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Maria Stella Graziani

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Giuseppe Agosta

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ISSN print: 0393 – 0564
ISSN digital: 0392- 7091



BC: Articoli scritti da G. Pantano

Emoglobinuria parossistica notturna
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
<p>Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare acquired&nbsp;hematological disease of the hematopoietic stem cell. PNH arises as a consequence of non-malignant clonal&nbsp;expansion of hematopoietic stem cells and progeny mature blood cells of both myeloid and monocyte lineage, which&nbsp;are deficient in some surface proteins, including the two complement regulators CD55 and CD59. As a result, PNH&nbsp;erythrocytes are incapable to modulate on their surface physiologic complement activation, leading to complement-mediated&nbsp;intravascular hemolysis, which is the central clinical feature of PNH. Diagnosis and monitoring of PNH&nbsp;clones currently rely on the analysis of CD59 expression on red blood cells and FLAER (fluorescent aerolysin) and&nbsp;some glycophosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins on granulocyte and monocyte lineages by flow cytometry. Despite&nbsp;the availability of safe and effective targeted therapy that controls intravascular hemolysis, the management of PNH&nbsp;remains difficult because of disease heterogeneity and close association with bone marrow failure syndromes.</p>
Biochimica Clinica ; 37(4) 268-274
Rassegne - Reviews
 
Un caso di emoglobinuria parossistica notturna associata a mielodisplasia
A case of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria in a patient with myelodysplasia
<p>Paroxysmal nocturnal&nbsp;hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare acquired hematological disease of the hematopoietic stem cell. PNH arises as a&nbsp;consequence of non-malignant clonal expansion of hematopoietic stem cells and progeny mature blood cells of both&nbsp;myeloid and monocyte lineage, which are deficient in some surface proteins, including the two complement regulators&nbsp;CD55 and CD59. As a result, PNH erythrocytes are incapable to modulate on their surface physiologic complement&nbsp;activation, leading to complement-mediated intravascular hemolysis, which is the central clinical feature of PNH. We&nbsp;present a case of a 16 years old Ukrainian boy who presented with a diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome and&nbsp;who was found to be affected by PNH.</p>
Biochimica Clinica ; 37(4) 326-328
Casi clinici - Case Report