Advances in the molecular and serological diagnosis of invasive fungal infection in haemato-oncology patients.

abstract：:To identify and treat patients at high risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia after bone marrow transplantation (BMT), we tested for CMV viraemia weekly, and performed broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) on day 35 post-transplant in 63 recipients. 36 allogeneic BMT recipients were at a high risk of CMV pneumonia (25 CMV-se...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ibrahim A,Gautier E,Roittmann S,Bourhis JH,Fajac A,Charnoz I,Terrier P,Salord JM,Tancrède C,Hayat M,Bernaudin JF,Pico JL

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood globin synthesis studies were done in 11 patients with delta beta-thalassaemia trait, Hb S-delta beta-thalassaemia or delta beta/betao-thalassaemia from two black and two Caucasian families. All patients had elevated Hb F and normal or decreased Hb A2 levels and 10 had family studies confirming the di...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kinney TR,Friedman S,Cifuentes E,Kim HC,Schwartz E

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total knee replacement (TKR) is a safe treatment for alleviating pain and restoring physical function in end-stage arthropathy of the knee. First reports of TKR in haemophiliacs date back to the mid-1970s, however detailed information on long-term outcome is scarce. This study evaluated factors influencing the outcome...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Solimeno LP,Mancuso ME,Pasta G,Santagostino E,Perfetto S,Mannucci PM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-10 protects against blood-induced cartilage damage in vitro. It has been hypothesized that the combination of these cytokines is effective if applied early in the process of cartilage damage. The present study investigated whether a single intra-articular injection of IL-4 ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： van Meegeren ME,Roosendaal G,Coeleveld K,Nieuwenhuizen L,Mastbergen SC,Lafeber FP

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood from five donors, previously shown to be positive for cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA following polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, was filtered through commercially available leucocyte filters. Analysis of pre- and post-filtration samples by PCR with ethidium bromide staining has shown that filtration was ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Smith KL,Cobain T,Dunstan RA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myelotoxicities of three antiretroviral agents, 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT), carbovir (CBV) and 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (d4T), were evaluated in vitro with normal human and murine haematopoietic progenitor cells. These studies demonstrated that continuous AZT exposure was more inhibitory to hum...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Du DL,Volpe DA,Grieshaber CK,Murphy MJ Jr

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the positron emission tomography (PET) era, traditional prognostic factors may not apply for patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Moreover, little is known about prognostic factors in patients transplanted for transform...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Armand P,Welch S,Kim HT,LaCasce AS,Jacobsen ED,Davids MS,Jacobson C,Fisher DC,Brown JR,Coughlin E,Freedman AS,Chen YB

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygosity for a C8524T transition in the protein C gene converting Ser270(TCG) to Leu(TTG) in the protease domain was identified in a family with venous thrombosis. The mutation was associated with parallel reduction in plasma levels of protein C anticoagulant activity and protein C antigen, which is consistent w...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lind B,Koefoed P,Thorsen S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease (SCD) in Saudi patients from the Eastern Province is associated with the Arab-Indian (AI) HBB (β-globin gene) haplotype. The phenotype of AI SCD in children was described as benign and was attributed to their high fetal haemoglobin (HbF). We conducted a hospital-based study to assess the pattern of...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Alsultan A,Alabdulaali MK,Griffin PJ,Alsuliman AM,Ghabbour HA,Sebastiani P,Albuali WH,Al-Ali AK,Chui DH,Steinberg MH

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last few years there has been rapid and radical change in the way clinical research in the UK is funded and supported within the NHS. This has resulted from restructuring and major new investment in research infrastructure, co-ordinated through Clinical Local Research Networks (CLRNs) and equivalent organisat...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Collins PW,Baglin TP,Dang R,Evans G,Greaves M,Laffan M,Pasi KJ,Rose P,Stanworth S,Toh CH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCLs) are rare CD30+ peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs) classified according to the expression of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK+) protein or not (ALK-). We have analysed the outcome and risk factors for survival in a population-based bi-national cohort of patients with systemic...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cederleuf H,Bjerregård Pedersen M,Jerkeman M,Relander T,d'Amore F,Ellin F

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responsiveness of bone marrow erythroid progenitors (CFU-E and BFU-E) to recombinant human erythropoietin (rh-Ep) was investigated in vitro in 21 patients with multiple myeloma to assess the clinical usefulness of rh-Ep in this disease. CFU-E and BFU-E assays were performed by methylcellulose culture methods. The ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Aoki I,Nishijima K,Homori M,Nakahara K,Higashi K,Ishikawa K

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a distinct lymphoma subtype with a particularly poor clinical outcome. The clinical relevance of the morphological characteristics of these tumours remains uncertain. The European MCL Network reviewed 304 cases of MCL to determine the prognostic significance of histopathological character...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tiemann M,Schrader C,Klapper W,Dreyling MH,Campo E,Norton A,Berger F,Kluin P,Ott G,Pileri S,Pedrinis E,Feller AC,Merz H,Janssen D,Hansmann ML,Krieken H,Möller P,Stein H,Unterhalt M,Hiddemann W,Parwaresch R,Europ

