Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Time to go past genomics?

abstract：:A 75-year-old female patient with agranulocytosis caused by ticlopidine is reported. She took the drug at 200 mg/day for 30 days to prevent recurrence of cerebral infarction. The leukocyte count at the nadir was 500/microliters on the 34th day since she started to take the drug. Complete recovery of her peripheral leu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ono K,Kurohara K,Yoshihara M,Shimamoto Y,Yamaguchi M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Everolimus is an oral antineoplastic agent that targets the raptor mammalian target of rapamycin (mTORC1). The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/mTOR signal transduction pathway has been demonstrated to be activated in tumor samples from patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). The goal of this trial was to learn the antitumo...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Johnston PB,Inwards DJ,Colgan JP,Laplant BR,Kabat BF,Habermann TM,Micallef IN,Porrata LF,Ansell SM,Reeder CB,Roy V,Witzig TE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nongastric marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (NG-MZL) is a relatively uncommon indolent lymphoma. From 1990 to 2005, a total of 247 patients with histologically confirmed NG-MZL were analyzed. Ann Arbor stage I/II disease was present in 78% (167 out of 215). One hundred eighty-six patients out of two hundred eight were ca...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Oh SY,Ryoo BY,Kim WS,Park YH,Kim K,Kim HJ,Kwon JM,Lee J,Ko YH,Ahn YC,Oh SJ,Lee SI,Kim HJ,Kwon HC,Bang SM,Kim JH,Park J,Lee SS,Kim HY,Park K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responsiveness of bone marrow erythropoietic stem cells (CFU-E and BFU-E) to recombinant human erythropoietin (rh-Ep) was examined in vitro in 23 patients with aplastic anemia and 14 with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) to investigate the clinical use of rh-Ep for these diseases. Bone marrow mononuclear cells were cult...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Aoki I,Higashi K,Homori M,Chikazawa H,Ishikawa K

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cobalamin derivatives serve as coenzymes for the body's two cobalamin-dependent enzymes--adenosylcobalamin-dependent methylmalonyl CoA mutase, and methylcobalamin-dependent methionine methyltransferase. This essay reviews, in brief form and in personal terms, the history, beginning in the mid-1950s, of how these enzym...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Beck WS

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community practice experience allows a nonselective care of patient using information derived from a more controlled clinical trial environment. We present our community experience with multiple myeloma patients with advanced age, long disease duration since diagnosis, advanced stage, multiple prior therapies includin...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Onitilo AA,Engel J,Olatosi B,Fagbemi S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 71-year-old woman and her elder sister developed ligneous conjunctivitis after ocular surgery. Laboratory tests demonstrated that the proband and her sister had 6.6% and 8.1% of plasminogen activity, and 1.2 and 1.4 mg/dl of antigen, respectively. Thus, they were diagnosed as having severe type I plasminogen deficie...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Suzuki T,Ikewaki J,Iwata H,Ohashi Y,Ichinose A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unprecedented advances in our understanding of the pathobiology, prognostication, and therapeutic options in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) have taken place in the last few years. Heterogeneity in the clinical course of MCL-indolent vs aggressive-is further delineated by a correlation with the mutational status of the var...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Jain P,Wang M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare clonal stem-cell disorder in which blood cells lack complement inhibiting membrane proteins, and become susceptible to complement-mediated injury, leading to chronic intravascular hemolysis and pancytopenia. Glucocorticoids have been a mainstay of therapy. For patien...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Harrington WJ Sr,Kolodny L,Horstman LL,Jy W,Ahn YS

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with t(8;21) belongs to the favorable risk AML subset, relapse incidence may reach 30% in those patients. RUNX1-RUNX1T1 fusion transcript is a well-established marker for minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring. In this study, we investigated the feasibility and performances of ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Duployez N,Nibourel O,Marceau-Renaut A,Willekens C,Helevaut N,Caillault A,Villenet C,Celli-Lebras K,Boissel N,Jourdan E,Dombret H,Figeac M,Preudhomme C,Renneville A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old previously well woman developed sudden onset of limb gangrene in association with liver dysfunction. An immediately acting inhibitor to factor V with some of the features of lupus anticoagulant was demonstrated. The patient required limb amputation within 2 weeks and activity of the anticoagulant seemed ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kapur A,Kelsey PR,Isaacs PE

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In thalassemia, fetal hemoglobin (HbF) augmentation with hydroxycarbamide (also known as hydroxyurea) is not always successful. The expected parallel effects on red cell (RBC) membrane deformability, cell hydration, and membrane phospholipid organization, all important for extending RBC life span and increasing Hb, ha...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Singer ST,Vichinsky EP,Larkin S,Olivieri N,Sweeters N,Kuypers FA,E\/beta Thalassemia Study Group.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) inhibits the polymerization of sickle hemoglobin, modulating the clinical features of sickle cell anemia (SCA). Hydroxyurea (HU) therapy can increase the HbF level, although its production can be influenced by genetic determinants. Twenty-two Brazilian SCA patients were evaluated over 5 years be...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Vicari P,Barretto de Mello A,Figueiredo MS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red cell ferritin was evaluated in 101 individuals with heterozygous beta-thalassemia to determine its clinical utility as an index for iron deficiency or overload in these subjects. The mean red cell ferritin for the total population was elevated threefold and showed a significant correlation with transferrin saturat...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Van der Weyden MB,Fong H,Hallam LJ,Harrison C

