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ANNUAL REVIEW OF MEDICINE, VOL 72, 2021
Volume 72, Issue -, Pages 215-228Publisher
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-med-070119-115617
Keywords
autoimmune diseases; Crohn's disease; multiple sclerosis; systemic sclerosis; autoimmunity; cell therapy; HSCT; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
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Funding
- German Research Foundation [SFB650]
- Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Program
- Medical Research Council (MRC)
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) partnership [15/178/09]
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The introduction of targeted biologic therapies has significantly changed the treatment landscape for autoimmune diseases, but these therapies require continuous administration and are not curative. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation aims to provide treatment-free remissions by reinducing self-tolerance and has become an important part of treatment algorithms for various autoimmune diseases. Recent data has improved the evidence base to support autologous HSCT in multiple sclerosis, systemic sclerosis, Crohn's disease, and other rare disease indications.
The introduction of targeted biologic therapies has changed the treatment landscape for autoimmune diseases (ADs) substantially, but although these therapies provide more specificity, they require continuous administration, rarely restore organ function or reverse disability, and are not curative. Over the last 25 years, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been increasingly used to treat patients in whom the risk:benefit ratio ofHSCT is acceptable. In contrast to chronic suppression of immune function, this intensive one-off procedure aims to provide treatment-free remissions by the reinduction of self-tolerance. The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) Autoimmune Diseases Working Party (ADWP) has been central to development of this approach, with over 3,300 HSCT registrations for ADs. Recent data have improved the evidence base to support autologous HSCT in multiple sclerosis, systemic sclerosis, and Crohn's disease, along with a wide range of rarer disease indications, and autologous HSCT has become an integral part of treatment algorithms in various ADs.
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