Superior mesenteric venous thrombosis associated with a familial missense mutation (Pro626Leu) in the SHBG-like domain of the protein S molecule.

abstract：:While anti-cancer chemotherapy has improved the survival of patients with hematologic malignancies, it has also exposed such patients to the risk of life-threatening infection due to neutropenia. In intensive chemotherapy for leukemia, invasive aspergillosis resulting in death is infrequently observed. In such cases, ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yamada R,Horikawa K,Ishihara S,Hoshino K,Kawaguchi T,Iyama K,Mitsuya H,Asou N

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phagocyte nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase plays a crucial role in host defense by neutrophils and macrophages. When cells ingest invading microbes, this enzyme becomes activated to reduce molecular oxygen to superoxide, a precursor of microbicidal oxidants, in the phagosome. The catalyt...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Minakami R,Sumimotoa H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell diseases are classified on the basis of the normal differentiation stages. We report here a case of a patient with a long history of leukocytosis, splenomegaly without lymphadenopathy, and hyperviscosity symptoms. Clinically, the patient's diagnosis was leukemic Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. Chromosomal analys...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sekikawa T,Takahara S,Kawano T,Nakada S,Ito K,Iwase S,Yamada H,Kobayashi M,Horiguchi-Yamada J

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia (t-MDS/AML) developing after treatment with immunosuppressants and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has raised the question of whether previously unrecognized myelodysplastic features had been present or whether actual transformation had oc...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bessho F,Imashuku S,Hibi S,Tsuchida M,Nakahata T,Miyazaki S,Kojima S,Tsukimoto I,Hamajima N,Pediatric AA Follow-up Study Group in Japan.

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard therapy for anti-erythropoietin (EPO) antibody-mediated pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is cyclosporine (CyA) or prednisolone (PSL) 0.5-1.0 mg/kg. However, many patients with severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) and chronic heart failure cannot tolerate such an immunosuppressive regimen. An 86-year-old man wi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Aoki K,Ono Y,Tabata S,Matsushita A,Ishikawa T

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferritin, composed of H-subunits and L-subunits, plays important roles in iron storage and in the control of intracellular iron distribution. Synthesis of both subunits is controlled by common cytoplasmic proteins, iron regulatory proteins (IRP-1 and IRP-2) that bind to the iron-responsive element (IRE) in the 5'-untr...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kato J,Niitsu Y

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with Wegener granulomatosis (WG) who underwent long-term cyclophosphamide treatment and thereafter developed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). After the AML was induced into remission, the patient received an allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) from his sibling after undergoing a reduced-i...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kunitomi A,Ishikawa T,Tajima K,Konaka Y,Yagita M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In the present study, we retrospectively evaluated whether soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) index, defined as the ratio of serum sIL-2R levels at neutrop...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nakamura Y,Tanaka Y,Tanaka M,Sugiyama A,Yamamoto K,Tokunaga Y,Yujiri T,Tanizawa Y

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplants for patients lacking an HLA identical sibling donor have become possible, and thank to the establishment of large registries of HLA typed volunteers. Japan Marrow Donor Program (JMDP) now stands at about 152,339 volunteer donors, and have provided 4,013 marrows nationally and internationally. Advancements ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Okamoto S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the poor prognosis of patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), better therapy is needed. Fludarabine enhances the efficacy of Ara-C (cytarabine) by increasing intracellular Ara-C-triphosphate. The FLAG (fludarabine, high-dose Ara-C, supported with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor) reg...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hatsumi N,Miyawaki S,Yamauchi T,Takeshita A,Komatsu N,Usui N,Arai Y,Ishida F,Morii T,Kano Y,Ogura M,Machida S,Nishii K,Honda S,Ohnishi K,Naoe T,Japan Adult Leukemia Study Group (JALSG).

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in detecting cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in serum (sPCR) enables the detection of CMV viremia, which has not been possible with other methods. In this study, the clinical usefulness of sPCR was investigated by comparison with the results of three oth...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Matsunaga T,Sakamaki S,Ishigaki S,Kohda K,Takeda M,Katoh J,Kuroda H,Hirayama Y,Kusakabe T,Akiyama T,Kuga T,Niitsu Y,Masaoka T,Sagawa T,Matsumoto Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological complications in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are associated with poor prognosis and/or permanent damage. We report a young woman in whom the diagnosis of TTP was difficult because cardinal manifestations were absent at presentation. The patient relapsed, showing severe and dramatic neurologi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Rabkin Y,Fradin Z,Zeidman A,Schwartz A,Cohen A,Mittelman M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare, complement-mediated autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Patients with CAD in the United States and Europe have an increased incidence of thromboembolism (TE), but comparable information for patients in other regions is lacking. Thus, we examined TE risk for patients with CAD in Japan....

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kamesaki T,Nishimura JI,Wada H,Yu E,Tsao E,Morales J,Kanakura Y

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to assess the effects and toxicity of brief induction chemotherapy plus involved-field irradiation for localized intermediate- and high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, we conducted a single-arm prospective trial between May 1987 and July 1991. Patients received four cycles of a five-drug chemotherapy regim...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ohnoshi T,Hayashi K,Mizuta J,Tagawa S,Matsutomo S,Saito S,Kawashima K,Akagi T,Kimura I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterogeneity of bone marrow plasmacytosis is clearly analyzed by multicolor staining with anti-CD38 antibody. To date, at least 5 subpopulations of plasma cells have been identified in the bone marrow of multiple myeloma (MM) patients with regard to the expression of MPC-1, CD49e (VLA-5), and CD45: MPC-1(-)CD49e(...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Otsuyama K,Asaoku H,Kawano MM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is the major cause of non-relapse mortality following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. To date, there are no consensus specific plasma biomarkers for aGVHD. We recently identified several candidates differentially expressed in aGVHD patients. Here, we have val...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ye H,Lv M,Zhao X,Zhao X,Huang X

