von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease inhibitor in a patient with human immunodeficiency syndrome-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

abstract：:Ex vivo expansion of primitive human haematopoietic stem cells (HSC) is clinically relevant for stem cell transplantation and gene therapy. Here, we demonstrate the selective expansion of CD34+CD38- cells from purified CD34+ cells upon stimulation with Flt3-ligand, stem cell factor and thrombopoietin. Over a 100-fold ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ng YY,Bloem AC,van Kessel B,Lokhorst H,Logtenberg T,Staal FJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have assessed the effects of the diphosphonate, dichloromethylene diphosphonate (Cl2MDP), in 19 patients with hypercalcaemia and increased bone resorption due to myeloma. Cl2MDP (800-3200 mg daily by mouth or 300 mg daily by intravenous infusion) decreased plasma calcium and biochemical indices of increased bone re...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Paterson AD,Kanis JA,Cameron EC,Douglas DL,Beard DJ,Preston FE,Russell RG

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old man from an endemic area of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) developed rapid generalized lymphadenopathy and abdominal tumours. The white blood cell count was 198.3 x 10(9)/l with 93% lymphocytes, 66.3% of which expressed large granular lymphocytes (LGLs). Bone marrow and lymph nodes were ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sakamoto Y,Kawachi Y,Uchida T,Abe T,Mori M,Setsu K,Indo N

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet aggregation is commonly used to investigate patients with possible dense granule storage pool deficiency (delta SPD), but recent studies have shown that this investigation is not specific or sensitive for this disorder. We describe a simple one-step technique to detect mepacrine loaded platelets by flow cytom...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gordon N,Thom J,Cole C,Baker R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Down syndrome have been found to have characteristic in vivo and in vitro methotrexate toxicity. The in vitro methotrexate toxicity characteristic of Down syndrome can be diminished by the in vivo administration of supplemental high doses of folic acid. A possible explanation for the increased sensitivit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Peeters MA,Rethore MO,Lejeune J

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Givinostat, a histone-deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi), inhibits proliferation of cells bearing the JAK2 V617F mutation and has shown significant activity with good tolerability in patients with chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). In this multicentre, open-label, phase II study, 44 patients with polycythaemia ver...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Finazzi G,Vannucchi AM,Martinelli V,Ruggeri M,Nobile F,Specchia G,Pogliani EM,Olimpieri OM,Fioritoni G,Musolino C,Cilloni D,Sivera P,Barosi G,Finazzi MC,Di Tollo S,Demuth T,Barbui T,Rambaldi A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the characterization of three variant antithrombins with reduced heparin binding as the primary abnormality. Two of these variants, antithrombin Southport (Leu 99 to Val, 2759 C to G) and antithrombin Vienna (Gln 118 to Pro, 5349 A to C) were novel, whereas the third, Pro 41 to Leu, has been previously descr...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chowdhury V,Mille B,Olds RJ,Lane DA,Watton J,Barrowcliffe TW,Pabinger I,Woodcock BE,Thein SL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BRAF V600E mutation has recently been described in all cases of hairy cell leukaemia (HCL). We have developed and validated a rapid and sensitive high-resolution melting analysis (HRMA) assay that detects BRAF exon 15 mutations when hairy cells are as low as 5-10% in a sample. All 48 HCL patients were positive for...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Boyd EM,Bench AJ,van 't Veer MB,Wright P,Bloxham DM,Follows GA,Scott MA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the presence of P-glycoprotein (P-gp)-170, multidrug resistance protein (MRP), lung resistance protein (LRP)-56 and Bcl-2 in CD19-positive cells from 100 cases of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). P-gp-170 was found in 73% of the CLL cases with no significant difference regarding stage or previous trea...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Consoli U,Santonocito A,Stagno F,Fiumara P,Privitera A,Parisi G,Giustolisi GM,Pavone B,Palumbo GA,Di Raimondo F,Milone G,Guglielmo P,Giustolisi R

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with CML in relapse after a sex-mismatch bone marrow transplant who was treated with donor lymphocyte infusions and developed severe marrow aplasia 3 months later. As cytogenetic analysis at this point was not possible because of the very low number of marrow cells available, we used in situ hybrid...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Garicochea B,van Rhee F,Spencer A,Chase A,Lin F,Cross NC,Goldman JM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this population-based survey covering two geographically distinct UK regions, we evaluated the number of myeloma patients aged < or =65 years who have not undergone transplantation. The combined data from both of these regions showed that 57% of age-eligible patients were not transplanted. While early death and com...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Morris TC,Velangi M,Jackson G,Marks DI,Ranaghan L,Northern Ireland Regional Haematology Group.,Northern Regional Haematologists Group.,Clinical Trials Committee of The British Scoiety for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of Interleukin-2 (IL-2) causes the release or generation of other cytokines such as tumour necrosis factor (TNF) which, by disturbing the anticoagulant properties of the endothelium, may induce a procoagulant state in patients receiving this drug. We therefore evaluated the effects of IL-2 on coagul...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Baars JW,de Boer JP,Wagstaff J,Roem D,Eerenberg-Belmer AJ,Nauta J,Pinedo HM,Hack CE

