Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for autoimmune disorders.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides an update on advances in the area of iron chelation therapy, including new indications and uses of currently available agents, and preliminary data on potential new agents in development. RECENT FINDINGS:Two new oral agents, deferasirox and deferiprone, have become available in t...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Sheth S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus infection causes multilineage hematopoietic defects. Defects in the production and function of CD4+ helper cells have been the focus of the majority of HIV research, but anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia are significant clinical problems as well. Bone marrow suppression is the dose...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Miles S

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review is designed to help readers understand seasonal blood shortages and provide solutions through the use of technology that can increase the number of red blood cell units collected and the use of recruitment and marketing initiatives that appeal to the increasingly diverse donor base. RECEN...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Gilcher RO,McCombs S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cellular to animal to human studies are shedding light on metabolic pathways that contribute to sustaining lymphomagenesis. Old players with new metabolic tricks and new metabolic players come into the scene. The purpose of this review is to discuss the recent advances made in the field of lymphoma me...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Calvo-Vidal MN,Cerchietti L

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In this article, we summarize the recent advances in treating primary immune deficiency (PID) disorders by stem cell transplantation (SCT); we have focused on articles published in the past 2 years since the last major review of SCT for PID. RECENT FINDINGS:Analyses of the outcomes of SCT for PID by ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Worth AJ,Booth C,Veys P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many aspects of leukocyte function are regulated by both heterotrimeric and Ras-related GTP-binding proteins, but there is little definite information about their roles in the specialized processes utilized by leukocytes for cell killing. Recent progress in understanding the regulation of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase b...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Bokoch GM,Knaus UG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The role of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) in vasculogenesis is still not well understood, despite many recent developments in this area of research. In this review, we discuss the most recent studies that identify new critical mechanisms through which BMP signaling acts with a focus on angiogenes...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Moreno-Miralles I,Schisler JC,Patterson C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Therapy-related myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myelogenous leukemia (t-MDS/AML) comprise an increasingly common, poor-risk disease cohort without standard treatment options. This review describes available treatments and recent advances that may influence the clinical management of t-MDS/AML. RE...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Klimek VM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Inconsistent results regarding the clinical efficacy of granulocyte transfusions for the treatment or prophylaxis of life-threatening infections in neutropenic patients have been attributed to insufficient number of transfused neutrophils. Since the introduction of granulocyte colony-stimulating facto...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Yoshihara S,Ikemoto J,Fujimori Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The transmembrane protein tissue factor (TF), the initiator of the extrinsic coagulation cascade and a risk factor for thrombotic disease, largely resides on the cell surface in an inactive, encrypted conformation. Whereas TF procoagulant activation, or decryption, is closely associated with the expos...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Versteeg HH,Ruf W

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is an effective treatment for an increasing number of autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. However, IVIg continues to be limited by problems of potential shortages and cost. A number of mechanisms have been described for IVIg, which have been captured in newly emer...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Norris PAA,Kaur G,Lazarus AH

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis regulate each other to ensure optimal delivery of oxygen and iron to cells and tissues. Defining the mechanisms of this crosstalk is important for understanding the pathogenesis of common conditions associated with disordered iron metabolism and erythropoiesis. REC...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Kim A,Nemeth E

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic defects of the blood platelet membrane glycoproteins, GPIIb-IIIa (alpha IIb/beta 3; CD41/CD61) and GPIb-V-IX (CD42) are the origin of several rare bleeding disorders, the best known of which are Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, Bernard-Soulier syndrome, and platelet-type von Willebrand's disease. In Glanzmann's thr...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Clemetson KJ,Clemetson JM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Galectins, a family of evolutionarily conserved glycan-binding proteins, are involved in the regulation of multiple cellular processes (e.g. immunity, apoptosis, cellular signaling, development, angiogenesis and cellular growth) and diseases (e.g. chronic inflammation, autoimmunity, cancer, infection)...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Rabinovich GA,Vidal M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:B-cell tumors originating from the transformation of germinal center B cells frequently harbor genetic mutations, leading to constitutive activation of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway. The present review highlights recent insights into the roles of separate NF-κB transcription factors ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Klein U,Heise N

