A variant form of acute promyelocytic leukemia with marked myelofibrosis.

abstract：:We describe the case of a patient with peripheral gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma (T-ML) with hepatosplenomegaly, generalized lymphadenopathy, and bone marrow involvement. A 44-year-old man had lymphoma, which became clinically apparent 2 months after the onset of myositis and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. A cervic...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ohno T,Komada F,Yamaguchi M,Oka K,Nishii K,Tsuda M,Katsuta K,Yamaguchi T,Kita K,Shirakawa S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old female was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML-M2 without 8/21 translocation) in December 2006. Although a complete remission (CR) was obtained after induction chemotherapy, the first post-remission therapy was discontinued because of severe cardiovascular complications. She had a relapse of AML w...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tsunemine H,Akasaka H,Sakane EI,Ito K,Kodaka T,Takahashi T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma is a disease involving the clonal evolution of plasma cells that produce monoclonal immunoglobulin; however, other products, such as ammonia and amylase, reportedly are secreted by neoplastic plasma cells. We describe a patient with immunoglobulin A (IgA) myeloma who showed a high serum level of carci...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kaito K,Otsubo H,Takahara S,Hyouki M,Abe M,Abe I,Usui N

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pluripotent stem cells of hematopoiesis are included among CD34+ cells in the blood and bone marrow. After granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) mobilization, 1-2% of the mononuclear cells in the blood are CD34+ cells, which can be obtained by leukapheresis. We performed CD34+ progenitor cell transplantation i...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yasui M,Park YD,Okamura T,Chayama K,Yoshimoto T,Inoue M,Yagi K,Kawa K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a novel gene fusion of ANKRD28 (ankyrin repeat domain 28) on 3p25 to NUP98 on 11p15 in a patient with adult myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myelogenous leukemia. A partially cryptic 3-way translocation, t(3;5;11)(p25;q35;p15), that had initially been supposed to be t(3;5)(p25;q35) was revealed by precise ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ishikawa M,Yagasaki F,Okamura D,Maeda T,Sugahara Y,Jinnai I,Bessho M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow transplantation is widely accepted as the first line therapy for patients with severe aplastic anemia. Patients with less severe forms of aplastic anemia are treated with immunosuppressive agents, hematopoietic growth factors or androgenic steroids. The use of rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin allowed u...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yoshida Y,Ichinoe T,Dodo M,Noukawa M,Maeda A,Oguma S,Tajima M,Yamamoto K,Okuma M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation in immune-related genes, such as IL10 and TNF, have been associated with the development of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in Caucasian populations. To test the hypothesis that IL10 and TNF polymorphisms may be associated with NHL risk in Asian populations, we genotyped 20 single nucleotide polymorphisms...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hosgood HD 3rd,Au WY,Kim HN,Liu J,Hu W,Tse J,Song B,Wong KF,Lee JJ,Chanock SJ,Siu LP,Purdue MP,Shin MH,Yu J,Liang R,Kim HJ,Rothman N,Lan Q

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old Japanese man with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), whose bone marrow smears demonstrated hypercellularity, was treated with oral cyclosporin A (CsA) therapy. During the course of this therapy, the numbers of peripheral blood and bone marrow blasts increased and the level of serum lactate dehydrogenase inc...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Itoh M,Yago K,Shimada H,Tohyama K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) is a pleiotropic regulator of all stages of hematopoieis. Depending on the differentiation stage of the target cell, the local environment, and the concentration of TGF-beta, TGF-beta can be proproliferative or antiproliferative, proapoptotic or antiapoptotic, and/or prodiffe...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ruscetti FW,Bartelmez SH

