Constitutively activated Rho guanosine triphosphatases regulate the growth and morphology of hairy cell leukemia cells.

abstract：:To prevent thromboembolic events associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), patients usually are treated with argatroban, lepirudin, and bivalirudin. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis of studies to comparing the treatment of HIT with the following direct thrombin inhibitor: argatroban versus lepirudin an...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sun Z,Lan X,Li S,Zhao H,Tang Z,Xi Y

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of rituximab to cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone (CHOP) improved the outcome of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). However, the impact of rituximab (R-CHOP) is still not determined in primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL), a subtype of DLBCL, especial...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ahn HK,Kim SJ,Yun J,Yi JH,Kim JH,Won YW,Kim K,Ko YH,Kim WS

更新日期：2010-04-01 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

abstract：:The correlation between infant leukemia and in utero exposure to topoisomerase II (topo-II) inhibitor has been clarified. We examined the in vitro effect of topo-II inhibitor (etoposide) on cleavage of the MLL gene in cord and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNCs). Southern blot analysis showed cleavage of the MLL...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ishii E,Eguchi M,Eguchi-Ishimae M,Yoshida N,Oda M,Zaitsu M,Fujita I,Miyazaki S,Hamasaki Y,Mizutani S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 76-year-old Japanese woman was hospitalized for ileus symptoms caused by extensive thrombosis of the superior mesenteric vein. Because laboratory test results suggested type III protein S (PS) deficiency, molecular changes in PS were investigated. A single-base transition, CCG to CTG at codon 626 in exon XV, resulti...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kato M,Iida S,Sato M,Hayami Y,Hanamura I,Miura K,Ito M,Harada S,Komatsu H,Wakita A,Manabe T,Ueda R

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:The antitumor effect of high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (auto-PBSCT) is considered superior to that of conventional chemotherapy. However, the long-term benefits of this strategy in Japan remain unclear. Therefore, in this study, 109 cancer patients enroll...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kohda K,Sakamaki S,Matsunaga T,Kuga T,Fujimi A,Konuma Y,Kusakabe T,Kogawa K,Akiyama T,Koike K,Hirayama Y,Sasagawa Y,Nojiri S,Hirata Y,Nishisato T,Niitsu GY,Hokkaido Society of Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and tyrosine kinase inhibitor have revolutionized the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In this study, the clinical impact of HSCT and imatinib mesylate (IM) was retrospectively analyzed in 28 children with CML treated in our institutes...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Muramatsu H,Takahashi Y,Sakaguchi H,Shimada A,Nishio N,Hama A,Doisaki S,Yagasaki H,Matsumoto K,Kato K,Kojima S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old man suffered from a left cervical lymph node swelling and tenderness. Biopsy of the cervical lymph node showed pleomorphic large cells containing large atypical nuclei. Immunohistochemical stains of these cells were positive for CD30, but negative for CD3 and CD20. After the biopsy, his left cervical ski...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Asano H,Imai Y,Ota S,Yamamoto G,Takahashi T,Fukayama M,Kurokawa M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cell sarcoma is a rare disease characterized by localized, but destructive and rapid, growth of the tumor, high risk of distant metastasis, possibility of a leukemic phase, and poor prognosis. We report successful treatment of uterine mast cell sarcoma with imatinib in a 39-year-old woman who presented with abdom...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ma HB,Xu X,Liu WP,Chang H,Zeng F,Wang YC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bortezomib and melphalan have synergistic effects against multiple myeloma (MM) cells. We conducted a pilot study on the combination of bortezomib and high-dose melphalan (Bor-HDM) as a conditioning regimen followed by autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) in 17 Japanese patients with newly diagnosed MM, in compariso...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Miyamoto T,Yoshimoto G,Kamimura T,Muta T,Takashima S,Ito Y,Shiratsuchi M,Choi I,Kato K,Takenaka K,Iwasaki H,Takamatsu Y,Teshima T,Akashi K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunosuppression (IS) therapy with antilymphocyte globulin (ALG) is currently the treatment of choice for patients with aplastic anemia who do not have histocompatible sibling donors or who are not candidates for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Thirty-eight patients with aplastic anemia who received ALG-based...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Feng YH,Yen CJ,Huang WT,Su WC,Chen TY,Tsao CJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The percentage of myeloperoxidase (MPO)-positive blast cells is a simple and highly significant prognostic factor in AML patients. It has been reported that the high MPO group (MPO-H), in which >50% of blasts are MPO activity positive, is associated with favorable karyotypes, while the low MPO group (≤50% of blasts ar...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tominaga-Sato S,Tsushima H,Ando K,Itonaga H,Imaizumi Y,Imanishi D,Iwanaga M,Taguchi J,Fukushima T,Yoshida S,Hata T,Moriuchi Y,Kuriyama K,Mano H,Tomonaga M,Miyazaki Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare comorbidity in colorectal cancer (CRC) and has an unknown etiology. Previously, we described an AIHA case secondary to CRC with ectopic band 3 expression. Herein, we investigated ectopic band 3 expression and erythrocyte membrane-bound IgG in a CRC cohort. Between September...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kitao A,Kawamoto S,Kurata K,Hayakawa I,Yamasaki T,Matsuoka H,Sumi Y,Kakeji Y,Kamesaki T,Minami H

