Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: molecular pathogenesis.

abstract：:Cardiac dysfunction due to transfusional iron overload is one of the most critical complications for patients with transfusion-dependent hematological disorders. Clinical parameters such as total red blood cell (RBC) transfusion units and serum ferritin level are usually considered as indicators for initiation of iron...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sakuta J,Ito Y,Kimura Y,Park J,Tokuuye K,Ohyashiki K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma shows distinct immunological characteristics, such as the expression of the IgA isotype, the frequent presence of immunoglobulin abnormalities, and a strong association with autoimmune disease, especially Sjögren's syndrome (SjS). We report a case of thymic MALT...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sakamoto T,Yamashita K,Mizumoto C,Ueda M,Takeoka T,Hishita T,Hada S,Ohno T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombomodulin (TM) is an endothelial cell membrane glycoprotein which modulates coagulation via the formation of thrombin-TM complexes. We investigated the human megakaryoblastic cell line (UT-7) for the presence of functional TM on the cell surface and in cell lysates using a specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent ass...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ohashi K,Hirokawa K,Komatsu N,Aoki N

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wild-type Wilms tumor gene, WT1, is overexpressed in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) as well as acute myeloid leukemia. In a phase I clinical trial of biweekly vaccination with HLA-A*2402-restricted WT1 peptide for these malignancies, 2 patients with MDS developed severe leukocytopenia in association with a reducti...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kawakami M,Oka Y,Tsuboi A,Harada Y,Elisseeva OA,Furukawa Y,Tsukaguchi M,Shirakata T,Nishida S,Nakajima H,Morita S,Sakamoto J,Kawase I,Oji Y,Sugiyama H

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initial treatment with androgen (metenolone acetate) alone for 19 weeks had no effect in a 45-year-old Japanese female with refractory anemia (RA). The patient achieved trilineage hematologic recovery after addition of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and recombinant human erythropoietin...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Katayama Y,Kojima K,Omoto E,Harada M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunological abnormalities (IA) are frequently observed in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Although there have been a number of analyses of the prognostic factors, there have been few studies, if any, to determine whether IA affects prognosis. We investigated the prognosis of 153 MDS patients with or w...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Okamoto T,Okada M,Mori A,Saheki K,Takatsuka H,Wada H,Tamura A,Fujimori Y,Takemoto Y,Kanamaru A,Kakishita E

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired aplastic anemia (AA) is considered an immune-mediated disease because approximately 70% of AA patients improve with immunosuppressive therapy. However, little is known about the inciting antigens or the mechanisms responsible for the destruction of hematopoietic stem cells by immune system attack. Recent adva...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nakao S,Feng X,Sugimori C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Treg is a functionally distinct subset of mature T cells with broad suppressive activity and has been shown to play an important role in the establishment of immune tolerance after HSCT. Altered cytokine environment in post-HSCT lymphopenia with a relative functional deficiency of IL-2 could hamper the...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Matsuoka KI

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Home care has become a treatment option for cancer patients; however, medical practice at patients' homes has been expected mainly for terminal care in Japan. Most physicians believe that it is difficult to treat patients with hematologic malignancy at home because they frequently develop complications requiring urgen...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kodama Y,Kami M,Yuji K,Kuboya M,Komatsu T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with mild/moderate hemophilia (H)A, acquired HA (AHA) and lupus anticoagulants (LA), have prolonged aPTTs with low levels of factor (F)VIII activity, but the differentiation of these disorders is complex and time consuming. We established an approach to quickly differentiate these disorders using comprehensiv...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Matsumoto T,Nogami K,Shima M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutropenic enterocolitis is a frequent autopsy finding in adult patients with acute leukemias. The predisposing factors other than neutropenia are not clear. There are also contradictions about treatment. Therefore, this entity still presents a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma for clinicians. This retrospective stu...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Büyükaşik Y,Ozcebe OI,Haznedaroğlu IC,Sayinalp N,Soylu AR,Ozdemir O,Dündar S

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently developed an Invader assay combined with reverse transcriptase polymerase-chain-reaction in order to quantify T315I bcr-abl transcripts. Using this assay, we serially monitored T315I bcr-abl transcripts in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients whose bcr-abl transcripts were still detectable at 6 months a...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yamamoto M,Kakihana K,Ohashi K,Yamaguchi T,Tadokoro K,Akiyama H,Sakamaki H

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author would like to correct the error in the "Abstract" section of original publication as given below. ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ganz T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fas stimulation has been reported to promote the activation and proliferation of T lymphocytes, but the intracellular signalling pathways that mediate non-apoptotic responses to Fas are poorly defined. To distinguish between the activation signalling and the death-inducing pathway downstream of Fas, we generated a nov...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Shin MJ,Shim JH,Lee JY,Chae WJ,Lee HK,Morio T,Park JH,Chang EJ,Lee SK

