Progress of predicting response to immunosuppressive therapy in aplastic anemia / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Aplastic anemia is a severe hematological disease characterized by bone marrow failure and pancyto-penia.Immunosuppressive therapy(IST)with antithymocyte globulin(ATG)and cyclosporine A(CSA)is the first -line treatment for patients who lack an HLA -matched sibling.One third of the patients has no response to IST and the high risk of ATG -related adverse effects may lead to ATG -related death.So it is necessary to explore the predictive marker of response to IST.A defined predictive marker may make the selection of treatment more reasonable and further improve the long -term efficacy.The relevant literatures were analyzed and summarized in recent years,in order to pro-vide a reference for clinical treatment and a baseline for prospective studies.