Erythrocytes as carriers of chemotherapeutic agents for targeting the reticuloendothelial system.

abstract：:Chronic transfusion therapy is the treatment of choice for preventing stroke recurrence in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). The majority of children affected by this devastating complication live in the developing world where access to regular blood transfusions may be impractical. Since 2000, in the absence o...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ali SB,Moosang M,King L,Knight-Madden J,Reid M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is due to different membrane protein defects (i.e., deficiency of spectrin and ankyrin, band 3, or band 4.2). In order to gain new insight into the relationships between band 3 function and proteins associated with the cytoskeleton, we studied erythrocyte anion transport activity in HS ch...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： De Franceschi L,Olivieri O,Miraglia del Giudice E,Perrotta S,Sabato V,Corrocher R,Iolascon A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to comprehensively study sex differences in disease and patients' characteristics, treatment and outcomes in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) in the United States (USA) utilizing the National LymphoCare Study registry (2004-2014). Among evaluable males (n = 1277) and females (n = 1375) with FL, females ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nabhan C,Zhou X,Day BM,Dawson K,Zelenetz AD,Friedberg JW,Cerhan JR,Link BK,Flowers CR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experienced two rare cases of pernicious anemia that presented in the course of mycosis fungoides in elderly males. Pernicious anemia has recently been reported to be caused by autoimmune gastritis that produces autoantibodies to gastric parietal cells and intrinsic factor. Immunological abnormalities in mycosis fu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Saitoh T,Murakami H,Hayashi K,Matsushima T,Tamura J,Karasawa M,Naruse T,Tsuchiya J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 59-year-old woman with Durie-Salmon stage IIIB IgGkappa multiple myeloma (MM), who presented 83 days after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) with multiple subcutaneous plasmacytomas. These lesions were confined exclusively to sites where the patient had sustained local trauma...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Rosenblum MD,Bredeson CN,Chang CC,Rizzo JD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of factor VIII inhibitors in non-hemophilic patients is a rare event with a potentially lethal outcome. Despite its infrequent occurrence, the association of this inhibitor with multiple autoimmune diseases is well recognized. We report the case of a patient with the recently described autoimmune lympho...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Fang BS,Sneller MC,Straus SE,Frenkel L,Dale JK,Rick ME

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:We report a family with a dominantly transmitted syndrome resembling Fanconi's anemia and spanning two generations. This syndrome was characterized by an ill-defined hematologic stem cell disorder, immune dysfunction, poor dentition, hyperpigmented skin, warts, and multiple second trimester spontaneous abortions and i...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Alter CL,Levine PH,Bennett J,Kessler C,Rick M,Washburn RG,Gallin JI,Miller RW,Auerbach AD

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentosan polysulfate is a low-molecular-weight sulfated polysaccharide used as an antithrombotic drug. We present two patients who developed thrombocytopenia and venous thrombosis during treatment with pentosan polysulfate. The relationship between pentosan polysulfate and thrombocytopenia is supported by platelet agg...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Tardy-Poncet B,Tardy B,Grelac F,Reynaud J,Mismetti P,Bertrand JC,Guyotat D

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection and identification of blood group antibodies in patients is crucial for successful allogeneic blood transfusions. Current methods are highly subjective and rely on red blood cells (RBCs), which simultaneously express many blood group antigens, have a short shelf-life, and carry potential biohazard risks....

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Yazdanbakhsh K,Oyen R,Yu Q,Lee S,Antoniou M,Chaudhuri A,Reid ME

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent observations that the sickle RBC are excessively susceptible to phagocytosis by macrophages in vitro prompted me to look for evidence of in vivo erythrophagocytosis (Ep) in patients with sickle cell anemia (SS). Freshly prepared smears of unmanipulated blood of 27 patients with SS in steady state were examined ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Solanki DL

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old untransfused, non-drinking man with Hemoglobin H-CS disease presented with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, markedly elevated serum ferritin level, and marked iron deposition in hepatocytes. He did not carry either of the two common mutations of the HLA-H gene for hereditary hemochromatosis, namely, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chim CS,Chan V,Todd D

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a frequent complication of cancer chemotherapy, which causes death in 4-21% of patients and worsens the quality of life of patients. As a simple and accurate way of identifying patients who are at risk of FN, a lymphocyte count on post-chemotherapy day 5 was suggested. To confirm the feasib...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Choi CW,Sung HJ,Park KH,Yoon SY,Kim SJ,Oh SC,Seo JH,Kim BS,Shin SW,Kim YH,Kim JS

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described who had blastic transformation of Ph1 negative chronic myelogenous leukemia (Ph1 - CML). Characterization of the leukemic cells revealed a population with a lymphoid stem cell phenotype (cALL-, TdT+, Ia+, cIgM-). This particular phenotype may be responsible for the refractoriness to vincristine ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kessler JF,Grogan TM,Greenberg BR

