Molecular analysis of beta-thalassemia in Vietnam.

abstract：:The 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) of beta-globin has been well characterized and is often used as a model for eukaryotic transcription/translation, but there are still questions regarding the mechanism of translational control. Mutations affecting the Cap site at + 1 and at positions +10, +22, +33 and +40-43 have bee...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Van de Water N,Tan T,Chan G,Cole N,Browett P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 2, 3-diphosphoglyceric acid (2, 3-DPG), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), inositol tetraphosphate (ITP), inositol pentaphosphate (IPP), and inositol hexaphosphate (IHP) on oxygen affinity of whole stripped hemoglobin (WSH), hemoglobin H (Hb-H; hatching hemoglobin), hemoglobin A (Hb-A), and hemoglobin D (Hb-...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Isaacks RE,Harkness DR,Goldman PH,Adler JL,Kim CY

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromatographic procedure for the separation of human globin chains is described. This method uses CM-Sepharose CL-6B as ion-exchanger and NaCl gradients formed in sodium phosphate buffers containing urea and 0.05M mercaptoethanol to elute the chains. One advantage of this system is that a column, once packed, may b...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Sparham SJ,Huehns ER

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the spectrum of beta-thalassemia mutations in the southern part of the West Bank of the Palestinian Authority revealed the presence of 10 different beta-globin mutations. The study included 41 patients and 54 carriers of beta-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia. The spectrum of mutations observed was typical...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： El-Latif MA,Filon D,Rund D,Oppenheim A,Kanaan M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new beta-chain variant, Hemoglobin Windsor [beta 11 (A8)Val----Asp] was discovered in a 9-month-old child who presented with a hemolytic anemia of 59 g/l with an intercurrent viral infection. Her blood film demonstrated fragmented cells, target cells, stipple cells, nucleated red cells, polychromasia and some sphero...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Gilbert AT,Fleming PJ,Sumner DR,Hughes WG,Holland RA,Tibben EA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the hematological characteristics in a large group of Hb H (β4) patients with or without a coexisting β-thalassemia (β-thal), identified by a thalassemia screening program in mainland China. A total of 361 patients with Hb H disease were found, including 343 with deletional types...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Chen GL,Jiang F,Li J,Zhou JY,Li DZ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the molecular characterization of Hb Crete [beta129(H7)Ala-->Pro] in a female subject from the Greek island of Crete. DNA sequence analysis revealed a 1368 GCC-->CCC base substitution in exon 3 of the beta-globin gene, leading to the Ala-->Pro amino acid change at codon 129. Both the proband and her mother, ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Christopoulou G,Tserga A,Patrinos GP,Papadakis MN

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations that cause destabilization of the hemoglobin (Hb) tetramer are a rare cause of hemolytic anemia. In contrast to the hemolytic anemia caused by enzyme deficiencies, a dominant mode of inheritance characterizes the unstable Hbs. Hb Alesha [β67(E11)Val→Met; HBB: c.202G>A] is caused by a G>A mutation at codon 67...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Jiang H,Yan JM,Zhou JY,Li DZ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired α-thalassemia (α-thal) myelodysplastic syndrome (ATMDS) is a rare acquired syndrome characterized by a somatic point mutation in the ATRX gene in patients with chronic myeloid disorders. We describe the case of a 78-year-old man with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and striking microcytic, hypochromic anemia. ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Herbaux C,Badens C,Guidez S,Lacoste C,Maboudou P,Rose C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobinopathies exhibit a remarkable phenotypic diversity in terms of disease severity, while individual genetic background plays a key role in differential response to drug treatment. In the last decade, genomic variants in genes located within, as well as outside the human β-globin cluster have been shown to be s...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Kolliopoulou A,Siamoglou S,John A,Sgourou A,Kourakli A,Symeonidis A,Vlachaki E,Chalkia P,Theodoridou S,Ali BR,Katsila T,Patrinos GP,Papachatzopoulou A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red cell adenosine deaminase from normal subjects and from a patient with hereditary hemolytic anemia with a 40-fold increase in activity were purified using antibody affinity chromatography. The purified enzymes were completely homogeneous on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. There were no di...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Fujii H,Miwa S,Suzuki K