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trial CICL670AUS04 was a single-arm, open-label study of the cardiac efficacy of 18 months of deferasirox monotherapy [1]. Cardiac response in this study was related to the degree of liver siderosis. Patients with mild to moderate liver siderosis improved their cardiac T2* while more severely siderotic patients di...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wood JC,Glynos T,Thompson A,Giardina P,Harmatz P,Kang BP,Paley C,Coates TD

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal calf serum (FCS) is used as a component of the media for cells grown in culture. However, the high cost of FCS has stimulated a search for a possible alternative. Approximately 10% of human platelet concentrates prepared for clinical transfusions are outdated. Sera prepared from platelet concentrates were compar...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Schwartz KA,Lu G,Trosko JE,Chang CC

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is a Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor that has a crucial role in haemostasis and is primarily synthesized in the vascular endothelium. We investigated plasma total TFPI, antiphospholipid antibodies, and some other coagulation and fibrinolytic system parameters in 30 patients with...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Akarsu M,Demirkan F,Ozsan GH,Onen F,Yüksel F,Ozkan S,Undar B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma inferferon (gamma IFN), alpha tumor necrosis factor (alpha TNF), and interleukin 6 (IL-60) are cytokines produced by a wide variety of cells, including T lymphocytes and NK cells. These cytokines affect B-cell proliferation and differentiation into immunoglobulin secreting cells. In addition, gamma IFN and alpha...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Garcia-Suarez J,Prieto A,Reyes E,Manzano L,Arribalzaga K,Alvarez-Mon M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized another subset of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) based on the cytogenetic and morphologic findings in a group of nine patients. Five patients had chromosomal analyses performed at the University of Chicago, two patients were studied at the All-Union Cancer Research Center in Moscow, and one...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pearson MG,Vardiman JW,Le Beau MM,Rowley JD,Schwartz S,Kerman SL,Cohen MM,Fleischman EW,Prigogina EL

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is considered to be a pleuripotential stem cell disorder with the capacity to differentiate into myeloid, erythroid, megakaryocytic, and lymphoid cell lines. Consequently, blast crisis (BC) involving each of the above lineages has been well described. Among lymphoblastic crises, differen...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Advani SH,Malhotra H,Kadam PR,Iyer RS,Nanjangud G,Balsara B,Saikia T,Gopal R,Nair CN

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The second generation BCR/ABL kinase inhibitor nilotinib is increasingly used for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). So far, nilotinib is considered a well-tolerated drug with little if any side effects, although an increase in the fasting glucose level has been reported. We examined a...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Aichberger KJ,Herndlhofer S,Schernthaner GH,Schillinger M,Mitterbauer-Hohendanner G,Sillaber C,Valent P

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective labeling of phagocytes in human blood can be achieved by incubation of unseparated, heparinized blood with 99mTc-sulfur colloid. We have developed a method for quantitation of granulocyte chemotaxis using granulocytes labeled by this technique. The method was found to be more accurate and less tedious to per...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： English D,McPherson TA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the more intriguing aspects of the spleen is the protection against certain bacterial infections afforded by its unique vascular and immune function. There have been extensive clinical surveys which indicate an incidence of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI) above that of the disease for which the sp...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Krivit W

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis is a clonal, nonproliferative plasma cell disorder in which fragments of immunoglobulin light or heavy chain are deposited in tissues. Clinical features depend on organs involved but can include heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, nephrotic syndrome, h...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gertz MA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil elastase (NE) is a serine protease stored in the primary granules of neutrophils that proteolytically cleaves multiple cytokines and cell surface proteins on release from activated neutrophils. Recent reports of mutations in the gene encoding this enzyme in some patients with neutropenic syndromes prompted ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hunter MG,Druhan LJ,Massullo PR,Avalos BR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Ring sideroblasts (RS) are erythroid precursors with abnormal perinuclear mitochondrial iron accumulation. Two myeloid neoplasms defined by the presence of RS, include refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts (RARS), now classified under myelodysplastic syndromes with RS (MDS-RS) and RARS with thromboc...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Patnaik MM,Tefferi A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes (SLVL) is a relatively new entity with only a few reports published. We report seven cases of SLVL with detailed clinicopathologic and comprehensive immunophenotypic studies to further characterize this lymphoma, which is frequently confused with hairy cell leukemia and other ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Sun T,Susin M,Brody J,Dittmar K,Teichberg S,Weiner R,Lin JH,Felber N

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF) is a viral disease caused by Junin virus and characterized by hematologic and neurological involvement. The main hematologic features are leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and bone marrow hypoplasia. Hematopoietic growth factors serum levels were measured by ELISA technique in forty-eight...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Marta RF,Enria D,Molinas FC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) can be introduced into T-cells redirecting them to target specific tumor antigens. CAR-modified T cells targeting CD19 have shown remarkable activity against CD19+ malignancies including B cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and non-Hodgkin lymph...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Frey NV,Porter DL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since platelets express both platelet-specific and class I HLA antigens, serum antiplatelet reactivity assessed by most platelet antibody techniques could be due to antibodies with either or both specificities. Flow cytometric analysis of sera for detection of antiplatelet antibody commonly employs a purified platelet...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Freedman J,Hornstein A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00