Mutant hemoglobins having elongated chains.

abstract：:α-Thalassemia (α-thal) is assumed to be very prevalent in Bangladesh. We aimed to assess the prevalence of the disease in the country and provide a model for α-thal newborn screening in Bangladesh. We collected umbilical cord blood (UCB) samples from 413 unrelated newborns in Bangladesh. Demographic information, blood...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Anwar S,Taslem Mourosi J,Hasan MK,Hosen MJ,Miah MF

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unusual combination of haemoglobins S and E was found in two Saudi Arab siblings. The father was homozygous for HbE and the mother was heterozygous for HbA and HbS. Clinical and laboratory findings are presented and compared with those of the six cases of HbSE heterozygosity previously reported. The significance o...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Hardy MJ,Ragbeer MS

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the milder clinical severity of Hb H patients compared with those of Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis or patients with β-thalassemia major (β-TM), a few cases of Hb H hydrops fetalis syndrome have been reported so far. Here, we describe, for the first time in the Chinese population, one case of a neonate with Hb H hy...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Li Q,Li Y,Zhong M,Zhang VW,Jin W,Li S,Li L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of 3-hydroxypyridine-2(1H)-thiones were synthesized. The visible (VIS) spectroscopic analysis indicated that 3-hydroxy-1-methylpyridine-2(1H)-thione (4a) and 3-hydroxy-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)pyridine-2(1H)-thione (4b) formed stable 3:1 Fe(III) complexes. The stability constant of the 4b-Fe(III) complex was estima...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Katoh A,Harada K,Saito R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) approach, being a relatively novel biophysical method, is used to detect many different targets by biomolecular interaction. The SPR system uses optical and evanescent wave phenomenon. This approach does not need any labels, such as enzymes or isotopes, and the monitored interaction...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Atalay EO,Ustel E,Yildiz S,Atalay A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 43-year-old woman, affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and beta-thalassemia major (beta-TM), adequately treated with antiretroviral and transfusion-chelation therapy, that develops progressive right ventricular dysfunction due to severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), in absence...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Derchi G,Lai ME,Marcaccini P,Carta MP,Vacquer S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a child in whom beta-thalassemia (thal) major was apparently caused by homozygosity for a 4-base deletion mutation [codons 41/42 (-TTCT)] of the beta-globin gene. However, the mutation was not identified in the father. The presence of a deletional beta-thal was detected by long-range polymerase ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Liao C,Feng Q,Li J,Huang Y,Li D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capillary electrophoresis (CE) system allows the quantification of Hb Bart's (γ4) and Hb H (β4) that is used for screening of Hb H disease. However, Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis and Hb H are not always codetected in patients with Hb H disease. In this study, 35 samples were analyzed for the α0-thalassemia (α0-thal) [...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Khongthai K,Ruengdit C,Panyasai S,Pornprasert S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the blood samples from seven members of two families that contained mixtures of different hemoglobin types due to the simultaneous presence of different beta chain variants and the alpha chain variant Hb G-Philadelphia. The methods used were isoelectrofocusing and cation exchange high performance liqu...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Kutlar F,Kutlar A,Nuguid E,Prchal J,Huisman TH

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with beta-thalassemia (thal) major are subject to peroxidative tissue injury by iron overload. Glutathione S-transferases work as antioxidants, and their activity is determined genetically. In this study, we used multiplex polymerase chain reaction (m-PCR) to analyze polymorphisms of two endogenous antioxidan...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Wu KH,Chang JG,Ho YJ,Wu SF,Peng CT

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Thalassemia (α-thal) is widely reported in the Arabian Peninsula as one of the main causes of asymptomatic microcytic hypochromic red blood cells with or without anemia in the pediatric population. This is the first study that provides information about the molecular basis of α-thal in the Qatari population. Qatari ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Kamal M,Abu-Sirriya S,Abu-Dayya A,Al-Khatib H,Abu-Ramadan H,Petrou M,Amer A,Badii R,Kleanthous M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin (Hb) disorders are common, potentially lethal monogenic diseases, posing a global health challenge. With worldwide migration and intermixing of carriers, demanding flexible health planning and patient care, hemoglobinopathies may serve as a paradigm for the use of electronic infrastructure tools in the coll...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Lederer CW,Basak AN,Aydinok Y,Christou S,El-Beshlawy A,Eleftheriou A,Fattoum S,Felice AE,Fibach E,Galanello R,Gambari R,Gavrila L,Giordano PC,Grosveld F,Hassapopoulou H,Hladka E,Kanavakis E,Locatelli F,Old J,Patrino

