Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be an effective treatment for refractory autoimmune diseases. With reports of the use of allogeneic HSCT emerging, how do these two very different types of stem cell transplantation compare and is allogeneic HSCT advisable?
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K.M.S. and S.S. would like to thank members in the multidisciplinary team at Duke University Medical Center for their contributions in the care of patients with systemic sclerosis undergoing stem cell transplantation: G. Long, T. Helms and A. Adler, (at the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy); A. Shah and E. W. St Clair (at the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology); and A. R. Cardones (at the Department of Dermatology)
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Sullivan, K.M., Sarantopoulos, S. Allogeneic HSCT for autoimmune disease: a shared decision. Nat Rev Rheumatol 15, 701–702 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41584-019-0306-7
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