Extracorporeal photopheresis in acute and chronic steroid‑refractory graft-versus-host disease: an evolving treatment landscape

HT Greinix, F Ayuk, R Zeiser - Leukemia, 2022 - nature.com
Patients with steroid-refractory graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) are known to have a poor
prognosis and for decades no approved drug has been available to treat this serious …

The role of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)

C Demosthenous, I Sakellari, V Douka… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are implicated in the complex
interplay involving graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effects and graft-versus-host disease …

Mesenchymal stromal cells plus basiliximab improve the response of steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease as a second-line therapy: a multicentre …

H Fu, X Sun, R Lin, Y Wang, L Xuan, H Yao, Y Zhang… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background For patients with steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease (SR-
aGVHD), effective second-line regimens are urgently needed. Mesenchymal stromal cells …

Hematopoietic cell transplantation, version 2.2020, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology

A Saad, M de Lima, S Anand, VR Bhatt… - Journal of the National …, 2020 - jnccn.org
Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) involves the infusion of hematopoietic progenitor
cells into patients with hematologic disorders with the goal of re-establishing normal …

Randomized phase II trial of extracorporeal phototherapy and steroids vs. steroids alone for newly diagnosed acute GVHD

RS Mehta, R Bassett, G Rondon, BJ Overman… - Bone marrow …, 2021 - nature.com
Steroids remain the initial therapy for acute graft-vs.-host disease (AGVHD). Strategies to
improve response and minimize steroid exposure are needed. We report results of a …

A new era in endothelial injury syndromes: toxicity of CAR-T cells and the role of immunity

E Gavriilaki, I Sakellari, M Gavriilaki… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Immunotherapy with chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T cells) has been recently approved
for patients with relapsed/refractory B-lymphoproliferative neoplasms. Along with great …

Understanding and treatment of cutaneous graft-versus-host-disease

J Hong, J Fraebel, Y Yang, E Tkacyk, C Kitko… - Bone Marrow …, 2023 - nature.com
The skin is the outermost mechanical barrier where dynamic immune reactions take place
and is the most commonly affected site in both acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease …

Molecular advances in sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/Veno-occlusive disease

I Mavrikou, D Chatzidimitriou, L Skoura… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/veno-occlusive disease (SOS/VOD) detected in the liver
has been considered a severe complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation …

Ruxolitinib plus extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) for steroid refractory acute graft-versus-host disease of lower GI-tract after allogeneic stem cell transplantation …

F Modemann, F Ayuk, C Wolschke… - Bone Marrow …, 2020 - nature.com
Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is a serious complication after stem cell
transplantation and is associated with high non-relapse mortality. If steroid treatment as first …

Extracorporeal photopheresis as an immunomodulatory treatment modality for chronic GvHD and the importance of emerging biomarkers

I Bojanic, N Worel, CP Pacini, G Stary… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the treatment of choice for malignant
haematological diseases. Despite continuous improvements in pre-and post-transplantation …