Publications by authors named "Cristina Bulai-Livideanu"

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  • Advanced systemic mastocytosis (AdvSM) is a complex condition linked to poor outcomes, and while midostaurin is the first approved treatment, its long-lasting effectiveness is limited.
  • Various prognostic scoring systems like MARS, IPSM, and GPSM have been developed to assess patients' outcomes, but it's essential to tailor these scores to specific AdvSM subtypes for better accuracy.
  • A study of patients treated with midostaurin revealed that MARS and AdvSM subtype significantly predict overall survival, identifying five distinct patient subgroups with varying median survival times, highlighting the need for personalized management strategies.
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  • Familial glomangiomatosis is a rare condition caused by a genetic change that leads to abnormal blood vessel growth, called glomus tumors.
  • An 11-year-old girl with this condition was treated successfully using a special laser called Nd:YAG long-pulse laser.
  • After three laser treatments, her tumors shrank by more than 80%, her pain disappeared, and there were no side effects.
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Background And Aims: Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is characterized by the accumulation of atypical mast cells (MCs) in organs. Liver histology of SM has been marginally described and accurate histological classification is critical, given the consequences of aggressive SM diagnosis. We aimed to describe the histological features associated with liver SM using updated tools.

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Background: Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a clonal disorder of mast cells (MCs) frequently associated with vertebral osteoporosis (OP) and subsequent vertebral fractures (VFs). The natural history of this OP remains unclear. Importantly, we do not know whether OP represents an early event triggered alongside MC abnormalities, and whether MC clonality is sufficient to trigger osteoporosis.

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Background: Mastocytosis and monoclonal mast cell (MC) activation syndrome (MMAS) are heterogeneous conditions characterized by the accumulation of atypical MCs. Despite the recurrent involvement of KIT mutations, the pathophysiologic origin of mastocytosis and MMAS is unclear. Although hereditary α-tryptasemia (HαT, related to TPSAB1 gene duplication) is abnormally frequent in these diseases, it is not known whether the association is coincidental or causal.

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Routine clinical assays, such as conventional immunohistochemistry, often fail to resolve the regional heterogeneity of complex inflammatory skin conditions. We introduce MANTIS (Multiplex Annotated Tissue Imaging System), a flexible analytic pipeline compatible with routine practice, specifically designed for spatially resolved immune phenotyping of the skin in experimental or clinical samples. On the basis of phenotype attribution matrices coupled to α-shape algorithms, MANTIS projects a representative digital immune landscape while enabling automated detection of major inflammatory clusters and concomitant single-cell data quantification of biomarkers.

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  • Biological therapies are effective for treating severe psoriasis in children under 12, but this age group is often not included in clinical trials.
  • The 'BiPe Jr' study analyzed data from 82 children in France and Italy who received biological treatments, showcasing significant improvement in psoriasis severity and treatment duration for drugs like adalimumab and ustekinumab.
  • Although 52 children stopped their treatments mostly due to ineffectiveness and remission, the study pointed out safety concerns with reports of serious adverse events, including severe infections.
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Background: Mast cells are key players in innate immunity and the T2 adaptive immune response. The latter counterbalances the T1 response, which is critical for antiviral immunity. Clonal mast cell activation disorders (cMCADs, such as mastocytosis and clonal mast cell activation syndrome) are characterized by abnormal mast cell accumulation and/or activation.

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Background: Mastocytosis is a rare disease characterised by the accumulation and/or proliferation of abnormal mast cells (MCs) in one or several organs. It may present with a number of different symptoms that involve various organ systems. The current study aims to assess the prevalence of MC mediator-related symptoms in a cohort of mastocytosis patients with a specific focus on neurological, psychiatric, cognitive and sexual symptoms.

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BACKGROUND: Mastocytosis is associated with mast cell (MC) mediator-related symptoms for which limited therapies are available. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to assess the efficacy and safety of omalizumab in the treatment of MC mediator-related symptoms in adult patients with mastocytosis. RESULTS: We identified one multi-centre retrospective cohort study (39 patients), one retrospective cohort study (13 patients), 4 case series and 10 case reports.

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Scleromyxedema is a rare skin and systemic mucinosis that is usually associated with monoclonal gammopathy (MG). In this French multicenter retrospective study of 33 patients, we investigated the clinical and therapeutic features of MG-associated scleromyxedema. Skin molecular signatures were analyzed using a transcriptomic approach.

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Background: Patients with mast cell diseases may suffer from various distressing symptoms, which can be insufficiently controlled with available therapies, severely affecting their quality of life. There is a need for new and safe treatment options for these patients.

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate safety and efficacy of omalizumab administration in patients with a symptomatic mast cell disorder.

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