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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

The state of the art in the treatment of severe aplastic anemia: immunotherapy and hematopoietic cell transplantation in children and adults.

Agnieszka Piekarska, Katarzyna Pawelec, Anna Szmigielska-Kapłon, Marek Ussowicz

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Agnieszka PiekarskaDepartment of Hematology and Transplantology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Katarzyna PawelecDepartment of Oncology, Pediatric Hematology, Clinical Transplantology and Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Anna Szmigielska-KapłonDepartment of Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Marek UssowiczDepartment of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation, Oncology and Hematology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Gdańsk Medical University · PLMedical University of Lodz · PLMedical University of Warsaw · PLWroclaw Medical University · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acquired aplastic anemia (AA) is an immune-mediated bone marrow (BM) failure where marrow disruption is driven by a cytotoxic T-cell-mediated autoimmune attack against hematopoietic stem cells. The key diagnostic challenge in children, but also in adults, is to exclude the possible underlying congenital condition and myelodysplasia. The choice of treatment options, either allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) or immunosuppressive therapy (IST), depends on the patient's age, comorbidities, and access to a suitable donor and effective therapeutic agents. Since 2022, horse antithymocyte globulin (hATG) has been available again in Europe and is recommended for IST as a more effective option than rabbit ATG. Therefore, an update on immunosuppressive strategies is warranted. Despite an improved response to the new immunosuppression protocols with hATG and eltrombopag, some patients are not cured or remain at risk of aplasia relapse or clonal evolution and require postponed alloHCT. The transplantation field has evolved, becoming safer and more accessible. Upfront alloHCT from unrelated donors is becoming a tempting option. With the use of posttransplant cyclophosphamide, haploidentical HCT offers promising outcomes also in AA. In this paper, we present the state of the art in the management of severe AA for pediatric and adult patients based on the available guidelines and recently published studies.

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Anemia, AplasticHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAdultAnimalsAntilymphocyte SerumChildHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsImmunotherapyTreatment OutcomeAntilymphocyte SerumImmunosuppressive Agentsantithymocyte globulinaplastic anemiaeltrombopaghATGhematopoietic cell transplantationimmunosuppressionrATG

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PMID38646536
PMCPMC11026616
OpenAlexW4393986291

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