Tandem transplants with different high-dose regimens improve the complete remission rates in multiple myeloma. Results of a Grupo Español de Síndromes Linfoproliferativos/Trasplante Autólogo de Médula Osea phase II trial.

abstract：:125I IgG anti-D binding to reticulocytes obtained by density fractionation is reduced relative to that bound to all other red cell (RBC) fractions. Maximum D antigen reactivity occurs following reticulocyte maturation with no detectable change in D reactivity of mature RBC throughout their life span. Reticulocytes hav...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gray LS,Kleeman JE,Masouredis SP

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is an important complication of bone marrow transplantation in humans. Risk factors are imprecisely defined and controversial. We analysed data from 2036 recipients of HLA-identical sibling transplants for leukaemia or aplastic anaemia to identify risk factors for GvHD. Analyses ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gale RP,Bortin MM,van Bekkum DW,Biggs JC,Dicke KA,Gluckman E,Good RA,Hoffmann RG,Kay HE,Kersey JH

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In advanced chronic myeloid leukaemia patients, STI-571 produces complete haematological response in most cases and cytogenetic response in up to 50%. However, these patients often suffer periods of pancytopenia, which can lead to life-threatening complications, and is probably due to the small number of residual norm...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lewalle P,Meuleman N,Verhest A,Bron D,Martiat P

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analogous to T cells, Natural Killer (NK) cells may facilitate engraftment, combat infection, and control cancer in bone marrow or haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT); however, NK cells do not cause graft-versus-host disease. Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) regulate NK cell function, and recent...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Leung W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to assess the potential of human cord blood (CB) cells to engraft in the xenogenic non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient (NOD/SCID) mouse model after in vitro expansion culture. We also studied the quality of human haemopoiesis arising from the transplantation of fresh or expanded cells i...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Denning-Kendall PA,Evely R,Singha S,Chapman M,Bradley BA,Hows JM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-related neutropenia is a common observation in AIDS patients. Haematological growth factors are therefore increasingly used in combination with myelotoxic agents to reduce the risk of infection and to improve the haematological tolerance of these regimens. We report a case of an AIDS patient with Kaposi's sarcoma...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hermans P,Gori A,Lemone M,Franchioly P,Clumeck N

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate clinical staging is crucial for adequate risk-adapted treatment in Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) to prevent patients from under- or over-treatment. Within the latest German Hodgkin Study Group trial generation, diagnostic findings such as histopathology, computerized tomography imaging and clinical risk factors were ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bröckelmann PJ,Goergen H,Fuchs M,Kriz J,Semrau R,Baues C,Kobe C,Behringer K,Eichenauer DA,von Tresckow B,Klimm B,Halbsguth T,Wongso D,Plütschow A,Haverkamp H,Dietlein M,Eich HT,Stein H,Diehl V,Borchmann P,Engert A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied 61 patients who underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in first chronic phase. Minimal residual disease was detected by the amplification of the leukaemia-specific BCR-ABL fusion mRNA with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using a highly sensitive n...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cross NC,Hughes TP,Feng L,O'Shea P,Bungey J,Marks DI,Ferrant A,Martiat P,Goldman JM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike previously reported cases with total protein 4.2 deficiency due to mutations in the EPB42 gene, we describe a total deficiency in protein 4.2 with normal EPB42 alleles. Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) was observed in a Japanese woman (unsplenectomized) and her daughter (splenectomized). The mother showed a partia...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kanzaki A,Hayette S,Morlé L,Inoue F,Matsuyama R,Inoue T,Yawata A,Wada H,Vallier A,Alloisio N,Yawata Y,Delaunay J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haem biosynthesis is the most important destination for absorbed iron, hence it can be hypothesized that iron absorption regulation should be integrated with haem metabolism. As an initial step to test this hypothesis, the effect on iron absorption of Tin-mesoporphyrin (SnMP), inhibitor of haem oxygenase, altering hae...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Laftah AH,Raja K,Simpson RJ,Peters TJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains a significant complication in patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) using a reduced intensity conditioning regimen. Although T-cell depletion (TCD) reduces the risk of GVHD after a myeloablative conditioning regimen, it is associated with an increased r...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Craddock C,Bardy P,Kreiter S,Johnston R,Apperley J,Marks D,Huber C,Kolbe K,Goulding R,Lawler M,Goldman J,Hughes T,Derigs G

