Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Congenital Immune Dysregulatory Disorders

Primary immunodeficiency disorders that predominantly affect immune regulation and mechanisms of self-tolerance have come into the limelight, because at least for a subgroup of monogenetic disorders, a targeted therapy has become available. Nevertheless, their management often involves the treatment...

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Published in:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Main Authors: Shahrzad Bakhtiar, Julia Fekadu, Markus G. Seidel, Eleonora Gambineri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2019.00461/full
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Summary:Primary immunodeficiency disorders that predominantly affect immune regulation and mechanisms of self-tolerance have come into the limelight, because at least for a subgroup of monogenetic disorders, a targeted therapy has become available. Nevertheless, their management often involves the treatment of severely compromising, refractory, multi-organ autoimmunity, leading to further increased susceptibility to infections and complications of long-term immune suppressive treatment, including the risk of malignancy. While evidence for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) as a curative treatment option for severely affected patients by this disease category accumulates, clear indications, and guidelines for alloHSCT are lacking. Predictive and stratification-relevant tools such as disease activity scores are largely missing and often there is not a consistent genotype-phenotype correlation within the same family to facilitate the decision whether to transplant or not. In this review, we provide a literature-based update on indications and outcomes of alloHSCT for congenital immune dysregulative inborn errors of immunity according to the IUIS classification 2017.
ISSN:2296-2360