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Lin F, Cao K, Chang F, Oved JH, Luo M, Fan Z, Schubert J, Wu J, Zhong Y, Gallo DJ, Denenberg EH, Chen J, Fanning EA, Lambert MP, Paessler ME, Surrey LF, Zelley K, MacFarland S, Kurre P, Olson TS, Li MM. Uncovering the Genetic Etiology of Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes Using a Custom-Designed Next-Generation Sequencing Panel. J Mol Diagn 2024; 26:191-201. [PMID: 38103590 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2023.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS) are a group of heterogeneous disorders that account for ∼30% of pediatric cases of bone marrow failure and are often associated with developmental abnormalities and cancer predisposition. This article reports the laboratory validation and clinical utility of a large-scale, custom-designed next-generation sequencing panel, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) IBMFS panel, for the diagnosis of IBMFS in a cohort of pediatric patients. This panel demonstrated excellent analytic accuracy, with 100% sensitivity, ≥99.99% specificity, and 100% reproducibility on validation samples. In 269 patients with suspected IBMFS, this next-generation sequencing panel was used for identifying single-nucleotide variants, small insertions/deletions, and copy number variations in mosaic or nonmosaic status. Sixty-one pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (54 single-nucleotide variants/insertions/deletions and 7 copy number variations) and 24 hypomorphic variants were identified, resulting in the molecular diagnosis of IBMFS in 21 cases (7.8%) and exclusion of IBMFS with a diagnosis of a blood disorder in 10 cases (3.7%). Secondary findings, including evidence of early hematologic malignancies and other hereditary cancer-predisposition syndromes, were observed in 9 cases (3.3%). The CHOP IBMFS panel was highly sensitive and specific, with a significant increase in the diagnostic yield of IBMFS. These findings suggest that next-generation sequencing-based panel testing should be a part of routine diagnostics in patients with suspected IBMFS.
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- Fumin Lin
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pediatric Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pediatric Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pediatric Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Perfetto J, Behrens EM, Lerman MA, Paessler ME, Liebling EJ. Avoid a rash diagnosis: reconsidering cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis as a distinct clinical-pathologic entity. JAAD Case Rep 2023; 36:40-44. [PMID: 37215298 PMCID: PMC10199161 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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- Jessica Perfetto
- Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Division of Rheumatology, Bronx, NewYork
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- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Rheumatology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Rheumatology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Hematopathology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Rheumatology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Oved JH, Shah YB, Venella K, Paessler ME, Olson TS. Non-myeloablative conditioning is sufficient to achieve complete donor myeloid chimerism following matched sibling donor bone marrow transplant for myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene ( MPL) mutation-driven congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia: Case report. Front Pediatr 2022; 10:903872. [PMID: 35967582 PMCID: PMC9366100 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.903872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a rare platelet production disorder caused mainly by loss of function biallelic mutations in myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene (MPL), the gene encoding the thrombopoietin receptor (TPOR). Patients with MPL-mutant CAMT are not only at risk for life-threatening bleeding events, but many affected individuals will also ultimately develop bone marrow aplasia owing to the absence of thrombopoietin/TPOR signaling required for maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells. Curative allogeneic stem cell transplant for patients with CAMT has historically used myeloablative conditioning; however, given the inherent stem cell defect in MPL-mutant CAMT, a less intensive regimen may prove equally effective with reduced morbidity, particularly in patients with evolving aplasia. METHODS We report the case of a 2-year-old boy with MPL-mutant CAMT and bone marrow hypocellularity who underwent matched sibling donor bone marrow transplant (MSD-BMT) using a non-myeloablative regimen consisting of fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and antithymocyte globulin (ATG). RESULTS The patient achieved rapid trilinear engraftment and resolution of thrombocytopenia. While initial myeloid donor chimerism was mixed (88% donor), due to the competitive advantage of donor hematopoietic cells, myeloid chimerism increased to 100% by 4 months post-transplant. Donor chimerism and blood counts remained stable through 1-year post-transplant. CONCLUSION This experience suggests that non-myeloablative conditioning is a suitable approach for patients with MPL-mutant CAMT undergoing MSD-BMT and is associated with reduced risks of conditioning-related toxicity compared to traditional myeloablative regimens.
