Seminested polymerase chain reaction and heteroduplex analysis detects the monoclonality of IgH rearrangement in follicular lymphoma patients with high sensitivity.

abstract：:Myeloproliferative neoplasms are uncommon disorders in children, for which we have limited understanding of the pathogenesis and optimal management. JAK2 and MPL mutations, while common drivers of myeloproliferative neoplasms in adult patients, are not clearly linked to pediatric disease. Management and clinical outco...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Kucine N,Chastain KM,Mahler MB,Bussel JB

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although iron is essential for living organisms to survive, its reactive properties require strict regulation in order to prevent toxic effects. Hepcidin, a liver produced peptide hormone, is thought to be the central regulator of body iron metabolism. Its production is mainly controlled by the erythropoietic activity...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Kemna EH,Tjalsma H,Willems HL,Swinkels DW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to overcome the problem of different control genes for BCR-ABL normalization, we used a linear regression equation to compare our results previously obtained using B2M as the control gene with those calculated using the ABL gene and validated the slope as a factor to convert from B2M to ABL results. ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Iacobucci I,Galletti L,Amabile M,Soverini S,Baccarani M,Martinelli G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Improvements in the management of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) did not prevent 20% to 30% of patients suffering from relapse. Moreover, the probability of relapse can rise up to 50% for some children presenting with very high risk (VHR) factors. Intensive chemotherapy and espec...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Uderzo C,Balduzzi A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematologic responses to hypomethylating agents are often delayed in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukemia. Fetal hemoglobin is a potential novel bio-marker of response: recently, we demonstrated that a high fetal hemoglobin level prior to decitabine treatment was associated with superior ou...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Stomper J,Ihorst G,Suciu S,Sander PN,Becker H,Wijermans PW,Plass C,Weichenhan D,Bissé E,Claus R,Lübbert M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is currently being evaluated as a therapy for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We report the results of a phase II trial to evaluate feasibility and toxicity of CD34+ selected ASCT (CD34+/ASCT) and treatment results at one year of follow-up. D...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Carreras E,Saiz A,Marín P,Martínez C,Rovira M,Villamor N,Aymerich M,Lozano M,Fernández-Avilés F,Urbano-Izpizua A,Montserrat E,Graus F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced myelodysplastic syndrome harbors a high risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia and poor prognosis. In children, there is no established treatment to prevent or delay progression to leukemia prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Azacitidine is a hypomethylating agent, which was shown to slow...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Waespe N,Van Den Akker M,Klaassen RJ,Lieberman L,Irwin MS,Ali SS,Abdelhaleem M,Zlateska B,Liebman M,Cada M,Schechter T,Dror Y

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age is a strong prognostic factor in multiple myeloma. The overall survival is shorter in patients older than 66 years, and even shorter in those older than 75 years. Whether age is also a prognostic parameter in patients younger than 66 years treated homogeneously with intensive approaches is unknown. To address this...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Chretien ML,Hebraud B,Cances-Lauwers V,Hulin C,Marit G,Leleu X,Karlin L,Roussel M,Stoppa AM,Guilhot F,Lamy T,Garderet L,Pegourie B,Dib M,Sebban C,Lenain P,Brechignac S,Royer B,Wetterwald M,Legros L,Orsini-Piocelle

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hemangioblast is a bi-potential precursor cell with the capacity to differentiate into hematopoietic and vascular cells. In mouse E7.0-7.5 embryos, the hemangioblast can be identified by a clonal blast colony-forming cell (BL-CFC) assay or single cell OP9 co-culture. However, the ontogeny of the hemangio...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： He WY,Lan Y,Yao HY,Li Z,Wang XY,Li XS,Zhang JY,Zhang Y,Liu B,Mao N

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An effective second-line treatment for intermediate and high grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is greatly needed since 30% of patients do not achieved complete remission (CR) and another 20% to 30% of the CRs will eventually relapse. METHODS:A four-drug combination with Mitoxantrone, Etoposide, Cisplatin and Dex...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Vitolo U,Orsucci L,Bertini M,Cavallero G,Gallamini A,Ghio R,Levis A,Rota-Scalabrini D,Resegotti L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with lymphoid blastic transformation of chronic myeloid leukemia have been treated with IL2 associated with Vincristine (VCR) plus Prednisone (PDN). Our study indicates that IL2 may be employed in the management of this disease without excessive toxicity at the higher doses in hospitalized patients and a...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Meloni G,Foà R,Tosti S,Vignetti M,Gavosto F,Mandelli F

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Inhibition of soluble fibrinogen binding to activated platelets represents the target of pharmacologic approach with antagonists of the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GPIIb/IIIa) complex. In this study we assessed the effects of abciximab, a recombinant chimeric Fab fraction of the antibody against GP...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Rossi F,Rossi E,Pareti FI,Colli S,Tremoli E,Gallo L

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-type von Willebrand disease (PT-VWD) is a rare autosomal dominant bleeding disorder which is due to a mutation in the gene encoding for platelet glycoprotein Ibalpha (GPIbalpha) resulting in enhanced affinity for von Willebrand factor (VWF). PT-VWD is often mistakenly diagnosed as type 2B VWD for the similari...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Giannini S,Cecchetti L,Mezzasoma AM,Gresele P

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk of Gram-negative bacterial infections in febrile neutropenic patients and to develop a specific risk score. DESIGN AND METHODS:This prospective study included 513 consecutive febrile neutropenic, evaluable patients. Forty-five per cent of t...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Cordonnier C,Herbrecht R,Buzyn A,Leverger G,Leclercq R,Nitenberg G,Bastuji-Garin S,Club de Réflexion sur les Infections en Onco-Hématologie group.

