TEL/AML1-positive pediatric leukemia: prognostic significance and therapeutic approaches.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Diagnosis and therapy of polycythemia vera are controversial since the molecular basis of polycythemia vera remains unknown. Distinguishing between polycythemia vera and other polycythemic disorders can be very challenging. The purpose of this review is to discuss the recent progress in this area and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Prchal JT

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During embryogenesis, a pool of pluripotential, self-renewing hematopoietic stem cells is specified from undifferentiated ventral mesoderm. These cells proliferate and differentiate to yield all the peripheral blood lineages. Although the mechanisms involved in the commitment and differentiation of multipotential prog...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Mead PE,Zon LI

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy with unconjugated monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and radiolabeled mAbs has shown activity in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukemia. Drug-conjugated mAbs are active in relapsed leukemia. Using these new agents with and after chemotherapy induces a high rate of remission, but this needs to be co...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Maloney DG

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Despite improvements in the achievement of complete remission and progress in the supportive care of adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during the last decade, the majority of patients have eventually relapsed with overall survival in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia of only 30-40%. However, t...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Larson S,Stock W

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myelogenous leukemia is a clonal hematopoietic malignancy characterized by a balanced translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22 that results in the generation of an abnormal bcr/abl fusion protein with increased tyrosine kinase activity. This abnormal fusion protein has transforming activity for hematopoietic...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Enright H,McGlave PB

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) syndromes are rare genetically determined conditions with challenging clinical features. These immunodeficiencies also provide insights that are broadly relevant to the biology of leukocytes, platelets, intercellular interactions, and intracellular signaling. Re...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Harris ES,Weyrich AS,Zimmerman GA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of gene therapy for hemophilia is the stable introduction and expression of a gene encoding functional blood coagulation factor VIII or IX. Although there are as yet no published studies demonstrating long-term expression of therapeutic levels in large animal models of the disease, there have been several repo...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Herzog RW,High KA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic idiopathic and severe congenital neutropenias are rare disorders for which recent discoveries have highlighted mechanisms and consequences. RECENT FINDINGS:An inflammatory bone marrow milieu has been shown to be a major contributor to the pathophysiology of chronic idiopathic neutropenia. Act...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Palmblad J,Papadaki HA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hematopoietic cell transplantation offers potentially curative therapy for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. The median patient age at diagnosis, however, is about 70 years, which has limited the application of conventional hematopoietic cell transplantation. In addition, the optimum timing of t...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Deeg HJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transfer has allowed a number of biologic issues in the therapy of hematologic malignancy to be addressed. In autologous bone marrow transplantation, gene marking studies have shown that infused marrow contributes to relapse in acute myeloid leukemia, neuroblastoma, and chronic myeloid leukemia. In addition, doub...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Heslop HE,Roskrow M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although the zebrafish has been established as a research tool over the past two to three decades, in hematology it has primarily been used to investigate areas distinct from coagulation. The advantages of this vertebrate model include high fecundity, rapid and external development, and conservation o...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Weyand AC,Shavit JA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides an update on advances in the area of iron chelation therapy, including new indications and uses of currently available agents, and preliminary data on potential new agents in development. RECENT FINDINGS:Two new oral agents, deferasirox and deferiprone, have become available in t...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Sheth S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Neutrophils priming has been long studied in vitro. Recent studies describe it in vivo. In pathophysiological conditions, complex, heterogeneous characteristics of priming are described in the last few years. RECENT FINDINGS:Priming can occur systemically when insults such as sepsis or trauma result ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Vogt KL,Summers C,Condliffe AM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is an effective treatment for an increasing number of autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. However, IVIg continues to be limited by problems of potential shortages and cost. A number of mechanisms have been described for IVIg, which have been captured in newly emer...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Norris PAA,Kaur G,Lazarus AH

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents new insights into potential roles that three erythrocyte cytoskeletal proteins, protein 4.1, ankyrin, and spectrin, may play in nonerythroid nucleated cells. Each of these proteins is encoded by several closely related genes characterized by complex alternative splicing of their pre-mRNA, thus re...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Gascard P,Mohandas N

