Feasibility of a mixed inpatient-outpatient model of peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Recombinations are common between the two homologous alpha-globin genes. We report on the identification and characterization of two patchwork alpha-globin genes. DESIGN AND METHODS:Multiplex polymerase chain reaction assays were performed to rule out the presence of alpha-globin gene deletio...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Law HY,Luo HY,Wang W,Ho JF,Najmabadi H,Ng IS,Steinberg MH,Chui DH,Chong SS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total number of children with incident cancer in Italy has never been specifically estimated. Specialized population-based Childhood Cancer Registries have only been operating in Piedmont (CCRP) and in the Marche region, while general population cancer registries cover about 20% of the Italian population. The numb...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Baussano I,Maule MM,Dama E,Dalmasso P,Mosso ML,Galzerano M,Merletti F,Magnani C,Pastore G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Myeloma Network has organized two workshops on fluorescence in situ hybridization in multiple myeloma. The first aimed to identify specific indications and consensus technical approaches of current practice. A second workshop followed a quality control exercise in which 21 laboratories analyzed diagnostic...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Ross FM,Avet-Loiseau H,Ameye G,Gutiérrez NC,Liebisch P,O'Connor S,Dalva K,Fabris S,Testi AM,Jarosova M,Hodkinson C,Collin A,Kerndrup G,Kuglik P,Ladon D,Bernasconi P,Maes B,Zemanova Z,Michalova K,Michau L,Neben K,

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Recombinant erythropoietin (r-EPO) induces erythroid responses in patients affected by myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). However, the response rate declines to 10-15% in MDS with substantial transfusion needs. Both in vitro and in vivo studies have suggested that the addition of growth factors ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Musto P,Sanpaolo G,D'Arena G,Scalzulli PR,Matera R,Falcone A,Bodenizza C,Perla G,Carotenuto M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease bulk is an important prognostic factor in early stage Hodgkin lymphoma, but its definition is unclear in the computed tomography era. This retrospective analysis investigated the prognostic significance of bulky disease measured in transverse and coronal planes on computed tomography imaging. Early stage Hodgk...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Kumar A,Burger IA,Zhang Z,Drill EN,Migliacci JC,Ng A,LaCasce A,Wall D,Witzig TE,Ristow K,Yahalom J,Moskowitz CH,Zelenetz AD

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocation t(9;14)(p13;q32) involving PAX5 and IGH genes was first described in lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. New data suggest that this translocation is not restricted to a specific morphologic subtype but occurs in other B-cell lymphomas. We present three cases with a diagnosis of splenic marginal zone lymphoma and...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Baró C,Salido M,Domingo A,Granada I,Colomo L,Serrano S,Solé F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a dose-escalation study of bendamustine in 31 patients with multiple myeloma that had progressed after high-dose chemotherapy. Bendamustine 100 mg/m2 on days 1 and 2 per cycle was found to be the maximal tolerated dose. The overall response rate was 55% with a median progression-free survival of 26 (0-61)...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Knop S,Straka C,Haen M,Schwedes R,Hebart H,Einsele H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new, sensitive method combining seminested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and heteroduplex analysis was used to detect follicular lymphoma (FL) cells in peripheral blood. Based on the detection of IgH rearrangement in DNA from peripheral blood leukocytes, the method demonstrated the presence of monoclonal B cells i...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Oehadian A,Koide N,Mu MM,Hassan F,Yoshida T,Yokochi T

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-10 failed to modify either the percentage of bcl-2+ cells or the number of bcl-2 molecules, or to reduce 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine- and fludarabine-induced apoptosis. The cytokine at 0.1 ng/mL induced an increase of cell survival both in the absence or in the presence of 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, while no diffe...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Morabito F,Filangeri M,Sculli G,Oliva B

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukemia stem cells (LSC) are more resistant to standard chemotherapy and their persistence during remission can cause relapse, which is still one of the major clinical challenges in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A better understanding of the mutational patterns and the prognostic impact of molecular ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bill M,Nicolet D,Kohlschmidt J,Walker CJ,Mrózek K,Eisfeld AK,Papaioannou D,Rong-Mullins X,Brannan Z,Kolitz JE,Powell BL,Archer KJ,Dorrance AM,Carroll AJ,Stone RM,Byrd JC,Garzon R,Bloomfield CD

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse pro-B cell line Ba/F3 has gained major interest as a model system to investigate oncogenic tyrosine kinases and to determine the efficacy of kinase inhibitors. While Ba/F3 cells are suitable to study oncogenic kinases derived from various cell types, the signaling networks in Ba/F3 cells are B-cell specific....