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- Joseph Hai Oved
- Pediatric Transplantation and Cell Therapy, MSK Kids, New York, NY, United States
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- Cell Therapy and Transplant Section, Division of Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Cell Therapy and Transplant Section, Division of Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Cell Therapy and Transplant Section, Division of Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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CD19-targeting chimeric antigen rector (CAR) T-cell products are used for the treatment of relapsed/refractory B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma. The success of CD19-CAR-T cells has led to the investigation of CAR T-cell products targeting different antigens in other hematological malignancies and solid tumors. Clinical laboratories play an important role in the manufacture, distribution, and monitoring of CAR T-cell therapy. Hence, it is important for laboratory professionals to be cognizant of clinicopathologic aspects of CAR T-cell therapy.
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- J Gregory Dolan
- Division of Oncology and Cellular Therapy, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Hematopathology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Cellular Therapy, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Hematopathology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Nelson ND, Meng W, Rosenfeld AM, Bullman S, Sekhar Pedamallu C, Nomburg JL, Wertheim GB, Paessler ME, Pinkus G, Hornick JL, Meyerson M, Luning Prak ET, Pillai V. Characterization of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells, Microbial Sequences, and Identification of a Candidate Public T-Cell Clone in Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2021; 24:193-205. [PMID: 33530869 DOI: 10.1177/1093526620987961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a self-limited lymphadenitis of unclear etiology. We aimed to further characterize this disease in pediatric patients, including evaluation of the CD123 immunohistochemical (IHC) staining and investigation of potential immunologic and infectious causes. METHODS Seventeen KFD cases and 12 controls were retrospectively identified, and the histologic and clinical features were evaluated. CD123 IHC staining was quantified by digital image analysis. Next generation sequencing was employed for comparative microbial analysis via RNAseq (5 KFD cases) and to evaluate the immune repertoire (9 KFD cases). RESULTS In cases of lymphadenitis with necrosis, >0.85% CD123+ cells by IHC was found to be six times more likely in cases with a final diagnosis of KFD (sensitivity 75%, specificity 87.5%). RNAseq based comparative microbial analysis did not detect novel or known pathogen sequences in KFD. A shared complementarity determining region 3 (CDR3) sequence and use of the same T-cell receptor beta variable region family was identified in KFD LNs but not controls, and was not identified in available databases. CONCLUSIONS Digital quantification of CD123 IHC can distinguish KFD from other necrotizing lymphadenitides. The presence of a unique shared CDR3 sequence suggests that a shared antigen underlies KFD pathogenesis.
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- Nya D Nelson
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Diorio C, Henrickson SE, Vella LA, McNerney KO, Chase J, Burudpakdee C, Lee JH, Jasen C, Balamuth F, Barrett DM, Banwell BL, Bernt KM, Blatz AM, Chiotos K, Fisher BT, Fitzgerald JC, Gerber JS, Gollomp K, Gray C, Grupp SA, Harris RM, Kilbaugh TJ, John ARO, Lambert M, Liebling EJ, Paessler ME, Petrosa W, Phillips C, Reilly AF, Romberg ND, Seif A, Sesok-Pizzini DA, Sullivan KE, Vardaro J, Behrens EM, Teachey DT, Bassiri H. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and COVID-19 are distinct presentations of SARS-CoV-2. J Clin Invest 2020; 130:5967-5975. [PMID: 32730233 DOI: 10.1172/jci140970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 71.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUNDInitial reports from the severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic described children as being less susceptible to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than adults. Subsequently, a severe and novel pediatric disorder termed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) emerged. We report on unique hematologic and immunologic parameters that distinguish between COVID-19 and MIS-C and provide insight into pathophysiology.METHODSWe prospectively enrolled hospitalized patients with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and classified them as having MIS-C or COVID-19. Patients with COVID-19 were classified as having either minimal or severe disease. Cytokine profiles, viral cycle thresholds (Cts), blood smears, and soluble C5b-9 values were analyzed with clinical data.RESULTSTwenty patients were enrolled (9 severe COVID-19, 5 minimal COVID-19, and 6 MIS-C). Five cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-10, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α) contributed to the analysis. TNF-α and IL-10 discriminated between patients with MIS-C and severe COVID-19. The presence of burr cells on blood smears, as well as Cts, differentiated between patients with severe COVID-19 and those with MIS-C.CONCLUSIONPediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 are at risk for critical illness with severe COVID-19 and MIS-C. Cytokine profiling and examination of peripheral blood smears may distinguish between patients with MIS-C and those with severe COVID-19.FUNDINGFinancial support for this project was provided by CHOP Frontiers Program Immune Dysregulation Team; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; National Cancer Institute; the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; Cookies for Kids Cancer; Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer; Children's Oncology Group; Stand UP 2 Cancer; Team Connor; the Kate Amato Foundations; Burroughs Wellcome Fund CAMS; the Clinical Immunology Society; the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; and the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics.
