Gene transfer for the therapy of hematologic malignancy.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Development of a technique prospectively to isolate hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to near homogeneity has enabled clonal analysis and thus converted our understanding of HSCs from conceptual and qualitative to realistic and quantitative. Recent studies have revealed that despite their high prolifera...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Yamazaki S,Nakauchi H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The polycomb group gene BMI1 fulfills essential roles in both normal and leukemic stem cells. The underlying molecular mechanisms are beginning to become unraveled and an overview of the current knowledge on BMI1 signaling in normal and leukemic stem cells will be presented here. RECENT FINDINGS:In a...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Schuringa JJ,Vellenga E

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review focuses on recent advances in the use of immune-based therapy to treat patients with refractory and relapsing acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. RECENT FINDINGS:Advances in understanding of the pathophysiology of idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura have provided the ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Cataland SR,Wu HM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of safe and practical means to correct, enhance or protect blood cells at the genetic level offers tantalizing therapeutic perspectives. At present, gene delivery using a replication-defective retrovirus is the most efficient method to stably transduce hematopoietic cells. The successful adaptation of retro...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Sadelain M,Frassoni F,Rivière I

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrast venography remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). However, an ongoing interest exists in developing safe diagnostic strategies that are less invasive, less expensive, widely and readily available, and more acceptable to patients than venography. For patients with symptoms s...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Birdwell B

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy with unconjugated monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and radiolabeled mAbs has shown activity in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukemia. Drug-conjugated mAbs are active in relapsed leukemia. Using these new agents with and after chemotherapy induces a high rate of remission, but this needs to be co...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Maloney DG

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet production is primarily regulated by the thrombopoietic cytokine thrombopoietin (TPO). In most cases thrombopoietin serum levels are determined by the rate of c-mpl receptor-mediated degradation after TPO uptake into platelets and megakaryocytes. The contribution of increased TPO protein synthesis by a transl...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Verbeek W,Faulhaber M,Griesinger F,Brittinger G

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Deficiency of antithrombin, protein C, and protein S increases the risk of a first venous thromboembolism (VTE) by at least 10-fold and is rare (i.e., <0.5% of population), whereas factor V Leiden and the prothrombin G20210A gene increase this risk by 2-5-fold and are common (2-5% of whites). Antiphos...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Kearon C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To outline the rationale, limitations, and execution of bloodless medical and surgical programs, highlighting characteristics that contribute to successful outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS:Clinical experiences with patients who refuse blood transfusions for religious reasons have provided valuable lessons a...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Shander A,Goodnough LT

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of transmission of viruses and other pathogenic organisms by blood can be reduced but not eliminated through donor selection and screening methodologies. The safety of blood derivatives prepared from plasma pools from thousands of donors requires virus inactivation, without which transmission rates approach c...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Horowitz B,Ben-Hur E

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Early T-cell precursor (ETP) leukaemias have been recently recognized as a form of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) with a poor prognosis. The purpose of this review is to outline the most recent advances in the biology, genetics and prognostic significance of this aggressive disease. REC...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Haydu JE,Ferrando AA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In the postnatal life, hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) niches are specialized microenvironments in the bone marrow that are essential for the maintenance and function of HSCs. The purpose of this review is to discuss the concept of HSC niche in light of recent studies that broaden its complexity and bet...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Carlesso N,Cardoso AA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of agents are available to improve hemostasis and reduce blood loss in multiple clinical settings. These agents are most commonly used to reduce bleeding when an underlying hemostatic defect is present. Some new agents offer the potential to decrease blood loss even in the absence of an obvious underlying he...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Chiu J,Ketchum LH,Reid TJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in platelet transfusion have contributed to improved outcomes in the treatment of patients with cancer and leukemia. However, the optimal strategies to avoid some of the side effects that could result from platelet transfusions remain under investigation. These side effects include the development of refracto...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Sarkodee-Adoo C,Schiffer CA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The capacity of lithium to induce neutrophilia and increase circulating CD34(+) cells of marrow origin has long been known. Lithium has been the object of hematological investigations for many years, but no definitive use in hematology has yet emerged. RECENT FINDINGS:We review the evidence that lith...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Petrini M,Azzarà A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Microtransplantation (or micro-stem cell transplantation, MST) is one permutation of alloreactive immunotherapy increasingly studied in clinical trials. It is most commonly applied to patients with myeloid malignancies who are not suitable candidates for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Krakow EF

