Analysis of beta-thalassemia mutations in northern Thailand using an automated fluorescence DNA sequencing technique.

abstract：:To study effects of ionizing radiation on apoptosis induction in leukocytes of alpha-thalassemia (alpha-thal) variants compared to normal controls, venous blood samples were obtained from 10 healthy volunteers and 30 alpha-thal patients. Different types alpha-thal were diagnosed by multiplex polymerase chain reaction ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Tarang A,Mozdarani H,Akbari MT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the milder clinical severity of Hb H patients compared with those of Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis or patients with β-thalassemia major (β-TM), a few cases of Hb H hydrops fetalis syndrome have been reported so far. Here, we describe, for the first time in the Chinese population, one case of a neonate with Hb H hy...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Li Q,Li Y,Zhong M,Zhang VW,Jin W,Li S,Li L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With around 7,500 β-thalassemia (β-thal) births in India annually, preventive measures such as pre marital counseling and prenatal diagnosis are needed to decrease the incidence of the disease in the country. The predominant mutant alleles vary from the Middle East through India to Sri Lanka, as well as in different r...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Kumar R,Sharma DC,Kishor P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease is characterized by intermittent painful crises often requiring treatment in the emergency department (ED). Past examinations of time-to-provider (TTP) in the ED for patients with sickle cell disease demonstrated that these patients may have longer TTP than other patients. Here, we examine TTP for ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Pulte D,Lovett PB,Axelrod D,Crawford A,McAna J,Powell R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is considered to be the main cause for several chronic diseases including diabetes. Through hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and possible iron dyshomeostasis, diabetes induces oxidative stress that causes damage to multiple organs, leading to various complications. Therefore, antioxidant th...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Wei W,Liu Q,Tan Y,Liu L,Li X,Cai L

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:The comparative mobilities, in citrate agar electrophoresis, of 91 mutant hemoglobins are presented in relation to their molecular structure and in some cases, to their mobilities in other types of electrophoresis. More than a third of the alpha chain mutants (11 of the 27 examined) and half of the beta chain mutants ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Schneider RG,Hightower B

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite estimated high prevalence of inherited hemoglobin (Hb) disorders among tribal populations in Madhya Pradesh State, India, the burden of disease is unknown, leading to high morbidity and associated mortality. Our aim was to screen tribal populations in designated tribal districts of Madhya Pradesh State for var...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Chourasia S,Kumar R,Singh MPSS,Vishwakarma C,Gupta AK,Shanmugam R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of α-thalassemia (α-thal) due to point mutations has been increasing significantly with the advancement of molecular diagnostic tools. We describe here the molecular and cellular characteristics of the thalassemia mutation HBA2:c.94A>C, a novel point mutation affecting the α2-globin gene, causing a ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Qadah T,Finlayson J,Newbound C,Pell N,Pascoe M,Greenwood L,Holmes P,Grey D,Beilby J,Ghassemifar R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 32 patients with Hb H (beta(4)) disease have been identified. Three different alpha-thalassemia-1 (thal) determinants; nine with the -17.4 kb (MED I) type, 12 with the -20.5 kb type and 10 with the -26.5 kb (MED II) type were characterized. Of the 32 patients, 19 had the 3.7 kb deletion and one had the ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Cürük MA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic screening is an important tool to control, minimize, and prevent genetic disorders. Saudi Arabia started the first national premarital screening (PMS) program to control inherited hemoglobin (Hb) disorders that are the most commonly inherited genetic disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The aim of this st...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Al Sulaiman A,Suliman A,Al Mishari M,Al Sawadi A,Owaidah TM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sheep carrying simultaneously extra alpha-globin genes (triplications and quadruplications) and two alpha-chain allelic variants, a gradient of decreasing expression of the downstream genes was previously reported. We show here that in these sheep the proportions of the normal and variant Hbs reflect not only the p...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Vestri R,Massa A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits of combined deferoxamine (DFO) and deferiprone (L1) chelation therapy, focusing on reducing myocardial iron loading, have been widely reported. Herein, we present the efficacy of combined chelation and its effects on iron load indices. Five thalassemia major (TM) patients who were undergoing chelation mon...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Tsironi M,Assimakopoulos G,Polonofi K,Rigaki K,Aessopos A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin (Hb) disorders are common, potentially lethal monogenic diseases, posing a global health challenge. With worldwide migration and intermixing of carriers, demanding flexible health planning and patient care, hemoglobinopathies may serve as a paradigm for the use of electronic infrastructure tools in the coll...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Lederer CW,Basak AN,Aydinok Y,Christou S,El-Beshlawy A,Eleftheriou A,Fattoum S,Felice AE,Fibach E,Galanello R,Gambari R,Gavrila L,Giordano PC,Grosveld F,Hassapopoulou H,Hladka E,Kanavakis E,Locatelli F,Old J,Patrino

