A novel mutation in the CUB sequence of matriptase-2 (TMPRSS6) is implicated in iron-resistant iron deficiency anaemia (IRIDA).

in British Journal of Haematology (2013), 160(4), 564-565

Rapamycin prevents experimental sclerodermatous chronic graft-versus-host disease in mice

Conference (2012)

Background: The most widely used mice model of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) is an MHC-matched bone marrow transplantation model of sclerodermatous cGvHD. A limitation of that model is that ... [more ▼]

Background: The most widely used mice model of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) is an MHC-matched bone marrow transplantation model of sclerodermatous cGvHD. A limitation of that model is that mortality is relatively low, making difficult to study the impact of potentially therapeutic compounds. Aims: To develop a more severe model of cGVHD and to assess the impact of Rapamycin administration in that model. Results: Lethally irradiated Balb/C mice were injected with 10x106 bone marrow cells and 70x106 splenocytes from B10.D2 donor mice. Twenty-one days later, all mice developed cGvHD. For the severe model, donor B10.D2 mice were injected with 0.5x106 splenocytes from Balb/C twenty-one days before transplantation. All mice from the severe model (n=8) died a median of 32 days while 3 of 7 mice in the classical model survived beyond day 52. Mean survival was decreased in the severe model compared to the classical model (32 days versus 37 days; p=0.0185). Recipient mice in the severe group experienced higher weight loss, hair loss and skin fi brosis. Numbers of T lymphocytes (231.9 ± 151.4 versus 951 ± 532.8; p=0.0032) and CD4+ T cells (63.25 ± 41.93 versus 135.0 ± 14.39; p=0.0018) per microliter of blood at day 21 were lower in the severe group than in the classical model. Moreover, number of regulatory T cells (Tregs) was decreased in the severe model (1.250 ± 0.8864 versus 8.000 ± 6.753; p=0.0151). We then investigated whether rapamycin administration could prevent GVHD in the severe model. All (n=8) mice treated with PBS (placebo) died a median of 32 days after transplantation, while 6 of 8 mice given 1 mg/kg/day i.p. rapamycin survived beyond day 52 (p=0.0012). Number of Tregs/μl was higher at day 21 in rapamycin-treated mice than in mice given PBS (2.000±1.195 versus 1.250±0.8864; p=0.0796). Moreover, number of naïve CD4+T (10.00±4.192 versus 30.25±5.185; p= 0.0089) and effector memory T cells (EMT) (30.67±3.180 versus 67.33±7.881; p= 0.0125) were higher in rapamycin mice. Finally, proliferation of EMT (assessed by fl ow cytometry using Ki-67) was higher in PBS than in rapamycin mice (45.28%±4.084 versus 31.90%± 2.003; p=0.0474). Conclusion: We have developed a mice model of severe cGVHD. Interestingly, rapamycin prevented death from cGVHD in that model, perhaps through in vivo expansion of Treg. [less ▲]

Lymphome du manteau : prise en charge 2011

in Revue Médicale Suisse (2011), 7

Le lymphome du manteau (LM) représente 6% des lymphomes non hodgkiniens (LNH). Le diagnostic repose sur l'immunophénotypage et la démonstration de la présence de la location entre les chromosomes 11 et 14 ... [more ▼]

Le lymphome du manteau (LM) représente 6% des lymphomes non hodgkiniens (LNH). Le diagnostic repose sur l'immunophénotypage et la démonstration de la présence de la location entre les chromosomes 11 et 14, avec surexpression de la cycline D1. Le traitement de première ligne du sujet jeune associe trois cures de R-CHOP21 alternées avec trois cures de R-DHAP21, suivies d'une autogreffe conditionnée par irradiation corporelle totale, cyclophosphamide et aracytine. Le sujet de plus de 65 ans peut bénéficier de huit cures de R-CHOP21. L'intérêt du traitement de maintenance est en cours d'évaluation. L'allogreffe de cellules souches hématopoïétiques offre une chance de guérison aux patients en rechute en bon état général. Les traitements ciblés permettront une amélioration du pronostic de cette maladie. [less ▲]

Prise en charge actuelle des syndromes myélodysplasiques

in Revue Médicale Suisse (2011), 7

Retroperitoneal fibrosis and multiple myeloma: fortuitous association?

in Revue de Médecine Interne (2010), 31(5), 4-6

Enteroviral meningoencephalitis as complication of Rituximab therapy in a patient treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

in British Journal of Haematology (2010), 150(3), 379-381

Thymosin beta4 in multiple myeloma: friend or foe

in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2010), 1194(1), 125-130

Antitumor and anti-angiogenic effects of aplidin in the 5T33MM model, syngeneic model of multiple myeloma

in British Journal of Cancer (2008), 98(12), 1966-74

Acute interstitial nephritis associated with salmonellosis

in European Journal of Internal Medicine (2006), 17(3), 217-9

The involvement of osteopontin and its receptors in multiple myeloma cell survival, migration and invasion in the murine 5T33MM model

in British Journal of Haematology (2006), 132((4)), 469-77