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ArticleJournal of clinical immunology2021

Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Cures Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency: Report on 30 Patients.

Hasan Hashem, Giorgia Bucciol, Seza Ozen, Sule Unal, Ikbal Ok Bozkaya, Nurten Akarsu, Mervi Taskinen, Minna Koskenvuo, Janna Saarela, Dimana Dimitrova and 41 more

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Article in Journal of clinical immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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51 authors at 20 institutions in 13 countries.

Hasan HashemDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC), P.O Box 1269, Amman, 11941, Jordan. hh.08847@khcc.jo.
Giorgia BucciolDepartment of Pediatrics, ERN RITA Core Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Seza OzenDepartment of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Sule UnalDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Research Center for Fanconi Anemia and Other Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Ikbal Ok BozkayaDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Nurten AkarsuDepartment of Medical Genetics, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
Mervi TaskinenDivision of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Minna KoskenvuoPediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Janna SaarelaInstitute for Molecular Medicine Finland, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Dimana DimitrovaExperimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch, National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Dennis D HicksteinImmune Deficiency Cellular Therapy Program, CCR, NCI, MD, Bethesda, USA.
Amy P HsuLaboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Steven M HollandLaboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Robert KranceCell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Ghadir SasaCell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Ashish R KumarCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Ingo MüllerDivision of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Monica Abreu de SousaDivision of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Selket DelafontaineDepartment of Pediatrics, ERN RITA Core Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Leen MoensDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory for Inborn Errors of Immunity, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Florian BaborDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Center for Child and Adolescent Health, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Federica BarzaghiSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (TIGET), Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Milan, Milan, Italy.
Maria Pia CicalesePediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Robbert BrediusDepartment of Pediatrics, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Joris van MontfransDepartment of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Valentina BarettaPediatric Hematology Oncology, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Simone CesaroPediatric Hematology Oncology, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Polina StepenskyDepartment of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Neven BenedictePediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology Unit, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, APHP, Paris, France.
Despina MoshousPediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology Unit, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, APHP, Paris, France.
Guillaume Le GuennoDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Estaing, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
David BoutboulClinical Immunology Department, Hospital Saint Louis, Université de Paris, Paris, France.
Jignesh DalalRainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Joel P BrooksDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Elif DokmeciDepartment of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Jasmeen DaraDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Carrie L LucasDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Sophie HambletonNewcastle University Translational and Clinical Research Institute and Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, , Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Keith WilsonDepartment of Hematology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Stephen JollesImmunodeficiency Centre for Wales, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Yener KocStem Cell Transplant Unit, Medicana International, Istanbul, Turkey.
Tayfun GüngörDivision of Hematology/Oncology/Immunology, Gene Therapy, and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Children's Hospital Zurich - Eleonore Foundation & Children's Research Center (CRC), Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Caroline SchniderPediatric Immuno-Rheumatology of Western Switzerland, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Fabio CandottiDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sandra SteinmannDepartment of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Ansgar SchulzDepartment of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Chip ChambersVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Michael HershfieldDepartment of Medicine and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Amanda OmbrelloMetabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Jennifer A KanakryExperimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch, National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Isabelle MeytsDepartment of Pediatrics, ERN RITA Core Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. isabelle.meyts@uzleuven.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1214-0302
KU Leuven · BEHacettepe University · TRAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona · ITBaylor College of Medicine · USHelsinki University Hospital · FIHôpital Necker-Enfants Malades · FRNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity Hospital of Wales · GBUniversity of Lausanne · CHYale University · USCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand · FRCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USDuke Medical Center · USHadassah Medical Center · ILHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEImmune Deficiency Foundation · USKing Hussein Cancer Center · JOLeiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
European Research Council 948959; MORE2ADA2; EU Horizon 2020Intramural NIH HHS Intramural Research ProgramNCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001ENIH HHS Cancer Research CenterWellcome Trust 207556/Z/17/ZWellcome Trust 207556_Z_17_Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDeficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2) is an inherited inborn error of immunity, characterized by autoinflammation (recurrent fever), vasculopathy (livedo racemosa, polyarteritis nodosa, lacunar ischemic strokes, and intracranial hemorrhages), immunodeficiency, lymphoproliferation, immune cytopenias, and bone marrow failure (BMF). Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) blockade is the treatment of choice for the vasculopathy, but often fails to reverse refractory cytopenia. We aimed to study the outcome of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in patients with DADA2.

methodsWe conducted a retrospective study on the outcome of HCT in patients with DADA2. The primary outcome was overall survival (OS).

resultsThirty DADA2 patients from 12 countries received a total of 38 HCTs. The indications for HCT were BMF, immune cytopenia, malignancy, or immunodeficiency. Median age at HCT was 9 years (range: 2-28 years). The conditioning regimens for the final transplants were myeloablative (n = 20), reduced intensity (n = 8), or non-myeloablative (n = 2). Donors were HLA-matched related (n = 4), HLA-matched unrelated (n = 16), HLA-haploidentical (n = 2), or HLA-mismatched unrelated (n = 8). After a median follow-up of 2 years (range: 0.5-16 years), 2-year OS was 97%, and 2-year GvHD-free relapse-free survival was 73%. The hematological and immunological phenotypes resolved, and there were no new vascular events. Plasma ADA2 enzyme activity normalized in 16/17 patients tested. Six patients required more than one HCT.

conclusionHCT was an effective treatment for DADA2, successfully reversing the refractory cytopenia, as well as the vasculopathy and immunodeficiency. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: HCT is a definitive cure for DADA2 with > 95% survival.

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAdenosine DeaminaseAdolescentAdultAgammaglobulinemiaBone Marrow Failure DisordersChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleRetrospective StudiesSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencyADA2 protein, humanAdenosine DeaminaseIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsAutoinflammationBone marrow failureDADA2Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2Hematopoietic cell transplantationImmunodeficiencyInborn error of immunity

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PMID34324127
PMCPMC8452581
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