and deregulation of Thpo/Mpl-signaling is linked to hematological disorders. Here, we constructed an intracellular-truncated, signaling-deficient Mpl protein which is presented on the cell surface (dnMpl). The transplantation of bone marrow cells retrovirally transduced to express dnMpl into wildtype mice induced thrombocytopenia, and a progressive loss of HSC. The aplastic BM allowed the engraftment of a second BM transplant without further conditioning. Functional analysis of the truncated Mpl in vitro and in vivo demonstrated no internalization after Thpo binding and the inhibition of Thpo/Mpl-signaling in wildtype cells due to dominant-negative (dn) effects by receptor competition with wildtype Mpl for Thpo binding. Intracellular inhibition of Mpl could be excluded as the major mechanism by the use of a constitutive-dimerized dnMpl. To further elucidate the molecular changes induced by Thpo/Mpl-inhibition on the HSC-enriched cell population in the BM, we performed gene expression analysis of Lin-Sca1+cKit+ (LSK) cells isolated from mice transplanted with dnMpl transduced BM cells. The gene expression profile supported the exhaustion of HSC due to increased cell cycle progression and identified new and known downstream effectors of Thpo/Mpl-signaling in HSC (namely TIE2, ESAM1 and EPCR detected on the HSC-enriched LSK cell population). We further compared gene expression profiles in LSK cells of dnMpl mice with human CD34+ cells of aplastic anemia patients and identified similar deregulations of important stemness genes in both cell populations. In summary, we established a novel way of Thpo/Mpl inhibition in the adult mouse and performed in depth analysis of the phenotype including gene expression profiling.
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- Saskia Kohlscheen
- Research Group for Gene Modification in Stem Cells, LOEWE Center for Cell and Gene Therapy Frankfurt/Main and the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Hematology; Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Hematology; Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Hematology; Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Biostatistik, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany
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- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Experimental Hematology; Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Hematology; Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Research Group for Gene Modification in Stem Cells, LOEWE Center for Cell and Gene Therapy Frankfurt/Main and the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Hematology; Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia: a case report of pediatric twins undergoing matched unrelated bone marrow transplantation. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2015; 37:304-6. [PMID: 25171451 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000000247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a rare inherited disorder that presents with thrombocytopenia in infancy and evolves into bone marrow failure over time. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant remains the only curative treatment option. We report our experience with identical twin sisters diagnosed with CAMT and treated successfully with matched unrelated donor bone marrow transplants. Before the transplant, 1 twin developed pancytopenia, whereas the other had a relatively benign clinical course. Choice of conditioning regimens was based on their pretransplant bone marrow cellularity and presence or absence of panyhypoplasia. Both twins tolerated the procedure well with no significant complications.
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Yu QH, Wang SY, Wu Z. Advances in genetic studies of inherited bone marrow failure syndromes and their associated malignancies. Transl Pediatr 2014; 3:305-9. [PMID: 26835351 PMCID: PMC4728835 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2224-4336.2014.07.06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS) are a rare group of heterogeneous genetic disorders characterised by bone marrow failure, commonly associated with one or more congenital anomalies found in patients which have a familiar predisposition. Genetic detection of IBMFS disease types is not only to benefit to affected patients but also of help to relatives unaffected phenotypically. Patients with IBMFS have a high risk of hematologic malignancies, commonly myelodyspastic syndrome (MDS), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and specific types solid tumours. These malignancies may require different treatment strategies due to the underlying gene defects. Studies demonstrate that over 40 genes mutations are associated with IBMFS. Recently studies using next generation sequencing have increased our understanding of the etiology and classification of IBMFS, particularly the link between the defects and the biological mechanism leading to malignancies.
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- Qi-Hong Yu
- 1 Department of Gastroenterology, Chang Hai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China ; 2 Department of Hematology, The first Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China ; 3 Western Sydney Genome Diagnostics, Western Sydney Genetics Program, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW, 2014, Australia
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- 1 Department of Gastroenterology, Chang Hai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China ; 2 Department of Hematology, The first Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China ; 3 Western Sydney Genome Diagnostics, Western Sydney Genetics Program, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW, 2014, Australia
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- 1 Department of Gastroenterology, Chang Hai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China ; 2 Department of Hematology, The first Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China ; 3 Western Sydney Genome Diagnostics, Western Sydney Genetics Program, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW, 2014, Australia
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Woods G, Bajwa RPS, Rose MJ. Reduced intensity transplantation for congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia: report of a case and review of the literature. Pediatr Transplant 2014; 18:E31-4. [PMID: 24119002 DOI: 10.1111/petr.12175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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CAMT is a bone marrow failure syndrome that usually presents with isolated thrombocytopenia soon after birth. HSCT is curative, and MAC is associated with increased transplant-related morbidity and mortality, especially in the unrelated setting. We used a RIC regimen with alemtuzumab, fludarabine, and melphalan in a seven-month-old patient with CAMT who underwent a MUD HSCT. The transplant was well tolerated with few complications. Neutrophil and platelet engraftment occurred on day +12 and +29, respectively, and she had 100% donor chimerisms on days +19.