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Allergy and Immunology
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Infectious Diseases
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Rheumatology
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Allergy and Immunology
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Infectious Diseases
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Oncology
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Allergy and Immunology
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Oncology
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Healthcare Quality and Analytics (CHQA), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Immune Dysregulation Frontier Program.,Division of Infectious Diseases
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King RL, Paessler ME, Howard MT, Wertheim GB. Incidental EBV-positivity in paediatric post-transplant specimens demonstrates the need for stringent criteria for diagnosing post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders. J Clin Pathol 2017; 70:270-273. [PMID: 27852687 DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2016-203924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AIMS To examine the need for minimal diagnostic criteria for post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) in children, we sought to determine the rate of incidental Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positivity in tissues from organ transplant recipients (OTR). METHODS EBV in situ hybridisation (ISH) was done retrospectively on tissue from 34 paediatric autopsies of OTR and paediatric tonsillectomy specimens from non-OTR (96) and OTR (6). Patients with a history of PTLD were excluded from both data sets. RESULTS EBV-positivity was found incidentally in 2/34 autopsy cases (5.9%). Median time from transplant to death for all patients was 12.8 months (range 0.1-153 months). Median time between transplant and death in EBV-positive cases was 34 months. EBV was positive in 26/102 tonsils (25%). Among tonsils from OTR, 4/6 (67%) were EBV-positive. CONCLUSIONS These findings reinforce the need for strict morphological and clinical criteria, other than EBV-positivity, when diagnosing PTLD in the paediatric population.
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- Rebecca L King
- Division of Hematopathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Hematopathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Babushok DV, Perdigones N, Perin JC, Olson TS, Ye W, Roth JJ, Lind C, Cattier C, Li Y, Hartung H, Paessler ME, Frank DM, Xie HM, Busse TM, Cross S, Podsakoff GM, Monos D, Biegel JA, Mason PJ, Bessler M. Abstract 2977: Most patients with acquired aplastic anemia develop clonal hematopoiesis early in disease. Cancer Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2015-2977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Clonal hematopoiesis is an expansion of hematopoietic stem cells, caused by somatic mutations or epigenetic changes that confer a growth advantage to the host cell. Although recently recognized as a phenomenon of aging, clonal hematopoiesis has been traditionally associated with pre-cancerous states and malignant transformation. Acquired aplastic anemia (AA), a non-neoplastic autoimmune blood disorder occurring in children and adults, has been associated with clonal hematopoietic disorders; transformation to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or acute leukemia is a late complication in 10-15% of AA patients. Based on the association of AA with clonal disorders, we hypothesized that clonal hematopoiesis is a general phenomenon in AA, and can be seen in the majority of AA patients, including children. To evaluate somatic genetic changes in AA, we used a combination of single nucleotide polymorphism array (SNP-A) genotyping and comparative whole exome sequencing of paired bone marrow aspirates and skin in twenty nine patients with AA. All somatic mutations were validated by bi-directional Sanger sequencing. The median age of diagnosis was 14 years (range 1.5-65). Patients were analyzed at a median of 1.1 years from diagnosis. None of the patients had histopathological evidence of MDS at the time of analysis. Somatic mutations were identified in the majority of patients, including patients with pediatric-onset AA. Three patients (10%) had somatic loss-of-function mutations in HLA class I alleles. Although MDS-associated mutations were identified in 2 of 29 patients, the majority of mutations were not in genes associated with MDS and hematologic malignancies. Pathway analysis of mutated genes revealed an enrichment of genes in pathways of immunity and transcriptional regulation. Comparison of somatic mutations in AA to a patient with a 