Plasma glucosylceramide deficiency as potential risk factor for venous thrombosis and modulator of anticoagulant protein C pathway.

abstract：:Despite matching for serologically defined HLA-A, B, DR antigens, acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major complication contributing to increased morbidity and mortality in patients who undergo marrow transplantation from unrelated donors. The extent to which unrecognized mismatching for alleles that encode D...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Petersdorf EW,Longton GM,Anasetti C,Martin PJ,Mickelson EM,Smith AG,Hansen JA

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the association between fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels and morbidity in β-thalassemia intermedia (TI), we analyzed data from 63 untransfused patients who had also never received HbF induction therapy. Patient records were reviewed for any history of 10 predefined morbidities. Laboratory measurements for mar...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Musallam KM,Sankaran VG,Cappellini MD,Duca L,Nathan DG,Taher AT

更新日期：2012-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been shown that human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) can be fused to a truncated diphtheria toxin (DT) to produce a recombinant fusion toxin that kills GM-CSF receptor-bearing cells. We now report that DT388-GM-CSF induces apoptosis and inhibition of colony formation in sem...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Frankel AE,Hall PD,Burbage C,Vesely J,Willingham M,Bhalla K,Kreitman RJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apparent simultaneous presence of surface markers characteristic of both B and T cells is a phenomenon being described with increasing frequency in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). We describe a patient with CLL whose B lymphocytes possessed surface immunoglobulin reactive with neuraminidase-treat...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Mills LE,O'Donnell JF,Guyre PM,LeMarbre PJ,Miller JD,Bernier GM

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bernard-Soulier syndrome is an inherited bleeding disorder that is due to a deficiency in platelet glycoprotein Ib. Bernard-Soulier platelets fail to agglutinate in response to ristocetin despite normal levels of factor VIII:von Willebrand factor. We report a patient who developed severe refractory thrombocytopeni...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Devine DV,Currie MS,Rosse WF,Greenberg CS

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) gene transactivator serves in the formation of immune, inflammatory, and stress responses. In quiescent cells, NF-kappaB principally resides within the cytoplasm in association with inhibitory kappa (IkappaB) proteins. The status of IkappaB and NF-kappaB proteins was evaluated fo...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Granville DJ,Carthy CM,Jiang H,Levy JG,McManus BM,Matroule JY,Piette J,Hunt DW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of cytokines that modulate endogenous or transferred T-cell immunity could improve current approaches to clinical immunotherapy. Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is used most commonly for this purpose, but causes systemic toxicity and preferentially drives the expansion of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cel...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Berger C,Berger M,Hackman RC,Gough M,Elliott C,Jensen MC,Riddell SR

更新日期：2009-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectopic expression of the erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) in the interleukin-3 (IL-3)-dependent cell line Ba/F3 results in growth and partial erythroid differentiation in Epo. In contrast, introduction and activation of the interleukin-5 receptor (IL-5R) or of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor recept...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Pless M,Norga K,Carroll M,Heim MH,D'Andrea AD,Mathey-Prevot B

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of the high-affinity IgE receptor induces the tyrosine phosphorylation of subunits of the receptor and the subsequent association with the receptor of the cytosolic protein tyrosine kinase Syk. The current experiments examined the functional importance of membrane association of Syk and the role of the SH2...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Sada K,Zhang J,Siraganian RP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms involving the in vitro effect of rituximab in cells from 55 patients with B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders were investigated. No cytotoxic effect was observed when cells were incubated with rituximab alone, but in the presence of human AB serum rituximab induced complement-dependent cell death (R-CDC). ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Bellosillo B,Villamor N,López-Guillermo A,Marcé S,Esteve J,Campo E,Colomer D,Montserrat E

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In lymphatic tissues, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells are interspersed with CD68(+) nurselike cells (NLCs), T cells, and other stromal cells that constitute the leukemia microenvironment. However, the mechanism regulating colocalization of CLL and these accessory cells are largely unknown. To dissect the mole...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Burger JA,Quiroga MP,Hartmann E,Bürkle A,Wierda WG,Keating MJ,Rosenwald A

