A biomarker for disease severity in Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome; loss of Dnmt3a confers resistance to IFNα; unrelated donor selection in HSCT with PTCy

In this week's episode we'll discuss assessing risk profile in Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, or WAS. Then, we'll learn about how the loss of DNMT3A confers resistance to interferon-alpha in hematopoietic stem cells carrying the JAK2-V617F mutation. Finally, we'll explore unrelated donor selection for AML patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide.

Featured Articles: 

• Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome: A retrospective study on 577 patients defines the genotype as a predictive biomarker for disease severity and survival
• Loss of Dnmt3a increased self-renewal and resistance to pegylated interferon-alpha in JAK2-V617F-positive myeloproliferative neoplasms 
• Younger unrelated donors may be preferable over HLA match in the PTCy era: A study from the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

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