Erythropoietin: biological aspects and clinical usefulness.

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: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：:Granulocyte activation parameters have been described in patients with myeloproliferative disorders (MPD). We have evaluated the accuracy of leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) score to predict JAK2 V617F mutation. LAP score was obtained using a cytochemical reaction in granulocytes of patients' peripheral blood with...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Basquiera AL,Fassetta F,Soria N,Barral JM,Ricchi B,García JJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Umbilical cord blood stem cell transplants are commonly used in adults lacking HLA-identical donors. Delays in hematopoietic recovery contribute to mortality and morbidity. To hasten recovery, we used co-infusion of progenitor cells from a partially matched related donor and from an umbilical cord blood graft (haplo-c...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： van Besien K,Hari P,Zhang MJ,Liu HT,Stock W,Godley L,Odenike O,Larson R,Bishop M,Wickrema A,Gergis U,Mayer S,Shore T,Tsai S,Rhodes J,Cushing MM,Korman S,Artz A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In recent years, two predictive equations to estimate median expected survival at diagnosis for patients affected with Hodgkin's disease have been developed at the University of Pavia Medical School. The present retrospective work was aimed at testing correlation between mean survival estimated...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bettini R,Tonolini M,Maccianti E

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The functional activity of the organic cation transporter 1 (OCT-1) protein (OCT-1 activity) is an excellent predictor of molecular response and progression-free survival in patients with newly diagnosed chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia treated with imatinib as front-line therapy. DESIGN AND METHODS:I...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： White DL,Radich J,Soverini S,Saunders VA,Frede AK,Dang P,Cilloni D,Lin P,Mongay L,Woodman R,Manley P,Slader C,Kim DW,Pane F,Martinelli G,Saglio G,Hughes TP

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of responses produced in patients with low-grade lymphomas are unique among non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL), and even with a more intensive chemotherapy regimen, they are only partial; the very few complete responses which are induced are usually of short duration and do not influence overall survival. Ther...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Zinzani PL

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All hematopoietic cells that develop in the bone marrow must cross the endothelial barrier to enter the blood circulation. Blood platelets, however, are released by bigger protrusions of huge progenitor cells, named megakaryocytes, and enter the blood stream as so-called proplatelets before fragmenting into mature pla...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Gorelashvili MG,Angay O,Hemmen K,Klaus V,Stegner D,Heinze KG

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:It is often difficult to obtain good karyotypes of cells from children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) because of poor morphology and spreading. Detailed karyotyping can be further hampered by the presence of multiple rearrangements. Our objective was to search for cryptic rearrangemen...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Poppe B,Cauwelier B,Van Limbergen H,Yigit N,Philippé J,Verhasselt B,De Paepe A,Benoit Y,Speleman F

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, the Apheresis Center (CNTS-CRI) and the Haematological Division, Authors treated 17 patients affected by haematologic malignances and solid tumours with leukoapheresis procedures for PBSC collection. Nine patients were treated with continuous-flow cell separator Dideco Vivacell, performin...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Del Monte C,Basso P,Consoli P,Cossutta M,Morara R,Pescarollo A,Lanti T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our preliminary results suggest the existence of quantitative and qualitative differences in immune cells and type1 and type2 cytokines between granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) primed bone marrow (G-BM) and G-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood grafts (G-PB). Our findings suggest that lower T-cell hyporesponsi...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Jun HX,Jun CY,Yu ZX

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phosphatidylserine exposure by red blood cells is acknowledged as a signal that initiates phagocytic removal of the cells from the circulation. Several disorders and conditions are known to induce phosphatidylserine exposure. Removal of phosphatidylserine-exposing red blood cells generally occurs by macropha...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Fens MH,van Wijk R,Andringa G,van Rooijen KL,Dijstelbloem HM,Rasmussen JT,de Vooght KM,Schiffelers RM,Gaillard CA,van Solinge WW

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：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：:We report the distribution and clinicopathological characteristics of malignant lymphomas in Taiwan, defined according to the WHO classification. Data including age and gender of the patients, clinical staging and disease courses were collected for 598 cases of malignant lymphomas. The results showed that the epidemio...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Lee MY,Tan TD,Feng AC,Liu MC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flow cytometry allows specific assessment of the expression of ZAP-70, a promising new prognostic factor in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), but suffers from a lack of multicenter standardization. DESIGN AND METHODS:An optimized method for direct detection of ZAP-70 in flow cytometry was tested ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Gachard N,Salviat A,Boutet C,Arnoulet C,Durrieu F,Lenormand B,Leprêtre S,Olschwang S,Jardin F,Lafage-Pochitaloff M,Penther D,Sainty D,Reminieras L,Feuillard J,Béné MC,GEIL.