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- Gary Woods
- Department of Hematology/Oncology/BMT, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Cox K, Price V, Kahr WHA. Inherited platelet disorders: a clinical approach to diagnosis and management. Expert Rev Hematol 2014; 4:455-72. [DOI: 10.1586/ehm.11.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Kumar R, Kahr WHA. Congenital thrombocytopenia: clinical manifestations, laboratory abnormalities, and molecular defects of a heterogeneous group of conditions. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2013; 27:465-94. [PMID: 23714308 DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2013.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Once considered exceptionally rare, congenital thrombocytopenias are increasingly recognized as a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a reduction in platelet number and a bleeding tendency that may range from very mild to life threatening. Although some of these disorders affect only megakaryocytes and platelets, others involve different cell types and may result in characteristic phenotypic abnormalities. This review elaborates the clinical presentation and laboratory manifestations of common congenital thrombocytopenias in addition to exploring our understanding of the molecular basis of these disorders and therapeutic interventions available.
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- Riten Kumar
- Division of Haematology/Oncology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Wörmann B. Clinical indications for thrombopoietin and thrombopoietin-receptor agonists. Transfus Med Hemother 2013; 40:319-25. [PMID: 24273485 PMCID: PMC3822275 DOI: 10.1159/000355006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Thrombocytopenia is a common hematologic disorder. Stimulation of thrombopoiesis may reduce the risk for thrombocytopenia-induced bleeding, prevent severe thrombocytopenia, and reduce the need for platelet transfusion. The key cytokine is thrombopoietin (TPO). It regulates proliferation and maturation of megakaryocytes as well as platelet production. TPO is synthesized in the liver. Development of TPO from the laboratory into a therapeutic tool has turned out to be an unexpected challenge. Clinical trials on first-generation thrombopoietic growth factors were stopped in 2001. At present, second-generation thrombopoiesis-stimulating agents have only been approved as orphan drugs for third-line therapy of patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia. Larger groups in need are patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia, other forms of hereditary and acquired bone marrow failure, hepatitis C infections, or liver cirrhosis.
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- Bernhard Wörmann
- Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Hämatologie, Onkologie und Tumorbiologie, Ambulantes Gesundheitszentrum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin – Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie, Berlin, Germany
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Stoddart MT, Connor P, Germeshausen M, Ballmaier M, Steward CG. Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) presenting as severe pancytopenia in the first month of life. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013; 60:E94-6. [PMID: 23625800 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is characterised by neonatal thrombocytopenia, with reduced or absent bone marrow megakaryocytes, leading eventually to pancytopenia. The mean age for progression to bone marrow failure is four years, with the earliest reported being six months. We describe a CAMT patient with compound heterozygous mutations of the causative MPL gene (one being a previously unreported splice site mutation in intron 11) who developed pancytopenia within the first month of life. This report emphasises the importance of considering CAMT in the differential diagnosis of congenital aplastic anaemia or idiopathic aplastic anaemia in babies.
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Hirata S, Takayama N, Jono-Ohnishi R, Endo H, Nakamura S, Dohda T, Nishi M, Hamazaki Y, Ishii EI, Kaneko S, Otsu M, Nakauchi H, Kunishima S, Eto K. Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia iPS cells exhibit defective MPL-mediated signaling. J Clin Invest 2013; 123:3802-14. [PMID: 23908116 DOI: 10.1172/jci64721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is caused by the loss of thrombopoietin receptor-mediated (MPL-mediated) signaling, which causes severe pancytopenia leading to bone marrow failure with onset of thrombocytopenia and anemia prior to leukopenia. Because Mpl(-/-) mice do not exhibit the human disease phenotype, we used an in vitro disease tracing system with induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from a CAMT patient (CAMT iPSCs) and normal iPSCs to investigate the role of MPL signaling in hematopoiesis. We found that MPL signaling is essential for maintenance of the CD34+ multipotent hematopoietic progenitor (MPP) population and development of the CD41+GPA+ megakaryocyte-erythrocyte progenitor (MEP) population, and its role in the fate decision leading differentiation toward megakaryopoiesis or erythropoiesis differs considerably between normal and CAMT cells. Surprisingly, complimentary transduction of MPL into normal or CAMT iPSCs using a retroviral vector showed that MPL overexpression promoted erythropoiesis in normal CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs), but impaired erythropoiesis and increased aberrant megakaryocyte production in CAMT iPSC-derived CD34+ HPCs, reflecting a difference in the expression of the transcription factor FLI1. These results demonstrate that impaired transcriptional regulation of the MPL signaling that normally governs megakaryopoiesis and erythropoiesis underlies CAMT.