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) comprise a group of heterogeneous hematologic disorders with risk of leukemic evolution (LE). The French-American-British (FAB) co-operative group classifies them into five morphologic entities and the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) proposes four...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Belli C,Acevedo S,Bengio R,Arrossagaray G,Watman N,Rossi N,García J,Flores G,Goldztein S,Larripa I

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) gene mutations are frequent in acute promyelocytic leukemia but their prognostic value is not well established. DESIGN AND METHODS:We evaluated FLT3-internal tandem duplication and FLT3-D835 mutations in patients treated with all-trans retinoic acid and anthracycline-based ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Barragán E,Montesinos P,Camos M,González M,Calasanz MJ,Román-Gómez J,Gómez-Casares MT,Ayala R,López J,Fuster Ó,Colomer D,Chillón C,Larrayoz MJ,Sánchez-Godoy P,González-Campos J,Manso F,Amador ML,Vellenga E,Lowenberg B

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:Drug resistance impedes the long-term effect of targeted therapies in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), necessitating the identification of mechanisms underlying resistance. Approximately 25% of AML patients carry FLT3 mutations and develop post-treatment insensitivity to FLT3 inhibitors, including sorafenib. Using a geno...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Damnernsawad A,Bottomly D,Kurtz SE,Eide CA,McWeeney SK,Tyner JW,Nechiporuk T

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epigenetic changes are involved in the extinction of the B-cell gene expression program of classical Hodgkin's lymphoma. However, little is known regarding epigenetic similarities between cells of classical Hodgkin's lymphoma and plasma cell myeloma, both of which share extinction of the gene expression prog...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Seitz V,Thomas PE,Zimmermann K,Paul U,Ehlers A,Joosten M,Dimitrova L,Lenze D,Sommerfeld A,Oker E,Leser U,Stein H,Hummel M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a case of acute myeloid leukemia in a 17-year old boy affected by Shwachman Diamond syndrome (SDS). Conventional cytogenetics at diagnosis revealed an abnormal clone with complex karyotypic changes including typical myeloid aberrations, such as monosomy 5, tetrasomy of chromosome 8, trisomy 9, and deletio...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Spirito FR,Crescenzi B,Matteucci C,Martelli MF,Mecucci C

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of drug resistance in multiple myeloma are poorly understood. Here we show that CD47, an integrin-associated receptor, is significantly upregulated in drug resistant myeloma cells in comparison with parental cells, and that high expression of CD47 detected by immunohistochemistry is associated with shor...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Rastgoo N,Wu J,Liu A,Pourabdollah M,Atenafu EG,Reece D,Chen W,Chang H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets are critical to arterial thrombosis, which underlies myocardial infarction and stroke. Activated platelets, regardless of the nature of their stimulus, initiate energy-intensive processes that sustain thrombus, while adapting to potential adversities of hypoxia and nutrient deprivation within the densely pac...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Kulkarni PP,Tiwari A,Singh N,Gautam D,Sonkar VK,Agarwal V,Dash D

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a patient affected by multicentric Castleman's disease who developed an acute immunohemolytic anemia due to warm antibody. The clinical course was characterized by refractoriness to the steroidal treatment and by a dramatic improvement of the hematological and objective picture following combination chemo...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Liberato NL,Bollati P,Chiofalo F,Filipponi M,Poli M

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:One hundred thirty-three febrile episodes in 115 neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies were empirically treated with ceftriaxone and amikacin in a single daily dose. An indwelling central venous catheter (CVC) was present in 44 cases. Septicemia was documented in 18 (41%) patients with CVC (13 gram-positi...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Martino P,Girmenia C,Raccah R,Micozzi A,Cimino G,Mandelli F

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:CD20 has been proposed as a novel suicide gene system for the treatment of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a fatal complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: indeed expression of the human non-immunogenic exogenous CD20 protein allows positive immunoselection of transduced cells...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Serafini M,Bonamino M,Golay J,Introna M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By combining the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the gamma globin gene promoters with synthetic oligonucleotide analysis we have diagnosed the -196 C----T and the -117 G----A substitutions in heterozygous carriers of non deletional A gamma HPFH from two unrelated Italian families. The identification of the beta-tha...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Gottardi E,Alfarano A,Serra A,Sciarratta G,Bertero MT,Saglio G,Camaschella C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma causes major morbidity resulting from osteolytic lesions that can be detected by metastatic bone surveys. Magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography can detect bone marrow focal lesions long before development of osteolytic lesions. Using data from patients enrolled in Total Therapy 3...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Waheed S,Mitchell A,Usmani S,Epstein J,Yaccoby S,Nair B,van Hemert R,Angtuaco E,Brown T,Bartel T,McDonald J,Anaissie E,van Rhee F,Crowley J,Barlogie B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, high transplant-related mortality after busulfan-based myeloablative regimens has been observed. Conditioning regimens with reduced toxicity based on melphalan or treosulfan are promising alternatives. We retrospectively analyzed hemato...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Lehmberg K,Albert MH,Beier R,Beutel K,Gruhn B,Kröger N,Meisel R,Schulz A,Stachel D,Woessmann W,Janka G,Müller I

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated gastrointestinal graft-versus-host-disease using capsule endoscopy in patients with abdominal pain and/or diarrhea. We found severe pathology involving most of the gut including loss of villi, ulcerations, narrowing, bleeding and fistula formation. In 2 patients, capsule endoscopy alone established the...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Shapira M,Adler SN,Jacob H,Resnick IB,Slavin S,Or R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00