Identification of the first mutation in a BRE motif of the β-globin gene and its inheritance with two other α-globin gene mutations in a Lebanese family.

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：:Erythropoiesis is increased in cultures of human blood progenitors when oxygen tension is reduced from 20% (room air) to 5% (low oxygen, closer to physiological bone marrow levels). The effects of low oxygen on gamma-globin synthesis and colony growth in methyl cellulose cultures of blood mononuclear cells from normal...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Weinberg RS,Acosta R,Knobloch ME,Garber M,Alter BP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study concerns the molecular characterization of beta-thalassemia (beta-thal) alleles in 210 chromosomes. In the studied population, mutations were detected in 98% of the beta-thalassemic chromosomes. Twenty-one molecular defects have been found, where the five dominant mutations, IVS-I-110 (G>A), nonsense mutati...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Boudrahem-Addour N,Zidani N,Carion N,Labie D,Belhani M,Beldjord C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sheep carrying simultaneously extra alpha-globin genes (triplications and quadruplications) and two alpha-chain allelic variants, a gradient of decreasing expression of the downstream genes was previously reported. We show here that in these sheep the proportions of the normal and variant Hbs reflect not only the p...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Vestri R,Massa A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hemoglobin variant with the same electrophoretic mobility as hemoglobin S was found in three generations of a black family. No clinical symptoms or findings were present in subjects heterozygous for this mutant. Except for target forms of mature erythrocytes, they have no abnormal hematologic findings. Structural st...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Jones RT,Koler RD,Duerst ML,Dhindsa DS

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unstable hemoglobin (Hb) variants represent a rare etiology of congenital hemolytic anemia. Correct diagnosis can be a challenge due to the relative rarity or lack of awareness of this disorder. We report an 18-month-old girl, who presented with a long-standing hemolytic anemia. Her diagnosis of unstable Hb Perth [β32...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Jiang H,Yan JM,Li J,Xie XM,Li DZ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a new hemoglobin variant which was identified while investigating the cause of a mild erythrocytosis. The abnormal beta-globin chain was detected by reversed phase chromatography. Mutation mapping of the beta-globin gene by polymerase chain reaction and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis follow...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Frischknecht H,Ventruto M,Hess D,Hunziker P,Rosatelli MC,Cao A,Breitenstein U,Fehr J,Tuchschmid P

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To help clarify the hematological picture of patients who may be positive for beta- and delta-globin gene mutations, the following study was carried out. Our aim was to identify the delta-globin gene mutations found in the Greek Cypriot population, their frequencies and the Hb A2 values associated with them. Seventy-f...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Pavlou E,Phylactides M,Kyrri A,Kalogerou E,Makariou C,Georgiou I,Kleanthous M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Thalassemia (β-thal) is an inherited blood disorder characterized by reduced or absent synthesis of the β chains of hemoglobin (Hb). Although a number of causative mutations have been reported, here we report two novel mutations detected in Chinese patients. Red blood cell (RBC) indices were indicative of β-thal, bu...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Wang W,Wang Q,Tao T,Sun A,Ruan C,Chen S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effects of combined vitamin therapy on oxidant-antioxidant hepatic status and hemoglobin (Hb) derivatives on β-thalassemia major (β-TM), a prospective study of 60 β-TM patients aged 4 to 17 years, was conducted. Thirty-nine patients with initial low serum vitamins E, C and A, were treated with oral combi...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Elalfy MS,Adly AA,Attia AA,Ibrahim FA,Mohammed AS,Sayed AM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic screening is an important tool to control, minimize, and prevent genetic disorders. Saudi Arabia started the first national premarital screening (PMS) program to control inherited hemoglobin (Hb) disorders that are the most commonly inherited genetic disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The aim of this st...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Al Sulaiman A,Suliman A,Al Mishari M,Al Sawadi A,Owaidah TM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22 year old American negro with mild anemia was found to be triply heterozygous for hemoglobin S, hemoglobin O Arab and alpha thalassemia. Hemoglobin A was not detected in the subject's hemolysate. The alpha thalassemia gene was expressed by an alpha/non-alpha synthesis ratio of 0.71 plus or minus 0.07 and was equal...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Ballas SK,Atwater J,Burka ER