更新日期：2009-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:While investigating 2592 patients enrolled in multicenter myeloma trials, we found light chain-only (LCO) patients had worse median survival times (1.9 years) than patients with IgA and IgG paraproteins (2.3 and 2.5 years, respectively) (P < .001). However, IgA and IgG patients with levels of LC excretion similar to t...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Drayson M,Begum G,Basu S,Makkuni S,Dunn J,Barth N,Child JA

更新日期：2006-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported the characterization of human osteoclast-associated receptor (hOSCAR), a novel Fc receptor gamma-chain (FcRgamma)-associated receptor expressed by myeloid cells. Here we show that ligation of hOSCAR by specific antibodies promotes dendritic cell (DC) survival by an extracellular signal-regulated...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Merck E,de Saint-Vis B,Scuiller M,Gaillard C,Caux C,Trinchieri G,Bates EE

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability. The only therapy available is recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, but side effects limit its use. Platelets play a crucial role during stroke, and the inflammatory reaction promotes neurodegeneration. von Willebrand factor (VWF), an adhesion molecule for platele...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Zhao BQ,Chauhan AK,Canault M,Patten IS,Yang JJ,Dockal M,Scheiflinger F,Wagner DD

更新日期：2009-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive malignancy that accounts for ∼20% of ALL cases. Intensive chemotherapy regimens result in cure rates >85% in children and <50% in adults, warranting a search of novel therapeutic strategies. Although immune-based therapies have tremendously improved the trea...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Tran Quang C,Zaniboni B,Humeau R,Lengliné E,Dourthe ME,Ganesan R,Singh S,Scheer JM,Asnafi V,Ghysdael J

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the antileukemic effects of cyclosporin-A (CyA) on the cells of a number of human hematopoietic biopsies and established cell lines in vitro. Cya killed the tumor cells but not the nonmalignant control cells from three of four patients with T-lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma at concentrations comparable t...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Tötterman TH,Danersund A,Nilsson K,Killander A

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When granulocytes are stimulated under certain clinical conditions, elastase is released therefrom and digests fibrin(ogen) independently of the plasmin system, which may also be mobilized simultaneously. Thus, discrimination of these 2 systems becomes urgent for the diagnosis and treatment of the underlying diseases....

journal_title：Blood

authors： Kohno I,Inuzuka K,Itoh Y,Nakahara K,Eguchi Y,Sugo T,Soe G,Sakata Y,Murayama H,Matsuda M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating endothelial cells (CECs) have been detected in association with endothelial injury and therefore represent proof of serious damage to the vascular tree. Our aim was to investigate, using the technique of immunomagnetic separation, whether the pathological events in unstable angina (UA) or acute myocardial ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Mutin M,Canavy I,Blann A,Bory M,Sampol J,Dignat-George F

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV/AIDS has long been at the forefront of the development of gene- and cell-based therapies. Although conventional gene therapy approaches typically involve the addition of anti-HIV genes to cells using semirandomly integrating viral vectors, newer genome editing technologies based on engineered nucleases are now all...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Wang CX,Cannon PM

更新日期：2016-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of endothelial cells, important in processes such as angiogenesis, is regulated by cell surface receptors, including those in the tyrosine kinase (RTK) family. Receptor activity, in turn, can be modulated by phosphorylation, turnover, or proteolytic release of a soluble extracellular domain. Previously, we ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Yabkowitz R,Meyer S,Black T,Elliott G,Merewether LA,Yamane HK