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Building on the pioneering efforts of Professor Huisman, several different databases of hemoglobin variants have been developed, each with progressively increased capacity for sophisticated queries and prompt updating. These resources are reviewed in the context of a larger plan for providing related resources on hemo...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Hardison RC,Chui DH,Riemer C,Giardine B,Lehväslaiho H,Wajcman H,Miller W

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a large novel α-globin cluster deletion that we named - -PG (NG_000006.1: g.93628_542759del450131), in a Chinese family. This large deletion is approximately 450 kb long, spanning from upstream of the PolR3k gene at the 5' end to the RAB11FIP3 gene at the 3' end of chromosome 16p13.3. This deletion removes a...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： He S,Qin Q,Huang P,Zhang S,Yi S,Lin L,Zuo Y,Chen Q,Deng J,Zheng C,Chen B

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iran, as a country located in the Thalassemia Belt, has made great progress in thalassemia prevention and treatment. The thalassemia prevention program was implemented in 1995 and the country-wide thalassemia treatment network, consisting of 64 medical universities and faculties, is active. The acknowledgment of the s...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Hadipour Dehshal M,Tabrizi Namini M,Hantoushzadeh R,Yousefi Darestani S

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:Among the causes of life-long cyanosis are congenital methemoglobinemia due to M hemoglobins, congenital methemoglobinemia due to methemoglobin reductase deficiency, a small number of low oxygen affinity hemoglobins, and a small number of unstable hemoglobins that spontaneously form methemoglobin in vivo at an acceler...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Hojas-Bernal R,McNab-Martin P,Fairbanks VF,Holmes MW,Hoyer JD,McCormick DJ,Kubik KS

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review is presented of the various beta-thalassemia alleles observed in nearly 191 patients with beta-thalassemia major and their 182 heterozygous relatives. Determination was by gene amplification and dot-blot hybridization with synthetic probes, specific for 27 different mutations. Eighteen mutations have been obs...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Oner R,Altay C,Gurgey A,Aksoy M,Kilinç Y,Stoming TA,Reese AL,Kutlar A,Kutlar F,Huisman TH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes the results on the epidemiology and molecular basis of thalassemias and other hemoglobinopathies in the Republic of Macedonia. Over the past 40 years, population surveys of more than 22,000 participants (school children and workers) from all over the country, have shown that the average incidence...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Efremov GD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal dysfunction in sickle cell disease is not only a chronic comorbidity but also a mortality risk factor. Though renal dysfunction starts early in life in sickle cell patients, the predictors that can identify sickle cell disease patients at risk of developing renal dysfunction is not known. We used the Truven Heal...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Yeruva SL,Paul Y,Oneal P,Nouraie M

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:We report the spectrum of β-thalassemia (β-thal) mutations observed in a cohort of at-risk couples, who presented for prenatal diagnosis at the Thalassemia, Hemophilia and Prenatal Diagnosis Genetic Research Center, Shiraz Medical University, Fars, Iran, from March 2001 to April 2002. Using polymerase chain reaction-a...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Rahiminejad MS,Zeinali S,Afrasiabi A,Valeshabad AK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unstable hemoglobin (Hb) variants represent a rare etiology of congenital hemolytic anemia. Correct diagnosis can be a challenge due to the relative rarity or lack of awareness of this disorder. We report an 18-month-old girl, who presented with a long-standing hemolytic anemia. Her diagnosis of unstable Hb Perth [β32...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Jiang H,Yan JM,Li J,Xie XM,Li DZ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with beta-thalassemia (thal) major are subject to peroxidative tissue injury by iron overload. Glutathione S-transferases work as antioxidants, and their activity is determined genetically. In this study, we used multiplex polymerase chain reaction (m-PCR) to analyze polymorphisms of two endogenous antioxidan...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Wu KH,Chang JG,Ho YJ,Wu SF,Peng CT

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a novel hemoglobin (Hb) variant that we named Hb Fulton-Georgia, caused by a point mutation in exon 1/codon 20 of the α-globin gene [α20(B1)His→Pro; HBA1: c.62A>C]. This α chain variant was identified in an adult African-American female with Hb SC disease who was also heterozygous for the α-thalassemia-2 (α-...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Zhuang L,Patel N,Bryant S,Kutlar A,Kutlar F,Young AN

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hb Taybe is a highly unstable hemoglobin (Hb) variant caused by a 3 bp deletion at codons 38/39 (-ACC) on the α1-globin gene. We report for the first time, a patient with a compound heterozygosity for Hb Taybe and a 5 bp deletion at the splice donor site of IVS-I on the α2-globin gene and ischemic stroke and priapism....

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Juul MB,Vestergaard H,Petersen J,Frederiksen H

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：:Forty-three patients with beta-thalassemia from Northern Sardinia (31 severe and polytransfused, six follow-up babies, five adults with mild thalassemia who were not transfusion dependent, and a young transfused patient was also affected by a disease of intermediate severity) were studied in order to establish the fet...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Masala B,Manca L,Gallisai D,Stangoni A,Lanclos KD,Kutlar F,Yang KG,Huisman TH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00