Current status of Japan marrow donor program (JMDP) and its roles in international cooperation.

abstract：:Antiphospholipid antibodies are autoantibodies directed against anionic phospholipids or protein-phospholipid complexes measured in solid-phase immunoassays such as anticardiolipin (aCL) antibody or detected in phospholipid-dependent clotting tests as lupus anticoagulant (LA). The term "antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Chi HS

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although anti-T lymphocyte globulin-Fresenius (ATG-F) is commonly used as prophylaxis for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), the appropriate dosage of ATG-F in the setting of a reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimen has not been determined. In the present study, we retrospectively analyzed the clinical outcomes o...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Fuji S,Ueno N,Hiramoto N,Asakura Y,Yakushijin K,Kamiyama Y,Kurosawa S,Kim SW,Heike Y,Yamashita T,Fukuda T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased levels of asparagine synthetase (ASNS), an enzyme producing intracellular asparagine, have been implicated in the development of asparaginase resistance. The aim of this study was to assess ASNS mRNA and protein expression in bone marrow cell populations of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). B...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Dimitriou H,Choulaki C,Perdikogianni C,Stiakaki E,Kalmanti M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported that platelet factor 4 (PF4), a megakaryocyte-platelet protein, is a potent inhibitor of human and murine megakaryocytopoiesis. In addition, PF4 accelerated the recovery of the marrow precursor cells in 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) treated mice. We show in this study that a slight modification of th...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Aïdoudi S,Lebeurier I,Amiral J,Quentin G,Caen JP,Han ZC

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) has greatly improved the outcome of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection and disease. We report here on a case of an HIV-1-seropositive patient with acute myelogenous leukemia who underwent a successful allogeneic unrelated bone marrow ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Oka Y,Tashiro H,Mizutani-Noguchi M,Koga I,Sugao T,Shirasaki R,Miura T,Akiyama N,Kawasugi K,Fujimori S,Shirafuji N

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established two novel cell lines, designated as IMS-BC1 and IMS-BC2, from two patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in blast crisis. The two cell lines were positive for CD13 and CD33 and negative for CD34 and HLA-DR by surface marker analysis. IMS-BC1 had four Philadelphia (Ph1) chromosomes and a breakpoint w...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nagamura F,Nagamura-Inoue T,Tojo A,Minamihisamatsu M,Tanabe T,Zaike Y,Tani K,Saisho H,Asano S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is abundant in biological organisms. PolyP is a major component of dense granules of human platelets and is secreted upon platelet activation. Studies from our lab and others have shown that polyP is a potent modulator of the blood clotting cascade, acting as a pro-hemostatic, prothromb...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Morrissey JH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paradox of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) which present with pancytopenias despite cellular bone marrows (BM) was investigated by conducting detailed studies of proliferation and apoptosis in 89 MDS patients. Our results demonstrated a rapid rate of both proliferation as well as apoptosis. Levels of three cytokin...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Raza A,Mundle S,Shetty V,Alvi S,Chopra H,Span L,Parcharidou A,Dar S,Venugopal P,Borok R,Gezer S,Showel J,Loew J,Robin E,Rifkin S,Alston D,Hernandez B,Shah R,Kaizer H,Gregory S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot phase I/II study was conducted as a single-institute trial for evaluation of the feasibility and efficacy of a new salvage chemotherapy, CHASE, for patients with refractory or relapsed lymphoma . The CHASE regimen, consisting of cyclophosphamide, cytosine arabinoside, etoposide, and dexamethasone, was administ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ogura M,Kagami Y,Taji H,Suzuki R,Miura K,Takeuchi T,Morishima Y

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia (Hb E/β-thalassemia) is a distinct, yet common, type of β-thalassemia, in which the patient co-inherits a β-thalassemia allele from one parent, and a structural variant, Hb E, from the other parent. This co-inheritance leads to remarkable clinical heterogeneity, varying degrees of chronic...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Algiraigri AH,Kassam A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imatinib mesylate binds to the inactive conformation of BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase, suppressing the Philadelphia chromosome-positive clone in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Clinical studies of imatinib have yielded impressive results in the treatment of all phases of CML. With the higher rates of complete cytogeneti...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Borthakur G,Cortes JE

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient with refractory multiple myeloma who showed a good response to a combination therapy with oral melphalan, dexamethasone, and thalidomide (MDT). A 48-year-old woman with myeloma refractory to thalidomide, dexamethasone, and clarithromycin received 6 mg melphalan for 4 days every 6 weeks in combinat...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Asou N,Izuno Y,Okubo T,Ide K,Ueno H,Kawakita M,Mitsuya H,Hata H

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two episodes of CMV retinitis in a pediatric patient who underwent a CD34+ selected graft from his haploidentical father. Both recipient and donor were cytomegalovirus (CMV) seropositive. Both episodes occurred late post-grafting during a phase of complete immunological recovery with sufficient numbers of ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Cesaro S,Boaro MP,Pillon M,Calore E,Cermakova I,Perruccio K,Mengoli C,Messina C

