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ArticleExperimental hematology & oncology2021

VEXAS syndrome in myelodysplastic syndrome with autoimmune disorder.

Huijun Huang, Wenjun Zhang, Wenyu Cai, Jinqin Liu, Huijun Wang, Tiejun Qin, Zefeng Xu, Bing Li, Shiqiang Qu, Lijuan Pan and 3 more

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Article in Experimental hematology & oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Huijun Huang *State Key Laboratory of Experimental Haematology, Institute of Haematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.
Wenjun Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Experimental Haematology, Institute of Haematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.
Wenyu CaiHematologic Pathology Center, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.
Jinqin LiuState Key Laboratory of Experimental Haematology, Institute of Haematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.
Huijun WangHematologic Pathology Center, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.
Tiejun QinMDS and MPN Centre, Institute of Haematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China.
Zefeng XuState Key Laboratory of Experimental Haematology, Institute of Haematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.
Bing LiState Key Laboratory of Experimental Haematology, Institute of Haematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.
Shiqiang QuState Key Laboratory of Experimental Haematology, Institute of Haematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.
Lijuan PanMDS and MPN Centre, Institute of Haematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China.
Gang HuangDivisions of Experimental Haematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Robert Peter GaleDivision of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Haematology Section, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Zhijian XiaoState Key Laboratory of Experimental Haematology, Institute of Haematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China. zjxiao@ihcams.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1099-4489
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USImperial College London · GB

Funding

Role of the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1alpha in Myelodysplastic SyndromesR01DK105014 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI HUANG, GANG · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
Fonden for Lægevidenskabelig Forskning for Fyns Amt (DK) No.2020-I2M-C&T-A-020National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 81870104Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City 18JCZDJC34900,16JCQNJC11400,19JCQNJC09400NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK105014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome is a newly-described adult-onset inflammatory syndrome characterized by vacuoles in myeloid and erythroid precursor cells and somatic mutations affecting methionine-41 (p.Met41) in UBA1. The VEXAS syndrome often overlaps with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with autoimmune disorders (AD). By screening the UBA1 gene sequences derived from MDS patients with AD from our center, we identified one patient with a p.Met41Leu missense mutation in UBA1, who should have been diagnosed as MDS comorbid with VEXAS syndrome. This patient respond poorly to immune suppressive drugs. Patients with MDS and AD who have characteristic vacuoles in myeloid and erythroid precursor cells should be screened for UBA1 mutation, these patients are likely to have VEXAS syndrome and unlikely to improve with immunosuppressive drugs and should be considered for other alternative therapies.

Indexed as

Autoimmune disordersCytoplasmic vacuolationMyelodysplastic syndromesUBA1 mutationVEXAS syndrome

Identifiers

PMID33741056
PMCPMC7976711
OpenAlexW3137993872

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