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ReviewHematology/oncology clinics of North America2018

The Pathophysiology of Acquired Aplastic Anemia: Current Concepts Revisited.

Michelle L Schoettler, David G Nathan

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Review in Hematology/oncology clinics of North America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Current view on the etiopathogenesis of aplastic anemia.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2025
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  20. MAIT Cells in the Bone Marrow of Patients with Aplastic Anemia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michelle L SchoettlerDepartment 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.
David G NathanDepartment 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. Electronic address: David_Nathan@dfci.harvard.edu.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USHarvard University · US

Funding

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HUMAN BLOOD CELLST32HL007574 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI Daniel Evan Bauer · 1985 to 2026
$18.4M
A Controlled Clinical Trial of Regadenoson in Sickle Cell AnemiaP50HL110790 · NHLBI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI FIELD, JOSHUA JEFFREY, LINDEN, JOEL M. · 2012 to 2016
$10.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL110790NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007574NIAID NIH HHS L40 AI140344
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

Indexed as

Anemia, AplasticHematopoietic Stem CellsVirus DiseasesHumansStem Cell NicheAcquired aplastic anemiaClonal hematopoiesisImmune suppressive therapyPathophysiologyPNH

Identifiers

PMID30047412
PMCPMC6538304
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Registered trials

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