Low-dose melphalan induces favourable responses in elderly patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes or secondary acute myeloid leukaemia.

abstract：:Umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) is associated with impaired early immune reconstitution. This might be explained by a lower T-cell dose infused, the naivety of cord blood T-cells and the use of in vivo T-cell depletion. We studied the pattern of early immune reconstitution and the clinical outcome of children u...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chiesa R,Gilmour K,Qasim W,Adams S,Worth AJ,Zhan H,Montiel-Equihua CA,Derniame S,Cale C,Rao K,Hiwarkar P,Hough R,Saudemont A,Fahrenkrog CS,Goulden N,Amrolia PJ,Veys P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of minimal residual disease (MRD) in marrow early in treatment strongly predicts outcome in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Using PCR we studied 30 pairs of aspirates and trephines taken during induction treatment. Consensus PCR primers showed a monoclonal gene rearrangement in eight pairs, po...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sykes PJ,Brisco MJ,Hughes E,Snell LE,Dolman G,Neoh SH,Peng LM,Toogood I,Venables WN,Morley AA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-cancer drug arsenic trioxide (AT) induces apoptosis in a variety of transformed or proliferating cells. However, little is known regarding its ability to induce apoptosis in terminally differentiated cells, such as neutrophils. Because neutropenia has been reported in some cancer patients after AT treatment, ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Binet F,Cavalli H,Moisan E,Girard D

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The translocation t(8;16) (p11;p13) was found as the sole deviation from the normal karyotype in three patients with acute monocytic leukaemia. The bone marrow morphology was strikingly similar in the two cases where smears were available for re-evaluation: the leukaemic cells showed signs of differentiation, and acti...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Heim S,Avanzi GC,Billström R,Kristoffersson U,Mandahl N,Bekassy AN,Garwicz S,Wiebe T,Pegoraro L,Falda M

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3q21q26 syndrome leukaemias are characterised by dystrophic megakaryocytes, elevated platelet counts, ectopic EVI1 protein production and poor prognosis. To investigate the molecular basis of this disease, we developed a model system to examine the biological activity of EVI1 in a megakaryocyte progenitor cell lin...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kilbey A,Alzuherri H,McColl J,Calés C,Frampton J,Bartholomew C

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient myeloproliferative disorder accompanied by Down's syndrome has been characterized as exhibiting self-limiting haematological abnormalities. We studied six patients suffering from this disorder in order to clarify the biological nature of their blast cells. Metaphases of leucocytes stimulated with phytohaemag...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Suda J,Eguchi M,Ozawa T,Furukawa T,Hayashi Y,Kojima S,Maeda H,Tadokoro K,Sato Y,Miura Y

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lenalidomide gained Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (MM) in combination with dexamethasone in June 2006. In April 2005, the FDA and patient advocacy groups requested an expanded access programme to both provide lenalidomide to patients ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chen C,Reece DE,Siegel D,Niesvizky R,Boccia RV,Stadtmauer EA,Abonour R,Richardson P,Matous J,Kumar S,Bahlis NJ,Alsina M,Vescio R,Coutre SE,Pietronigro D,Knight RD,Zeldis JB,Rajkumar V

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the trends of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positivity rate in Hodgkin's disease (HD) between 1955 and 1999. The overall positivity rate gradually decreased over time [12 out of 23 (52%) in 1955-69; 18 out of 39 (46%) in 1970-84; 13 out of 44 (35%) in 1985-99; P = 0.135]. Interestingly, a marked decrease in ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Takeuchi K,Morishita Y,Fukayama M,Mori S

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation activity and whole-blood viscosity were measured in the steady state, and serially during painful crisis, in eight patients with sickle-cell anaemia. Platelet and coagulation activation occurred in the steady state and became more pronounced early in crisis. Whole-blood viscosity increased during crisis in...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Richardson SG,Matthews KB,Stuart J,Geddes AM,Wilcox RM

