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ReviewNature reviews. Disease primers2025

Mastocytosis.

Cem Akin, Michel Arock, Melody C Carter, Tracy I George, Peter Valent

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Review in Nature reviews. Disease primers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Novel KIT mutation, D816_N819delinsll, in a patient with systemic mastocytosis: a case report.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026
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  13. Role of Mast Cells and Their Mediators in Chronic Kidney Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Cem AkinDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. cemakin@med.umich.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-4520
Michel ArockCEREMAST, Department of Hematological Biology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Pierre et Marie Curie University (UPMC), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3990-4408
Melody C CarterLaboratory of Allergic Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0379-5366
Tracy I GeorgeDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5478-7847
Peter ValentDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. peter.valent@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0456-5095

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mastocytosis is a spectrum of clonal myeloid disorders defined by abnormal growth and accumulation of mast cells in various organ systems. The disease is divided into cutaneous mastocytosis, systemic mastocytosis (SM) and mast cell sarcoma. SM is further categorized into several non-advanced and advanced forms. The prognosis of cutaneous mastocytosis and non-advanced SM is mostly favourable, whereas prognosis and survival in advanced SM and mast cell sarcoma are poor. During the past 15 years, major advances have been made in the diagnosis, prognosis and management of patients with mast cell neoplasms. Management of mastocytosis consists of symptomatic therapy, including anti-mast cell mediator drugs, and cytoreductive agents for patients with advanced disease and selected individuals with non-advanced disease, as well as recognition and prevention of comorbidities such as osteoporosis and anaphylaxis. The preclinical and clinical development of KIT-D816V-targeting drugs, such as midostaurin or avapritinib, mark a milestone in improving management, the quality of life and survival in patients with SM. These agents induce major responses or even remission in people with advanced SM and lead to rapid improvement of mediator-related symptoms and quality of life in symptomatic patients.

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MastocytosisHumansMastocytosis, SystemicPrognosisProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitQuality of LifeStaurosporinemidostaurinProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitStaurosporine

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