Adaptive immune and platelet activation during the maintenance phase of therapy in adults with B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Adult patients with B-ALL undergoing maintenance therapy exhibits increased lymphocyte and platelet activation, which may be associated with an elevated thrombotic risk despite normal D-dimer levels.
Authors
- Zekhethelo Alondwe Mkhwanazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6877-3734)
- Tawanda M. Nyambuya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3288-9524)
- Bongani B. Nkambule (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8846-1992)
- Edwig Shingenge
Institutions
- Namibia University of Science and Technology (NA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Platelets
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2026.2636463
- Primary Topic
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00