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Epstein-Barr virus is a ubiquitous human herpesvirus that is associated with an increasing number of human malignancies. Among these are Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative diseases in immunocompromised patients, a spectrum of mainly B-cell diseases that range from polyclonal lymphoproliferative dise...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Mosier DE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the reliance on platelet transfusion support in patients receiving myeloablative therapy, controversies surround platelet transfusion practices. These include the appropriate platelet dose and the threshold at which prophylactic platelet transfusions will be most effective. These issues bear directly on patien...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Rinder HM,Arbini AA,Snyder EL

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The proteome is the pool of proteins expressed at a given time and circumstance. The word 'proteomics' summarizes several technologies for visualization, quantitation and identification of these proteins. Recent advances in these techniques are helping to elucidate platelet processes which are relevan...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Senzel L,Gnatenko DV,Bahou WF

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the most recent insights into the biology, prognostic significance, and therapeutic approaches to TEL/AML1-positive leukemia. The TEL/AML1 fusion gene, also known as ETV6 /CBFA2, is the most commonly occurring gene rearrangement in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Considerable contro...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Loh ML,Rubnitz JE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is the presence of a new pulmonary infiltrate in combination with fever or respiratory symptoms in a patient with sickle cell disease. ACS is the leading cause of death in sickle cell disease, and many patients suffer from multiple, severe episodes. Age has a striking effect on the clinical ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Golden C,Styles L,Vichinsky E

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic that is driving increased morbidity and mortality from thrombotic disorders such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and venous thromboembolism. Effective prevention and treatment of thrombosis in obese patients is limited by an incomplete understanding of the und...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Blokhin IO,Lentz SR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are a unique population of cells with the remarkable ability to replenish themselves through self-renewal and to give rise to differentiated cell lineages. Though having been discovered more than 50 years ago, and having been widely used in bone marrow transplantation to treat blood d...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Li Z,He XC,Li L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Glycogen storage disease Ib (GSD Ib) is characterized by hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia, neutropenia, enterocolitis and recurrent bacterial infections. It is attributable to mutations in G6PT1, the gene for the glucose-6-phosphate transporter responsible for transport of glucose into the endoplasmic retic...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Dale DC,Bolyard AA,Marrero T,Kelley ML,Makaryan V,Tran E,Leung J,Boxer LA,Kishnani PS,Austin S,Wanner C,Ferrecchia IA,Khalaf D,Maze D,Kurtzberg J,Zeidler C,Welte K,Weinstein DA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hematopoietic cell transplantation offers potentially curative therapy for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. The median patient age at diagnosis, however, is about 70 years, which has limited the application of conventional hematopoietic cell transplantation. In addition, the optimum timing of t...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Deeg HJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for, and discovery of, a physiologic model in which the developmentally regulated switch from fetal to adult globin gene expression could be prevented has resulted in the development of a new class of therapeutic agents, consisting of simple fatty acids, such as butyric acid, for the treatment of the beta-h...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Faller DV,Perrine SP

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hemolytic anemias caused by premature destruction of red blood cells occur in many disorders including hemoglobinopathies, autoimmune conditions, during infection or following reaction to drugs or transfusions. Recent studies which will be reviewed here have uncovered several novel mechanisms by which...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Zhong H,Yazdanbakhsh K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) possess two fundamental characteristics, the capacity for self-renewal and the sustained production of all blood cell lineages. The fine balance between HSC expansion and lineage specification is dynamically regulated by the interplay between external and internal stimu...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Pouzolles M,Oburoglu L,Taylor N,Zimmermann VS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic barriers to transfusion are caused by differences between those portions of the donor and recipient genomes that define the antigenicity and immune response to the transfused cells. Historically, a blood group antigen was identified when an immune response (alloantibody) was detected by hemagglutination in ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Reid ME,Lomas-Francis C

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic inflammation and disordered lipid metabolism represent hallmarks of atherosclerosis. Considerable evidence has accumulated to suggest that innate immune defense mechanisms might interact with proinflammatory pathways and exacerbate or perhaps even initiate development of arterial plaques. Unti...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Michelsen KS,Arditi M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Risk assessments for transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease predicted that leukocyte reduction would be inefficient at preventing transmission of the disease by blood transfusion. Nevertheless, approximately 14 years ago, a significant proportion of European countries decided to implement l...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Douet JY,Bujdoso R,Andréoletti O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00