B-cell involvement in chronic graft-versus-host disease.

abstract：:This study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of alpha interferon (IFN) in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, a disease for which therapeutic options are still unsatisfactory. Fourteen sequential unselected patients received recombinant alpha-2b IFN (Intron-A, Schering-Essex) 3 megaU/day, progressively elevated to 10...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Catalano L,Majolino I,Musto P,Fragrasso A,Molica S,Cirincione S,Selleri C,Luciano L,De Renzo A,Vecchione R

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To assess the efficacy and the toxic profile of gemcitabine, a novel pyrimidine antimetabolite active against several solid tumors, we carried out a study in heavily pretreated Hodgkin's disease (HD) patients. DESIGN AND METHODS:From May 1997 to January 1999, 14 pretreated patients (10 relaps...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Zinzani PL,Bendandi M,Stefoni V,Albertini P,Gherlinzoni F,Tani M,Piccaluga PP,Tura S

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcome of patients with primary refractory acute myeloid leukemia remains unsatisfactory. We conducted a prospective phase II clinical trial with gemtuzumab ozogamicin (3 mg/m(2) intravenously on day 1), all-trans retinoic acid (45 mg/m(2) orally on days 4-6 and 15 mg/m(2) orally on days 7-28), high-dose cytarabine (...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Hütter-Krönke ML,Benner A,Döhner K,Krauter J,Weber D,Moessner M,Köhne CH,Horst HA,Schmidt-Wolf IG,Rummel M,Götze K,Koller E,Petzer AL,Salwender H,Fiedler W,Kirchen H,Haase D,Kremers S,Theobald M,Matzdorff AC,Ganse

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-CD20-containing chemotherapy regimens have become the standard of care for patients with follicular lymphoma needing cytotoxic therapy. Four randomized trials demonstrated a clinical benefit for patients treated with rituximab. However, no long-term follow up (i.e. > 5 years) of these trials is yet available. Bet...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bachy E,Houot R,Morschhauser F,Sonet A,Brice P,Belhadj K,Cartron G,Audhuy B,Fermé C,Feugier P,Sebban C,Delwail V,Maisonneuve H,Le Gouill S,Lefort S,Brousse N,Foussard C,Salles G,Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes de l'Adult

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The erythropoietin (Epo)-erythroferrone (ERFE)-hepcidin axis coordinates erythropoiesis and iron homeostasis. While mouse studies have established that Epo-induced ERFE production represses hepcidin synthesis by inhibiting hepatic BMP/SMAD signaling, evidence for the role of ERFE in humans is limited. To investigate t...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Robach P,Gammella E,Recalcati S,Girelli D,Castagna A,Roustit M,Lundby C,Lundby AK,Bouzat P,Vergès S,Séchaud G,Banco P,Uhr M,Cornu C,Sallet P,Cairo G

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepcidin levels are high and iron absorption is limited in acute malaria. The mechanism(s) that regulate hepcidin secretion remain undefined. We have measured hepcidin concentration and cytokines in 100 Kenyan children with acute falciparum malaria and different degrees of anemia. Hepcidin was increased on admission a...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Casals-Pascual C,Huang H,Lakhal-Littleton S,Thezenas ML,Kai O,Newton CR,Roberts DJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic events underlying pathogenesis of nodal and extranodal marginal zone lymphoma are not completely understood. We report here a novel t(X;14)(p11.4;q32.33) identified in 4 lymphoma cases: 2 with a mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, one with a nodal marginal zone lymphoma and one with gastric diffuse lar...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Baens M,Finalet Ferreiro J,Tousseyn T,Urbankova H,Michaux L,de Leval L,Dierickx D,Wolter P,Sagaert X,Vandenberghe P,De Wolf-Peeters C,Wlodarska I