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the molecular and hematological characteristics of two rare hemoglobin (Hb) variants found in associations with a common α(0)-thalassemia (α(0)-thal) in Thai patients. The first case (P1) was a generally healthy 27-year-old man discovered during our ongoing thalassemia screening program. Hemoglobin and DNA a...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Singha K,Srivorakun H,Fucharoen G,Changtrakul Y,Komwilaisak P,Jetsrisuparb A,Puangplruk R,Fucharoen S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hb Rancho Mirage was detected in a 17-year-old male in association with a mild anemia. Hemoglobin electrophoresis revealed the variant had a mobility between Hbs A and J on cellulose acetate (pH 8.6) and a mobility like Hb F on citrate agar (pH 6.4). A substitution of His----Asp was found at position 143 in the beta c...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Moo-Penn WF,Hine TK,Johnson MH,Jue DL,Holland S,George S,Pierce AM,Michalski LA,McDonald MJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel compound heterozygous genotype which consists of two point mutations named Hb Adana (HBA1: c.179G>A) and codon 127 (HBA2: c.382A>T) in a Kurdish family with two girls affected with severe α-thalassemia (α-thal). Both patients (the proband and her sister) had a history of splenectomy during childhoo...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Azimi A,Tahmasebi S,Moradi K,Nejati P,Alibakhshi R

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We detected Hb D-Los Angeles [beta 121(GH4)Glu-->Gln], the most common hemoglobin variant after Hb S and Hb Lepore-Boston, in six unrelated families in Southern Italy. Ten patients were studied; eight patients were heterozygotes and two were compound heterozygotes for the hemoglobin variant and the beta-thalassemia co...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Fioretti G,De Angioletti M,Pagano L,Lacerra G,Viola A,de Bonis C,Scarallo A,Carestia C

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multicenter study (eight centers), we determined secretory phospholipase A(2) (sPLA(2)) levels in patients with sickle cell disease and acute chest syndrome (ACS). The diagnosis of ACS was made according to established criteria. The sPLA2 levels were determined in blood samples collected at baseline (time of diag...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Ballas SK,Files B,Luchtman-Jones L,Benjamin L,Swerdlow P,Hilliard L,Coates T,Abboud M,Wojtowicz-Praga S,Kuypers FA,Michael Grindel J

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:A fast-moving hemoglobin variant was found in five members of a Chinese family of the Wuming district. The relative amount of this alpha chain variant in the heterozygote was about 20%. The abnormality caused no ill effects in its carriers. Sequence analysis identified a Lys substituting for Gln substitution at positi...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Zeng YT,Huang SZ,Xu L,Long GF,Lam H,Wilson JB,Huisman TH

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of G gamma chain in the fetal hemoglobin of more than 40 Black and Caucasian females were determined with a sensitive high performance liquid chromatography procedure and were correlated with their haplotypes, defined by the presence or absence of 10 different restriction sites. Blood was collected during t...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Hattori Y,Kutlar F,Mosley CJ,Mayson SM,Huisman TH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the spectrum of β-thalassemia (β-thal) mutations observed in a cohort of at-risk couples, who presented for prenatal diagnosis at the Thalassemia, Hemophilia and Prenatal Diagnosis Genetic Research Center, Shiraz Medical University, Fars, Iran, from March 2001 to April 2002. Using polymerase chain reaction-a...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Rahiminejad MS,Zeinali S,Afrasiabi A,Valeshabad AK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the hematological characteristics in a large group of Hb H (β4) patients with or without a coexisting β-thalassemia (β-thal), identified by a thalassemia screening program in mainland China. A total of 361 patients with Hb H disease were found, including 343 with deletional types...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Chen GL,Jiang F,Li J,Zhou JY,Li DZ

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:We studied two members of an African American family with erythrocytosis. An abnormal hemoglobin variant with an electrophoretic pattern on cellulose acetate similar to Hb J was identified. The oxygen dissociation curve using whole blood was biphasic, dramatically left-shifted, and hyperbolic. Sequence analysis of DNA...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Kattamis AC,Kelly KM,Ohene-Frempong K,Reilly MP,Keller M,Cubeddu R,Adachi K,Surrey S,Fortina P

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual genetic constitution is an important cause of variations in the response and tolerance to drug treatment. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes located within as well as outside the human beta-globin cluster have recently been shown to be significantly associated with Hb F increase in relation to ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Patrinos GP,Grosveld FG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the rare β-thalassemia (β-thal) mutations in the Pakistani population. A total of 8716 unrelated Pakistani individuals having children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia were investigated by amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR) for the p...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Hussain A,Ahmed S,Ali N,S Mailk H,Anees M,Chuahdry AH,Ahmed P

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes the results on the epidemiology and molecular basis of thalassemias and other hemoglobinopathies in the Republic of Macedonia. Over the past 40 years, population surveys of more than 22,000 participants (school children and workers) from all over the country, have shown that the average incidence...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Efremov GD

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：:Chronic blood transfusions are necessary for patients with hereditary anemia such as thalassemia, and for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who become anemic and transfusion-dependent. A common consequence of chronic transfusion is iron accumulation that can lead to organ damage. While there is general agre...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Yeh SP,Yang YS,Yao CY,Peng CT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00