Genetics of progression from MDS to secondary leukemia

AJ Menssen, MJ Walter - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Our understanding of the genetics of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) development from
myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) has advanced significantly as a result of next-generation …

Myelodysplasia

ML Heaney, DW Golde - New England Journal of Medicine, 1999 - Mass Medical Soc
The myelodysplastic syndromes are clonal hematologic disorders characterized clinically
and morphologically by ineffective hematopoiesis. The natural history of these syndromes …

The NLRP3 inflammasome functions as a driver of the myelodysplastic syndrome phenotype

AA Basiorka, KL McGraw, EA Eksioglu… - Blood, The Journal …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Despite genetic heterogeneity, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) share features of
cytological dysplasia and ineffective hematopoiesis. We report that a hallmark of MDSs is …

Hematopoietic stem cell and progenitor cell mechanisms in myelodysplastic syndromes

WW Pang, JV Pluvinage, EA Price… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of disorders characterized by variable
cytopenias and ineffective hematopoiesis. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and myeloid …

Specific involvement of caspases in the differentiation of monocytes into macrophages

O Sordet, C Rébé, S Plenchette… - Blood, The Journal …, 2002 - ashpublications.org
Caspases are cysteine proteases involved in apoptosis and cytokine maturation. In
erythroblasts, keratinocytes, and lens epithelial cells undergoing differentiation, enucleation …

The genetic basis of phenotypic heterogeneity in myelodysplastic syndromes

A Raza, N Galili - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are malignant clonal disorders of haematopoietic stem
cells and their microenvironment, affecting older individuals (median age∼ 70 years) …

Thalidomide produces transfusion independence in long-standing refractory anemias of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

A Raza, P Meyer, D Dutt, F Zorat, L Lisak… - Blood, The Journal …, 2001 - ashpublications.org
Thalidomide was administered to 83 patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), starting
at 100 mg by mouth daily and increasing to 400 mg as tolerated. Thirty-two patients stopped …

Inflammation and myeloid malignancy: quenching the flame

RJ Stubbins, U Platzbecker… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Chronic inflammation with aging (“inflammaging”) plays a prominent role in the
pathogenesis of myeloid malignancies. Aberrant inflammatory activity affects many different …

[HTML][HTML] Infections in myelodysplastic syndromes

A Toma, P Fenaux, F Dreyfus, C Cordonnier - Haematologica, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Myelodysplastic syndromes are associated with a risk of severe infections. While
neutropenia is likely to be the main predisposing factor, several other immune defects have …

Dysregulation of IL-32 in myelodysplastic syndrome and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia modulates apoptosis and impairs NK function

AM Marcondes, AJ Mhyre… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
TNFα levels are elevated in the marrows of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
and are associated with high rates of apoptosis, which contributes to hematopoietic failure …