Circulating peripheral blood plasma cells as a prognostic indicator in patients with primary systemic amyloidosis.

abstract：:To address the mechanism by which the human globin genes are activated during erythropoiesis, we have used a tiled microarray to analyze the pattern of transcription factor binding and associated histone modifications across the telomeric region of human chromosome 16 in primary erythroid and nonerythroid cells. This ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： De Gobbi M,Anguita E,Hughes J,Sloane-Stanley JA,Sharpe JA,Koch CM,Dunham I,Gibbons RJ,Wood WG,Higgs DR

更新日期：2007-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous experimental animal studies it has been demonstrated that antibody depletion is not followed by increased antibody synthesis. To assess whether these results are conferrable to antibody-depleted humans, we measured free light chains (flcs) as markers of current antibody synthesis in 8 patients treated with...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Goldammer A,Derfler K,Herkner K,Bradwell AR,Hörl WH,Haas M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypotransferrinemic (Trf(hpx/hpx)) mice have a severe deficiency in serum transferrin (Trf) as the result of a spontaneous mutation linked to the murine Trf locus. They are born alive, but before weaning, die from severe anemia if they are not treated with exogenous Trf or red blood cell transfusions. We have determin...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Trenor CC 3rd,Campagna DR,Sellers VM,Andrews NC,Fleming MD

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy chain ferritin (H-ferritin) is a component of the iron-binding protein, ferritin. We have previously shown that H-ferritin inhibits anti-CD3-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation and that this was due to increased production of interleukin-10 (IL-10). In the present study we have shown that induction of IL-10 prod...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Gray CP,Arosio P,Hersey P

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that EM011, a synthetic compound, binds tubulin with a higher affinity than the founding compound, noscapine, without changing total microtubule polymer mass. Now we show that EM011 is potently effective against vinblastine-resistant human lymphoblastoid line CEM/VLB100 and its parental vinbla...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Aneja R,Zhou J,Vangapandu SN,Zhou B,Chandra R,Joshi HC

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which hematopoietic progenitor cells become lineage-committed remain poorly understood. A cloned subline of the AML14 cell line (AML14.3D10) that spontaneously differentiates to eosinophilic myelocytes in the absence of cytokine stimulation was obtained by limiting dilution. This subline exhibits aug...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Paul CC,Mahrer S,Tolbert M,Elbert BL,Wong I,Ackerman SJ,Baumann MA

更新日期：1995-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a lysosomal enzyme present in the azurophilic granules of human neutrophils and monocytes and is important for optimal oxygen-dependent killing of microorganisms. The native molecule is a heterodimer composed of a pair of heavy-light protomers, each containing a 59-kDa and 13.5-kDa subunit. Th...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Nauseef WM

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes of the glycolytic pathway as well as some ancillary enzymes were studied in normal red cells parasitized with Plasmodium falciparum in culture at varying parasitemias as well as in isolated parasites. The levels of all enzymes except diphosphoglycerate mutase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and adenylate k...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Roth EF Jr,Calvin MC,Max-Audit I,Rosa J,Rosa R

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a hematological malignancy characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of dysplastic myelomonocytes and frequent progression to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We identified mutations in the Cbl gene, which encodes a negative regulator of cytokine signaling, in a subset of CMML ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Nakata Y,Ueda T,Nagamachi A,Yamasaki N,Ikeda KI,Sera Y,Takubo K,Kanai A,Oda H,Sanada M,Ogawa S,Tsuji K,Ebihara Y,Wolff L,Honda ZI,Suda T,Inaba T,Honda H

更新日期：2017-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin E (HbE) β-thalassemia is the most common severe thalassemia syndrome across Asia, and millions of people are carriers. Clinical heterogeneity in HbE β-thalassemia is incompletely explained by genotype, and the interaction of phenotypic variation with hepcidin is unknown. The effect of thalassemia carriage o...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Jones E,Pasricha SR,Allen A,Evans P,Fisher CA,Wray K,Premawardhena A,Bandara D,Perera A,Webster C,Sturges P,Olivieri NF,St Pierre T,Armitage AE,Porter JB,Weatherall DJ,Drakesmith H