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Development of a technique prospectively to isolate hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to near homogeneity has enabled clonal analysis and thus converted our understanding of HSCs from conceptual and qualitative to realistic and quantitative. Recent studies have revealed that despite their high prolifera...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Yamazaki S,Nakauchi H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Adoptive T-cell therapy has become one of the most exciting fields of cancer therapy in the past few years. In this article, we describe a method which combines adoptive T-cell therapy with antibody therapy by arming T cells from cord blood, normal patients, and cancer patients with bispecific antibod...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Bhutani D,Lum LG

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Mortality and morbidity associated with leukemia are largely due to frequently occurring cytopenias or the dysfunction of normal blood cells in patients. Our knowledge of how normal blood cells degenerate in response to leukemic cell infiltration has been quite limited. This review summarizes recent f...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Cheng H,Cheng T

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW:Monitoring for residual leukemic burden is an integral part of ongoing evaluation in chronic myeloid leukemia. With high rates of complete cytogenetic response induced by imatinib and other tyrosine kinase inhibitors, exploring refinements in current methods of minimal residual disease monitoring ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Sahay T,Schiffer CA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), despite improvements in our understanding of its pathophysiology as well as the generation of new monoclonal antibodies, immunomodulatory chemotherapy, cellular ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Paczesny S,Choi SW,Ferrara JL

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Gfi-1, originally identified as a transcriptional repressor in lymphoid cells, is now recognized to have essential, independent functions in neutrophil maturation and hematopoietic stem cell biology. Here we review recent studies pertaining to Gfi-1 and its cell context specific functions in hematopoi...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Hock H,Orkin SH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the data on angiogenesis related to exosomes secreted by tumor cells in hematologic neoplasia and to elucidate the role of exosomes and exosomal miRNA in the bone marrow microenvironment, especially under hypoxic conditions. RECENT FINDINGS:Cross-talk between bone marrow tumor cells and sur...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Ohyashiki JH,Umezu T,Ohyashiki K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of the erythrocyte membrane, such as hereditary spherocytosis, hereditary elliptocytosis, and hereditary pyropoikilocytosis, are characterized by heterogeneity in their clinical and laboratory manifestations. Recent work has shown that these disorders also exhibit marked genetic heterogeneity. Multiple genet...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Gallagher PG,Ferriera JD

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anemia is a common disorder in patients with cancer and can be caused by the disease itself or by cancer-related therapy. The cardinal symptom of anemia, fatigue, is the most commonly reported symptom in patients with cancer and has profound effects on patient well-being and quality of life. Until recently, blood tran...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Yount S,Lai JS,Cella D

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review is designed to help readers understand seasonal blood shortages and provide solutions through the use of technology that can increase the number of red blood cell units collected and the use of recruitment and marketing initiatives that appeal to the increasingly diverse donor base. RECEN...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Gilcher RO,McCombs S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The discovery of JAK2V617F and other JAK-STAT-activating mutations in BCR-ABL1-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) has led to the development of small-molecule ATP-mimetics that inhibit wild-type and mutant JAK. Here, we review the current experience with JAK inhibitors used for the treatment ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Pardanani A,Tefferi A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Inconsistent results regarding the clinical efficacy of granulocyte transfusions for the treatment or prophylaxis of life-threatening infections in neutropenic patients have been attributed to insufficient number of transfused neutrophils. Since the introduction of granulocyte colony-stimulating facto...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Yoshihara S,Ikemoto J,Fujimori Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Despite parenteral artesunate therapy, the fatality rate of cerebral malaria remains high. Adjunctive therapy targeting the underlying pathophysiology of cerebral malaria may further improve the clinical outcome. Endothelial activation and dysfunction is a central process in the pathogenesis of cerebr...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Kim H,Higgins S,Liles WC,Kain KC

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis regulate each other to ensure optimal delivery of oxygen and iron to cells and tissues. Defining the mechanisms of this crosstalk is important for understanding the pathogenesis of common conditions associated with disordered iron metabolism and erythropoiesis. REC...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Kim A,Nemeth E

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In this review, we focus on three specific concepts related to platelet transfusion in the neonatal and pediatric population: choice of transfusion threshold; use of ABO-mismatched platelets; transfusion of pathogen-reduced or inactivated platelets. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent trials support the use of lo...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Patel RM,Josephson C

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00