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the effects of L-arginine (L-Arg) supplementation on nitric oxide metabolite (NOx) production, oral L-Arg was given to normal controls, sickle cell disease (SCD) patients at steady state and SCD patients hospitalized with a vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC). L-Arg (0.1 g/kg) increased NOx formation by 18.8 +/- ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Morris CR,Kuypers FA,Larkin S,Sweeters N,Simon J,Vichinsky EP,Styles LA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyurea increases fetal haemoglobin in many patients with sickle cell anaemia, but its effectiveness in thalassaemia appears to be less consistent. We describe the response to hydroxyurea in an adult male with homozygous beta thalassaemia, symptomatic paraspinal extramedullary haemopoiesis, bone pain, and progress...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Saxon BR,Rees D,Olivieri NF

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary familial and congenital polycythaemia (PFCP) is a disease characterized by increased red blood cell mass, and can be associated with mutations in the intracellular region of the erythropoietin (EPO) receptor (EPOR). Here we explore the mechanisms by which EPOR mutations induce PFCP, using an experimental syste...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gross M,Ben-Califa N,McMullin MF,Percy MJ,Bento C,Cario H,Minkov M,Neumann D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TH line was established by bringing tumour cells from a multiple myeloma patient into suspension culture and subsequently cloning them by limiting dilution. The cultured cells show marked heterogeneity; there are ultrastructural differences between small and large TH cells, particularly with respect to the rough e...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Weinreich SS,von dem Borne AE,van Lier RA,Feltkamp CA,Slater RM,Wester MR,Zeijlemaker WP

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with neutropenia of more than 3 months duration often have evidence of immune-mediated destruction of mature neutrophils and variable abnormalities of myeloid precursors in their bone marrow. These patients often have anti-neutrophil antibodies which persist for several months. To further investigate the aeti...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： McClain K,Estrov Z,Chen H,Mahoney DH Jr

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 229 patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in chronic phase were randomized between 1986 and 1990 to receive or not receive additional splenic irradiation as part of their conditioning prior to bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Both groups, 115 patients with and 114 patients without splenic irradiat...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gratwohl A,Hermans J,van Biezen A,Arcese W,Debusscher L,Ernst P,Ferrant A,Frassoni F,Gahrton G,Iriondo A,Kolb HJ,Link H,Niederwieser D,Ruutu T,Siegert W,Zwaan FE

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft failure is a life-threatening complication after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We report a cohort of 19 consecutive patients (median age: 8·5 years) with acute leukaemias (n = 14) and non-malignant diseases (n = 5) who experienced graft failure after previous HSCT from matched (n = ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Teltschik HM,Heinzelmann F,Gruhn B,Feuchtinger T,Schlegel P,Schumm M,Kremens B,Müller I,Ebinger M,Schwarze CP,Ottinger H,Zips D,Handgretinger R,Lang P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association between HLA haplotypes and long survival was investigated in 116 children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. It was found that patients with A2 B12 and/or A2 B40 haplotypes survived longer than patients wtihout these two haplotypes. Since all children were treated with transfer factor obtained from their ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： De Bruyère M,Cornu G,Heremans-Bracke T,Malchaire J,Sokal G

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 (IL6) plays a central role in multiple myeloma pathogenesis and confers resistance to corticosteroid-induced apoptosis. We therefore evaluated the efficacy and safety of siltuximab, an anti-IL6 monoclonal antibody, alone and in combination with dexamethasone, for patients with relapsed or refractory mult...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Voorhees PM,Manges RF,Sonneveld P,Jagannath S,Somlo G,Krishnan A,Lentzsch S,Frank RC,Zweegman S,Wijermans PW,Orlowski RZ,Kranenburg B,Hall B,Casneuf T,Qin X,van de Velde H,Xie H,Thomas SK

