Globin chain synthesis is a useful complementary tool in the differential diagnosis of thalassemias.

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：:Hb-Alberta has been found in a 51 year old Caucasian male with erythrocytosis. The substitution in this variant involves the glutamyl residue in position 101(G3) of the beta chain which is replaced by a glycyl residue. Hb-Alberta accounts for about 45% in the heterozygote, and readily forms hybrid tetramers with other...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Mant MJ,Salkie ML,Cope N,Appling F,Bolch K,Jayalakshmi M,Gravely M,Wilson JB,Huisman TH

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:High oxygen affinity hemoglobins (Hbs), characterized by a decreased ability to release oxygen to the tissues and a left-shifted oxygen dissociation curve, are a rare cause of secondary erythrocytosis. Here, we report a base substitution in the β-globin gene at codon 89 (AGT>AGG) in a kindred with familial erythrocyto...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Shomali W,Brar R,Arekapudi SR,Gotlib JR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Thalassemia (β-thal) is the most frequently observed hereditary blood disorder that results from genetic defects causing deficient synthesis of hemoglobin (Hb) polypeptide chains. Detecting thalassemia mutations are necessary for prenatal diagnosis (PND) programs leading a better quality of life for the patients, as...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Azimi A,Nejati P,Tahmasebi S,Alimoradi S,Alibakhshi R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the blood samples from seven members of two families that contained mixtures of different hemoglobin types due to the simultaneous presence of different beta chain variants and the alpha chain variant Hb G-Philadelphia. The methods used were isoelectrofocusing and cation exchange high performance liqu...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Kutlar F,Kutlar A,Nuguid E,Prchal J,Huisman TH

更新日期：1993-02-01 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 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：:Raised Hb F is occasionally found in stress erythropoiesis associated with hemolytic anemias. In hereditary spherocytosis (HS), elevation of Hb F by 2-5% may be seen but Hb F in the range of 10-20% has not been reported. We present an interesting case of a child, initially presenting with high Hb F, who showed a spont...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Kar R,Saxena R,Pati HP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Thalassemia (β-thal) is characterized by reduction or absence of β-globin gene expression. We describe the spectrum of mutations observed in a large cohort of β-thal carriers in Khuzestan, Southwest Iran. All together 1,241 blood samples from individuals with decreased mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and elevated Hb A...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Galehdari H,Salehi B,Azmoun S,Keikhaei B,Zandian KM,Pedram M

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Two kinds of 3-hydroxypyridine-2(1H)-thiones were synthesized. The visible (VIS) spectroscopic analysis indicated that 3-hydroxy-1-methylpyridine-2(1H)-thione (4a) and 3-hydroxy-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)pyridine-2(1H)-thione (4b) formed stable 3:1 Fe(III) complexes. The stability constant of the 4b-Fe(III) complex was estima...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Katoh A,Harada K,Saito R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a Chinese patient who was heterozygous for both Hb Q-Thailand [alpha74(EF3)Asp-->His] and Hb E [beta26(B7)Gly-->Asp, GAG-->GTG]. Interaction of the alpha(Q-Thailand) and beta(E) chains leads to a hemoglobin (Hb) variant, namely Hb QE, which differs in electrophoretic mobility and high performance liquid ch...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Li D,Liao C,Li J,Xie X,Zhong H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Good adherence to iron chelation therapy in thalassemia is crucial. Although there is evidence that adherence is related to regimen factors, there has been less emphasis on the relationship between psychosocial (psychological, demographic and social) factors and adherence. We present a systematic review of psychosocia...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Evangeli M,Mughal K,Porter JB

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the course of a screening program for beta-thalassemia mutations among beta-thalassemia heterozygotes in Yugoslavia we observed a mutation (ATG----ACG) in the initiation codon of the beta-globin gene which has not been described before. The abnormality was initially detected through mapping of the beta-globin g...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Jankovic L,Efremov GD,Josifovska O,Juricic D,Stoming TA,Kutlar A,Huisman TH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a rare granulomatous disease that predominantly affects middle-aged women and is often associated with diabetes mellitus (DM), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other metabolic disorders. Thalassemias are the most common hereditary hemoglobin (Hb) disorders worldwide. A few studies investigat...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Vetsiou E,Mpouras V,Nikolaidou C,Klonizakis P,Mandala E,Vamvakis K,Psarras K,Vlachaki E