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Cord blood (CB) is a valuable source of stem cells. Most CB units are still cryopreserved in single bags in the world's CB banks. Thawing a single CB unit, dividing it into two parts, expanding the smaller one and refreezing the other would optimize ex vivo expansion of CB progenitors prior to...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Timeus F,Crescenzio N,Saracco P,Doria A,Fazio L,Albiani R,Cordero Di Montezemolo L,Perugini L,Incarbone E

更新日期：2003-01-01 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 AND OBJECTIVES:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are progenitor cells that are capable of differentiating into mesenchymal tissues. Fetal and adult MSC have similar morphology but differ in proliferative, differentiating and immunosuppressive properties. Further exploring their differences could help in choosing ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Götherström C,West A,Liden J,Uzunel M,Lahesmaa R,Le Blanc K

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a disease with up-regulated expression of the transmembrane tyrosine-protein kinase ROR1, a member of the Wnt/planar cell polarity pathway. In this study, we identified COBLL1 as a novel interaction partner of ROR1. COBLL1 shows clear bimodal expression with high levels in chronic lymph...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Plešingerová H,Janovská P,Mishra A,Smyčková L,Poppová L,Libra A,Plevová K,Ovesná P,Radová L,Doubek M,Pavlová Š,Pospíšilová Š,Bryja V

更新日期：2018-02-01 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 AND OBJECTIVE:Altered adhesive interaction between bone marrow (BM) stroma and progenitors in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) may be in part caused by abnormal expression of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) on malignant progenitor cells. Treatment of CML with interferon-a (IFN-a) re-establishes normal hemopoies...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Martín-Henao GA,Quiroga R,Sureda A,González JR,Moreno V,García J

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We confirm a decrease in cobalamins during pregnancy, and report that the active part of cobalamins (holotranscobalamin, holoTC) remains unchanged. The decrease in cobalamins is explained by a decreased holohaptocorrin (holoHC), suggesting that holoTC rather than cobalamins should be used as a marker of vitamin B12 de...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Morkbak AL,Hvas AM,Milman N,Nexo E

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes are experiments of nature characterized by impaired hematopoiesis with cancer and leukemia predisposition. The mutations associated with inherited bone marrow failure syndromes affect fundamental cellular pathways, such as DNA repair, telomere maintenance, or proteostasis. How t...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Oyarbide U,Topczewski J,Corey SJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a family with type I and type III protein S (PS) deficiency, which showed to be phenotypic variants of the same genetic disease. Direct sequencing analysis of the PROS1 gene was performed to establish the genotype. The ratio of protein C antigen and total PS antigen levels (protein C/S ratio) was used to cla...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： ten Kate MK,Mulder R,Platteel M,Brouwer JL,van der Steege G,van der Meer J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukemia stem cells (LSC) are more resistant to standard chemotherapy and their persistence during remission can cause relapse, which is still one of the major clinical challenges in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A better understanding of the mutational patterns and the prognostic impact of molecular ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bill M,Nicolet D,Kohlschmidt J,Walker CJ,Mrózek K,Eisfeld AK,Papaioannou D,Rong-Mullins X,Brannan Z,Kolitz JE,Powell BL,Archer KJ,Dorrance AM,Carroll AJ,Stone RM,Byrd JC,Garzon R,Bloomfield CD

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:A novel role for shedding of the surface molecule L-selectin has been proposed as an adjunctive phenomenon during cell detachment from marrow stroma or vessel endothelium. We wished to examine whether variations in expression of L-selectin on a lymphoma B cell line were linked to shedding. DES...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Po JL,Mak A,Ginsberg D,Huerta P,Manoukian R,Shustik C,Jensen GS

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a dose-escalation study of bendamustine in 31 patients with multiple myeloma that had progressed after high-dose chemotherapy. Bendamustine 100 mg/m2 on days 1 and 2 per cycle was found to be the maximal tolerated dose. The overall response rate was 55% with a median progression-free survival of 26 (0-61)...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Knop S,Straka C,Haen M,Schwedes R,Hebart H,Einsele H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous Rh blood group changes are a striking sign, reported to occur mainly in patients with hematologic disorders. Upon routine blood grouping, 2 unrelated individuals showed unexplained mixed red cell phenotype regarding the highly immunogenic c antigen (RH4), clinically relevant for blood transfusion and fetom...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Dauber EM,Mayr WR,Hustinx H,Schönbacher M,Budde H,Legler TJ,König M,Haas OA,Fritsch G,Körmöczi GF

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rituximab has improved response rates and overall survival in B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Radiotherapy is an effective treatment modality for lymphomas, but there is uncertainty on its use as consolidation after chemo-immunotherapy mainly in advanced stages. We evaluated its efficacy with a comprehensive meta-analysis an...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Berger MD,Trelle S,Büchi AE,Jegerlehner S,Ionescu C,Lamy de la Chapelle T,Novak U

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00