30-year history of AA who progressed to MDS revealed that, unlike in AA, which was characterized by diverse and frequently oligoclonal hematopoiesis, progression to MDS was associated with an expansion of a dominant clone carrying multiple classical mutations linked to malignancy: pathogenic mutations in SUZ12 (homozygous for the mutated region due to copy number-neutral loss of heterozygosity (CN-LOH) at the chromosomal region 17q11.2qter), ASXL1, RUNX1, and PHF6. In conclusion, our data show that clonal hematopoiesis emerges in the majority of patients with AA, including children and young adults, can be detected early in disease, and has a mutational spectrum largely distinct from MDS. Our results highlight that in the absence of morphologic features of myelodysplasia, the presence of clonal hematopoiesis with somatic mutations cannot be used to distinguish MDS from AA. Future longitudinal studies of clonal hematopoiesis in AA will help to explain differences in patients’ disease course, and will enable personalized treatment approaches in AA.
Citation Format: Daria V. Babushok, Nieves Perdigones, Juan C. Perin, Timothy S. Olson, Wenda Ye, Jacquelyn J. Roth, Curt Lind, Carine Cattier, Yimei Li, Helge Hartung, Michele E. Paessler, Dale M. Frank, Hongbo M. Xie, Tracy M. Busse, Shanna Cross, Gregory M. Podsakoff, Dimitrios Monos, Jaclyn A. Biegel, Philip J. Mason, Monica Bessler. Most patients with acquired aplastic anemia develop clonal hematopoiesis early in disease. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2015 Apr 18-22; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2015;75(15 Suppl):Abstract nr 2977. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-2977
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- Daria V. Babushok
- 1Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- 2Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 3Center for Biomedical Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 2Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 2Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 4Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- 5Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 2Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 6Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- 2Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 5Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 4Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- 3Center for Biomedical Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 5Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 2Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 7Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 5Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 5Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 2Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 2Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Babushok DV, Perdigones N, Perin JC, Olson TS, Ye W, Roth JJ, Lind C, Cattier C, Li Y, Hartung H, Paessler ME, Frank DM, Xie HM, Cross S, Cockroft JD, Podsakoff GM, Monos D, Biegel JA, Mason PJ, Bessler M. Emergence of clonal hematopoiesis in the majority of patients with acquired aplastic anemia. Cancer Genet 2015; 208:115-28. [PMID: 25800665 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2015.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Acquired aplastic anemia (aAA) is a nonmalignant disease caused by autoimmune destruction of early hematopoietic cells. Clonal hematopoiesis is a late complication, seen in 20-25% of older patients. We hypothesized that clonal hematopoiesis in aAA is a more general phenomenon, which can arise early in disease, even in younger patients. To evaluate clonal hematopoiesis in aAA, we used comparative whole exome sequencing of paired bone marrow and skin samples in 22 patients. We found somatic mutations in 16 patients (72.7%) with a median disease duration of 1 year; of these, 12 (66.7%) were patients with pediatric-onset aAA. Fifty-eight mutations in 51 unique genes were found primarily in pathways of immunity and transcriptional regulation. Most frequently mutated was PIGA, with seven mutations. Only two mutations were in genes recurrently mutated in myelodysplastic syndrome. Two patients had oligoclonal loss of the HLA alleles, linking immune escape to clone emergence. Two patients had activating mutations in key signaling pathways (STAT5B (p.N642H) and CAMK2G (p.T306M)). Our results suggest that clonal hematopoiesis in aAA is common, with two mechanisms emerging-immune escape and increased proliferation. Our findings expand conceptual understanding of this nonneoplastic blood disorder. Future prospective studies of clonal hematopoiesis in aAA will be critical for understanding outcomes and for designing personalized treatment strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daria V Babushok
