Mutation analysis of the BRAF oncogene in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.

abstract：:To identify factors associated with relapse-free survival (RFS), 80 patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia, enrolled in a phase II study of imatinib-combined chemotherapy, were analyzed. The median follow-up of surviving patients was 26.7 months (maximum, 52.5 month...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Yanada M,Takeuchi J,Sugiura I,Akiyama H,Usui N,Yagasaki F,Nishii K,Ueda Y,Takeuchi M,Miyawaki S,Maruta A,Narimatsu H,Miyazaki Y,Ohtake S,Jinnai I,Matsuo K,Naoe T,Ohno R,Japan Adult Leukemia Study Group.

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is emerging consensus that a pro-inflammatory condition contributes to the vaso-occlusive complications of sickle cell disease (SCD). We evaluated the potential value of inflammatory mediators as early markers of severity of painful vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) in SCD. We assayed the plasma levels of cytokines, s...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Etienne-Julan M,Belloy MS,Decastel M,Dougaparsad S,Ravion S,Hardy-Dessources MD

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work we investigated HDL-C and its subfractions HDL2 and HDL3 as well as total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), LDL-C, VLDL-C, apolipoproteins A1 (ApoA1) and B (ApoB) and lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a) in 25 patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) before and after induction treatment...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Scribano D,Baroni S,Pagano L,Zuppi C,Leone G,Giardina B

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transferability of the T2* technique for measurement of tissue iron between magnetic resonance (MR) scanners is unknown. Heart and liver multi-breath-hold T2* sequences were installed on MR scanners at six different sites. T2* was assessed locally in five or more patients with thalassemia major (n=39), and subject...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Tanner MA,He T,Westwood MA,Firmin DN,Pennell DJ,Thalassemia International Federation Heart T2* Investigators.

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Light chain amyloidosis is a rare plasma cell dyscrasia. Interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) coupled to cytoplasmic staining of specific Ig (cIg-FISH) on bone marrow plasma cells has become well established in the initial evaluation of multiple myeloma, a related disorder. Little, however, i...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bryce AH,Ketterling RP,Gertz MA,Lacy M,Knudson RA,Zeldenrust S,Kumar S,Hayman S,Buadi F,Kyle RA,Greipp PR,Lust JA,Russell S,Rajkumar SV,Fonseca R,Dispenzieri A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients affected by hereditary bleeding disorders and treated with non-virus inactivated clotting factor concentrates during the 1970s. INFORMATION SOURCES:In this review, we briefly report the present know...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Franchini M,Capra F,Tagliaferri A,Rossetti G,De Gironcoli M,Rocca P,Aprili G,Gandini G

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus-related post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders are recognized as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. To better define current understanding of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders in stem cell transplant patie...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Styczynski J,van der Velden W,Fox CP,Engelhard D,de la Camara R,Cordonnier C,Ljungman P,Sixth European Conference on Infections in Leukemia, a joint venture of the Infectious Diseases Working Party of the European Society of Blood and Marr

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired aplastic anemia is an immune-mediated disease characterized by severe defects in stem cell number resulting in hypocellular marrow and peripheral blood cytopenias. Minor paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria populations and a short telomere length were identified as predictive biomarkers of immunosuppressive th...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Narita A,Muramatsu H,Sekiya Y,Okuno Y,Sakaguchi H,Nishio N,Yoshida N,Wang X,Xu Y,Kawashima N,Doisaki S,Hama A,Takahashi Y,Kudo K,Moritake H,Kobayashi M,Kobayashi R,Ito E,Yabe H,Ohga S,Ohara A,Kojima S,Japan Ch

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polymorphic differences between donor and recipient human leukocyte antigen class I molecules can result in graft-versus-host disease due to distinct peptide presentation. As part of the peptide-loading complex, tapasin plays an important role in selecting peptides from the pool of potential ligands. Class I...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Badrinath S,Saunders P,Huyton T,Aufderbeck S,Hiller O,Blasczyk R,Bade-Doeding C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 20 years we have studied 1781 patients with beta-thalassemia syndromes of which 1481 Yugoslav, 166 Bulgarian, 102 Turkish and 32 Albanian. In this paper we summarize the data on the heterogeneity and molecular basis of beta-thal, delta beta-thal and Lepore hemoglobinopathy in these four nationalities liv...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Efremov GD

