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ReviewSeminars in oncology2011

Immunologic aspects of hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndrome.

Rodrigo T Calado

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Review in Seminars in oncology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Deletion of Mouse Setd4 Promotes the Recovery of Hematopoietic Failure.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2020
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  10. Idiopathic aplastic anemia vs hypocellular myelodysplastic syndrome.Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2019
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  13. Hospital-Based Case-Control Study of MDS Subtypes and Benzene Exposure in Shanghai.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017
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  16. Bone Marrow Immunity and Myelodysplasia.Frontiers in oncology · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rodrigo T CaladoHematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute · US

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 HL999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pathophysiology of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) is multiple, complex, and poorly understood. In some cases of MDS, especially those in which the bone marrow is hypocellular, there is increasing experimental and clinical indication that an immune-mediated damage to hematopoietic precursors and changes in the hematopoiesis-supporting microenvironment contribute to disease development. Increased serum levels of type-1 cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interferon-γ (INF-γ), and oligoclonal expansion of cytotoxic T cells are observed in human MDS. In some cases, the immunologic attack to the marrow appears to be triggered by MDS-specific antigens, damaging the microenvironment and inducing cell apoptosis especially of normal progenitors. In murine models, dysregulation of osteoprogenitors leads to disrupted hematopoiesis of healthy hematopoietic progenitor and stem cells, eventually resulting in MDS and leukemia. In hypocellular MDS, marrow failure appears to be not only the result of ineffective erythropoiesis of abnormal clones, but also due to inhibition of normal progenitors. Immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporine, anti-thymocyte globulin, or alemtuzumab may alleviate cytopenias and in some instances induce cytogenetic remission. However, not all patients respond to immunosuppression, and the identification of relevant biomarkers for an immune mechanism is necessary to identify those patients who may benefit from this treatment modality.

Indexed as

Anemia, AplasticCytokinesDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsMyelodysplastic SyndromesPatient SelectionStem Cell NicheCytokinesImmunosuppressive Agents

Identifiers

PMID21943673
PMCPMC3187571
OpenAlexW2060539367

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