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Canna SW, Costa-Reis P, Bernal WE, Chu N, Sullivan KE, Paessler ME, Behrens EM. Brief report: alternative activation of laser-captured murine hemophagocytes. Arthritis Rheumatol 2014; 66:1666-71. [PMID: 24470386 DOI: 10.1002/art.38379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Hemophagocytes (HPCs) are activated macrophages that have engulfed other hematopoietic cells. Although HPCs are rarely identified in normal spleen tissue and bone marrow, an excess of these macrophages characterizes many cytokine storm syndromes, particularly macrophage activation syndrome and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. This study was undertaken to assess the functions of HPCs and their significance in acute inflammatory conditions. METHODS HPCs were generated in wild-type mice using repeated stimulation with Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR-9) and interleukin-10 receptor blockade. RNA was extracted from HPCs that had been isolated by lasercaptured microdissection. Transcriptional profiles of the HPCs were then compared to those of resting splenic macrophages. In addition, bone marrow samples were obtained from a diverse cohort of patients in whom excess hemophagocytosis was identified by clinical bone marrow biopsy or aspiration. The bone marrow samples were analyzed by immunohistochemistry for markers of classic (CD64) or alternative (CD163 and CD206) macrophage activation. RESULTS Differential gene expression and gene set enrichment analyses of murine HPCs identified upregulation of genes and gene sets associated with alternative activation of HPCs. Immunohistochemical analyses of HPCs in human bone marrow samples showed universal staining of HPCs for CD163, but rarely for CD206 or CD64. CONCLUSION Laser-captured murine TLR-9– induced HPCs had a transcriptional profile similar to that of alternatively activated macrophages. In addition, HPC expression of CD163 was confirmed in a uniquely diverse cohort of patients with hemophagocytic syndromes. Collectively, these data support the hypothesis that HPCs have both immunoregulatory and clean-up functions.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/metabolism
- Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism
- Bone Marrow Cells/pathology
- Humans
- Lasers
- Lectins, C-Type/metabolism
- Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic/metabolism
- Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic/pathology
- Macrophage Activation/physiology
- Macrophages/pathology
- Macrophages/physiology
- Mannose Receptor
- Mannose-Binding Lectins/metabolism
- Mice
- Models, Animal
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, IgG/metabolism
- Receptors, Interleukin-10/antagonists & inhibitors
- Toll-Like Receptor 9/antagonists & inhibitors
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Babushok DV, Xie HM, Roth JJ, Perdigones N, Olson TS, Cockroft JD, Gai X, Perin JC, Li Y, Paessler ME, Hakonarson H, Podsakoff GM, Mason PJ, Biegel JA, Bessler M. Single nucleotide polymorphism array analysis of bone marrow failure patients reveals characteristic patterns of genetic changes. Br J Haematol 2013; 164:73-82. [PMID: 24116929 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The bone marrow failure syndromes (BMFS) are a heterogeneous group of rare blood disorders characterized by inadequate haematopoiesis, clonal evolution, and increased risk of leukaemia. Single nucleotide polymorphism arrays (SNP-A) have been proposed as a tool for surveillance of clonal evolution in BMFS. To better understand the natural history of BMFS and to assess the clinical utility of SNP-A in these disorders, we analysed 124 SNP-A from a comprehensively characterized cohort of 91 patients at our BMFS centre. SNP-A were correlated with medical histories, haematopathology, cytogenetic and molecular data. To assess clonal evolution, longitudinal analysis of SNP-A was performed in 25 patients. We found that acquired copy number-neutral loss of heterozygosity (CN-LOH) was significantly more frequent in acquired aplastic anaemia (aAA) than in other BMFS (odds ratio 12·2, P < 0·01). Homozygosity by descent was most common in congenital BMFS, frequently unmasking autosomal recessive mutations. Copy number variants (CNVs) were frequently polymorphic, and we identified CNVs enriched in neutropenia and aAA. Our results suggest that acquired CN-LOH is a general phenomenon in aAA that is probably mechanistically and prognostically distinct from typical CN-LOH of myeloid malignancies. Our analysis of clinical utility of SNP-A shows the highest yield of detecting new clonal haematopoiesis at diagnosis and at relapse.