更新日期：1999-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme-oxygenases (HOs) catalyze the conversion of heme into carbon monoxide and biliverdin. HO-1 is induced during hypoxia, ischemia/reperfusion, and inflammation, providing cytoprotection and inhibiting leukocyte migration to inflammatory sites. Although in vitro studies have suggested an additional role for HO-1 in a...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Bussolati B,Ahmed A,Pemberton H,Landis RC,Di Carlo F,Haskard DO,Mason JC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Blood, Bhatia et al demonstrate the critical importance of an adherence to oral chemotherapy regimens in attaining cure for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and identify race-specific determinants of adherence. ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Winick N

更新日期：2014-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes impairment of the immune system in part by targeting CD4(+) T cells for infection and dysfunction. HIV envelope (Env) present on free virions and infected cells causes dysfunction of uninfected bystander CD4(+) T cells via interaction with both CD4 and coreceptors. Env is ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Fernando K,Hu H,Ni H,Hoxie JA,Weissman D

更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections have been associated with reduced platelet counts, the biological significance of which has remained elusive. Here, we show that infection with encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) rapidly reduces platelet count, and this response is attributed to platelet Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7). Platelet-TLR7 stimu...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Koupenova M,Vitseva O,MacKay CR,Beaulieu LM,Benjamin EJ,Mick E,Kurt-Jones EA,Ravid K,Freedman JE

更新日期：2014-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The adoptive transfer of donor T cells that recognize recipient minor histocompatibility antigens (mHAgs) is a potential strategy for preventing or treating leukemic relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). A total of 7 patients with recurrent leukemia after major histocompatibility complex (...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Warren EH,Fujii N,Akatsuka Y,Chaney CN,Mito JK,Loeb KR,Gooley TA,Brown ML,Koo KK,Rosinski KV,Ogawa S,Matsubara A,Appelbaum FR,Riddell SR

更新日期：2010-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystallographic and electron microscopy studies revealed genuflexed (bent) integrins in both unliganded (inactive) and physiologic ligandbound (active) states, suggesting that local conformational changes are sufficient for activation. Herein we have explored the role of local changes in the contact region between th...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Gupta V,Gylling A,Alonso JL,Sugimori T,Ianakiev P,Xiong JP,Arnaout MA

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophils are important in antibody-mediated immune defense against parasites based on interaction with Ig receptors (FcR). Of the three classes of IgG FcR in humans, hFc gamma RI, II, and III, solely hFc gamma RII (CD32) is expressed on freshly isolated eosinophils. Despite an expression level similar to that found...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Koenderman L,Hermans SW,Capel PJ,van de Winkel JG

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plethora of myeloma growth factors (MGFs) has been identified, but their relative importance and cooperation have not been determined. We investigated 5 MGFs (interleukin-6 [IL-6], insulin-like growth factor type 1 [IGF-1], hepatocyte growth factor [HGF], HB-epidermal growth factor [HB-EGF], and a proliferation-indu...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Sprynski AC,Hose D,Caillot L,Réme T,Shaughnessy JD Jr,Barlogie B,Seckinger A,Moreaux J,Hundemer M,Jourdan M,Meissner T,Jauch A,Mahtouk K,Kassambara A,Bertsch U,Rossi JF,Goldschmidt H,Klein B

更新日期：2009-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets are pivotal to the process of arterial thrombosis resulting in ischemic stroke. Occlusive thrombosis is initiated by the interaction of von Willebrand factor (vWf) and platelet glycoprotein (GP) Ibalpha. Three polymorphisms have been described in GP Ibalpha (Kozak T/C polymorphism, variable number of tandem ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Baker RI,Eikelboom J,Lofthouse E,Staples N,Afshar-Kharghan V,López JA,Shen Y,Berndt MC,Hankey G

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulated neutrophils show ionic fluxes that may function as "transducers" between stimuli and effector functions. Using fluorescent probes, patterns of membrane-associated calcium (chlortetracycline, CTC) and membrane potential (3-3'-dipentyloxacarbocyanine, di-O-C5 (3)) in single living human neutrophils were obser...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Sullivan GW,Donowitz GR,Sullivan JA,Mandell GL

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00