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:von Willebrand's disease (vWD) is a bleeding disorder with variable clinical expression. Our aim was to classify patients with vWD and to determine the phenotype in their relatives. DESIGN AND METHODS:The types and subtypes, blood group frequency and its relevance, bleeding sites, response to...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Woods AI,Meschengieser SS,Blanco AN,Salviú MJ,Farías CE,Kempfer AC,Lazzari MA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) by multiparameter flow cytometry is an emerging prognostic factor in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The present analysis aimed at improving the applicability of this approach to more patients with AML. DESIGN AND METHODS:Bone marrow sam...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Kern W,Danhauser-Riedl S,Ratei R,Schnittger S,Schoch C,Kolb HJ,Ludwig WD,Hiddemann W,Haferlach T

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Imatinib can induce severe hepatotoxicity, in 1-5% of CML patients, many of whom need permanent imatinib discontinuation. DESIGN AND RESULTS:We report 5 CML patients who developed grade 3-4 hepatotoxicity after 2-8 months in imatinib. Different aetiologies of liver damage were ruled out and toxicity recurre...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Ferrero D,Pogliani EM,Rege-Cambrin G,Fava C,Mattioli G,Dellacasa C,Campa E,Perfetti P,Fumagalli M,Boccadoro M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk for donors of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells transplants is generally considered negligible. Scattered reports of severe complications and a recent controversy on hematopoietic malignancies after granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration have challenged this opinion. DESIGN AND METH...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Halter J,Kodera Y,Ispizua AU,Greinix HT,Schmitz N,Favre G,Baldomero H,Niederwieser D,Apperley JF,Gratwohl A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery that the Ten-Eleven Translocation (TET) hydroxylases cause DNA demethylation has fundamentally changed the notion of how DNA methylation is regulated. Clonal analysis of the hematopoetic stem cell compartment suggests that TET2 mutations can be early events in hematologic cancers and recent investigation...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Asmar F,Punj V,Christensen J,Pedersen MT,Pedersen A,Nielsen AB,Hother C,Ralfkiaer U,Brown P,Ralfkiaer E,Helin K,Grønbæk K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ALOX5 is implicated in chronic myeloid leukemia development in mouse leukemic stem cells, but its importance in human chronic myeloid leukemia is unknown. Functional ALOX5 was assessed using an LTB4 ELISA and ALOX5, and LTB4R1 mRNA expression was determined via a TaqMan gene expression assay. LTB4R1 and 5-LOX protein ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Lucas CM,Harris RJ,Giannoudis A,McDonald E,Clark RE

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until the discovery of activated protein C resistance (APCR), less than 10% of patients with venous thromboembolism (VT) showed defects in proteins involved in the inhibition of coagulation. APCR is caused by a single point mutation in the factor V gene, and it is accepted that APCR is associated with an increased ris...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Marzo C,Araguás C,Gómez-Arbonés J,Ramírez S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of inhibitors is currently one of the most serious complications in the treatment of hemophilic children. Prospective studies of previously untreated patients (PUP) showed that up to 52% of patients with severe hemophilia A developed inhibitors during the first 50 exposure days (ED) (>100 for outliers)...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Kreuz W,Ettingshausen CE,Auerswald G,Saguer IM,Becker S,Funk M,Heller C,Klarmann D,Klingebiel T,GTH PUP Study Group.