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- Daria V Babushok
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Rothman JA, Das R, Teachey DT, Paessler ME, Nichols KE. Rapamycin does not control hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in LCMV-infected perforin-deficient mice. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011; 57:1239-43. [PMID: 21681935 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2011] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an immunodysregulatory disorder for which more effective treatments are needed. The macrolide rapamycin has immunosuppressive properties, making it an attractive candidate for controlling the aberrant T cell activation that occurs in HLH. To investigate its therapeutic potential, we used rapamycin to treat Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV)-infected perforin-deficient (Prf1(-/-)) mice according to a well-established model of HLH. At the regimens tested, rapamycin did not improve weight loss, splenomegaly, hemophagocytosis, cytopenias, or proinflammatory cytokine production in LCMV-infected Prf1(-/-) animals. Thus, single agent rapamycin appears ineffective in treating the clinical and laboratory manifestations of LCMV-induced HLH.
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- Jennifer A Rothman
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Krishnamurthy S, Hassan A, Frater JL, Paessler ME, Kreisel FH. Pathologic and clinical features of Hodgkin lymphoma--like posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease. Int J Surg Pathol 2009; 18:278-85. [PMID: 19578050 DOI: 10.1177/1066896909338597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Because of its rarity, pathologic and clinical features of Hodgkin lymphoma-like posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (HL-like PTLD) are not well understood, and it is unclear whether its biological behavior is more closely related to classical Hodgkin disease or to monomorphic B-cell PTLD. The authors compared 6 cases of HL-like PTLD with 5 cases of monomorphic B-cell PTLD for differences in histology, immunophenotype, and clinical behavior. Histologically, all cases of HL-like PTLD resembled classical HL with typical Reed-Sternberg (RS) cells and a cellular background mimicking mixed cellularity subtype. CD45 was absent on RS-like cells, but the expression pattern of B-cell-associated markers Oct-2 and BOB.1 resembled monomorphic B-cell PTLD. Whereas Epstein-Barr virus early RNA expression is normally restricted to RS cells of classical HL, it was expressed in both RS-like cells and background lymphocytes in HL-like PTLD. Although all patients diagnosed with monomorphic B-cell PTLD show no evidence of disease following treatment, half of the patients with HL-like PTLD relapsed or died, indicating a more aggressive clinical behavior. The findings suggest that HL-like PTLD represents a distinct clinicopathologic entity with an aggressive clinical course.
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- Smita Krishnamurthy
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Pessler F, Dai L, Diaz-Torne C, Ogdie A, Gomez-Vaquero C, Paessler ME, Einhorn E, Chen LX, Schumacher HR. Increased angiogenesis and cellular proliferation as hallmarks of the synovium in chronic septic arthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 59:1137-46. [PMID: 18668606 DOI: 10.1002/art.23915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize histologic alterations and inflammatory infiltrates in the synovium of patients with chronic septic arthritis (SeA). METHODS Synovial membranes from patients with SeA (9 specimens; disease duration >4 weeks) were compared with specimens from patients with septic joint prosthesis loosening (septic total arthroplasty [SeTA]; 9 specimens), rheumatoid arthritis (RA; 25 specimens), osteoarthritis (25 specimens), and normal histology (10 specimens). Sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin, tissue gram stain, and immunostains for von Willebrand factor (vWF; blood vessels), Ki-67 (dividing cells), CD15 (neutrophils), CD3 (T cells), CD20 (B cells), CD38 (plasma cells), and CD68 (macrophages). RESULTS Gram stains were positive in all SeA and SeTA specimens. Mixed polymorphonuclear and mononuclear infiltrates predominated in SeA and SeTA. SeA could be differentiated from RA by higher densities of CD15+ cells (SeA:RA ratio 6.5:1; P < 0.001) or Ki-67+ cells (ratio 2.1:1; P = 0.012). The inflammatory infiltrate of SeTA was similar to SeA but contained fewer CD3+ cells (SeTA versus SeA 0.26:1; P = 0.009) and a tendency toward fewer CD20+ cells. Mean vascular density was strikingly increased in SeA (SeA:normal ratio 3.0:1; P < 0.001) and, to a lesser extent, in the vascularized areas of the SeTA specimens (SeTA:normal ratio 1.9:1). Ki-67/CD31 double immunostains demonstrated proliferating endothelial cells in small subintimal blood vessels, suggesting angiogenesis. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis identified higher densities of CD15+ and Ki-67+ cells and vWF-positive vessels as histologic markers that differentiated SeA from RA. CONCLUSION This first analysis of the synovium in patients with chronic pyogenic arthritis identified dramatic neovascularization and cell proliferation, accompanied by persistent bacterial colonization and heterogeneous inflammatory infiltrates rich in CD15+ neutrophils, as histopathologic hallmarks.