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the results of unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) in a 12-year-old boy with Philadelphia chromosome- positive chronic myelogenous leukemia in the chronic phase and a high body weight (68.5 kg at transplantation). Only 1 of the 2 units used engrafted. This unit was not human leukocyte antigen (HLA) cl...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hung GY,Chiou TJ,Chang CY,Teng HW,Chen PM,Hwanga B

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been important progress in the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) in patients under 60 years. A remission rate of 80% can be achieved by several schedules, and 40-45% of patients diagnosed will survive. It may still be possible to improve remission induction treatment eg by intensifying the Ara-C dos...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Newland A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with t(9;22)-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) developed a resistance to therapy with imatinib mesylate (Glivec) which coincided with the appearance of t(5;6;12) in the same cells with t(9;22) [46,XX,t(5;6;12)(q14?;q21?;q23?),t(9;22)(q34;q11)]. She remains in a continuous chronic phase of CML. This...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Denčić-Fekete M,Đorđević V,Storlazzi CT,Janković G,Bogdanović A,Jovanović J,Rocchi M,Todorić-Živanović B,Strnad M,Gotić M

更新日期：2009-05-01 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 introduction of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) has made acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) a curable disease; however, early death prior to the completion of treatment remains a problem. In quantitative evaluation of response to ATRA treatment, lymphocytes must be excluded as they do not originally have t(15;17). ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sato K,Sakai H,Saiki Y,Uchida A,Uemura Y,Yokoi S,Tsuruoka Y,Nishio Y,Matsunawa M,Suzuki Y,Isobe Y,Kato M,Tomita N,Inoue Y,Miura I

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the relationship between treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and the development of chromosomal abnormalities and clonal evolution in adult aplastic anemia (AA) patients, we performed a prospective multicenter study. Of the 104 registered patients, 91 were found by the central rev...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bessho M,Hotta T,Ohyashiki K,Takahashi T,Mizoguchi H,Asano S,Ikeda Y,Sakurai M,Tojo A,Kizaki M,Iwanaga M,Tomonaga M,Hirashima K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CCR4 is expressed on tumor cells of most patients with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). Gain-of-function mutations of the CCR4 gene in ATL patients may be associated with alterations at the carboxyl terminus, a finding which led to a high efficacy anti-CCR4 antibody, mogamulizumab. Only a few studies have reporte...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sakamoto Y,Fujii K,Murase S,Nakano S,Masaki A,Murase T,Kusumoto S,Iida S,Utsunomiya A,Ueda R,Ishida T,Inagaki H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cells express a considerable level of CD33, which is the target of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO), and a significantly lower level of P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Therefore, GO is predicted to be a successful treatment for APL. In this article, we report on the GO treatment of 2 patients with ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Takeshita A,Shinjo K,Naito K,Matsui H,Sahara N,Shigeno K,Suzumura T,Horii T,Shirai N,Maekawa M,Yada Y,Teshima H,Takeuchi J,Ohnishi K,Ohno R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better understand the biology of adult T cell leukemia (ATL), we aimed to establish a novel method, which allows the primary growth of ATL cells using a co-culture system with murine bone marrow-derived stromal cells, MS-5. ATL cells grew in close contact with MS-5 layers and formed so-called "cobblestone ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nagai K,Jinnai I,Hata T,Usui T,Sasaki D,Tsukasaki K,Sugahara K,Hishikawa Y,Yamada Y,Tanaka Y,Koji T,Mano H,Kamihira S,Tomonaga M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of disease entities with well-defined clinical, morphological, immunophenotypic, and cytogenetic characteristics. Moreover, regional and racial differences have been reported in their incidence and subtype compositions. Here, we reviewed the epidemiology of lymphomas and summarized ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yoo KH,Lee H,Suh C,CISL.

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:McKee and Schover have suggested that sexuality is an aspect of intimacy that is frequently compromised by cancer and its treatments. Cancer, both in terms of diagnosis and treatments, may have a dramatic impact on both intimacy and sexuality. There is a body of published research addressing sexual concerns among pati...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Liptrott SJ,Shash E,Martinelli G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR)-mediated signaling may cause hematologic neoplasm. The PDGFR beta (PDGFRB) gene, located at chromosome band 5q31-33, forms a fusion gene as a result of chromosome translocation. Although patients with PDGFRB rearrangement mostly present with myeloproliferative n...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Shimomura Y,Maruoka H,Ishikawa T

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe fungal infections remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neutropenic patients undergoing dose-intensive chemotherapy for malignant diseases. Chronic disseminated candidiasis (CDC) is a life-threatening complication in neutropenic patients because of the lack of responsive hematopoietic precurs...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hübel K,Chemnitz J,Brochhagen HG,Cornely OA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKTL) is a rare disease with a poor prognosis. The long-term effect of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) on ENKTL has been reported occasionally but needs further investigation. In this retrospective study from a single center, 20 ENK...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Wang J,Wei L,Ye J,Yang L,Li X,Cong J,Yao N,Cui X,Wu Y,Ding J,Zhang L

更新日期：2018-01-01 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