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Spontaneous improvement (SI) occurs more frequently in children with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (cITP) than in adults. It is generally accepted that, with the exception of splenectomy, conventional medical approaches for cITP do not change the natural course of the disease. Previous studies on pediatric cITP have...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kato M,Koh K,Kikuchi A,Hanada R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a rare case of a thrombus at the aortic arch found 1 month after cisplatin-based chemotherapy in a 50-year-old patient with a diagnosis of small cell lung cancer; there were no symptoms related to the thrombus. This patient did not have any predisposing factors for the development of an aortic thrombus befo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Chin SO,Lee JJ,Hwang YH,Han JJ,Maeng CH,Baek SK,Choi CW

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) is now undergoing clinical trials. We investigated the effects of rhG-CSF on the function of neutrophils in vivo in healthy volunteers. rhG-CSF (0.5 micrograms/kg) was injected subcutaneously for 6 consecutive days. The number of neutrophils in peripher...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Itoh Y,Kuratsuji T,Tsunawaki S,Aizawa S,Toyama K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune cytopenias are rare but serious complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We per-formed splenectomy in 2 patients who had severe autoimmune cytopenias after allogeneic HSCT (allo-HSCT) that were resist-ant to immunosuppressive treatment. The first patient underwent unrelated allo-H...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Proleznik I,Prentice HG,Pretnar J,Zver S,Cernelc P

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) and retinoic acid receptors (RARs) have been a focus in chemotherapy for human cancers. The tumor suppressor PTEN plays a pivotal role in the growth of human cancer cells. We investigated whether costimulation of PPARgamma and RAR could synergistically up-re...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Lee YR,Yu HN,Noh EM,Kim JS,Song EK,Han MK,Kim BS,Lee SH,Park J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, with features intermediate between diffuse large B cell lymphoma and Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a new entity in WHO classification 2008, and includes Burkitt-like transformation of follicular lymphoma (FL). However, the pathological significance of BCL-2/IgH translocation, which is chara...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kobayashi H,Ichikawa M,Hangaishi A,Imai Y,Kurokawa M

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Immunosuppressive therapy (IST) with antithymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine (CsA) is the standard treatment for children with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) with no human leukocyte antigen-matched siblings. Due to the unavailability of horse ATG in China, porcine antilymphocyte globulin (p-ALG), which is less exp...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Cui Q,Sha P,Chen H,Shen H,Qin L,Li Z,Wu T,Wang Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the successful treatment of cold agglutinin-associated refractory hemolysis with bortezomib in a patient with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM). A 78-year-old man was referred to our hospital with cold hemagglutinemia of unknown cause. Laboratory examination revealed a hemoglobin concentration of 6.9...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Izumi M,Tsunemine H,Suzuki Y,Tomita A,Kusumoto T,Kodaka T,Itoh K,Takahashi T

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:The BCR-ABL1 fusion gene is the driver mutation of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Its expression level in CML patients is monitored by a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction defined by the International Scale (qPCRIS). BCR-ABL1 has also been found in asymptomatic normal in...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kuan JW,Su AT,Tay SP,Fong IL,Kubota S,Su'ut L,Osato M,Sashida G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients with hematologic diseases received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) from related donors other than genotypically HLA-matched siblings. Their outcomes were compared with those of 102 patients who had received HSCT from genotypically HLA-matched siblings. All donors in the study grou...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tomonari A,Iseki T,Ooi J,Takahashi S,Ishii K,Takahashi T,Shindo M,Nagamura F,Uchimaru K,Nagayama H,Shirafuji N,Tojo A,Tani K,Asano S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and a poor performance status is challenging. An 89-year-old man with AML secondary to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and a poor performance status (4) underwent treatment with methylprednisolone (mPSL) (125 mg/body), which resulted in a remarkable r...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Suzuki K,Ohishi K,Sekine T,Masuya M,Katayama N

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent infection with human parvovirus B19 (B19) is primarily associated with chronic bone marrow failure in immunocompromised patients, but occasionally this organism may also affect immunocompetent hosts. B19 is also suggested as a causative agent of organ failure during bone marrow transplantation (BMT). We her...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Goto H,Ishida A,Fujii H,Kuroki F,Takahashi H,Ikuta K,Kai S,Yokota S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathecal administration of methotrexate (IT-MTX) can lead to neurotoxicity. MTX-induced neurotoxicity occasionally manifests with a stroke-like presentation that is difficult to distinguish from genuine stroke. We retrospectively reviewed records of nine patients with leukemia or lymphoma and episodes of stroke-lik...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Watanabe K,Arakawa Y,Oguma E,Uehara T,Yanagi M,Oyama C,Ikeda Y,Sasaki K,Isobe K,Mori M,Hanada R,Koh K

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00