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- F Pessler
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Pessler F, Dai L, Diaz-Torne C, Gomez-Vaquero C, Paessler ME, Zheng DH, Einhorn E, Range U, Scanzello C, Schumacher HR. The synovitis of "non-inflammatory" orthopaedic arthropathies: a quantitative histological and immunohistochemical analysis. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67:1184-7. [PMID: 18203762 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.087775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To quantify inflammatory changes in synovial membranes from orthopaedic "non-inflammatory" arthropathies (Orth. A). METHODS Synovial membranes from patients with femur fracture, avascular necrosis of the femur, plica syndrome, and meniscus and/or ligament injury (n = 23); rheumatoid arthritis (n = 28); osteoarthritis (OA; n = 25); and from normal controls (n = 10) were assessed by light microscopy, a histological synovitis score, immunostaining for CD3, CD20, CD38, CD68, Ki-67 and von Willebrand factor, and with an immunohistochemical inflammation score. RESULTS Orth. A histology varied between normal and markedly inflamed. Predominant abnormalities were mild lining hyperplasia, scattered inflammatory cells and small perivascular infiltrates. The synovitis score classified Orth. A as "mild synovitis". Inflammatory cells occurred frequently: CD68+ cells in 100% of Orth. A specimens; CD3+, 91%; CD38+, 70%; and CD20+, 39%. Orth. A had 36% greater lining thickness (p = 0.04), 40% higher vascular density (p = 0.009) and 51.3-fold higher CD38+ cell density (p = 0.02) than normal controls; and 60% fewer subintimal Ki-67+ cells (p = 0.003), 42% fewer CD68+ lining cells (p<0.01) and 40% fewer subintimal CD68+ cells (p<0.01) than OA. The immunohistochemical inflammation score was 2.2-fold higher in Orth. A than in controls (p = 0.048) and similar to OA, with three Orth. A specimens showing marked inflammation. CONCLUSIONS Synovial membranes from "non-inflammatory" arthropathies featured neovascularisation and inflammation intermediate between normal and OA synovium. These results expand previous findings that mechanical joint injury may lead to a mild-to-moderate synovitis.
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- F Pessler
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Rheumatology, Philadelphia, USA.
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Pessler F, Paessler ME, Lambert M, Morgan Dewitt E, Sherry DD. Polyarthritis in a child with Rosai-Dorfman disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2007; 25:645-8. [PMID: 17888226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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A 5-year-old boy presented with fever, rash, lymphadenopathy and polyarthritis. Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis was initially considered in the differential diagnosis, but lymph node biopsy established the diagnosis of Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD). The arthritis recurred twice. Both times it correlated with the severity of the other clinical and laboratory abnormalities of RDD and responded to treatment with dexamethasone and vinblastine. This report adds inflammatory arthritis to the extranodal manifestations of RDD in children and suggests that this disorder should be considered as a rare cause of fever with rash, lymphadenopathy and arthritis.
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- F Pessler
- Division of Rheumatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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