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of better diagnostic tools, molecular techniques, and cytokine therapies have come together at the end of the 20th century to provide an improved outlook for patients with autoimmune neutropenia. Severe chronic neutropenia is no longer idiopathic in most cases, and growth factor therapy can be safely offere...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Smith MA,Smith JG

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) possess two fundamental characteristics, the capacity for self-renewal and the sustained production of all blood cell lineages. The fine balance between HSC expansion and lineage specification is dynamically regulated by the interplay between external and internal stimu...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Pouzolles M,Oburoglu L,Taylor N,Zimmermann VS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Defensins are a major family of antimicrobial peptides expressed predominantly in neutrophils and epithelial cells, and play important roles in innate immune defense against infectious pathogens. Their biological functions in and beyond innate immunity, structure and activity relationships, mechanisms...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Zhao L,Lu W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides an update on advances in the area of iron chelation therapy, including new indications and uses of currently available agents, and preliminary data on potential new agents in development. RECENT FINDINGS:Two new oral agents, deferasirox and deferiprone, have become available in t...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Sheth S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Neutrophils priming has been long studied in vitro. Recent studies describe it in vivo. In pathophysiological conditions, complex, heterogeneous characteristics of priming are described in the last few years. RECENT FINDINGS:Priming can occur systemically when insults such as sepsis or trauma result ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Vogt KL,Summers C,Condliffe AM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this short study is to review recently published data bearing on how to resuscitate massive uncontrolled hemorrhage. RECENT FINDINGS:New data inform our understanding of the mechanisms of the acute coagulopathy of trauma, the median time to death of trauma patients with uncontrolled hemorr...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Murphy CH,Hess JR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Inconsistent results regarding the clinical efficacy of granulocyte transfusions for the treatment or prophylaxis of life-threatening infections in neutropenic patients have been attributed to insufficient number of transfused neutrophils. Since the introduction of granulocyte colony-stimulating facto...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Yoshihara S,Ikemoto J,Fujimori Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis regulate each other to ensure optimal delivery of oxygen and iron to cells and tissues. Defining the mechanisms of this crosstalk is important for understanding the pathogenesis of common conditions associated with disordered iron metabolism and erythropoiesis. REC...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Kim A,Nemeth E

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Technical possibilities to screen for inborn errors of immune function at the neonatal stage have been rapidly progressing, whereas the guidelines that apply for the evaluation of benefits and concerns on expanding screening panels have not been broadly discussed for primary immunodeficiency diseases ...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Borte S,von Döbeln U,Hammarström L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hemolytic anemias caused by premature destruction of red blood cells occur in many disorders including hemoglobinopathies, autoimmune conditions, during infection or following reaction to drugs or transfusions. Recent studies which will be reviewed here have uncovered several novel mechanisms by which...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Zhong H,Yazdanbakhsh K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Therapy-related myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myelogenous leukemia (t-MDS/AML) comprise an increasingly common, poor-risk disease cohort without standard treatment options. This review describes available treatments and recent advances that may influence the clinical management of t-MDS/AML. RE...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Klimek VM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Lymphocyte trafficking is regulated by adhesion molecules mediating the initial shear-resistant binding of circulating cells to target tissue endothelium (Step 1). This review focuses on the current and emerging perspectives of the biology of these 'homing receptors.' RECENT FINDINGS:The conventional...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Sackstein R

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic inflammation and disordered lipid metabolism represent hallmarks of atherosclerosis. Considerable evidence has accumulated to suggest that innate immune defense mechanisms might interact with proinflammatory pathways and exacerbate or perhaps even initiate development of arterial plaques. Unti...

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Michelsen KS,Arditi M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To examine the current literature regarding retrievable inferior vena cava filters and to discuss the appropriate indications for their clinical use. RECENT FINDINGS:Permanent filters have been shown to be effective, but have a number of long-term complications such as filter thrombosis or migration....

journal_title：Current opinion in hematology

authors： Imberti D,Ageno W,Carpenedo M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00