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Kleppe M,Mentens N,Tousseyn T,Wlodarska I,Cools J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a category of T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which can be further subdivided into two distinct entities (ALK(+) and ALK(-)) based on the presence or absence of ALK gene rearrangements. Among several pathways triggered by ALK signaling, constitutive activation of STAT3 is stric...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Spaccarotella E,Pellegrino E,Ferracin M,Ferreri C,Cuccuru G,Liu C,Iqbal J,Cantarella D,Taulli R,Provero P,Di Cunto F,Medico E,Negrini M,Chan WC,Inghirami G,Piva R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Transferrin receptor (TfR) expression in erythroid cells is regulated by a number of factors, including iron status and erythropoietin (Epo) stimulation. However, the impact of these factors on reticulocyte TfR expression in vivo has never been studied. A soluble form of TfR (sTfR) is present ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： R'zik S,Loo M,Beguin Y

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most DNA methylation studies in classic Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms have been performed on a gene-by-gene basis. Therefore, a more comprehensive methylation profiling is needed to study the implications of this epigenetic marker in myeloproliferative neoplasms. Here, we have analyzed 71 chronic ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Pérez C,Pascual M,Martín-Subero JI,Bellosillo B,Segura V,Delabesse E,Álvarez S,Larrayoz MJ,Rifón J,Cigudosa JC,Besses C,Calasanz MJ,Cross NC,Prósper F,Agirre X

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mastocytosis is a rare and chronic disease with phenotypes ranging from indolent to severe. Prognosis for this disease is variable and very few biomarkers to predict disease evolution or outcome are currently known. We have performed comprehensive screening in our large cohort of mastocytosis patients for mutations pr...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Hanssens K,Brenet F,Agopian J,Georgin-Lavialle S,Damaj G,Cabaret L,Chandesris MO,de Sepulveda P,Hermine O,Dubreuil P,Soucie E

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myeloid leukemia is a clonal hematopoietic malignant disease; about 45-50% of cases do not have detectable chromosomal abnormalities. Here, we identified hidden genomic alterations and novel disease-related regions in normal karyotype acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome samples. DESIGN AND...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Akagi T,Ogawa S,Dugas M,Kawamata N,Yamamoto G,Nannya Y,Sanada M,Miller CW,Yung A,Schnittger S,Haferlach T,Haferlach C,Koeffler HP

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CLLU1, located at chromosome 12q22, encodes a transcript specific to chronic lymphocytic leukemia and has potential prognostic value. We assessed the value of CLLU1 expression in the LRF CLL4 randomized trial. Samples from 515 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia were collected immediately before the start of tr...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Gonzalez D,Else M,Wren D,Usai M,Buhl AM,Parker A,Oscier D,Morgan G,Catovsky D

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with Down syndrome have an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia and a poor tolerance of methotrexate. This latter problem is assumed to be caused by a higher cellular sensitivity of tissues in children with Down syndrome. However, whether differences in pharmacokinetics play a r...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Buitenkamp TD,Mathôt RA,de Haas V,Pieters R,Zwaan CM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) simulating acute cholestatic hepatitis is a very unusual clinical picture. Massive liver infiltration with conspicuous acute cholestatic symptoms, in fact, suggests more aggressive systemic diseases such as non Hodgkin's lymphomas or acute leukemias. Nevertheless, we observed two cases of mixed...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Marinone G,Lazzari R,Pellizzari F,Marinone MG

