Long-term results of treatment of childhood and adolescent Hodgkin's disease in 73 patients: the experience of the Departments of Radiology and Hematology of the University of Rome "La Sapienza".

abstract：:The dic(9;20)(p11-13;q11) is a recurrent chromosomal abnormality in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Although it results in loss of material from 9p and 20q, the molecular targets on both chromosomes have not been fully elucidated. From an initial cohort of 58 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients with...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： An Q,Wright SL,Moorman AV,Parker H,Griffiths M,Ross FM,Davies T,Harrison CJ,Strefford JC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decades, incrementally improved xenograft mouse models, supporting the engraftment and development of a human hemato-lymphoid system, have been developed and now represent an important research tool in the field. The most significant contributions made by means of humanized mice are the identification of...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Theocharides AP,Rongvaux A,Fritsch K,Flavell RA,Manz MG

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Storage pool diseases (SPD) are heterogeneous disorders associated with an abnormal presence of intraplatelet granules, which cause mild to moderate bleeding diathesis. We investigated signaling through tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins occurring in platelets with total or partial absence o...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Arderiu G,Díaz-Ricart M,Domenech P,Escolar G,Ordinas A,Pujol-Moix N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) gene mutations are frequent in acute promyelocytic leukemia but their prognostic value is not well established. DESIGN AND METHODS:We evaluated FLT3-internal tandem duplication and FLT3-D835 mutations in patients treated with all-trans retinoic acid and anthracycline-based ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Barragán E,Montesinos P,Camos M,González M,Calasanz MJ,Román-Gómez J,Gómez-Casares MT,Ayala R,López J,Fuster Ó,Colomer D,Chillón C,Larrayoz MJ,Sánchez-Godoy P,González-Campos J,Manso F,Amador ML,Vellenga E,Lowenberg B

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chimeric oncogenes encoding constitutively active protein tyrosine kinases are associated with chronic myeloid neoplasms. TEL-PDGFRbeta (TPbeta, also called ETV6-PDGFRB) is a hybrid protein produced by the t(5;12) translocation, FIP1L1-PDGFRalpha (FPalpha) results from a deletion on chromosome 4q12 and ZNF19...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Toffalini F,Kallin A,Vandenberghe P,Pierre P,Michaux L,Cools J,Demoulin JB

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify new pathogenic variations of the UGT1A1 gene in 11 patients diagnosed with neonatal unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. We describe two cases in which clinically unapparent heterozygotic mutations in the UGT1A1 gene may become evident in combination with certain environmental conditi...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： D'Apolito M,Marrone A,Servedio V,Vajro P,De Falco L,Iolascon A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Whether human mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) can be transplanted is controversial and their presence in peripheral blood is not fully accepted. In the present study we have analyzed whether, within the allogeneic transplantation setting, MSC are of host or donor origin. DESIGN AND METHODS:Bone ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Villaron EM,Almeida J,López-Holgado N,Alcoceba M,Sánchez-Abarca LI,Sanchez-Guijo FM,Alberca M,Pérez-Simon JA,San Miguel JF,Del Cañizo MC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:How to reach the correct diagnosis of a lymph node enlargement is still a problem which strongly challenges the knowledge and experience of the clinician. Organized and specifically oriented literature on the right sequential steps and the logical criteria that should guide this diagnostic appr...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Ghirardelli ML,Jemos V,Gobbi PG

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunomodulatory drugs, lenalidomide and pomalidomide yield high response rates in multiple myeloma patients, but are associated with a high rate of thrombocytopenia and increased risk of secondary hematologic malignancies. Here, we demonstrate that the immunomodulatory drugs induce self-renewal of hematopoietic p...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Liu A,Li S,Donnenberg V,Fu J,Gollin SM,Ma H,Lu C,Stolz DB,Mapara MY,Monaghan SA,Lentzsch S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) were treated with high-dose chemotherapy followed by single or double autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Up-front treatment with a double ASCT tended to prolong progression-free and overall survival. ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Putkonen M,Rauhala A,Itälä M,Kauppila M,Pelliniemi TT,Remes K

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lupus anticoagulant (LAC) and anticardiolipin antibody (ACA) syndromes require particular therapeutic approaches: thrombotic accidents are an indication for oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT), whereas severe thrombocytopenia may require the special treatments used for immunologic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). We d...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Ballerini G,Gemmati D,Moratelli S,Morelli P,Serino ML

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) negatively regulates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-AKT signaling and is often inactivated by mutations (including deletions) in a variety of cancer types, including T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Here we review mutation-associated mechanisms that ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Mendes RD,Canté-Barrett K,Pieters R,Meijerink JP

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that monoclonal proteins are implicated in the development of peripheral neuropathy. Approximately ten percent of patients with peripheral neuropathy of unknown cause have a monoclonal protein and this rate is significantly higher than prevalence rates of monoclonal protein in comparable s...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Nemni R,Gerosa E,Piccolo G,Merlini G

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic myeloid leukemia is characterized by a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22, creating the fusion gene BCR-ABL. The clinical significance of the type of BCR-ABL transcript in newly diagnosed patients in chronic phase treated with imatinib 400 mg from initial diagnosis remains unknown....