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to reduced-intensity conditioning, which has expanded the eligibility for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) to older patients, increased availability of alternative donors, including HLA-mismatched unrelated donors, has increased access to allogeneic HCT for more patients. However, acute graft-versu...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Maeda Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine useful prognostic factors in treating childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), we correlated conventional risk factors and bone marrow response 14 days after induction chemotherapy. Our study included 116 precursor B-cell (n = 104) and T-cell (n = 12) ALL patients treated with our protocol between 19...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Morimoto A,Kuriyama K,Hibi S,Todo S,Yoshihara T,Kuroda H,Imashuku S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph-ALL) has improved with the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors, such as imatinib and dasatinib. We report a 63-year-old woman with Ph-ALL who maintained complete remission for 10 years using imatinib without high-intensity chemotherapy or a...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Fujimaki K,Hattori Y,Nakajima H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a systemic disorder caused by depositions of insoluble amyloid fibrils that are composed of fragments of monoclonal light chains produced by abnormal plasma cells. The prognosis is reported to be poor; median survival time (MST) is 1-2 years overall, and is 6 months in pa...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ishiguro K,Hayashi T,Igarashi T,Maruyama Y,Ikeda H,Ishida T,Shinomura Y

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor for macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) is expressed in monocytes/macrophages and their progenitor cells and stimulates both the growth and development of the blood-cell lineage. Although the specific components positively regulating M-CSF receptor signaling have been relatively well defined, it ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Suzu S,Motoyoshi K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfusion is believed to be the main cause of iron overload in Japan. A nationwide survey on post-transfusional iron overload subsequently led to the establishment of guidelines for iron chelation therapy in this country. To date, however, detailed clinical information on the entire iron overload population in Japan...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ikuta K,Hatayama M,Addo L,Toki Y,Sasaki K,Tatsumi Y,Hattori A,Kato A,Kato K,Hayashi H,Suzuki T,Kobune M,Tsutsui M,Gotoh A,Aota Y,Matsuura M,Hamada Y,Tokuda T,Komatsu N,Kohgo Y

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart is a rare primary site of lymphoma, and cardiac involvement is thought to bring a poorer prognosis. A framework of known clinical presentations, diagnostic features, disease complications, treatments, and outcomes to improve prognostication was constructed by a systematic review in 2011. However, some aspect...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Chen H,Qian S,Shi P,Liu L,Yang F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma levels of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR; CD87) measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were higher in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) (5.8 +/- 4.7 ng/ml, mean +/- S.D., n = 9) than in normal donors (2.0 +/- 0.8 ng/ml, mean +/- S.D., n = 15). The hi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ninomiya H,Hasegawa Y,Nagasawa T,Abe T

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：:Between 1978-1988, seven cases of multiple myeloma were found in T Town (population 9,000), which is located at the mouth of a large river within the boundaries of Tokushima City, Japan. This is a significantly high incidence, 7.06 per 100,000 as compared with an incidence of 1.20 in Tokushima City itself and 1.53 in ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kosaka M,Okagawa K,Miyamoto Y,Goto T,Saito S

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is very rare. The authors encountered a case of NK/T-cell lymphoma in a 36-year-old man who presented with an ulcerative mass on both tonsils. During assessment, HIV positivity was...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Oh SC,Choi CW,Kim BS,Shin SW,Kim YH,Lee JS,Kim MJ,Jung WY,Kim HK,Yeom BW,Kim IS,Kim JS

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to analyze the clinical characteristics and treatment of patients with primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the breast (PNHLB). Forty-five patients with PNHLB treated in our hospital during a 15-year period were retrospectively analyzed. Forty-four were females and one male, with a median a...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Guo HY,Zhao XM,Li J,Hu XC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jejunoileal involvement of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is an important diagnostic factor in determining optimal treatment strategies. Here, we used double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) to detect jejunoileal involvement of NHL and studied its clinical significance in a series of patients with NHL. Adults aged between 18 a...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ibuka T,Tsurumi H,Araki H,Hara T,Onogi F,Goto N,Kojima Y,Kanemura N,Shiraki M,Kasahara S,Shimizu M,Ogawa K,Ninomiya S,Nakanishi T,Kato T,Takami T,Moriwaki H

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils and other phagocytes migrate to the site of infection, ingest pathogens, and destroy them after releasing granule contents and active oxygen. These activities of the cells are closely associated with a rapid reorganization of the cytoskeleton, in which actin polymerizes, cross-links, anchors to the membran...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nunoi H,Yamazaki T,Kanegasaki S

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the crucial aid that newly developed target therapies are providing to chemotherapy and stem cell transplant, the cure for many hematological malignancies is still an unmet need. Although available therapies are able to induce an effective debulking of the tumor, most of the time, an insidious minimal residual...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bocchia M,Defina M,Aprile L,Sicuranza A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe hyperlipidaemia with asparaginase therapy is rare. We report six cases, four of which developed significant problems with severe hyperlipidaemia during induction therapy for ALL and lymphoblastic lymphoma. The median triglyceride level was 22.3 mmol/L and the median cholesterol level was 12.3 mmol/L. None of th...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Lashkari HP,Lancaster D,Atra A,Champion MP,Taj MM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00