Expecting more: the case for incorporating fertility services into comprehensive sickle cell disease care

LH Pecker, E Oteng-Ntim, A Nero, S Lanzkron… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are not yet systematically available to people with
sickle cell disease or their parents. Fertility care for these groups requires addressing sickle …

Knowledge gaps in reproductive and sexual health in girls and women with sickle cell disease

LH Pecker, D Sharma, A Nero… - British journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is an immediate need to address long‐standing questions about the reproductive
health of girls and women with sickle cell disease (SCD). There are many SCD‐related …

Impact of sickle cell disease on patientsʼ daily lives, symptoms reported, and disease management strategies: Results from the international Sickle Cell World …

I Osunkwo, B Andemariam, CP Minniti… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder, characterized by hemolytic anemia and vaso‐
occlusive crises (VOCs). Data on the global SCD impact on quality of life (QoL) from the …

A phase 1 dose escalation study of the pyruvate kinase activator mitapivat (AG-348) in sickle cell disease

JZ Xu, A Conrey, I Frey, E Gwaabe… - Blood, The Journal …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Polymerization of deoxygenated hemoglobin S underlies the pathophysiology of sickle cell
disease (SCD). In activating red blood cell pyruvate kinase and glycolysis, mitapivat (AG …

Circulating mitochondrial DNA is a proinflammatory DAMP in sickle cell disease

L Tumburu, S Ghosh-Choudhary… - Blood, The Journal …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
The pathophysiology of sickle cell disease (SCD) is driven by chronic inflammation fueled by
damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). We show that elevated cell-free DNA …

Leukemia after gene therapy for sickle cell disease: insertional mutagenesis, busulfan, both, or neither

RJ Jones, MR DeBaun - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Recently, encouraging data provided long-awaited hope for gene therapy as a cure for
sickle cell disease (SCD). Nevertheless, the transient suspension of the bluebird bio gene …

Endothelial VWF is critical for the pathogenesis of vaso-occlusive episode in a mouse model of sickle cell disease

H Shi, B Shao, L Gao, T Venkatesan… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Vaso-occlusive episode (VOE) is a common and critical complication of sickle cell disease
(SCD). Its pathogenesis is incompletely understood. von Willebrand factor (VWF), a …

A program of transition to adult care for sickle cell disease

AC Saulsberry, JS Porter… - Hematology 2014, the …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Most children with sickle cell disease (SCD) today survive into adulthood. Among emerging
adults, there is a marked increase in acute care utilization and a rise in mortality, which can …

Pregnancy outcomes in women with sickle cell disease in California

OO Adesina, A Brunson, SC Fisch, B Yu… - American journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Adverse pregnancy outcomes occur frequently in women with sickle cell disease (SCD)
across the globe. In the United States, Black women experience disproportionately worse …

Clonal hematopoiesis in sickle cell disease

LA Liggett, LD Cato, JS Weinstock… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Curative gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD) are currently
undergoing clinical evaluation. The occurrence of myeloid malignancies in these trials has …