PMID- 36499545 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221216 LR - 20221222 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 23 DP - 2022 Dec 2 TI - Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATG)-Free Nonmyeloablative Haploidentical PBSCT Plus Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide Is a Safe and Efficient Treatment Approach for Pediatric Acquired Aplastic Anemia. LID - 10.3390/ijms232315192 [doi] LID - 15192 AB - Most cases of acquired aplastic anemia (AA) arise from autoimmune destruction of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-haploidentical nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) plus post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) is increasingly applied to salvage AA using bone marrow as graft and anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) in conditioning. Herein, we characterize a cohort of twelve AA patients clinically and molecularly, six who possessed other immunological disorders (including two also carrying germline SAMD9L mutations). Each patient with SAMD9L mutation also carried an AA-related rare BCORL1 variant or CTLA4 p.T17A GG genotype, respectively, and both presented short telomere lengths. Six of the ten patients analyzed harbored AA-risky HLA polymorphisms. All patients recovered upon non-HSCT (n = 4) or HSCT (n = 8) treatments. Six of the eight HSCT-treated patients were subjected to a modified PTCy-based regimen involving freshly prepared peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) as graft and exclusion of ATG. All patients were engrafted between post-transplantation days +13 and +18 and quickly reverted to normal life, displaying a sustained complete hematologic response and an absence of graft-versus-host disease. These outcomes indicate most AA cases, including of the SAMD9L-inherited subtype, are immune-mediated and the modified PTCy-based regimen we present is efficient and safe for salvage. FAU - Chen, Rong-Long AU - Chen RL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0290-9886 AD - Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-sen Cancer Center, Taipei 11259, Taiwan. FAU - Ip, Peng Peng AU - Ip PP AD - Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115024, Taiwan. FAU - Shaw, Jy-Juinn AU - Shaw JJ AD - School of Law, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu City 30093, Taiwan. FAU - Wang, Yun-Hsin AU - Wang YH AD - Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, Tamsui, New Taipei City 251301, Taiwan. FAU - Fan, Li-Hua AU - Fan LH AD - Department of Pharmacy, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-sen Cancer Center, Taipei 11259, Taiwan. FAU - Shen, Yi-Ling AU - Shen YL AD - Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115024, Taiwan. FAU - Joseph, Nithila A AU - Joseph NA AD - Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115024, Taiwan. FAU - Chen, Tsen-Erh AU - Chen TE AD - Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115024, Taiwan. FAU - Chen, Liuh-Yow AU - Chen LY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9857-068X AD - Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115024, Taiwan. LA - eng GR - FACSI 211001/Family Association for Children with Serious Illness, Taiwan/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221202 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Antilymphocyte Serum) RN - 8N3DW7272P (Cyclophosphamide) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Child MH - Antilymphocyte Serum/therapeutic use MH - *Anemia, Aplastic/genetics/therapy MH - Transplantation Conditioning MH - *Graft vs Host Disease/etiology MH - Cyclophosphamide/therapeutic use MH - *Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects MH - HLA Antigens MH - Retrospective Studies PMC - PMC9739033 OTO - NOTNLM OT - SAMD9L variant OT - anti-thymocyte globulin OT - nonmyeloablative haploidentical peripheral blood stem cell transplantation OT - post-transplantation cyclophosphamide OT - severe aplastic anemia COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2022/12/02 CRDT- 2022/12/11 01:21 PHST- 2022/10/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/11 01:21 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms232315192 [pii] AID - ijms-23-15192 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms232315192 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Dec 2;23(23):15192. doi: 10.3390/ijms232315192.