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Lucas CM,Harris RJ,Giannoudis A,Davies A,Knight K,Watmough SJ,Wang L,Clark RE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diamond-Blackfan anemia is a rare, clinically heterogeneous, congenital red cell aplasia: 40% of patients have congenital abnormalities. Recent studies have shown that in western countries, the disease is associated with heterozygous mutations in the ribosomal protein (RP) genes in about 50% of patients. The...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Konno Y,Toki T,Tandai S,Xu G,Wang R,Terui K,Ohga S,Hara T,Hama A,Kojima S,Hasegawa D,Kosaka Y,Yanagisawa R,Koike K,Kanai R,Imai T,Hongo T,Park MJ,Sugita K,Ito E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are very chemosensitive cancers, in which high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) has been investigated as salvage therapy or as first-line treatment in poor prognosis patients. This paper presents an update of available information in order to define the status of HDCT in GCT pa...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： De Giorgi U,Rosti G,Papiani G,Marangolo M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Hydroxyurea (HU) is known to increase gamma-globin chain expression in postnatal life. The efficacy of HU treatment in thalassemia patients is still unclear. The aim of this study was to monitor treatment of a large cohort of patients with beta-thalassemia major in order to establish the respo...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Yavarian M,Karimi M,Bakker E,Harteveld CL,Giordano PC

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Somatic hypermutation of the BCL6 gene and its expression in lymphoma represent specific markers for B-cell transit through the germinal center. Thus, analysis of BCL6 may aid in clarifying the relationship between primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBL) and other non-thymic diffuse large c...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Malpeli G,Barbi S,Moore PS,Scardoni M,Chilosi M,Scarpa A,Menestrina F

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin B12 deficiency causes decreased Methionine Synthase and L-Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase activity and results in accumulation of Homocysteine, Methylmalonic acid and Propionylcarnitine. Propionylcarnitine is included in tandem mass spectrometry-based newborn screening programs for detection of certain inborn errors ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Campbell CD,Ganesh J,Ficicioglu C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

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:Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) represent about the 80% of skin lymphomas and comprise a heterogeneous group of diseases with respect to clinical presentation, outcome, histologic and immunophenotypic features. In the recent years, data have been accumulated indicating that clinical and biological differen...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Paulli M,Berti E

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/mechanistic target of rapamycin pathway plays a role in the pathogenesis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. This multicenter, open-label phase 2 study evaluated buparlisib (BKM120), a pan-class I phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor, in patients with relapsed or refractory non-...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Younes A,Salles G,Martinelli G,Bociek RG,Barrigon DC,Barca EG,Turgut M,Gerecitano J,Kong O,Pisal CB,Tavorath R,Kim WS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:High levels of erythrocyte destruction in sickle cell anemia (SCA) result in chronic hyperbilirubinemia, with cholelithiasis occurring in a subset of patients. We investigated whether susceptibility to cholelithiasis in SCA was associated with the promoter polymorphism of the 5?-diphosphate-gl...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Chaar V,Kéclard L,Diara JP,Leturdu C,Elion J,Krishnamoorthy R,Clayton J,Romana M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hemangioblast is a bi-potential precursor cell with the capacity to differentiate into hematopoietic and vascular cells. In mouse E7.0-7.5 embryos, the hemangioblast can be identified by a clonal blast colony-forming cell (BL-CFC) assay or single cell OP9 co-culture. However, the ontogeny of the hemangio...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： He WY,Lan Y,Yao HY,Li Z,Wang XY,Li XS,Zhang JY,Zhang Y,Liu B,Mao N

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perforin gene (PRF1) mutations cause the primary form of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). We report a genetic defect of PRF1 in a 62-year-old Japanese man with recurrent episodes of HLH. Sequencing of PRF1 from both peripheral blood mononuclear cells and nail clippings showed compound heterozygous mutation, i...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Nagafuji K,Nonami A,Kumano T,Kikushige Y,Yoshimoto G,Takenaka K,Shimoda K,Ohga S,Yasukawa M,Horiuchi H,Ishii E,Harada M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the likely mechanism of an exacerbation of neurological symptoms developed during immune reconstitution after autologous non-myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a 33-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus- associated recurrent transverse myelitis. Cerebrospinal fluid examinati...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Muraro PA,Nikolov NP,Butman JA,Abati A,Gea-Banacloche J,Gress R,Lipsky P,Illei G,Pavletic S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1 is a central integrator of nutrient and growth factor inputs that controls cell growth in eukaryotes. The second generation of mTOR kinase inhibitors (TORKi), directly targeting the mTOR catalytic site, are more effective than rapamycin and its analogs in cancer treatme...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bi C,Zhang X,Lu T,Zhang X,Wang X,Meng B,Zhang H,Wang P,Vose JM,Chan WC,McKeithan TW,Fu K

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated gastrointestinal graft-versus-host-disease using capsule endoscopy in patients with abdominal pain and/or diarrhea. We found severe pathology involving most of the gut including loss of villi, ulcerations, narrowing, bleeding and fistula formation. In 2 patients, capsule endoscopy alone established the...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Shapira M,Adler SN,Jacob H,Resnick IB,Slavin S,Or R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrinogen is an abundant protein synthesized in the liver, present in human blood plasma at concentrations ranging from 1.5-4 g/L in healthy individuals with a normal half-life of 3-5 days. With fibrin, produced by thrombin-mediated cleavage, fibrinogen plays important roles in many physiological processes. Indeed, t...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Vilar R,Fish RJ,Casini A,Neerman-Arbez M

更新日期：2020-01-31 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