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- Shinji Hirata
- Clinical Application Department, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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He X, Chen Z, Jiang Y, Qiu X, Zhao X. Different mutations of the human c-mpl gene indicate distinct haematopoietic diseases. J Hematol Oncol 2013; 6:11. [PMID: 23351976 PMCID: PMC3563459 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-6-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The human c-mpl gene (MPL) plays an important role in the development of megakaryocytes and platelets as well as the self-renewal of haematopoietic stem cells. However, numerous MPL mutations have been identified in haematopoietic diseases. These mutations alter the normal regulatory mechanisms and lead to autonomous activation or signalling deficiencies. In this review, we summarise 59 different MPL mutations and classify these mutations into four different groups according to the associated diseases and mutation rates. Using this classification, we clearly distinguish four diverse types of MPL mutations and obtain a deep understand of their clinical significance. This will prove to be useful for both disease diagnosis and the design of individual therapy regimens based on the type of MPL mutations.
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- Xin He
- Department of Hematology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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Latger-Cannard V, Fenneteau O, Salignac S, Lecompte TP, Schlegel N. Platelet morphology analysis. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 992:207-25. [PMID: 23546716 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-339-8_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Platelets are very small blood cells (1.5-3 μm), which play a major role in primary haemostasis and in coagulation mechanisms. Platelet characterization requires their counting (see Chapter 15 ) associated with accurate morphology analysis. We describe the major steps in order to correctly obtain stained blood films, which can be analyzed by optical microscope. Platelet morphology abnormalities are found in acquired malignant hematological diseases such myeloproliferative or myelodysplastic syndromes and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. A careful analysis of the platelet size and morphology, by detecting either normal platelets with or without excessive anisocytosis, microplatelets, or large/giant platelets, will contribute to inherited thrombocytopenia diagnosis and gather substantial data when looking for an acquired platelet disorders.
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- Véronique Latger-Cannard
- Hematology Department and Grand East Competence Center on Inherited Platelet Disorders, CHU Nancy, Nancy, France
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Weinzierl EP, Arber DA. The differential diagnosis and bone marrow evaluation of new-onset pancytopenia. Am J Clin Pathol 2013; 139:9-29. [PMID: 23270895 DOI: 10.1309/ajcp50aeeygrewuz] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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New-onset pancytopenia can be caused by a wide variety of etiologies, leading to a diagnostic dilemma. These etiologies range from congenital bone marrow failure to marrow space-occupying lesions, infection, and peripheral destruction, to name a few. Bone marrow examination, in addition to a detailed clinical history, is often required for an accurate diagnosis. The purpose of this review is to provide a brief overview of many of the causes of new-onset pancytopenia in adults and children, with emphasis on bone marrow findings and recommendations of additional testing and clinical evaluation when needed, with the overall aim of aiding the pathologist's role as a consultant to the patient's treating physician.
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Geddis AE. Inherited thrombocytopenias: an approach to diagnosis and management. Int J Lab Hematol 2012; 35:14-25. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553x.2012.01454.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 06/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- A. E. Geddis
- Rady Children's Hospital San Diego; University of California San Diego; San Diego; CA; USA
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Holzhauer S, Zieger B. Diagnosis and management of neonatal thrombocytopenia. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2011; 16:305-10. [PMID: 21835709 DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2011.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Thrombocytopenia is the most common haematological abnormality in newborns admitted to neonatal care units and serves as an important indicator of underlying pathological processes of mother or child. In most cases thrombocytopenia is mild to moderate and resolves within the first weeks of life without any intervention. However, in some neonates thrombocytopenia is severe or may reflect an inborn platelet disorder. As clinical course and outcome of thrombocytopenia depend on the aetiology of thrombocytopenia, an appropriate work-up is essential to guide therapy in neonates with thrombocytopenia and to avoid severe bleeding.
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- Susanne Holzhauer
- Department of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, Charité - University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Geddis AE. Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011; 57:199-203. [PMID: 21337678 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2010] [Accepted: 11/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is clinically characterized by thrombocytopenia presenting at birth in a child without congenital or skeletal malformations, reduced or absent bone marrow megakaryocytes, and eventual progression to bone marrow failure. Molecular studies in most cases confirm homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the thrombopoietin receptor c-Mpl. In addition to the clinical importance of recognizing this disorder, characterization of mutations identified in patients with CAMT has led to insights into thrombopoietin receptor structure and function. This review will summarize the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and management of CAMT.
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- Amy E Geddis
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California 92123, USA.
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Tarek N, Kernan NA, Prockop SE, Scaradavou A, Small TN, O'Reilly RJ, Boulad F. T-cell-depleted hematopoietic SCT from unrelated donors for the treatment of congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia. Bone Marrow Transplant 2011; 47:744-6. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2011.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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