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune reconstitution was studied prospectively in 66 children who underwent 77 haematopoietic cell transplantations (HCT): 46 autologous HCTs in 39 patients and 31 allogeneic HCTs in 27 patients. We studied the dynamic analysis of immune recovery with regard to potential factors affecting its speed, including age, ty...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kalwak K,Gorczyńska E,Toporski J,Turkiewicz D,Slociak M,Ussowicz M,Latos-Grazyńska E,Król M,Boguslawska-Jaworska J,Chybicka A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haem biosynthesis is the most important destination for absorbed iron, hence it can be hypothesized that iron absorption regulation should be integrated with haem metabolism. As an initial step to test this hypothesis, the effect on iron absorption of Tin-mesoporphyrin (SnMP), inhibitor of haem oxygenase, altering hae...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Laftah AH,Raja K,Simpson RJ,Peters TJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated trisomy 8 (+8) is a frequent cytogenetic abnormality in the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), but its characteristics are poorly reported. We performed a retrospective study of 138 MDS patients with isolated +8, classified or reclassified as MDS (excluding MDS/myeloproliferative neoplasm). Myeloproliferative (...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Drevon L,Marceau A,Maarek O,Cuccuini W,Clappier E,Eclache V,Cluzeau T,Richez V,Berkaoui I,Dimicoli-Salazar S,Bidet A,Vial JP,Park S,Vieira Dos Santos C,Kaphan E,Berthon C,Stamatoullas A,Delhommeau F,Abermil N,Braun

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 3 years 1984-86, 314 cases of multiple myeloma were diagnosed in the Health Care Region of Western Sweden. 180 of these cases were included in a clinical trial; 71 were notified to the trial but excluded; 49 cases were not reported to the trial; 14 were diagnosed post mortem. The crude incidence rate of mye...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hjorth M,Holmberg E,Rödjer S,Westin J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the possible role of a residual or variant alphaIIbbeta3 integrin (alphaIIbbeta3) in thrombogenesis, we used a new ex vivo perfusion chamber model to examine blood from patients with different subtypes of Glanzmann's thrombasthenia (GT). Non-anticoagulated blood was perfused through capillaries coated with ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hainaud P,Brouland JP,André P,Simoneau G,Bal Dit Sollier C,Drouet L,Caen J,Bellucci S

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dependence of survival time on a set of prognostic factors was explored by means of Cox's regression model in 137 cases of myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia (MMM). The following parameters recorded at diagnosis proved to be important independent indicators of a poor prognosis: a higher value for age, a lower v...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Barosi G,Berzuini C,Liberato LN,Costa A,Polino G,Ascari E

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response to 0.8 ml of D-positive (ccDEE) red cells injected i.v., together with 1 microgram anti-D i.m., was studied in 13 D-negative male volunteers (test subjects); the red cells were labelled with 51Cr and were found to have a mean survival time of 24 d, after correction for Cr elution. Within the following 5 m...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Contreras M,Mollison PL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters of host defence were investigated in 30 patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). A newly devised perfusion system was used to study the kinetics in whole blood of leucocyte adherence, phagocytosis, killing and solubilization of a mixture of Staph. aureus and Str. pneumoniae, and secretion of lactoferrin. A ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Boghossian SH,Wright G,Webster AD,Segal AW

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new, in-line high-efficiency 3-5 log10 leucodepletion filter system (Leukotrap RC system) was used to investigate the effect of pre-storage white cell removal on the quality of AS-3 red cell concentrates stored for 42 d at 4 degrees C. Median residual white cell content was 4 x 10(5) when filtration was performed at...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Heaton WA,Holme S,Smith K,Brecher ME,Pineda A,AuBuchon JP,Nelson E

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithrombin III (AT III) activity has been measured in 9669 healthy blood donors (5525 male and 4144 female). The distribution of AT III is approximately 'normal' with mean 105.6 IU/dl and standard deviation 11.2; however, definite age and sex related variations are evident. Pre-menopausal females have lower mean AT ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tait RC,Walker ID,Islam SI,McCall F,Conkie JA,Mitchell R,Davidson JF

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon(rIFN)-alpha, a successful therapeutic agent in the control of thrombocytosis, has been shown to suppress human megakaryopoiesis. We investigated bone marrow biopsies from 12 patients with thrombocytosis due to chronic myeloproliferative disorders. Prior to treatment as well as during rIFN-alpha-2c therapy, ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chott A,Gisslinger H,Thiele J,Fritz E,Linkesch W,Radaszkiewicz T,Ludwig H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) who relapsed after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) were treated with donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) without prior conditioning. Three patients had previously received a non-T-cell-depleted matched sibling BMT and the fourth had a T-cell-depleted matc...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Atra A,Millar B,Shepherd V,Shankar A,Wilson K,Treleaven J,Pritchard-Jones K,Meller ST,Pinkerton CR

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00