更新日期：2015-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Early B-cell factor 1 (Ebf1) is a transcription factor with documented dose-dependent functions in normal and malignant B-lymphocyte development. To understand more about the roles of Ebf1 in malignant transformation, we investigated the impact of reduced functional Ebf1 dosage on mouse B-cell progenitors. Gene expres...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Prasad MA,Ungerbäck J,Åhsberg J,Somasundaram R,Strid T,Larsson M,Månsson R,De Paepe A,Lilljebjörn H,Fioretos T,Hagman J,Sigvardsson M

更新日期：2015-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The CXC-chemokines interleukin-8 (IL-8), neutrophil-activating peptide-2 (NAP-2), and melanoma growth-stimulatory activity (MGSA) are chemoattractants with high selectivity for neutrophils. Although IL-8 has been shown to act as an extremely potent mediator, reports on NAP-2 and MGSA are still contradictory. Here we s...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Ludwig A,Petersen F,Zahn S,Götze O,Schröder JM,Flad HD,Brandt E

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although receptor activator of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB ligand (RANKL) signaling has been shown to prolong the survival of mature dendritic cells (DCs), the association of RANKL pathway with Fas-mediated apoptosis is obscure. Here, we found that bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) from the Fas-deficient strain MRL/lpr m...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Izawa T,Ishimaru N,Moriyama K,Kohashi M,Arakaki R,Hayashi Y

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human fibrinogen 1 is homodimeric with respect to its gamma chains (gammaA-gammaA'), whereas fibrinogen 2 molecules each contain one gammaA (gammaA1-411V) and one gamma' chain, which differ by containing a unique C-terminal sequence from gamma'408 to 427L that binds thrombin and factor XIII. We investigated the struct...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Siebenlist KR,Mosesson MW,Hernandez I,Bush LA,Di Cera E,Shainoff JR,Di Orio JP,Stojanovic L

更新日期：2005-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:What are the rules that govern a naive T cell's prospects for survival or division after export from the thymus into the periphery? To help address these questions, we combine data from existing studies with robust mathematical models to estimate the absolute contributions of thymopoiesis, peripheral division, and los...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Bains I,Antia R,Callard R,Yates AJ

更新日期：2009-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), a powerful mediator of inflammation, is tightly regulated at several levels. However, in some pathologic conditions, a pharmacologic treatment is required to control the toxicity of excessive extracellular IL-1beta. Because of the heavy side effects of most therapies use...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Hamon Y,Luciani MF,Becq F,Verrier B,Rubartelli A,Chimini G

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-center experiences have shown that intensified treatments with autologous transplantation are a promising therapeutic strategy for patients with high-risk follicle-center lymphoma (FCL) at diagnosis, whereas data from prospective multicenter trials are still lacking. This paper describes the results of a prospe...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Ladetto M,Corradini P,Vallet S,Benedetti F,Vitolo U,Martelli M,Brugiatelli M,Coser P,Perrotti A,Majolino I,Fioritoni G,Morandi S,Musso M,Zambello R,Chisesi T,Di Renzo N,Vivaldi P,De Crescenzo A,Gallamini A,Salvi F,

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the rheologic behavior of sickle erythrocytes (SS cells) is highly dependent on oxygen tension (pO2) and temperature, very little data exist regarding the effects of deoxygenation and reoxygenation on the rheology of "individual" SS cells at body temperature. We have devised and assessed a new experiment syst...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Itoh T,Chien S,Usami S

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A decrease in inhibitor titer has been reported in some patients with acquired factor VIII inhibitors treated with intravenous gammaglobulin (IGIV). We have conducted a prospective, multicenter study of high-dose IGIV in treatment of this disorder to determine efficacy. Nineteen patients received induction therapy wit...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Schwartz RS,Gabriel DA,Aledort LM,Green D,Kessler CM

更新日期：1995-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of primitive hematopoietic cell ex vivo expansion is of interest for both gene therapy and transplantation applications. The engraftment of autologous rhesus peripheral blood (PB) progenitors expanded 10 to 14 days were tracked in vivo using genetic marking. Stem cell factor (SCF)/granulocyte colony-st...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Tisdale JF,Hanazono Y,Sellers SE,Agricola BA,Metzger ME,Donahue RE,Dunbar CE