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distinguishing Burkitt lymphoma (BL) from B cell lymphoma, unclassifiable with features intermediate between diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and BL (DLBCL/BL), and DLBCL is challenging. We propose an immunohistochemistry and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) based scoring system that is employed in three ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Naresh KN,Ibrahim HA,Lazzi S,Rince P,Onorati M,Ambrosio MR,Bilhou-Nabera C,Amen F,Reid A,Mawanda M,Calbi V,Ogwang M,Rogena E,Byakika B,Sayed S,Moshi E,Mwakigonja A,Raphael M,Magrath I,Leoncini L

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and IL-1beta are considered to be involved in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma (MM). In the present study, we examined a G/C polymorphism at position -174 in the promoter region of IL-6, a biallelic polymorphism at pos...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Zheng C,Huang DR,Bergenbrant S,Sundblad A,Osterborg A,Björkholm M,Holm G,Yi Q

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many immune dysfunctions participate in immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) pathogenesis, including numeric and functional defects in suppressor T (Ts) cells and immune-regulation abnormalities in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Recent studies showed that MSCs can promote Ts cell differentiation. Thus, we compared the Ts cel...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Li H,Guan Y,Sun B,Dou X,Liu X,Xue F,Fu R,Zhang L,Yang R

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) harvested from children with cancer and exposed to chemotherapy exhibit defective bactericidal activities against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative microorganisms as well as accelerated apoptosis. In this study, PMN from children with cancer were eval...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lejeune M,Cantinieaux B,Harag S,Ferster A,Devalck C,Sariban E

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six members of four generations of one family in which a man was diagnosed in 1961 as having von Willebrand's disease (vWD) have been studied. Subtype IIB vWD and autosomal dominant inheritance was identified in 19 individuals with bleeding signs varying in severity and frequency. The absence of high molecular ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mazurier C,Parquet-Gernez A,Goudemand J,Taillefer MF,Goudemand M

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PFA-100 measures platelet plug formation under shear stress and is strongly dependent on von Willebrand Factor (VWF) levels in plasma. We therefore hypothesized that elevated VWF levels, possibly as a result of acute inflammation, adversely influence PFA-100 results. Healthy volunteers received either 2 ng/kg endo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Homoncik M,Blann AD,Hollenstein U,Pernerstorfer T,Eichler HG,Jilma B

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic role of CD20 expression and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positivity in post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) after solid organ transplantation (SOT) in paediatric patients is poorly understood. We retrospectively examined the relationship of CD20 and EBV with the time interval from SOT to PTLD ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Orjuela MA,Alobeid B,Liu X,Siebert AL,Kott ER,Addonizio LJ,Morris E,Garvin JH,Lobritto SJ,Cairo MS

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation has been proposed as a new technology to decrease immunogenicity of leucocytes in platelet transfusions. UV radiation also induces platelet aggregation, which occurs most effectively at wavelengths between 240 and 280 nm and falls off sharply above 300 nm. In order to m...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： van Prooijen HC,van Marwijk Kooy M,van Weelden H,Aarts-Riemens MI,Borghuis L,Akkerman JW

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell receptor (BCR) signalling is an important pathway in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). In response to BCR triggering, normal and malignant B cells secrete the chemokines CCL3 and CCL4 to attract accessory cells to the tissue microenvironment. We measured CCL3 and CCL4 serum concentrations in 102 patients w...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Takahashi K,Sivina M,Hoellenriegel J,Oki Y,Hagemeister FB,Fayad L,Romaguera JE,Fowler N,Fanale MA,Kwak LW,Samaniego F,Neelapu S,Xiao L,Huang X,Kantarjian H,Keating MJ,Wierda W,Fu K,Chan WC,Vose JM,O'Brien S,Davi

