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Biomed Res Int ; 2013: 846724, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24106720

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Acute leukemias are the most frequent childhood malignancies worldwide and remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality of relapsed patients. While remarkable progress has been made in characterizing genetic aberrations that may control these hematological disorders, it has also become clear that abnormalities in the bone marrow microenvironment might hit precursor cells and contribute to disease. However, responses of leukemic precursor cells to inflammatory conditions or microbial components upon infection are yet unexplored. Our previous work and increasing evidence indicate that Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the earliest stages of lymphoid development in mice and humans provide an important mechanism for producing cells of the innate immune system. Using highly controlled co-culture systems, we now show that lymphoid precursors from leukemic bone marrow express TLRs and respond to their ligation by changing cell differentiation patterns. While no apparent contribution of TLR signals to tumor progression was recorded for any of the investigated diseases, the replenishment of innate cells was consistently promoted upon in vitro TLR exposure, suggesting that early recognition of pathogen-associated molecules might be implicated in the regulation of hematopoietic cell fate decisions in childhood acute leukemia.


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Bone Marrow/metabolism , Cell Differentiation/genetics , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/genetics , Toll-Like Receptors/biosynthesis , Animals , Bone Marrow/pathology , Coculture Techniques , Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic , Humans , Lymphoid Progenitor Cells/metabolism , Mice , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/pathology , Signal Transduction
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Bol. méd. Hosp. Infant. Méx ; 58(4): 240-244, abr. 2001. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-306680

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Introducción. El síndrome hemofagocítico (SH) es una proliferación benigna de histiocitos, asociado con fagocitosis de elementos hemopoyéticos. El cuadro clínico se caracteriza por: fiebre, linfadenopatía, hepatoesplenomegalia, citopenias profundas y coagulopatías. Se ha asociado a: virus, bacterias, hongos, parásitos y neoplasias. Caso clínico. Se informa el caso de un SH después de trasplante de médula ósea autólogo y purga con mafosfamida en un paciente con leucemia aguda mieloblástica M-4 sin donador HLA compatible, en primera remisión completa con serología y reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (PCR) para citomegalovirus negativos (CMV) antes del trasplante, todas sus transfusiones se aplicaron con filtros leuco-reductores. La toma de injerto fue en el día +17. En el día +28 presentó neutropenia de 200 /mL, el aspirado de médula ósea mostró hemofagocitosis y PCR para CMV fue positiva, en leucocitos, plasma y orina; después de tratamiento con ganciclovir e inmunoglobulina intravenosa la PCR se negativizó y la médula ósea se observó sin evidencia de hemofagocitosis; no se documentaron otras infecciones o neoplasias.Conclusión. De acuerdo a las características clínicas y estudios de laboratorio, se consideró que la hemofagocitosis intramedular estuvo asociada a la infección por CMV.


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Humans , Male , Child , Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell/diagnosis , Bone Marrow Purging/methods , Bone Marrow Transplantation/adverse effects , Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute
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