更新日期：2003-06-01 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

abstract：:Recent studies indicate that a subset of patients with apparently acquired aplastic anemia (AA) have mutations in genes for telomerase ribonucleoprotein complex components. We looked for mutations in telomerase RNA (TERC) and telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) in 96 Japanese children with acquired AA and in 76 he...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Liang J,Yagasaki H,Kamachi Y,Hama A,Matsumoto K,Kato K,Kudo K,Kojima S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Novel therapies capable of targeting drug resistant clonogenic MM cells are required for more effective treatment of multiple myeloma. This study investigates the cytotoxicity of natural killer cell lines against bulk and clonogenic multiple myeloma and evaluates the tumor burden after NK cell therapy in a b...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Swift BE,Williams BA,Kosaka Y,Wang XH,Medin JA,Viswanathan S,Martinez-Lopez J,Keating A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effects of high-dose dexamethasone (HD-DXM) on the balance of interleukin-18 (IL-18) and its endogenous antagonist IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) in ITP patients, IL-18, IL-18BP as well as IFN-gamma, IL-4 plasma levels and platelet counts were determined in 17 ITP patients receiving DXM 40 mg/day for ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Shan NN,Zhu XJ,Wang Q,Wang CY,Qin P,Peng J,Hou M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Hereditary hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome (HHCS) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by bilateral cataracts and increased serum and tissue L-ferritin, in the absence of iron overload. The deregulation of ferritin production is caused by heterogeneous mutations in the iron regul...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Cicilano M,Zecchina G,Roetto A,Bosio S,Infelise V,Stefani S,Mazza U,Camaschella C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assays to evaluate platelet function are often interchangeably used to assess "resistance" to aspirin. We compared different platelet function assays in patients treated or untreated with aspirin. DESIGN AND METHODS:Platelet function was evaluated in 162 subjects, 85 of whom were not being treated with any ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Renda G,Zurro M,Malatesta G,Ruggieri B,De Caterina R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional profiling of hematopoietic cell subpopulations has helped characterize the developmental stages of the hematopoietic system and the molecular bases of malignant and non-malignant blood diseases for the past three decades. Previously, only the genes targeted by expression microarrays could be profiled g...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Grassi L,Izuogu OG,Jorge NA,Seyres D,Bustamante M,Burden F,Farrow S,Farahi N,Martin FJ,Frankish A,Mudge JM,Kostadima M,Petersen R,Lambourne JJ,Rowlston S,Martin-Rendon E,Clarke L,Downes K,Estivill X,Flicek P,Marte

更新日期：2020-07-23 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:Patients with chronic renal failure show signs of accelerated atherosclerosis and high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Recent investigations indicate that uremia is associated with endothelial dysfunction and a microinflammatory state. We assessed changes in the expression of adhesion ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Serradell M,Díaz-Ricart M,Cases A,Zurbano MJ,López-Pedret J,Arranz O,Ordinas A,Escolar G

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Venous thromboembolism includes two closely related clinical manifestations: deep vein thrombosis (DVT), more commonly of the lower limbs, and pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism is the most common cause of preventable death in hospitalized patients. The definition of the risk factors for ve...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Agnelli G,Sonaglia F

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coexistence of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in the same patient is rare. A 71-year-old woman developed a B-lineage lymphoid blast crisis at 18 months after diagnosis of Ph-positive CML. At this time, a lymphoid cell population with morphologic and immunophenotypic fe...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Esteve J,Cervantes F,Rives S,Rozman M,Zarco MA,Montserrat E

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:High-dose melphalan with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is an effective treatment for systemic primary amyloidosis. This procedure is, however, associated with substantial toxicity and mortality, particularly if the heart is involved. Refined selection of patients...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Perfetti V,Siena S,Palladini G,Bregni M,Di Nicola M,Obici L,Magni M,Brunetti L,Gianni AM,Merlini G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The mechanisms accounting for the increased risk of thrombosis in patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) are not well known. The aim of the present study was to ascertain the role of platelet and leukocyte activation in the thrombosis of ET. DESIGN AND METHODS:The activation status of p...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Arellano-Rodrigo E,Alvarez-Larrán A,Reverter JC,Villamor N,Colomer D,Cervantes F

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase degrades the amino acid tryptophan which is essential for T cells. Tryptophan depletion causes T-cell cycle arrest and solid tumors that express high levels of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase can create immune suppression. Recently, blasts of patients with acute myeloid leukemia were shown to e...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Chamuleau ME,van de Loosdrecht AA,Hess CJ,Janssen JJ,Zevenbergen A,Delwel R,Valk PJ,Löwenberg B,Ossenkoppele GJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 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