International Journal of Hematology and Oncology
2023, Vol 33, Num 4 Page(s): 008-015
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Pretransplant Serum Fibrinogen Level may be a Predictive Marker on Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease (cGVHD) in Patients Having Undergone Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (allo-HSCT)
Neslihan MANDACI SANLI1, Muzaffer KEKLIK1, Ali UNAL1
Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Center, Kayseri, TURKEY
Keywords: Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Fibrinogen, Inflammation, Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Inflammatory processes play an important role in the pathophysiology of cGVHD. Serum fibrinogen is a proinflammatory protein with a wide range of functions in inflammation. But its role in GVHD is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive impact of pre-transplantation fibrinogen levels on cGVHD in allo-HSCT recipients. We retrospectively analyzed 249 patients with hematologic diseases undergoing allo-HSCT from 10/10 HLA-matched donors. Serum high fibrinogen levels at the time of HSCT (day 0) were significantly associated with cGVHD development in univariate analyses (OR 2.01, p= 0.012) and multivariate analyses (OR 1.003, p= 0.037). There was no significant association between fibrinogen levels and overall survival, disease-free survival and, acute GVHD (p> 0.05). This is the first report demonstrating the association between high fibrinogen levels and increased cGVHD occurrence.Further studies are warranted and may identify the efficacy of fibrinogen as a predictive marker on cGVHD in allo-HSCT recipients.
Neslihan MANDACI SANLI1, Muzaffer KEKLIK1, Ali UNAL1
Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Center, Kayseri, TURKEY
Keywords: Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Fibrinogen, Inflammation, Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Inflammatory processes play an important role in the pathophysiology of cGVHD. Serum fibrinogen is a proinflammatory protein with a wide range of functions in inflammation. But its role in GVHD is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive impact of pre-transplantation fibrinogen levels on cGVHD in allo-HSCT recipients. We retrospectively analyzed 249 patients with hematologic diseases undergoing allo-HSCT from 10/10 HLA-matched donors. Serum high fibrinogen levels at the time of HSCT (day 0) were significantly associated with cGVHD development in univariate analyses (OR 2.01, p= 0.012) and multivariate analyses (OR 1.003, p= 0.037). There was no significant association between fibrinogen levels and overall survival, disease-free survival and, acute GVHD (p> 0.05). This is the first report demonstrating the association between high fibrinogen levels and increased cGVHD occurrence.Further studies are warranted and may identify the efficacy of fibrinogen as a predictive marker on cGVHD in allo-HSCT recipients.
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