Louise de Swart, Chloé Reiniers, Timothy Bagguley, Corine van Marrewijk, David Bowen, Eva Hellström-Lindberg, Aurelia Tatic, Argiris Symeonidis, Gerwin Huls, Jaroslav Cermak, Arjan A van de Loosdrecht, Hege Garelius, Dominic Culligan, Mac Macheta, Michail Spanoudakis, Panagiotis Panagiotidis, Marta Krejci, Nicole Blijlevens, Saskia Langemeijer, Jackie Droste, Dorine W Swinkels, Alex Smith, Theo de Witte
Red blood cell transfusions remain one of the cornerstones in supportive care of lower-risk patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. We hypothesized that patients develop oxidant-mediated tissue injury through the formation of toxic iron species, caused either by red blood cell transfusions or by ineffective erythropoiesis. We analyzed serum samples from 100 lower-risk patients with myelodysplastic syndromes at six-month intervals for transferrin saturation, hepcidin-25, growth differentiation factor 15, soluble transferrin receptor, non-transferrin bound iron and labile plasma iron in order to evaluate temporal changes in iron metabolism and the presence of potentially toxic iron species and their impact on survival...
January 2018: Haematologica