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ArticleBlood2013

Abnormalities in the alternative pathway of complement in children with hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy.

Sonata Jodele, Christoph Licht, Jens Goebel, Bradley P Dixon, Kejian Zhang, Theru A Sivakumaran, Stella M Davies, Fred G Pluthero, Lily Lu, Benjamin L Laskin

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Article in Blood, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07347990 (A Prospective, Multicenter, Single-Arm Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 97 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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97citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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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.

NCT07347990 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

A Prospective, Multicenter, Single-Arm Study: Safety and Efficacy of Iptacopan in the Treatment of High-Risk Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TA-TMA)

TypeinterventionalSponsorFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang UniversityRan2026 to 2029Enrolled30ConditionsThrombotic Microangiopathy, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)Armsiptacopan
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 245 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Clinical guides for atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in Japan.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2016
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  10. Complement activation in secondary thrombotic microangiopathies.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2025
    Review
  11. Microangiopathic Anemia.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2025
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37 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Sonata JodeleDivision of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH;
Christoph Licht
Jens Goebel
Bradley P Dixon
Kejian Zhang
Theru A Sivakumaran
Stella M Davies
Fred G Pluthero
Lily Lu
Benjamin L Laskin
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USHospital for Sick Children · CAHypertension Institute · USPhiladelphia University · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and TrainingUL1TR000077 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI HEUBI, JAMES E. · 2012 to 2014
$9.9M
Proteomics CoreP50DK096418 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI DEVARAJAN, PRASAD · 2012 to 2021
$8.4M
Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Molecular HematologyP30DK090971 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI ZHENG, YI · 2010 to 2015
$4.0M
Career Development in Comparative Effectiveness ResearchKM1CA156715 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI METLAY, JOSHUA P · 2010 to 2010
$2.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000077NCI NIH HHS KM1CA156715-01NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK090971NIDDK NIH HHS P50DK096418
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a complication that occurs in 25% to 35% of HSCT recipients and shares histomorphologic similarities with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). The hallmark of all thrombotic microangiopathies is vascular endothelial cell injury of various origins, resulting in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, platelet consumption, fibrin deposition in the microcirculation, and tissue damage. Although significant advances have been made in understanding the pathogenesis of other thrombotic microangiopathies, post-HSCT TMA remains poorly understood. We report an analysis of the complement alternative pathway, which has recently been linked to the pathogenesis of both the Shiga toxin mediated and the atypical forms of HUS, with a focus on genetic variations in the complement Factor H (CFH) gene cluster and CFH autoantibodies in six children with post-HSCT TMA. We identified a high prevalence of deletions in CFH-related genes 3 and 1 (delCFHR3-CFHR1) and CFH autoantibodies in these patients with HSCT-TMA. Conversely, CFH autoantibodies were not detected in 18 children undergoing HSCT who did not develop TMA. Our observations suggest that complement alternative pathway dysregulation may be involved in the pathogenesis of post-HSCT TMA. These findings shed light on a novel mechanism of endothelial injury in transplant-TMA and may therefore guide the development of targeted treatment interventions.

Indexed as

Complement Pathway, AlternativeAdolescentAutoantibodiesChildChild, PreschoolComplement System ProteinsGene DeletionGenotypeHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansThrombotic MicroangiopathiesAutoantibodiesComplement System Proteins

Identifiers

PMID23814021
PMCPMC3790943
OpenAlexW2045959749

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