Iron In Myelodysplasia

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"Iron depletion, be it by phlebotomy or chelation"
"Mechanism that disrupts normal iron homeostasis remains to be
determined"

Maybe eating meat causes it .. ?

Iron overload, hematopoietic cell transplantation,
and graft-versus-host disease
Authors: H. Joachim Deeg ab; Emily Spaulding a; Howard M. Shulman ab
a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
b Departments of Medicine and Pathology,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Leukemia and Lymphoma, Volume 50, Issue 10 October 2009 , pages 1566 -
1572

Abstract
Many patients who undergo hematopoietic cell transplantation
(HCT) present with anemia and have received red blood cell
transfusions before HCT.
As a result, iron overload is frequent and appears to be
particularly prominent in patients with myelodysplastic
syndromes.
There is evidence that peritransplant events contribute to
further iron accumulation, although the mechanism that disrupts
normal iron homeostasis remains to be determined.
Recent studies suggest that iron overload, as determined by
ferritin levels, a surrogate marker for iron, is a risk factor
for increased non-relapse mortality after HCT.
Iron overload is associated with an increased rate of infections,
in particular with fungal organisms.
Furthermore anecdotal data suggest that increased hepatic iron
may mimic the clinical picture of (chronic) graft-versus-host-disease
(GVHD).
Whether excess iron contributes to GVHD and whether iron depletion,
be it by phlebotomy or chelation, reduces the post-transplantation
complication rate and improves transplant outcome is yet to be
determined.

Keywords: Allogeneic transplantation; iron overload; hepcidin; GVHD

DOI: 10.3109/10428190903144659

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""Iron depletion, be it by phlebotomy or chelation"
"Mechanism that disrupts normal iron homeostasis remains to be
determined"

Maybe eating meat causes it .. ?"

Or watching too much tv.

Or fag sucking and huffing too?

This kind of mindless speculation to support an agenda will be a 5 in
the new number response system.