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies and experimental data suggest iron involvement in atherosclerosis. The relation between iron and atherosclerosis is complex and remains contradictory. In thalassemia patients, non transferrin bound iron (NTBI) and free hemoglobin (Hb) are present in plasma and may accelerate atherogenesis, but ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Marx JJ,Kartikasari AE,Georgiou NA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of spinal cord compression (SCC) related to extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) in beta-thalassemia (beta-thal) patients, both clinically and radiologically and its correlation with laboratory parameters of anemia and hemosiderosis was assessed. Sixty beta-thal patients were included and divided into group ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Tantawy AA,Adly AA,Mahdy SA,Kamel GZ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemoglobin (Hb) pattern of a 32-year-old Somali male living in The Netherlands, during routine diabetes mellitus monitoring, showed two more peaks in addition to the characteristic heterozygous Hb A/S pattern. A major peak of 15% faster than Hb A, and a minor one of 10.8%, overlapping Hb A2 and the glycated Hb S1c...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Harteveld CL,Van Delft P,Akkermans N,Arkesteijn S,Van Rooijen-Nijdam IH,Kok PJ,Versteegh FG,Giordano PC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Without gel electrophoresis and specific probes, the two tubes real-time SYBR-polymerase chain reaction (SYBR-PCR) was setup by using different primer sets: P1/P2 for the detection of wild type alpha-globin gene alleles and P1/P3 for detection of the allele bearing the Southeast Asian (SEA) type (--SEA) deletion. Anal...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Pornprasert S,Sukunthamala K,Sacome J,Phusua A,Saetung R,Sanguansermsri T,Leechanachai P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin Brisbane is a new hemoglobin variant which produces a mile erythrocytosis. It is not detectable by electrophoresis at pH 8.6 or by isoelectric focusing but it is mildly unstable and gives a positive result with standard stability tests. The new hemoglobin has increased oxygen affinity and reduced co-operati...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Brennan SO,Wells RM,Smith H,Carrell RW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hb S [β6(A3)Glu→Val, GAG>GTG] is a β-globin gene variant that has a very low incidence in the Thai population. Coinheritance of Hb S and β(0)-thalassemia (β-thal) can result in severe clinical conditions. This study reports the case of a Thai patient with a compound heterozygosity for Hb S and β(0)-thal codon 17 (A>T)...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Pornprasert S,Panyasai S,Kongthai K,Treesuwan K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel compound heterozygous genotype which consists of two point mutations named Hb Adana (HBA1: c.179G>A) and codon 127 (HBA2: c.382A>T) in a Kurdish family with two girls affected with severe α-thalassemia (α-thal). Both patients (the proband and her sister) had a history of splenectomy during childhoo...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Azimi A,Tahmasebi S,Moradi K,Nejati P,Alibakhshi R

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Thalassemia (α-thal), a genetic disease characterized by microcytosis, hypochromia and anemia, is predominantly caused by deletions of the α-globin genes, HBA2 and HBA1. In this study, we describe a novel 31.1 kb α-thal deletion, - -MEX3 (NC_000016.10: g.151479_182582del), observed in a Mexican family, probably orig...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Rentería-López VM,Perea-Díaz FJ,Rizo-delaTorre LC,Sánchez-López JY,Ibarra-Cortés B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-Thalassemia (thal) is generally considered to be an expression defect caused mostly by deletions silencing one or more alpha-globin genes. Although nondeletional alpha-thalassemia is considered rare, in our laboratory we frequently observe alpha-thal phenotypes induced by point mutations. We report a new point m...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Harteveld CL,van Delft P,Plug R,Versteegh FG,Hagen B,van Rooijen I,Kok PJ,Wajcman H,Kister J,Giordano PC