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Hb H (β4) disease is an inherited hemoglobin (Hb) defect in which three of the four α-globin genes are deleted or dysfunctional. The clinical manifestations vary widely from mild asymptomatic anemia to a severely anemic state. Recent literature suggests that Hb H disease is not as benign a disorder as previously thoug...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Liao C,Zhou JY,Xie XM,Tang HS,Li R,Li DZ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe a case of Hb H disease due to the interaction of the --(MED 1) deletion with a new alpha(+)-thalassemia determinant. The molecular analysis of the proband's genomic DNA was carried out by polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of both alpha genes of the alpha(+)-thalassemia c...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Traeger-Synodinos J,Harteveld CL,Kanavakis E,Giordano PC,Kattamis C,Bernini LF

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified through sequencing of amplified DNA a GCC-->GAC mutation in codon 115 of the beta-globin gene in a mother and daughter of a small Czech family. This base change was confirmed by hybridization with a 32P-labeled specific oligonucleotide probe and by gene mapping because it creates a new Ava II site. ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Divoky V,Svobodova M,Indrak K,Chrobak L,Molchanova TP,Huisman TH

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, five genetic modifiers [β-globin mutations, coinheritance of α-thalassemia (α-thal), XmnI polymorphism and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the BCL11A and HBS1L-MYB loci] were used to predict the β-thal major (β-TM) or β-thal intermedia (β-TI) types in 106 French patients with 83.2% accuracy. The di...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Banan M,Bayat H,Namdar-Aligoodarzi P,Azarkeivan A,Kamali K,Daneshmand P,Zaker-Kandjani B,Najmabadi H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Thalassemia (β-thal) is one of the most common genetic disorders in Turkey. In this study, we investigated the mutations and frequency of β-thal at the molecular level in pediatric β-thal patients in the Çukurova region. The β-thal mutations of 52 cases were analyzed. An automated blood cell counter was used for hem...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Guzelgul F,Seydel GS,Aksoy K

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Lepore hemoglobins (Hbs) are rare βδ fusion variants that arise from non homologous crossover during meiosis. We describe the application of multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) to test for a suspected anti-Lepore Hb in an individual with an ambiguous Hb variant detected on routine screening by...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Cui J,Azimi M,Adekile AD,Al Awadhi H,Hoppe CC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minor components of Hb Bart's were separated by CM-cellulose chromatography, reverse-phase HPLC, and DEAE-cellulose chromatography. These were characterized by amino acid analysis, tryptic peptide analysis by HPLC, electrophoresis, and carbohydrate and phosphate analysis. Acetylated and glycated components of Hb B...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Abraham EC,Abraham A,Kasten-Jolly J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

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：:We have identified and quantitated the different types of mRNA in single BFU-E derived colonies from Hb S and Hb Atlanta [beta 75 (E19)Leu-->Pro] heterozygotes and observed that the normal and mutated mRNAs were present in equal quantities. Similar studies for the different protein products gave less accurate data bec...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Smetanina NS,Gu LH,Rodriguez Romero WE,Howard EF,Huisman TH

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：:We recently reported the discovery of a second alpha chain, differing from the common alpha chain by the replacement 113 (or 114) Leucine leads to Histidine, in the hemoglobin of several domestic sheep. The ratio of the common alpha chain, here called alpha Leu, to the variant one, here called II alpha His, was either...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Vestri R,Salmaso S,Condò SG,Antonini E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a high oxygen affinity hemoglobin (Hb) variant (Hb Vanderbilt) as a result of a heterozygous novel base change from T to A at codon 89 (AGT>AGA) leading to an amino acid change from serine to arginine. ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Goodyer MJ,Elhassadi EI,Percy MJ,McMullin MF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for minimizing risks from alloimmunization, other transfusion reactions, and infection risks are presented based on the Thalassemia International Federation (TIF) guidelines. Future developments including pretreatment of the red cell product that may reduce infection risks are discussed. The rationale for g...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Porter J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00