The Reconstitution of T-cells after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in a Pediatric Patient with Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia (CAMT)

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BACKGROUND: Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a bone marrow failure syndrome with autosomal recessive inheritance characterized by the lack of megakaryocytes and thrombocytopenia. The cause of the disease is a mutation in the c-Mpl gene, which encodes the thrombopoietin (TPO) receptor. The main treatment for this genetic disorder is an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT). However, transplant-related mortality, development of acute and chronic graft-versushost disease (GvHD), and susceptibility to opportunistic infections are major barriers to transplantation. Delay in the reconstitution of T cells and imbalance in the regeneration of distinct functional CD4 and CD8 T-cell subsets mainly affect post-transplant complications. We report a case of CAMT, who developed acute GvHD but had no signs and symptoms of chronic GvHD following allo-HSCT.

CASE PRESENTATION: At the age of four, she presented with petechiae and purpura. In laboratory investigations, pancytopenia without organomegaly, and cellularity less than 5% in bone marrow biopsy, were observed. A primary diagnosis of idiopathic aplastic anemia was made, and she was treated with prednisolone, cyclosporine, and anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), which did not respond. Genetic analysis revealed the mutation c.1481T>G (p. L494W) in exon 10 of the c-Mpl gene, and the diagnosis of CAMT was confirmed. The patient underwent allo-HSCT from a healthy sibling donor. Alloimmunization reactions and immune disorders were present due to long-term treatment with immunosuppressive medications and repeated blood and platelet transfusions. Hence, the regeneration of T-lymphocytes after allo-HSCT was evaluated.

CONCLUSION: Successful treatment of acute GvHD prevented advancing the condition to chronic GvHD, and this was accompanied by delayed T-cell reconstitution through an increase in Treg:Tcons ratio.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets - 24(2024), 2 vom: 01., Seite 265-272

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bayegi, Shideh Namazi [VerfasserIn]
Hamidieh, Amir Ali [VerfasserIn]
Behfar, Maryam [VerfasserIn]
Saghazadeh, Amene [VerfasserIn]
Bozorgmehr, Mahmood [VerfasserIn]
Tajik, Nader [VerfasserIn]
Delbandi, Ali-Akbar [VerfasserIn]
Delavari, Samaneh [VerfasserIn]
Shekarabi, Mehdi [VerfasserIn]
Rezaei, Nima [VerfasserIn]

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Allogeneic HSCT
Anti-thymocyte globulin.
C-Mpl
CAMT
Case Reports
GvHD
T-cell reconstitution

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Date Completed 18.04.2024

Date Revised 18.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1871530323666230801100113

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NLM360262597