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Step 01
tHE idea
The Objective
The scientific journal editor proposes illustration services to authors who wish to publish in their peer-reviwed journal.
As scientific graphic designer, I then intervene to adapt the author's graphical abstract or figure to journal guidelines and style.
Step 02
tHE brief
Editor
HemaSphere
Peer-reviewed journal - IF: 9.1
Article
Journal style
Editor's guidelines include a precise format for the figure: 510.24 px x 340.15 px (formatted in cm).
Myriad Pro font is preferred and should not be smaller than 7 pt
Colors
Colors should be adapted for color-blind people:
elements that need to be identified or differentiated need to be seen by at least the most common types of color blindness (Protanopia and Deuteranopia).
A color palette has been defined in agreement with the editor.
Step 03
tHE abstract
Autoimmune Neutropenias: Update on Clinical and Biological Features in Children and Adults
The definition of autoimmune neutropenias (AIN) has been based on the demonstration of autoantibodies directed to various epitopes on blood neutrophils. However, this definition is probably too limited and excludes neutropenias (NPs) with a negative autoantibody test but with other phenomena that indicate an underlying autoimmune process. Examples of such AINs may be complete or incomplete systemic lupus erythematosus or other autoimmune diseases where NP is common but patients may not fulfill formal diagnostic criteria for a rheumatic disease. Recently, various inherited immune-dysregulation syndromes, such as those related to variants in, for example, TACI, BAFFR, ACKR1/DARC, LRBA, CTLA 4 genes, with dysregulated B- and T-lymphocyte functions, have been associated with concomitant AINs. Cellular immune mechanisms may also play a prominent role in the development of NP, in the presence or not of autoantibodies, in cases of large granular lymphocyte syndromes of T- and NK-cell types or in chronic idiopathic NP, particularly in adults with T-cell clonal populations. The course of AIN may differ according to age, being transient and rather uncomplicated in children, and chronic with treatment requirement in adolescents and adults. This review discusses current knowledge of AINs, including diagnostic procedures, treatments, and prognosis.
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