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:APOBEC3G has been identified as an anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) host factor that belongs to the APOBEC superfamily of cytidine deaminases. It deaminates cytidine to uridine in nascent minus-strand viral DNA, inducing G-to-A hypermutation in the plus-strand DNA of HIV-1. The accumulating evidence de...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Takaori-Kondo A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of thrombosis in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) remain unknown, though several hypotheses in regard to hypofibrinolysis have been proposed. To clarify the mechanism, we measured plasma levels of thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) in APS patients. Both the TAFI antigen (TAFI:Ag) level measur...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ieko M,Yoshida M,Naito S,Nakabayashi T,Kanazawa K,Mizukami K,Mukai M,Atsumi T,Koike T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old female was referred to our hospital with a sternal fracture in March 2008. She received a diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) BJP-κ type (ISS stage III). G-banding karyotype revealed 46, XX, t(11;22)(q23.3;q11.2) (Hubacek, Gene 592:193-9, 2016), which was later confirmed to be congenital. After repeated r...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Suzuki R,Warita T,Nakamura Y,Kitamura Y,Aoyama Y,Ogawa Y,Kawada H,Ando K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distinction between RAEB, RAEB-T and AML M6a is difficult when erythroblasts in the bone marrow (BM) exceed 50%. We analyzed 19 children (2 RAEB, 13 RAEB-T and 4 AML M6a) enrolled in a prospective pathological central review in Japan and divided them into two groups according to the myeloblasts percentage among no...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Honda Y,Manabe A,Tsuchida M,Zaike Y,Masunaga A,Inoue M,Kobayashi R,Ohtsuka Y,Kikuchi A,Nakahata T,From the MDS Committee, the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology.

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic cells can be exposed to a wide spectrum of oxidative stresses. Excessive oxidative stress damages biomolecules such as DNA, proteins, and lipids, leading to cellular dysfunction and cell death. Accumulation of such damage provokes noxious effects on individuals, resulting in diseases such as hematopoieti...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Masutani H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the frequency of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and the changes in some inflammation-related serum proteins in 157 patients with nonimmune chronic idiopathic neutropenia syndrome (NI-CINS). Of these patients, 42 had pronounced neutropenia with neutrophil counts < 1500/mi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Papadaki HA,Eliopoulos DG,Ponticoglou C,Eliopoulos GD

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro treatment of bone marrow cells to expand stem cells may lead to impaired hematopoietic long-term reconstitution. Here we report on studies that show that cytokine-treated cells maintain short-term reconstitution, but lose that potential with time posttransplantation. Hematopoietic progenitors assayed in vitro...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Peters SO,Habibian HK,Vergilis K,Quesenberry PJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its discovery from a translocation in leukemias, the runt-related transcription factor 1/acute myelogenous leukemia-1 (RUNX1/AML1), which is widely expressed in hematopoietic cells, has been extensively studied. Many lines of evidence have shown that RUNX1 plays a critical role in regulating the development and ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ichikawa M,Yoshimi A,Nakagawa M,Nishimoto N,Watanabe-Okochi N,Kurokawa M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal translocations are one of the hallmarks of human leukemias. These structural abnormalities result in the generation of genetic mutations that play a direct role in the transformation of hematopoietic stem cells. Some of the most common targets of these chromosomal rearrangements are the genes that encode t...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Lorsbach RB,Downing JR

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The chronic myeloproliferative diseases (CMPDs) include chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), primary (essential) thrombocythemia (PT), agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (AMM), and polycythemia vera (PV). Certain hematological malignancies have a different prevalence in our country than in countries with Caucasian ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ruiz-Argüelles GJ,López-Martínez B,Lobato-Mendizábal E,Ruiz-Delgado GJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:miR-1 and miR-133 are clustered on the same chromosomal loci and are transcribed together as a single transcript that is positively regulated by ecotropic virus integration site-1 (EVI1). Previously, we described how miR-133 has anti-tumorigenic potential through repression of EVI1 expression. It has also been reporte...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kotaki R,Higuchi H,Ogiya D,Katahira Y,Kurosaki N,Yukihira N,Ogata J,Yamamoto H,Mohamad Alba S,Azhim A,Kitajima T,Inoue S,Morishita K,Ono K,Koyama-Nasu R,Kotani A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rh blood group antigens are associated with non-glycosylated human erythrocyte membrane proteins encoded by two closely related genes, RHCE and RHD, and with a glycoprotein, a critical co-expressing factor encoded by the RH50 gene. The sequence analysis of RHCE transcripts has revealed that RhE/e and C/c serological p...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Iwamoto S,Yamasaki M,Kawano M,Okuda H,Omi T,Takahashi J,Tani Y,Omine M,Kajii E

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare congenital disorder featuring exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, growth retardation, and bone marrow dysfunction. Reports suggest that nearly 25% of all cases are complicated with leukemia. Although stem cell transplantation is the sole option for these patients, successful r...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Mitsui T,Kawakami T,Sendo D,Katsuura M,Shimizu Y,Hayasaka K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is an inherited disease associated with nail dystrophy, abnormal skin pigmentation, oral leukoplakia, bone marrow failure and a predisposition to cancer. DC is a disease of defective telomere maintenance and patients with DC have very short telomeres. To date, mutations in six genes of telo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nishio N,Kojima S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00