Anti-erythropoietin and anti-thrombopoietin antibodies induced after administration of recombinant human erythropoietin
- Authors
- Shin, Sug Kyun; Pack, Seung Pil; Oh, Jin-Gyo; Kang, Nam Kyu; Chang, Myung Hee; Chung, Yoon Hee; Kim, Sung-Jo; Lee, Jong Wook; Heo, Tae-Hwe
- Issue Date
- 12월-2011
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Keywords
- Erythrocytopenia; Pure red cell aplasia; Erythropoietin; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombopoietin
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY, v.11, no.12, pp.2237 - 2241
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 12
- Start Page
- 2237
- End Page
- 2241
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/110951
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.intimp.2011.10.014
- ISSN
- 1567-5769
- Abstract
- Recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) has been successfully used for correcting renal anemia. However, recent studies have raised some concerns about the safety of rhEPO treatment due to its immunogenic side effect pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). We now report a case of development of anti-EPO neutralizing antibodies (Abs) implicated in thrombocytopenia as well as erythrocytopenia. A 35-year-old man had a history of administering rhEPO (epoetin alfa, epoetin beta and darbepoetin alfa) for 2 years to treat renal anemia. The hematological parameters were collected. Anti-EPO, anti-platelet, and anti-thrombopoietin (TPO) Ab assays were performed to test the presence of autoreactive Abs. After performing antibody assays due to severe resistance to rhEPO treatment, a high titer of anti-EPO neutralizing Abs was detected. However, unexpectedly, this patient also showed thrombocytopenia rather than PRCA. We investigated the cause of the marked thrombocytopenia and found anti-TPO Abs in patient serum. To our best knowledge, this is the first report of the development of anti-TPO Abs during rhEPO treatment for anemia. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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