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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

When inflammatory stressors dramatically change, disease phenotypes may transform between autoimmune hematopoietic failure and myeloid neoplasms.

Xi-Chen Zhao, Bo Ju, Nuan-Nuan Xiu, Xiao-Yun Sun, Fan-Jun Meng

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xi-Chen ZhaoDepartment of Hematology, The Central Hospital of Qingdao West Coast New Area, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Bo JuDepartment of Hematology, The Central Hospital of Qingdao West Coast New Area, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Nuan-Nuan XiuDepartment of Hematology, The Central Hospital of Qingdao West Coast New Area, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Xiao-Yun SunDepartment of Hematology, The Central Hospital of Qingdao West Coast New Area, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Fan-Jun MengDepartment of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Qingdao Municipal Hospital · CNAffiliated Hospital of Qingdao University · CNQingdao University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aplastic anemia (AA) and hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndrome are paradigms of autoimmune hematopoietic failure (AHF). Myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia are unequivocal myeloid neoplasms (MNs). Currently, AA is also known to be a clonal hematological disease. Genetic aberrations typically observed in MNs are detected in approximately one-third of AA patients. In AA patients harboring MN-related genetic aberrations, a poor response to immunosuppressive therapy (IST) and an increased risk of transformation to MNs occurring either naturally or after IST are predicted. Approximately 10%-15% of patients with severe AA transform the disease phenotype to MNs following IST, and in some patients, leukemic transformation emerges during or shortly after IST. Phenotypic transformations between AHF and MNs can occur reciprocally. A fraction of advanced MN patients experience an aplastic crisis during which leukemic blasts are repressed. The switch that shapes the disease phenotype is a change in the strength of extramedullary inflammation. Both AHF and MNs have an immune-active bone marrow (BM) environment (BME). In AHF patients, an inflamed BME can be evoked by infiltrated immune cells targeting neoplastic molecules, which contributes to the BM-specific autoimmune impairment. Autoimmune responses in AHF may represent an antileukemic mechanism, and inflammatory stressors strengthen antileukemic immunity, at least in a significant proportion of patients who have MN-related genetic aberrations. During active inflammatory episodes, normal and leukemic hematopoieses are suppressed, which leads to the occurrence of aplastic cytopenia and leukemic cell regression. The successful treatment of underlying infections mitigates inflammatory stress-related antileukemic activities and promotes the penetration of leukemic hematopoiesis. The effect of IST is similar to that of treating underlying infections. Investigating inflammatory stress-powered antileukemic immunity is highly important in theoretical studies and clinical practice, especially given the wide application of immune-activating agents and immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of hematological neoplasms.

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Anemia, AplasticLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMyelodysplastic SyndromesMyeloproliferative DisordersBone MarrowHumansacute myeloid leukemiaantileukemic immunityaplastic anemiainflammatory stressorsleukemic transformationmyelodysplastic syndrome

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PMID38426096
PMCPMC10902444
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