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating stem cells (CSC) are well documented in animals and humans. Though their function in normal conditions remains obscure, autologous CSC seem capable of restoring hemopoiesis after myeloablative treatment. With cell separators CSC may be harvested in adequate number, and collection may be further improved gi...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Majolino I,Scimé R,Indovina A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Myeloid leukemia of Down's syndrome (ML-DS) has characteristic biological features (e.g. expression of the truncated GATA1s), which are different from those of non-DS childhood acute myeloid leukemias (AML). The objective of this study was to investigate factors predisposing to the development...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Langebrake C,Klusmann JH,Wortmann K,Kolar M,Puhlmann U,Reinhardt D

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The benefits of high-dose cytarabine, anthracyclines and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are greater in younger rather than in older patients. We assessed the proportion of patients over 60 years with de novo AML who qualified for intens...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Oriol A,Ribera JM,Esteve J,Guàrdia R,Brunet S,Bueno J,Pedro C,Llorente A,Tormo M,Besalduch J,Sánchez JM,Batlle M,Vivancos P,Carreras E,Vilà JM,Julià A,Sierra J,Montserrat E,Feliu E,CETLAM AML-99.

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a family with type I and type III protein S (PS) deficiency, which showed to be phenotypic variants of the same genetic disease. Direct sequencing analysis of the PROS1 gene was performed to establish the genotype. The ratio of protein C antigen and total PS antigen levels (protein C/S ratio) was used to cla...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： ten Kate MK,Mulder R,Platteel M,Brouwer JL,van der Steege G,van der Meer J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose melphalan chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation has been shown to result in durable hematologic response and prolonged overall survival in systemic AL amyloidosis. In this retrospective study, we evaluated clinical and hematologic responses in 69 patients with predominant liv...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Girnius S,Seldin DC,Skinner M,Finn KT,Quillen K,Doros G,Sanchorawala V

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:It is often difficult to obtain good karyotypes of cells from children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) because of poor morphology and spreading. Detailed karyotyping can be further hampered by the presence of multiple rearrangements. Our objective was to search for cryptic rearrangemen...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Poppe B,Cauwelier B,Van Limbergen H,Yigit N,Philippé J,Verhasselt B,De Paepe A,Benoit Y,Speleman F

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shwachman-Diamond syndrome is a congenital bone marrow failure disorder characterized by debilitating neutropenia. The disease is associated with loss-of-function mutations in the SBDS gene, implicated in ribosome biogenesis, but the cellular and molecular events driving cell specific phenotypes in ribosomopathies rem...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Zambetti NA,Bindels EM,Van Strien PM,Valkhof MG,Adisty MN,Hoogenboezem RM,Sanders MA,Rommens JM,Touw IP,Raaijmakers MH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Levels of intracellular bcl-2 oncoprotein have been found to be increased in leukemic cells of CD5+ B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients. However, it is not clear whether bcl-2 overexpression is a peculiar feature of CD5+ B-CLL. Based on this background we carried out a quantitative f...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Molica S,Mannella A,Crispino G,Dattilo A,Levato D

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In normal platelets, insulin inhibits agonist-induced Ca(2+) mobilization by raising cyclic AMP. Platelet from patients with type 2 diabetes are resistant to insulin and show increased Ca(2+) mobilization, aggregation and procoagulant activity. We searched for the cause of this insulin resistance. DESIGN AN...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Gerrits AJ,Gitz E,Koekman CA,Visseren FL,van Haeften TW,Akkerman JW

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:How to reach the correct diagnosis of a lymph node enlargement is still a problem which strongly challenges the knowledge and experience of the clinician. Organized and specifically oriented literature on the right sequential steps and the logical criteria that should guide this diagnostic appr...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Ghirardelli ML,Jemos V,Gobbi PG

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/mechanistic target of rapamycin pathway plays a role in the pathogenesis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. This multicenter, open-label phase 2 study evaluated buparlisib (BKM120), a pan-class I phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor, in patients with relapsed or refractory non-...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Younes A,Salles G,Martinelli G,Bociek RG,Barrigon DC,Barca EG,Turgut M,Gerecitano J,Kong O,Pisal CB,Tavorath R,Kim WS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00