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have indicated that Fas and perforin-based mechanisms seem to induce apoptosis in histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (HNL). In this study, we evaluated the serum levels of soluble Fas ligand (sFasL) in 30 HNL patients using paired sera. Elevations in sFasL levels were detected in 9 patients in the ac...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kato K,Ohshima K,Anzai K,Suzumiya J,Kikuchi M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) (NovoSeven) is a novel hemostatic agent originally developed to treat bleeding episodes in hemophilic patients with inhibitors against coagulation factors VIII and IX. In recent years, rFVIIa has also been employed for the management of uncontrolled bleeding in a number of con...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Franchini M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial platelet disorder (FPD) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder which causes moderate thrombocytopenia with or without impaired platelet function. Patients have a propensity to develop acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and various types of second hits have been postulated in the evolution to AML. However, only a fe...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nishimoto N,Imai Y,Ueda K,Nakagawa M,Shinohara A,Ichikawa M,Nannya Y,Kurokawa M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare autoimmune hemolytic anemia, classified into primary and secondary types. Secondary CAD accompanies infection or malignant disease, most often lymphoma, whereas primary CAD frequently represents a lymphoproliferative bone marrow disorder characterized by clonal expansion of B ce...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tanaka H,Hashimoto S,Sugita Y,Sakai S,Takeda Y,Abe D,Takagi T,Nakaseko C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy (also known as macroautophagy) is a lysosomal degradation pathway for the clearance of cellular materials, which manifests as an adaptive response to stress stimuli. Over the past decade, numerous studies have linked autophagy with cancer initiation, progression, and chemoresistance. Autophagy defects in nor...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Zhang H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with severe congenital protein (P)C deficiency require long-term anticoagulant management. Recombinant PC concentrates for prophylactic use are not available in Japan; prothrombin complex concentrates (PCC), containing factors (F)II, VII, IX, X, and PC (PPSB-HT®), have been used 'off-label' in a few patients....

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ogiwara K,Nogami K,Mizumachi K,Nakagawa T,Noda N,Ohga S,Shima M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a retrospective population-based cohort study of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. Over 6 years, we diagnosed 221 patients (211 adults and 10 children) with AML, indicating an incidence of AML in Miyazaki Prefecture of 3.2 per 100,000 per year. In 193 adult patients with non-acut...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Matsunaga T,Yamashita K,Kubuki Y,Toyama T,Imataki O,Maeda K,Kawano N,Satou S,Kawano H,Ishizaki J,Yoshida S,Kameda T,Sasaki T,Sekine M,Kamiunten A,Taniguchi Y,Hidaka T,Katayose K,K-Shimoda H,Shide K,Yamamoto S,Mo

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of a mail questionnaire, we evaluated the influence of treatment for acute leukemia on offspring of long-term survivors and determined whether the outcome of pregnancy in patients (or spouses) induced relapse of acute leukemia. In 322 replies from the 445 institutions where a questionnaire was sent, there wer...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kawamura S,Suzuki Y,Tamai Y,Itoh J,Fukushima K,Takami H,Yoshida Y,Sawada Y,Sakata Y