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second primary malignancies have long been associated with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). We assessed secondary tumour samples from CLL and control patients for the presence of human papilloma virus (HPV). 132 CLL patients with 44 second malignancies were compared to a matched randomly-identified control populat...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Flynn JM,Andritsos L,Lucas D,Byrd JC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two patients with acute leukaemia who received emetogenic cytotoxic drugs and were on therapeutic doses of sodium valproate for epilepsy. Neither patient reported significant nausea nor vomited at any time during the chemotherapy, at times requiring no anti-emetic treatment whatsoever. We suggest that this a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Aiken TC,Collin RC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over recent years. Clinicians are increasingly being challenged with making uncertain anticoagulant dosing decisions, as the optimal dosing strategy for most anticoagulants in the obese patient population remains unknown. Research published to date suggests that th...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Patel JP,Roberts LN,Arya R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation in innate immunity may alter host-pathogen defence mechanisms and promote aberrant immune responses and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). To test this hypothesis, we investigated polymorphisms in innate immune genes in a pooled analysis of two population-based case-control studies of NHL from the San Franc...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Forrest MS,Skibola CF,Lightfoot TJ,Bracci PM,Willett EV,Smith MT,Holly EA,Roman E

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) were recently demonstrated to exist in human cord blood. Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), a potent mitogen for mononuclear cells was used to induce EPCs from unsorted cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMCs). Adherent cells in clusters appeared approximately 24 h after CBMCs were cultured in ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kang HJ,Kim SC,Kim YJ,Kim CW,Kim JG,Ahn HS,Park SI,Jung MH,Choi BC,Kimm K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inv(8)(p11q13) chromosomal abnormality, described in acute myeloid leukaemias (AML), fuses the histone acetyl-transferase (HAT) MYST3 (MOZ) gene with another HAT gene, NCOA2 (TIF2). We generated a transgenic zebrafish in which the MYST3/NCOA2 fusion gene was expressed under control of the spi1 promoter. An AML dev...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Zhuravleva J,Paggetti J,Martin L,Hammann A,Solary E,Bastie JN,Delva L

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential role of the infused B cell subset after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation has not been yet studied. The present study analyzed the impact of B cells on transplant outcome in 254 patients who received a bone marrow graft from a human leucocyte antigen-identical sibling donor. The influence of B line...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Michonneau D,Peffault de Latour R,Porcher R,Robin M,Benbunan M,Rocha V,Ribaud P,Ferry C,Devergie A,Vanneaux V,Gluckman E,Marolleau JP,Socié G,Larghero J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of factor XI (FXI) in blood coagulation has been clarified in recent years by descriptions of FXI-deficient patients who are prone to excessive bleeding after haemostatic challenge. We have studied a large kindred of an Italian FXI-deficient patient with a previously undescribed mutation. The propositus, a 68...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Alhaq A,Mitchell M,Sethi M,Rahman S,Flynn G,Boulton P,Caeno G,Smith M,Savidge G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes (SLVL) is a low-grade B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by splenomegaly and circulating villous lymphocytes. The relationship between SLVL and splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL), a disorder with identical splenic histology to SLVL, is not clear. Previous stu...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gruszka-Westwood AM,Matutes E,Coignet LJ,Wotherspoon A,Catovsky D

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine cyclic haematopoiesis (CH) appears to be a multipotential stem cell defect, possibly due to an intrinsic marrow defect. The in vitro adherent marrow cells of the cyclic haematopoietic (CH) dog were cultured as underlayers beneath normal dog nonadherent marrow cells. The marrow granulocyte-committed colony formi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Jones JB,Jolly JD

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils are amongst the first immune cells to arrive at sites of infection and play an important role as the host's first line of defence against invading pathogens. Defects of neutrophil number or function are usually recognized clinically by recurrent infections that often are life-threatening. Over the last few...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bouma G,Ancliff PJ,Thrasher AJ,Burns SO

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two unrelated cases of congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia (CDA) are described. They show striking similarities which could not be attributed to one of the well-known types of CDA or any other congenital disease of the erythroid system. Both patients were followed for many years before and after splenectomy. There wa...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bethlenfalvay NC,Hadnagy C,Heimpel H

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive F-cell assay has been used to examine the production of fetal haemoglobin (Hb F) in a group of 77 adult patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and a control group composed of 100 normal blood donors. Although the mean F-cell percentage in the MDS group (6.0%) is not statistically different from that...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Craig JE,Sampietro M,Oscier DG,Contreras M,Thein S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of the inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 to the culture medium of human cord blood haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) has been shown to lead to an altered stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha-dependent migratory phenotype. This study investigated whether this effect was attributed to a diff...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kasenda B,Kassmer SH,Niggemann B,Schiermeier S,Hatzmann W,Zänker KS,Dittmar T

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) generate, via a fibroblast colony-forming unit (CFU-F), osteo-chondroblastic cells as well as adipocytes and stromacytes. To date, these stem cells are isolated indirectly using a cell culture method and phenotyped as CD45 negative while the in vivo counterparts are undet...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Deschaseaux F,Gindraux F,Saadi R,Obert L,Chalmers D,Herve P

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the incidence and potential prognostic value of thyroid abnormalities after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) without total body irradiation (TBI) conditioning. 77 consecutive patients who received a chemotherapy-alone-based conditioning regimen pretransplant were included. Free serum thyroxine (...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Toubert ME,Socié G,Gluckman E,Aractingi S,Espérou H,Devergie A,Ribaud P,Parquet N,Schlageter MH,Beressi JP,Rain JD,Vexiau P

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-haemolytic transfusion reactions are the most common type of transfusion reaction and include transfusion-related acute lung injury, transfusion-associated circulatory overload, allergic reactions, febrile reactions, post-transfusion purpura and graft-versus- host disease. Although life-threatening anaphylaxis occ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hirayama F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a discrepancy in the results of reported studies of levels of vitamin K dependent coagulation factors in patients on warfarin therapy. This may have arisen partly because of the problem of assuring compliance with therapy in outpatients. The plasma concentrations of the vitamin K dependent clotting factors II...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kumar S,Haigh JR,Tate G,Boothby M,Joanes DN,Davies JA,Roberts BE,Feely MP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00