Deciphering stage 0 hematogones by flow cytometry in follow-up bone marrow samples of pediatric B-Acute lymphoblastic leukemia cases : A potential mimicker of residual disease after anti CD19 therapy

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CD19 is frequently targeted for immunotherapy in B cell malignancies, which may result in loss of CD19 expression in leukemic cells as an escape mechanism. Stage 0 hematogones (Hgs) are normal CD19-negative very early B cell precursors that can be potentially mistaken for CD19 negative residual leukemic cells by flow cytometry (FCM) in B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) cases treated with anti CD19 therapy. Our main objective was to characterize and study the incidence of stage 0 hematogones in follow-up bone marrow samples of pediatric BCP-ALL cases. We analyzed the flow cytometry standard files of 61 pediatric BCP-ALL cases treated with conventional chemotherapy and targeted anti-CD19 therapy, for identifying the residual disease and normal B cell precursors including stage 0 Hgs. A non-CD19 alternate gating strategy was used to isolate the B cells for detecting the residual disease and stage 0 Hgs. The stage 0 Hgs were seen in 95% of marrow samples containing CD19+ Hgs. When compared with controls and posttransplant marrow samples, the fraction of stage 0 Hgs was higher in patients receiving anti CD19 therapy (p = 0.0048), but it was not significant when compared with patients receiving chemotherapy (p = 0.1788). Isolated stage 0 Hgs are found in samples treated with anti-CD19 therapy simulating CD19 negative residual illness. Our findings aid in understanding the stage 0 Hgs and its association with CD19+ Hgs in anti CD19 therapy and conventional chemotherapy. This is crucial as it can be potentially mistaken for residual disease in patients treated with anti CD19 therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:106

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Cytometry. Part B, Clinical cytometry - 106(2024), 2 vom: 05. März, Seite 92-98

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ramalingam, Thulasi Raman [VerfasserIn]
Vaidhyanathan, Lakshman [VerfasserIn]
Muthu, Anurekha [VerfasserIn]
Swaminathan, Venkateswaran Vellaichamy [VerfasserIn]
Uppuluri, Ramya [VerfasserIn]
Raj, Revathi [VerfasserIn]

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Anti‐CD19 therapy
Antigens, CD19
CD19‐negative B cell precursors
Flow cytometry
Hematogones
Journal Article
Measurable residual disease

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Date Completed 28.03.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cyto.b.22159

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NLM367341174