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Multicenter Study
. 2017 Feb;102(2):e52-e56.
doi: 10.3324/haematol.2016.153411. Epub 2016 Oct 27.

Evolution of disease activity and biomarkers on and off rapamycin in 28 patients with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome

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Multicenter Study

Evolution of disease activity and biomarkers on and off rapamycin in 28 patients with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome

Christian Klemann et al. Haematologica. 2017 Feb.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Biomarker responses at six months in patients receiving rapamycin as first-line or second-line treatment. The percentage of DNT cells among CD3+TCRαβ+ lymphocytes (A), the serum levels of VitB12 (B), IL-10 (C) and sFASL (D) were determined before rapamycin therapy and 6–8 months after initiation of treatment in patients who received rapamycin as first-line therapy (left panels) or after prior immunosuppressive treatment (right panels). Patients with complete remission are depicted in black, partial remissions are indicated by open gray circles. Analyses were performed using PRISM-software (GraphPad software, San Diego, USA). Populations were compared using the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank t-test. P<0.05 was considered significant. *P<0.05; ***P<0.001.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Effect of treatment discontinuation. Summary of observations in 6 patients who discontinued rapamycin treatment. (A) Status of rapamycin treatment is indicated by [−]/[+]. The spleen size is indicated as follows: − not palpable; + palpable but <5 cm; ++ >10 cm or up to umbilicus. °Additional lymphadenopathy. *Cytopenia. (B) Percentages of DNT cells (left y-axis, black circles) and sFASL levels (right y-axis, open boxes/broken lines) at different stages of therapy.

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