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a newborn with a compound heterozygosity for Hb O-Arab (HBB: 364G>A) and Hb D-Los Angeles (HBB: 364G>C). To the best of our knowledge, the combination of these two hemoglobin (Hb) variants has not been identified and reported before. The variants of the proband and parents were identified by high-performance...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： van Gammeren AJ,Pelkmans L,Endschot CCWV,Roelofsen-de Beer RJAC,Harteveld CL

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common alpha-thalassemia (thal) rearrangements were studied in a normal random population and in six ethnic groups of Pakistan. Analyses of 204 individuals from the normal population revealed the presence of only the -alpha(3.7) allele with an overall frequency of 8.3%. Ethnic differences were statistically significan...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Khan SN,Hasan F,Sollaino C,Perseu L,Riazuddin S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To help clarify the hematological picture of patients who may be positive for beta- and delta-globin gene mutations, the following study was carried out. Our aim was to identify the delta-globin gene mutations found in the Greek Cypriot population, their frequencies and the Hb A2 values associated with them. Seventy-f...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Pavlou E,Phylactides M,Kyrri A,Kalogerou E,Makariou C,Georgiou I,Kleanthous M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capillary electrophoresis (CE) system allows the quantification of Hb Bart's (γ4) and Hb H (β4) that is used for screening of Hb H disease. However, Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis and Hb H are not always codetected in patients with Hb H disease. In this study, 35 samples were analyzed for the α0-thalassemia (α0-thal) [...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Khongthai K,Ruengdit C,Panyasai S,Pornprasert S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to demonstrate the performance of nondeletional α-thalassemia (α-thal) prevention using a reverse dot-blot method at a Mainland Chinese hospital. A prenatal control program for nondeletional Hb H disease was performed between January 2009 and December 2013. All couples were screened for α-tha...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Li J,Li R,Li DZ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with sickle cell disease receive blood transfusions as a life-saving treatment. However, excess transfusions may lead to increased body iron burden. Specifically, heart failure due to cardiac iron overload is the leading cause of death in these patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the p...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Ibrahim el-SH,Rana FN,Johnson KR,White RD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease is an inherited hemoglobinopathy associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Reports suggest a high sickle cell disease burden among the indigenous Tharu population of Nepal, who for centuries have inhabited regions where malaria is endemic. Unfortunately, health care resources are limited...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Marchand M,Gill C,Malhotra AK,Bell C,Busto E,McKeown MD,Cherukupalli A,Yeo J,Arnold B,Kapoor V

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied two members of an African American family with erythrocytosis. An abnormal hemoglobin variant with an electrophoretic pattern on cellulose acetate similar to Hb J was identified. The oxygen dissociation curve using whole blood was biphasic, dramatically left-shifted, and hyperbolic. Sequence analysis of DNA...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Kattamis AC,Kelly KM,Ohene-Frempong K,Reilly MP,Keller M,Cubeddu R,Adachi K,Surrey S,Fortina P

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hb Hammersmith [β42(CD1)Phe → Ser; HBB: c.128T > C] is a rare, unstable hemoglobin (Hb) variant. In this case report, we describe another male case of Hb Hammersmith. A 39-year-old male had hemolytic anemia, cyanosis and splenomegaly since 6 months after birth. He passed the disease allele to his daughter, a 3-year-ol...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Li R,Wang T,Xie XM,Li DZ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Thalassemia (α-thal) is assumed to be very prevalent in Bangladesh. We aimed to assess the prevalence of the disease in the country and provide a model for α-thal newborn screening in Bangladesh. We collected umbilical cord blood (UCB) samples from 413 unrelated newborns in Bangladesh. Demographic information, blood...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Anwar S,Taslem Mourosi J,Hasan MK,Hosen MJ,Miah MF

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00