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy (NB-UVB) is a therapeutic alternative for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation-related skin graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The beneficial effects of this intervention may be induced by direct irradiation of inflammatory cells in the skin; however, the putative involvement o...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Iyama S,Murase K,Sato T,Hashimoto A,Tatekoshi A,Horiguchi H,Kamihara Y,Ono K,Kikuchi S,Takada K,Kawano Y,Hayashi T,Miyanishi K,Sato Y,Takimoto R,Kobune M,Mori S,Kato J,Yamashita T,Kato J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an unusual dermatological reaction to bortezomib in a 61-year-old man with AL amyloidosis. Systemic AL amyloidosis is a rare complication of monoclonal gammopathy or myeloma in which abnormally unstable free light chains cause fibrillary deposits in organs leading to multisystem disease. The treatment of AL ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Shah AD,Watts AJ,Mehta AB,Wechalekar AD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a common and often serious complication of heparin therapy [1,2]. Although the reduction in platelet levels associated with HIT is usually not severe, about 10% of patients experience arterial and/or venous thromboses (HITT), which can be incapacitating or fatal [3]. Recent wo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Lee SH,Liu CY,PaoloVisentin G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypocalcemic cardiomyopathy in primary or secondary hypoparathyroidism is usually refractory to conventional treatment of cardiac failure. We report the case of a thalassemic patient with severe cardiac failure that might have been attributed to several factors, such as hemosiderosis, hypomagnesemia, and hypocalcemia,...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tsironi M,Korovesis K,Farmakis D,Deftereos S,Aessopos A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed autologous CD34+ stem cell transplantation in 3 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) refractory to conventional treatment. All patients had systemic type JRA. In case 1 (a 3-year-old boy), purified CD34+ cells from bone marrow were transplanted after a preconditioning regimen consisting of cy...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kishimoto T,Hamazaki T,Yasui M,Sasabe M,Okamura T,Sakata N,Inoue M,Yagi K,Kawa K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is predominantly a disease of older adults, with a median age at diagnosis of over 65 years. AML in older adults differs biologically and clinically from that in younger ones, and is characterized by stronger intrinsic resistance and lower tolerance to chemotherapy. The effects of age on b...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yanada M,Naoe T

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocyte immunofluorescence and granulocyte agglutination tests are standard methods for detecting human neutrophil antigen (HNA) antibodies (Abs); however, these require a typed panel of neutrophils, which can be time-consuming to develop, and it remains difficult to determine antibody specificity in some cases. W...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Amakishi E,Irie Y,Nishizawa K,Kamada H,Nakajima F,Matsuyama N,Ishii H,Matsukura H,Yasui K,Hirayama F

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD21 is a 145-kDa membrane glycoprotein mainly expressed on B cells and follicular dendritic cells, and is involved in B-cell activation, survival and proliferation. CD21 can be cleaved to give soluble CD21 (sCD21), which is constantly shed in healthy persons. We show here that plasma sCD21 levels are higher, while B-...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Low HZ,Hilbrans D,Schmidt-Wolf IG,Illges H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with persistent pure red cell aplasia due to human parvovirus B19 (HPVB19) infection during immunosuppressive therapy for refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). The patient had been given corticosteroid (CS) and/or azathioprine for AIHA. During the course of treatment, reticulocyte count ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ito S,Oyake T,Uchiyama T,Sugawara T,Murai K,Ishida Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic resistance is assumed to be one of the main mechanisms of drug resistance in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), but the relationship between cell cycle status at diagnosis and achievement of complete remission (CR) is controversial. Based on the possibility that the cell cycle data after starting induction chemothe...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kamikubo KH,Ogata K,An E,Dan K

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cells express a considerable level of CD33, which is the target of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO), and a significantly lower level of P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Therefore, GO is predicted to be a successful treatment for APL. In this article, we report on the GO treatment of 2 patients with ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Takeshita A,Shinjo K,Naito K,Matsui H,Sahara N,Shigeno K,Suzumura T,Horii T,Shirai N,Maekawa M,Yada Y,Teshima H,Takeuchi J,Ohnishi K,Ohno R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical importance of the isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from respiratory specimens of stem cell transplant (SCT) recipients is not clear. We investigated the characteristics and clinical impact of NTM isolation in this population. Medical records of adult patients who underwent SCT at the blood a...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kang JY,Ha JH,Kang HS,Yoon HK,Kim HJ,Lee S,Lee DG,Jung JI,Kim SC,Kim YK

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better understand the biology of adult T cell leukemia (ATL), we aimed to establish a novel method, which allows the primary growth of ATL cells using a co-culture system with murine bone marrow-derived stromal cells, MS-5. ATL cells grew in close contact with MS-5 layers and formed so-called "cobblestone ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nagai K,Jinnai I,Hata T,Usui T,Sasaki D,Tsukasaki K,Sugahara K,Hishikawa Y,Yamada Y,Tanaka Y,Koji T,Mano H,Kamihira S,Tomonaga M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00