title: Treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes with hematopoietic growth factors.
abstract: Clinical trials with hematopoietic growth factors (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor [GM-CSF], granulocyte colony-stimulating factor [G-CSF], interleukin-3, or erythropoietin) have been performed on patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Absolute neutrophil counts can be readily raised to within the normal range by treatment with GM-CSF or G-CSF. Increases in platelets and hemoglobin have been reported after treatment with interleukin-3 and erythropoietin, respectively. Cytogenetic and molecular genetic analyses have demonstrated that both normal and malignant precursor cells are stimulated by cytokine therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ganser
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hoelzer
mesh_terms: D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors; D007377:Interleukin-3; D003561:Cytarabine; D004921:Erythropoietin; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor