2024
Aplastic anemia in association with multiple myeloma: clinical and pathophysiological insights
Muradashvili T, Liu Y, VanOudenhove J, Gu S, Krause D, Montanari F, Carlino M, Mancuso R, Stempel J, Halene S, Zeidan A, Podoltsev N, Neparidze N. Aplastic anemia in association with multiple myeloma: clinical and pathophysiological insights. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-8. PMID: 39225418, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2024.2393260.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAplastic anemiaMultiple myelomaImmunosuppressive therapyTransfusion requirementsProgenitor cellsPlasma cell-directed therapyT-cell destructionCell-directed therapiesInhibition of erythroid colony formationErythroid colony formationLevels of IL8Severe AAImmune cytopeniasPartial responseMM patientsHematopoietic stemSerum testsPartial improvementPathophysiological insightsPatientsImmune systemPlatelet apoptosisCytopeniasColony formationMyeloma
2023
Current landscape of translational and clinical research in myelodysplastic syndromes/neoplasms (MDS): Proceedings from the 1st International Workshop on MDS (iwMDS) Of the International Consortium for MDS (icMDS)
Bewersdorf J, Xie Z, Bejar R, Borate U, Boultwood J, Brunner A, Buckstein R, Carraway H, Churpek J, Daver N, Porta M, DeZern A, Fenaux P, Figueroa M, Gore S, Griffiths E, Halene S, Hasserjian R, Hourigan C, Kim T, Komrokji R, Kuchroo V, List A, Loghavi S, Majeti R, Odenike O, Patnaik M, Platzbecker U, Roboz G, Sallman D, Santini V, Sanz G, Sekeres M, Stahl M, Starczynowski D, Steensma D, Taylor J, Abdel-Wahab O, Xu M, Savona M, Wei A, Zeidan A. Current landscape of translational and clinical research in myelodysplastic syndromes/neoplasms (MDS): Proceedings from the 1st International Workshop on MDS (iwMDS) Of the International Consortium for MDS (icMDS). Blood Reviews 2023, 60: 101072. PMID: 36934059, DOI: 10.1016/j.blre.2023.101072.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsSpecific molecular alterationsNovel animal modelInnate immune systemCheckpoint inhibitorsImmune dysregulationMDS patientsClinical trialsNovel therapiesTherapeutic strategiesAnimal modelsGermline predispositionImmune systemMolecular alterationsClinical researchInternational ConsortiumNeoplasmsClinical workGenetic landscapeInternational WorkshopPatientsCurrent landscapePathogenesisTherapyDisease
2022
Human neutrophil development and functionality are enabled in a humanized mouse model
Zheng Y, Sefik E, Astle J, Karatepe K, Öz HH, Solis AG, Jackson R, Luo HR, Bruscia EM, Halene S, Shan L, Flavell RA. Human neutrophil development and functionality are enabled in a humanized mouse model. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2121077119. PMID: 36269862, PMCID: PMC9618085, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2121077119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHumanized mouse modelMouse modelHuman immune systemHuman neutrophilsImmune systemFunctional human immune systemGranulocyte colony-stimulating factorUnique mouse modelColony-stimulating factorHuman G-CSFMISTRG miceG-CSF receptor geneBacterial burdenInfectious challengeG-CSFNeutrophilsMiceNeutrophil developmentReceptor geneDisease
2016
Peripheral blood CD34+ cells efficiently engraft human cytokine knock-in mice
Saito Y, Ellegast JM, Rafiei A, Song Y, Kull D, Heikenwalder M, Rongvaux A, Halene S, Flavell RA, Manz MG. Peripheral blood CD34+ cells efficiently engraft human cytokine knock-in mice. Blood 2016, 128: 1829-1833. PMID: 27543436, PMCID: PMC5054696, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-10-676452.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood CD34Higher engraftment levelsColony-stimulating factorBone marrowEngraftment levelsHuman hemato-lymphoid systemBlood CD34Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factorAdult recipient miceNonobese diabetic/Macrophage colony-stimulating factorSignal regulatory protein αCord blood-derived CD34Blood-derived CD34Regulatory protein αMISTRG miceAdult recipientsRecipient miceDiabetic/T cellsNonhematopoietic organsMyeloid cellsImmune systemCD34Mice
2000
Gene Therapy Using Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Sisyphus Approaches the Crest
Halene S, Kohn D. Gene Therapy Using Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Sisyphus Approaches the Crest. Human Gene Therapy 2000, 11: 1259-1267. PMID: 10890736, DOI: 10.1089/10430340050032366.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters