Tutelman Perri R, Aubert Geraldine, Milner Ruth A, Dalal Bakul I, Schultz Kirk R, Deyell Rebecca J
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Br J Haematol. 2014 Mar;164(5):717-21. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12656. Epub 2013 Nov 14.
The significance of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH(pos) ) cells and leucocyte subset telomere lengths in paediatric aplastic anaemia (AA) is unknown. Among 22 children receiving immunosuppressive therapy (IST) for AA, 73% (16/22) were PNH(pos) , of whom 94% achieved at least a partial response (PR) to IST; 11/16 (69%) achieved complete response (CR). Only 2/6 (33%) PNH(neg) patients achieved PR. PNH(pos) patients were less likely to fail IST compared to PNH(neg) patients (odds ratio 0·033; 95% confidence interval 0·002-0·468; P = 0·012). Children with AA had short granulocyte (P = 7·8 × 10(-9) ), natural killer cell (P = 6·0 × 10(-4) ), naïve T lymphocyte (P = 0·002) and B lymphocyte (P = 0·005) telomeres compared to age-matched normative data.
阵发性夜间血红蛋白尿(PNH阳性)细胞和白细胞亚群端粒长度在儿童再生障碍性贫血(AA)中的意义尚不清楚。在22名接受免疫抑制治疗(IST)的AA患儿中,73%(16/22)为PNH阳性,其中94%对IST至少有部分缓解(PR);11/16(69%)达到完全缓解(CR)。只有2/6(33%)的PNH阴性患者达到PR。与PNH阴性患者相比,PNH阳性患者IST治疗失败的可能性较小(优势比0·033;95%置信区间0·002 - 0·468;P = 0·012)。与年龄匹配的正常数据相比,AA患儿的粒细胞(P = 7·8 × 10⁻⁹)、自然杀伤细胞(P = 6·0 × 10⁻⁴)、初始T淋巴细胞(P = 0·002)和B淋巴细胞(P = 0·005)端粒较短。