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobinopathies are inherited diseases that impair the structure and function of the oxygen-carrying pigment hemoglobin (Hb). Adult Hb consists of two α and two β subunits. α-Thalassemia (α-thal) affects the genes that code for the α-globin chains, HBA1 and HBA2. Mutations can result in asymptomatic, mild or severe...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Horri-Naceur A,Timson DJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over many years, cases of suspected α-globin chain variants were collected from different parts of the UK. The suspicion was based on the clinical picture, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) variant percentage, retention time (RT) and isoelectric focusing (IEF). DNA sequencing and the restriction enzyme Eae...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Khalil MSM,Timbs AT,Henderson SJ,Schuh A,El-Khawanky MM,Old JM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical, hematologic, and molecular genetic studies are reported for five families with SS patients having unusually high fetal hemoglobin (Hb F) levels (mean 28.3%, range 19-42%). Some of the individuals were symptom-free and one was not anemic. However, some were symptomatic despite a very high Hb F. Neither the Hb...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Seltzer WK,Abshire TC,Lane PA,Roloff JS,Githens JH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major defect in α-thalassemia (α-thal) is a single or double gene deletion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the α-thal mutations in two provinces of Southern Iran, Fars & Kohkeloye and Bouyer Ahmad. A total of 2000 subjects with microcytic hypochromic anemia was selected as a study group; finally, 1177 subje...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Hossein F,Mohsen R,Mohsen M,Taheri M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An electrophoretically I-like hemoglobin variant was detected during a survey for abnormal hemoglobins in Dagestan (USSR). Neither clinical nor hematological abnormalities were seen in the carrier for this mutant hemoglobin. Structural studies demonstrated a previously undescribed substitution of alpha 60 (E9) Lys lea...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Spivak VA,Molchanova TP,Ermakov NV,Tokarev YuN,Martinez G,Szelenyi J,Horanyi M,Foldi J,Hollan S,Kazieva H,Shamov IA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two abnormal hemoglobins were accidentally detected by cation exchange high performance liquid chromatography with the Diamat system of Bio-Rad Laboratories; the variants eluted together with the fast-moving Hb A1c. Structural analysis of isolated beta chains and sequence analysis of amplified DNA identified a new var...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Liu JS,Molchanova TP,Gu LH,Wilson JB,Hopmeier P,Schnedl W,Balaun E,Krejs GJ,Huisman TH

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Common alpha-thalassemia (thal) rearrangements were studied in a normal random population and in six ethnic groups of Pakistan. Analyses of 204 individuals from the normal population revealed the presence of only the -alpha(3.7) allele with an overall frequency of 8.3%. Ethnic differences were statistically significan...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Khan SN,Hasan F,Sollaino C,Perseu L,Riazuddin S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study aimed to determine the number of couples with normal hemoglobin (Hb) electrophoresis and low-borderline hematological values, which may come up with a clinically critical status in their offspring. The number of couples at risk for severe α-thalassemia (α-thal) needed to be estimated before recommending gene...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Hafezi-Nejad N,Khosravi M,Bayat N,Kariminejad A,Hadavi V,Oberkanins C,Azarkeivan A,Najmabadi H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hb D-Punjab [β121(GH4)Glu→Gln] is prevalent in the northern states of the Indian subcontinent. Due to inadequate data from Asian countries, the origin and spread of the Hb D-Punjab mutation are uncertain. In a study of sickle cell hemoglobinopathies, we detected the Hb D-Punjab mutation in 25 subjects from 11 unrelate...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Patel DK,Mashon RS,Patel S,Dash PM,Das BS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, five genetic modifiers [β-globin mutations, coinheritance of α-thalassemia (α-thal), XmnI polymorphism and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the BCL11A and HBS1L-MYB loci] were used to predict the β-thal major (β-TM) or β-thal intermedia (β-TI) types in 106 French patients with 83.2% accuracy. The di...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Banan M,Bayat H,Namdar-Aligoodarzi P,Azarkeivan A,Kamali K,Daneshmand P,Zaker-Kandjani B,Najmabadi H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red cell adenosine deaminase from normal subjects and from a patient with hereditary hemolytic anemia with a 40-fold increase in activity were purified using antibody affinity chromatography. The purified enzymes were completely homogeneous on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. There were no di...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Fujii H,Miwa S,Suzuki K

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is considered to be the main cause for several chronic diseases including diabetes. Through hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and possible iron dyshomeostasis, diabetes induces oxidative stress that causes damage to multiple organs, leading to various complications. Therefore, antioxidant th...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Wei W,Liu Q,Tan Y,Liu L,Li X,Cai L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year old boy presented with a history of recurrent respiratory infections and hypochromic microcytic anemia. Iron profiles were normal thereby prompting genetic analysis of α- and β-globin mutations. The first mutation in a BRE motif of the β-globin gene in the proband, sibling and the mother was identified. The p...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Inati A,Abbas HA,Al-Danaf J,Souaid M,Kahale M,Koussa S,Abou Nasr T,Davis L,Luo HY,Chui DH

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:A new electrophoretically silent, unstable hemoglobin was discovered in a Japanese family. Isolation of the abnormal chain and chemical analyses demonstrated a previously unreported amino acid substitution, alpha 59[E8] glycine replaced by Valine. The new variant has been named Hb Tottori. ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Nakatsuji T,Miwa S,Ohba Y,Miyaji T,Matsumoto N,Matsuoka I

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we present the first report of the detection of a new β-thalassemia (β-thal) mutation at codon 36 (-C) in the Chinese population. This frameshift mutation generates a TGA stop codon at position 60, resulting in a thalassemia phenotype. This is the first example of a premature stop codon at position 60 be...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Huang H,Xu L,Lin N,Xu J,He D,Li Y,Zheng L,Liu H,Lin Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 218 beta-thalassemia (thal) genes from 109 beta-thal major patients were characterized using an automated fluorescence DNA sequencing technique. Eight different mutations were identified in all 218 alleles (100%). Four common mutations accounted for 96.8% [49.5% were codons 41/42 (-TTCT), 34.4% were codon 1...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Sirichotiyakul S,Saetung R,Sanguansermsri T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00