Castleman disease

A Carbone, M Borok, B Damania, A Gloghini… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Castleman disease (CD), a heterogeneous group of disorders that share morphological
features, is divided into unicentric CD and multicentric CD (MCD) according to the clinical …

International, evidence-based consensus treatment guidelines for idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease

F Van Rhee, P Voorhees, A Dispenzieri… - Blood, The Journal …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Castleman disease (CD) describes a group of heterogeneous hematologic disorders with
characteristic histopathological features. CD can present with unicentric or multicentric …

International, evidence-based consensus diagnostic criteria for HHV-8–negative/idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease

DC Fajgenbaum, TS Uldrick, A Bagg… - Blood, The Journal …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
Abstract Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8)–negative, idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease
(iMCD) is a rare and life-threatening disorder involving systemic inflammatory symptoms …

Siltuximab for multicentric Castleman's disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

F Van Rhee, RS Wong, N Munshi, JF Rossi… - The lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Multicentric Castleman's disease is a rare lymphoproliferative
disorder driven by dysregulated production of interleukin 6. No randomised trials have been …

Idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease: a systematic literature review

AY Liu, CS Nabel, BS Finkelman, JR Ruth… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Multicentric Castleman's disease describes a group of poorly
understood lymphoproliferative disorders driven by proinflammatory hypercytokinaemia …

Interleukin-6 as a therapeutic target

JF Rossi, ZY Lu, M Jourdan, B Klein - Clinical Cancer Research, 2015 - aacrjournals.org
Human IL6 is a cytokine produced by many cell types that has pleiotropic effects. In
agreement, anti-IL6 therapy reduces inflammation, hepatic acute phase proteins, and …

KSHV/HHV8-mediated hematologic diseases

E Cesarman, A Chadburn… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) herpesvirus (KSHV), also known as human herpesvirus 8, is the
causal agent of KS but is also pathogenetically related to several lymphoproliferative …

Clinicopathologic analysis of TAFRO syndrome demonstrates a distinct subtype of HHV‐8‐negative multicentric Castleman disease

N Iwaki, DC Fajgenbaum, CS Nabel… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) describes a heterogeneous group of disorders
involving systemic inflammation, characteristic lymph node histopathology, and multi‐organ …

The full spectrum of Castleman disease: 273 patients studied over 20 years

E Oksenhendler, D Boutboul… - British Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The spectrum of Castleman disease (CD) has considerably extended since its first
description in 1956. Recently, an international collaborative working group has reached …

Proposed diagnostic criteria, disease severity classification and treatment strategy for TAFRO syndrome, 2015 version

Y Masaki, H Kawabata, K Takai, M Kojima… - International journal of …, 2016 - Springer
TAFRO syndrome is a systemic inflammatory disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia,
anasarca including pleural effusion and ascites, fever, renal insufficiency, and …