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyurea (HU) is a widely used cytotoxic agent that is known to induce fetal hemoglobin (HbF) production and is presently used to ameliorate the severity of pain episodes in patients with sickle cell anemia (HbSS). Previously we have shown that HU inhibits growth of burst forming unit-erythroid (BFU-E) colonies in ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Baliga BS,Pace BS,Chen HH,Shah AK,Yang YM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imatinib mesylate radically changed the natural history of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The recent availability of alternative tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) renders the clinical management of CML more complex. In this article, we summarize our long-term single institution experience. From 2003 to 2012, 102 pati...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Viganò I,Di Giacomo N,Bozzani S,Antolini L,Piazza R,Gambacorti Passerini C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas are a heterogenous group of T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders involving the skin, the majority of which may be classified as Mycosis Fungoides (MF) or Sézary Syndrome (SS). DIAGNOSIS:The diagnosis of MF or SS requires the integration of clinical and histopathologic data. ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wilcox RA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with incapacitating POEMS syndrome characterized by serum monoclonal protein, polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, massive ascites formation, and pulmonary hypertension. A dramatic improvement in the clinical condition occurred after administration of ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Sinisalo M,Hietaharju A,Sauranen J,Wirta O

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of many coagulation factors are low in the healthy infant and even lower in the asphyxiated premature infant. We investigated whether a brief exposure to asphyxia at the time of birth causes the activation and consumption of coagulation factors. Following delivery by caesarean section, premature lambs were asph...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Andrew M,O'Brodovich H,Mitchell L

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilia associated with solid tumors is an infrequent occurrence. The pathogenesis of tumor-associated eosinophilia is not well understood. Interleukin-5 (IL-5) is a cytokine that has been implicated in the development of eosinophilia in mice and humans. However, there is little data associating IL-5 production w...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pandit R,Scholnik A,Wulfekuhler L,Dimitrov N

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 21 year-old female with echinocytosis and a littoral cell hemangioma is reported. The patient had no significant past medical history and presented with abdominal pain and splenomegaly. A large percentage of echinocytes were noted on her peripheral smear in the absence of any known causes. A CT-recognize...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Altomare I,Desman G,Aledort LM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyurea is a drug that is used to treat some patients with sickle cell disease. We have measured the deformability of sickle erythrocytes incubated in hydroxyurea in vitro and found that hydroxyurea acts to decrease the deformability of these cells. The deformability of normal erythrocytes was not significantly af...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Huang Z,Louderback JG,King SB,Ballas SK,Kim-Shapiro DB

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The erythrocytes of 90 pregnant women were evaluated for the presence of in vivo or in vitro oxidant damage. The reduced glutathione (P less than 0.005) and the membrane reduced sulfhydryl (P less than 0.001) concentrations were decreased in fresh erythrocytes. Following incubation with acetylphenylhydrazine, Heinz bo...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lachant NA,Gottlieb AJ,DiFino SM,Landaw SA,Tanaka KR

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is thought to be mediated via auto-antibodies produced by lymphoid B cells. This may be an idiopathic process or secondary to an underlying infection or lymphoproliferative disorder. Conventional treatment comprises immunosuppression with corticosteroids and, in some cases, splenectomy. A p...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ramanathan S,Koutts J,Hertzberg MS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight patients undergoing cardiac surgery were prospectively studied and were assigned to two groups. The patients received 0.8- (Group L) or 2.0-fold (Group H) dose of protamine for the neutralization after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) which was determined by Hepcon HMS(R) assay system in which the reagent cha...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Miyashita T,Nakajima T,Hayashi Y,Kuro M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven normal human peripheral blood cell fractions (buffy coat, mononuclear cells, non-T, T, Fc-IgM receptor-depleted T-lymphocyte, Fc-IgG receptor-depleted T-lymphocyte, and autologous rosette-forming T-cell-depleted T-lymphocyte subpopulations) treated with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) were examined for the production o...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： López-Karpovitch X,Padrós-Semorile MR,Rojas R,Martínez-Sánchez L

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant anemia develops in Buffalo rats bearing the Morris hepatoma 7777. By indiceal measurements the red blood cells (RBCs) appear to be microcytic and hypochromic. Ferrokinetic studies demonstrate a decreased uptake of iron in the bone marrow and an increased incorporation of iron in the spleens of the tumor-...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lamar C Jr,Greene AS,Greene WB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin Lyon-Bron was found in two members of a family of German ascent presenting with a moderate normocytic anemia. In this alpha 2 globin variant, the N-terminal valine of the chain was replaced by an alanine. Electrospray mass spectrometry of the alpha chain showed that, as normally, the initiator methionine wa...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lacan P,Souillet G,Aubry M,Promé D,Richelme-David S,Kister J,Wajcman H,Francina A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a phase II trial, we evaluated chlorambucil and rituximab (CLB-R) as first-line induction treatment with or without R as maintenance for elderly chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients. Treatment consisted of eight 28-day cycles of CLB (8 mg/m(2) /day, days 1-7) and R (day 1 of cycle 3, 375 mg/m(2) ; cycles 4-8...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Foà R,Del Giudice I,Cuneo A,Del Poeta G,Ciolli S,Di Raimondo F,Lauria F,Cencini E,Rigolin GM,Cortelezzi A,Nobile F,Callea V,Brugiatelli M,Massaia M,Molica S,Trentin L,Rizzi R,Specchia G,Di Serio F,Orsucci L,Ambros

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevention of Rhesus D alloimmunization through Rh immune globulin (RhIg) administration is the major indication for the accurate detection and quantification of fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH). In the setting of D incompatibility, D-positive fetal cells can sensitize the D-negative mother, resulting in maternal ant...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kim YA,Makar RS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00