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of Lewis fucosyltransferase (FT) mRNA was examined in gastric mucosa from two Lewis-positive [Le(+)] and two Lewis-negative [Le(-)] individuals. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that levels of mRNA were similar in both Le(+) and Le(-) gastric mucosa. We isolated the protein-coding region of the Lewis...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Koda Y,Kimura H,Mekada E

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New Zealand Black (NZB) autoimmune mice exhibit progressive, age-dependent reduction in bone marrow pre-B cells. To ascertain the capacity of NZB bone marrow B220- cells to generate pre-B cells in a supportive environment, B-lineage (B220+) cell-depleted and T-cell-depleted bone marrow cells from NZB mice at 1 to 3, 6...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Merchant MS,Garvy BA,Riley RL

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we have identified scavenger receptor class A member I (SR-AI) as a receptor for coagulation factor X (FX), mediating the formation of an FX reservoir at the macrophage surface. Here, we demonstrate that the FX/SR-AI-complex comprises a third protein, pentraxin-2 (PTX2). The presence of PTX2 is essential to ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Muczynski V,Aymé G,Regnault V,Vasse M,Borgel D,Legendre P,Bazaa A,Harel A,Loubière C,Lenting PJ,Denis CV,Christophe OD

更新日期：2017-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of CCR6 (chemokine receptor 6) expression during B-cell ontogeny and antigen-driven B-cell differentiation was analyzed. None of the CD34(+)Lin(-) hematopoietic stem cell progenitors or the CD34(+)CD19(+) (pro-B) or the CD19(+)CD10(+) (pre-B/immature B cells) B-cell progenitors expressed CCR6. CCR6 is a...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Krzysiek R,Lefevre EA,Bernard J,Foussat A,Galanaud P,Louache F,Richard Y

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conjunctival microcirculation of 18 homozygous sickle cell disease (SCD) patients during steady-state, painful crisis, and postcrisis conditions was recorded on high-resolution videotapes using intravital microscopy. Selected videotape sequences were subsequently coded, frame-captured, studied, and blindly analyze...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Cheung AT,Chen PC,Larkin EC,Duong PL,Ramanujam S,Tablin F,Wun T

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoresistance is a major problem in the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Because of the central role of the nuclear transcription factors nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) in chemoresistance, cell survival, and proliferation, we investig...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Bharti AC,Shishodia S,Reuben JM,Weber D,Alexanian R,Raj-Vadhan S,Estrov Z,Talpaz M,Aggarwal BB

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin Ohio [beta 142 (H20) Ala replaced by Asp] was found in three members of a white family, all of whom showed erythrocytosis. The variant hemoglobin has a high oxygen affinity, a reduced Bohr effect, and diminished cooperativity. The functional abnormalities of Hb Ohio are explained by the proximity of the sub...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Moo-Penn WF,Schneider RG,Shih T,Jones RT,Govindarajan S,Govindarajan PG,Patchen LC

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-17 and its receptor are founding members of a novel family of inflammatory cytokines. IL-17 plays a pathogenic role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated bone destruction. However, IL-17 is also an important regulator of host defense through granulopoiesis and neutrophil trafficking. Therefore, the role of IL-17 ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Yu JJ,Ruddy MJ,Wong GC,Sfintescu C,Baker PJ,Smith JB,Evans RT,Gaffen SL

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal conditions necessary for the cytochemical demonstration of megakaryocyte (Mk) and platelet acid phosphatase (AP) were determined. Methanol, a constituent of fixatives commonly used in AP cytochemistry, was found to inhibit MkAP, and the degree of inhibition varied with Mk maturity. Immature Mk contained predom...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Markovic OS,Shulman NR

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human platelets contain tortuous channels in their cytoplasm, the surface-connected or open canalicular system (OCS), that communicate directly with the surrounding medium through openings on the surface membrane. Some workers have suggested that the OCS serves as the egress route for products secreted during the rele...

journal_title：Blood

authors： White JG

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00