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blackfan-Diamond anemia (BDA) is a rare hypoproliferative anemia occurring in infancy or in early childhood. Patients who fail on usual doses of steroids did not achieve remission with other pharmacological agents. Claims that other molecules such as cyclosporin A (CSA) or antithymocyte globulin (ATG) are effective re...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bejaoui M,Fitouri Z,Sfar MT,Lakhoua R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on five Caucasian patients with congenital polycythemia and mutations of the von Hipple-Lindau (VHL) gene: a compound heterozygote for the novel exon 1 (VHL 235C->T) and previously reported VHL 562C->G mutations; three homozygotes for Chuvash VHL 598C->T mutation; and a heterozygote for VHL 523->G mutation w...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bento MC,Chang KT,Guan Y,Liu E,Caldas G,Gatti RA,Prchal JT

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is frequently associated with immune disturbances. The relationship between chronic lymphocytic leukemia and autoimmune cytopenias, particularly autoimmune hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenia, is well established. The responsible mechanisms, particularly the role of leukemic cells...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Hodgson K,Ferrer G,Montserrat E,Moreno C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma is characterized by a minority of neoplastic cells surrounded by a heterogeneous background population of non-neoplastic cells including lymphoma-associated macrophages. High levels of expression of both the monocyte/macrophage lineage-associated antigens CD68 and CD163 have been...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Kamper P,Bendix K,Hamilton-Dutoit S,Honoré B,Nyengaard JR,d'Amore F

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization separates acute erythroid leukemia (erythropoiesis in ≥50% of nucleated bone marrow cells; ≥20% myeloblasts of non-erythroid cells) from other entities with increased erythropoiesis - acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes (≥20% myeloblasts of all nucleated c...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bacher U,Haferlach C,Alpermann T,Kern W,Schnittger S,Haferlach T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia has a variable clinical course. Genomic aberrations identify prognostic subgroups, pointing towards distinct underlying biological mechanisms that are poorly understood. In particular it remains unclear whether the prognostic subgroups of chronic lymphocytic leukemia are characte...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Winkler D,Schneider C,Zucknick M,Bögelein D,Schulze K,Zenz T,Mohr J,Philippen A,Huber H,Bühler A,Habermann A,Benner A,Döhner H,Stilgenbauer S,Mertens D

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the likely mechanism of an exacerbation of neurological symptoms developed during immune reconstitution after autologous non-myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a 33-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus- associated recurrent transverse myelitis. Cerebrospinal fluid examinati...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Muraro PA,Nikolov NP,Butman JA,Abati A,Gea-Banacloche J,Gress R,Lipsky P,Illei G,Pavletic S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in older patients remains unsatisfactory. The BGMT 95 trial for older patients set out to improve the outcome of these patients by adding a third drug (lomustine) to a 5+7 idarubicin and cytarabine schedule at induction and evaluating intermediate-dose...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Pigneux A,Perreau V,Jourdan E,Vey N,Dastugue N,Huguet F,Sotto JJ,Salmi LR,Ifrah N,Reiffers J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:A D-dimer assay can be helpful to rule out thromboembolism provided it is sensitive, reliable, fast and easy to perform. Tests based on the ELISA methodology have a high diagnostic sensitivity, and are therefore adequate for excluding deep venous thrombosis (DVT). The drawbacks are their long a...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Villa P,Ferrando F,Serra J,Faus H,Mira Y,Vayá A,Aznar J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue Factor is a cell-surface glycoprotein expressed in various cells of the vasculature and is the principal regulator of the blood coagulation cascade and hemostasis. Notably, aberrant expression of Tissue Factor is associated with cardiovascular pathologies such as atherosclerosis and thrombosis. Here, we sought ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Kurakula K,Koenis DS,Herzik MA Jr,Liu Y,Craft JW Jr,van Loenen PB,Vos M,Tran MK,Versteeg HH,Goumans MTH,Ruf W,de Vries CJM,Şen M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional coagulation tests might be inadequate to explore mechanisms regulating thrombin generation in neonates, because they do not allow full activation of the reduced levels of protein C. Therefore, they do not reflect the action of pro- and anti-coagulants as does the endogenous thrombin potential assessed in ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Tripodi A,Ramenghi LA,Chantarangkul V,De Carli A,Clerici M,Groppo M,Mosca F,Mannucci PM

