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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2017

Serum Vitamin A Levels May Affect the Severity of Ocular Graft-versus-Host Disease.

Jiefeng Tong, Renjian Hu, Yingying Zhao, Yang Xu, Xiaoying Zhao, Xiuming Jin

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Micronutrient requirements for stem cell transplantation patients > 100 days after transplant and during graft versus host disease: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  2. Review
  3. Radiation and host retinoic acid signaling promote the induction of gut-homing donor T cells after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2020
    Article
  4. Role of Vitamin A in Modulating Graft-versus-Host Disease.Journal of immunology research and therapy · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiefeng TongHematology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Renjian HuEye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Yingying ZhaoEye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Yang XuHematology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaoying ZhaoHematology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xiuming JinEye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a well-established therapeutic option for a range of inherited and acquired hematological disorders. However, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains the leading cause of non-relapse mortality in allogeneic HSCT recipients. Ocular involvement occurs in up to 80% of chronic GVHD patients. In our cases, the diagnosis of vitamin A deficiency was suspected for GVHD patients. Serum vitamin A measurements were conducted to confirm clinical suspicions. Our study revealed significant decrease in serum levels of vitamin A in chronic liver GVHD patients. Although there have been many studies evaluating ocular manifestations in patients with GVHD, the present study is, to our knowledge, the first to study the relationship between vitamin A and ocular manifestations of GVHD in humans. Our data suggest that vitamin A deficiency affects the severity of ocular GVHD in adults.

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allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationcornea perforationdry eyegraft-versus-host diseasevitamin A

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PMID28691006
PMCPMC5479876
OpenAlexW2682098286

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