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of granulocyte-macrophage clones formed in agar culture of bone marrow is dependent on levels of colony stimulating activity (CSA) a proposed in vivo haemopoietic regulator. A dose-response relationship for stimulation of human haemopoietic cells by CSA is demonstrated, which could be explained by threshold...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Francis GE,Berney JJ,Hoffebrand AV

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in primary confluent cultures lost their normal polygonal shape and assumed a 'contracted' appearance as judged by phase contrast microscopy when exposed to highly purified bovine thrombin (2 N.I.H. u/ml). Total actin in thrombin-exposed cells did not differ from that of ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Galdal KS,Evensen SA,Høglund AS,Nilsen E

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and the mixed myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disorder juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML) are rare haematopoietic stem cell diseases in children. While MDS-initiating events remain largely obscure, a growing body of clinical, genetic and laboratory evidence suggests that JMML i...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Niemeyer CM,Kratz CP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Abl kinase inhibitor STI571 (imatinib mesylate) induces haematological remissions in many patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) but advanced stage CML usually becomes resistant to STI571. We describe a patient in whom progressive resistance to STI571 correlated with the appearance of a mutation in the Bcr-...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Barthe C,Gharbi MJ,Lagarde V,Chollet C,Cony-Makhoul P,Reiffers J,Goldman JM,Melo JV,Mahon FX

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proportion of T gamma and T mu lymphocytes was studied in 40 cases of B-chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) and six of B-prolymphocytic leukaemia (B-PLL). The significant increase in T gamma cells, previously reported in two small B-CLL series, was confirmed and shown to be directly correlated with the clinical ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Catovsky D,Lauria F,Matutes E,Foa R,Mantovani V,Tura S,Galton DA

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serial study of coagulation activation and whole-blood viscosity was performed on 37 patients with local or systemic bacterial infection, malaria, or a viral infection. Thrombocytopenia, without consumption of coagulation factors, was the main feature of benign tertian malaria and viral infection, whereas in septica...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Richardson SG,Matthews KB,Cruickshank JK,Geddes AM,Stuart J

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T(3;14)(q27;q32) is frequently detected in B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, especially the diffuse large cell type and the follicular type. The BCL6 gene encoding a putative transcriptional factor which resides on 3q27 rearranges to the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene on 14q32 in this chromosomal translocation. T...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kawamata N,Nakamura Y,Miki T,Sato E,Isobe Y,Furusawa S,Hirosawa S,Oshimi K

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) after haemopoietic stem cell transplantation is a serious complication that occurs in 8-22% of patients with high-risk factors. We retrospectively investigated tolerance and efficacy of humanized anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab) as first-line treatment in 12...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Faye A,Quartier P,Reguerre Y,Lutz P,Carret AS,Dehée A,Rohrlich P,Peuchmaur M,Matthieu-Boué A,Fischer A,Vilmer E

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL) have suboptimal outcomes using conventional CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) chemotherapy. The anti-folate pralatrexate, the first drug approved for patients with relapsed/refractory PTCL, provided a rationale to incorporate it into the front-line setting...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Advani RH,Ansell SM,Lechowicz MJ,Beaven AW,Loberiza F,Carson KR,Evens AM,Foss F,Horwitz S,Pro B,Pinter-Brown LC,Smith SM,Shustov AR,Savage KJ,Vose JM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal enzyme activities and isoenzyme profiles were measured in lymphoid and non-lymphoid leukaemic cells from childhood patients. High activities, especially of beta-hexosaminidase and alpha-mannosidase, were associated with leukaemic cells of myeloid or monocytic origin. Leukaemic cells from two children with ac...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Eden OB,Darbyshire P,Simpson RM,Besley GT,Moss S,Gentle T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00