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of adults with acute myeloblastic leukemia has changed substantially over the past two decades. Currently available estimates of survival do not reflect results from present state-of-the-art treatment due to a lag between the availability of new treatments and data concerning their effect on survival on the ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Pulte D,Gondos A,Brenner H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common human metabolic disorder in southern China. We investigated the incidence and distribution of mutations, the molecular pathology of affected females and the haplotype association with G6PD deficiency in patients from the Gu...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Yan T,Cai R,Mo O,Zhu D,Ouyang H,Huang L,Zhao M,Huang F,Li L,Liang X,Xu X

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical heterogeneity among first relapses of childhood ETV6/RUNX1-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia indicates that further genetic alterations in leukemic cells might affect the course of salvage therapy and be of prognostic relevance. To assess the incidence and prognostic relevance of additional copy numbe...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bokemeyer A,Eckert C,Meyr F,Koerner G,von Stackelberg A,Ullmann R,Türkmen S,Henze G,Seeger K

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease are widespread fatal genetic diseases. None of the existing clinical treatments provides a solution for all patients. Two main strategies for treatment are currently being investigated: (i) gene transfer of a normal β-globin gene; (ii) reactivation of the endogenous γ-globin gene....

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Manchinu MF,Marongiu MF,Poddie D,Casu C,Latini V,Simbula M,Galanello R,Moi P,Cao A,Porcu S,Ristaldi MS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fludarabine (FLU) is a new antimetabolite chemotherapeutic agent with promising activity in lymphoproliferative disorders and, in particular, in low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (LG-NHL). Recently, a few reports have described interesting results using FLU in polychemotherapy regimens. In order to evaluate FLU in comb...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Zinzani PL,Bendandi M,Gherlinzoni F,Merla E,Gozzetti A,Tura S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of primary breast lymphoma (PBL) remains unsatisfactory. We assess a clinical study to evaluate efficacy and toxicity of a dose dense regimen (CEOP-14) and rituximab in 32 previously untreated female patients with PBL in early stage. There was no difference in complete response rate (87%), event free-surviva...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Avilés A,Castañeda C,Neri N,Cleto S,Nambo MJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:BACKGROUND Very severe aplastic anemia is characterized by a hypoplastic bone marrow due to destruction of CD34(+) stem cells by autoreactive T cells. Investigation of the pathomechanism by patient-specific gene expression analysis of the attacked stem cells has previously been impractical because of the sca...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Fischer U,Ruckert C,Hubner B,Eckermann O,Binder V,Bakchoul T,Schuster FR,Merk S,Klein HU,Führer M,Dugas M,Borkhardt A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preclinical studies have highlighted the activity of lenalidomide in mantle cell lymphoma and its anti-proliferative synergy with dexamethasone. DESIGN AND METHODS:In this prospective, multicenter, phase II study, patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma who were not eligible for, or had relap...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Zaja F,De Luca S,Vitolo U,Orsucci L,Levis A,Salvi F,Rusconi C,Ravelli E,Tucci A,Bottelli C,Balzarotti M,Brusamolino E,Bonfichi M,Pileri SA,Sabattini E,Volpetti S,Monagheddu C,Vacca A,Ria R,Fanin R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are highly effective for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), but very few patients are cured. The major drawbacks regarding TKIs are their low efficacy in eradicating the leukemic stem cells responsible for disease maintenance and relapse upon drug cessation. Herein, we p...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Landberg N,von Palffy S,Askmyr M,Lilljebjörn H,Sandén C,Rissler M,Mustjoki S,Hjorth-Hansen H,Richter J,Ågerstam H,Järås M,Fioretos T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00