Systemic Light Chain Amyloidosis

V Sanchorawala - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Systemic Light Chain Amyloidosis Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis
is a rare disease that occurs when a plasma cell disorder produces monoclonal light chains …

Renal AL Amyloidosis: Updates on Diagnosis, Staging, and Management

A Shafqat, H Elmaleh, A Mushtaq, Z Firdous… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
AL amyloidosis is caused by the excessive production of nonfunctional immunoglobulins,
leading to the formation of amyloid fibrils that damage vital organs, especially the heart and …

Risk factors, treatments and outcomes of patients with light chain amyloidosis who relapse after autologous stem cell transplantation

Y Zhang, J Guo, W Chen, L Zhao… - Bone Marrow …, 2024 - nature.com
Relapse after ASCT is an important factor affecting the long-term prognosis of patients with
AL amyloidosis. However, the risk factors of relapse are unknown and there are limited …

Role of autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation in the treatment of systemic light chain amyloidosis in the era of anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies

R Chakraborty, P Milani, G Palladini… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The primary goal of the initial treatment in systemic light chain amyloidosis is to obtain a
rapid and profound haematological response as safely as possible, coupled with supportive …

[HTML][HTML] Light chain amyloidosis associated with Waldenström macroglobulinemia: treatment and survival outcomes

JN Gustine, RE Szalat, A Staron, T Joshi… - …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is an uncommon clinical manifestation of Waldenström
macroglobulinemia (WM), an IgM-secreting lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma characterized by …

High-dose melphalan-autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation in systemic AL amyloidosis following daratumumab-based frontline therapy

GS Mellgard, D Bhutani, MY Mapara… - Bone Marrow …, 2024 - nature.com
The role of high-dose melphalan-autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HDM-
AHCT) in systemic immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis has undergone renewed …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of AL amyloidosis in the era of novel immune and cellular therapies

C Sarubbi, H Abowali, C Varga, H Landau - Frontiers in Oncology, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a plasma cell disorder distinguished from multiple myeloma
(MM) by the degree of organ involvement due to tissue deposition of misfolded proteins …

Understanding and Overcoming Biochemical Diversity in AL Amyloidosis

GJ Morgan - Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Amyloid fibril deposition causes progressive tissue damage and organ failure in the
systemic amyloid diseases, and therapies that suppress aggregation lead to clinical benefit …

AL Amyloidosis: an overview on diagnosis, staging system and treatment

S Morè, VM Manieri, L Corvatta, E Morsia… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Systemic Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a monoclonal plasma cell disease characterized by
the deposition of amyloidogenic monoclonal light chain fragments in organs, causing their …

Safety and Efficacy of Propylene Glycol-Free Melphalan in Patients with AL Amyloidosis Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation: Results of a Phase II …

S Sarosiek, MH Lee, G Doros, CV Edwards… - … and Cellular Therapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Patients with systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis undergoing treatment with high-dose
melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation (HDM/SCT) may develop renal and …