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Iron Overload and Haematopoiesis in MDS: Does Blood Transfusion Promote Progression to AML?

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These results establish a relationship between CD34+ cell ROS content and serum ferritin concentration in MDS patients with iron overload, and indicate that iron chelation therapy in this patient population reverses this ROS accumulation.
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This article is published in Blood.The article was published on 2008-11-16. It has received 18 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Haematopoiesis & Bone marrow.

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Positive effects on hematopoiesis in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome receiving deferasirox as oral iron chelation therapy: a brief review.

TL;DR: The literature about this phenomenon is reviewed and the possible biological mechanisms underlying hematologic effects of deferasirox in MDS are discussed, starting from a new paradigmatic case in whom both hemoglobin level and platelet count improved, inducing transfusion-independence, soon after starting the treatment with defer asirox.
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Controversies surrounding iron chelation therapy for MDS.

TL;DR: Data on the impact of IOL in MDS and SCT, possible mechanisms of iron toxicity such as oxidative stress, and the impactof lowering iron on organ function and survival are reviewed are reviewed.
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Red Blood Cell Transfusion Independence Following the Initiation of Iron Chelation Therapy in Myelodysplastic Syndrome

TL;DR: Twenty-nine other MDS patients reported showing improvement in hemoglobin level with iron chelation; nine became transfusion independent, nine had decreased transfusion requirements, and some showed improved trilineage myelopoiesis.
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Iron chelation therapy in myelodysplastic syndromes: where do we stand?

TL;DR: The authors summarize the current knowledge regarding IO in MDS and the role of ICT and suggest that iron chelation therapy (ICT) remains a very controversial aspect in the management of MDS.
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