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:During the 3 years 1984-86, 314 cases of multiple myeloma were diagnosed in the Health Care Region of Western Sweden. 180 of these cases were included in a clinical trial; 71 were notified to the trial but excluded; 49 cases were not reported to the trial; 14 were diagnosed post mortem. The crude incidence rate of mye...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hjorth M,Holmberg E,Rödjer S,Westin J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we show that in vitro cultured human polyclonal NK cell lines and clones express the Ki-1/CD30 Hodgkin-associated antigen, identified by the BER-H2 monoclonal antibody. The percentage of BER-H2+ cells ranged from 19% to 67% in five polyclonal NK cell lines and was 31% and 20% in two NK clones. The intens...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cambiaggi A,Cantoni C,Marciano S,De Totero D,Pileri S,Tazzari PL,Stein H,Ferrini S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) were treated with cyclosporine. The treatment with cyclosporine was based on the hypothesis that immune-mediated bone-marrow damage is the common pathogenetic mechanism of aplasia and PNH, with lack of GPI-linked ligands for an immune attack (i.e. LFA-3, CD...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： van Kamp H,van Imhoff GW,de Wolf JT,Smit JW,Halie MR,Vellenga E

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal rearrangements involving the MECOM (MDS1 and EVI1 complex) locus are recurrent genetic events in myeloid leukaemia and are associated with poor prognosis. In this study, we assessed the role of MECOM locus protein EVI1 in the transcriptional regulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) involved in the leukaemic phenot...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： De Weer A,Van der Meulen J,Rondou P,Taghon T,Konrad TA,De Preter K,Mestdagh P,Van Maerken T,Van Roy N,Jeison M,Yaniv I,Cauwelier B,Noens L,Poirel HA,Vandenberghe P,Lambert F,De Paepe A,Sánchez MG,Odero M,Verhasselt

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilia B Leyden is characterized by severe factor IX deficiency during childhood with partial resolution at puberty or following the administration of anabolic steroids. The disorder has recently been associated with point mutations in the putative factor IX promoter region, which contains an imperfect direct rep...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Royle G,Van de Water NS,Berry E,Ockelford PA,Browett PJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The granulocytes of 23 patients with chronic granulocytic leukaemia were examined in the indirect immunofluorescence test and some also in the microleucoagglutination test, with specific alloantisera against the NA1, NA2, NB1 and ND1 antigens and a specific granulocyte xenoantiserum. In 10 cases a complete loss of all...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Reijden JH,von dem Borne AE,Verheugt FW,Floor-van Gent AB,Melief CJ,Engelfriet CP

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is uncommon. Children with Fanconi anaemia (FA), however, have a very high risk of developing AML. FA is a rare inherited disease caused by mutations in at least 12 genes, of which Fanconi anaemia group G gene (FANCG) is one of the commonest. To address to what extent FANCG vari...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Meyer S,Barber LM,White DJ,Will AM,Birch JM,Kohler JA,Ersfeld K,Blom E,Joenje H,Eden TO,Malcolm Taylor G

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are implicated in cytotoxic drug resistance in leukaemia. In a previous study, expression of mu class GST (GSTM) was associated with poor prognosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), however, that study did not differentiate between individual GSTM isoforms. This study,...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kearns PR,Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM,Pieters R,Veerman A,Hall AG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imatinib mesylate (IM, STI 571, Glivec) can induce a high rate of complete cytogenetic response (CCR) in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) patients, although to date the majority of patients continue to have detectable disease by sensitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). It is therefore possibl...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Drummond MW,Marin D,Clark RE,Byrne JL,Holyoake TL,Lennard A,United Kingdom Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (UK CML) Working Party.

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Ph1-positive chronic granulocytic leukaemia with hitherto undescribed translocations are presented. In case 1 the deleted part of chromosome number 22q- was translocated to the short arm of the X chromosome, t(X;22)(p22;q11). Pronounced basophilia, trisomy 19 in the majority of metaphases, and a partial c...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hossfeld DK,Köhler S

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the importance of adverse event (AE) reporting, AEs are under-reported on clinical trials. We hypothesized that electronic medical record (EMR) data can ascertain laboratory-based AEs more accurately than those ascertained manually. EMR data on 12 AEs for patients enrolled on two Children's Oncology Group (COG...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Miller TP,Li Y,Getz KD,Dudley J,Burrows E,Pennington J,Ibrahimova A,Fisher BT,Bagatell R,Seif AE,Grundmeier R,Aplenc R

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Allo-HSCT) is a standard treatment option for many patients with haematological malignancies. Historically, patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission for transplant-related toxicities have fared extremely poorly, with high ICU mortality rates...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Townsend WM,Holroyd A,Pearce R,Mackinnon S,Naik P,Goldstone AH,Linch DC,Peggs KS,Thomson KJ,Singer M,Howell DC,Morris EC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FOXP2 mutation causes a severe inherited speech and language defect, while the related transcription factors FOXP1, FOXP3 and FOXP4 are implicated in cancer. FOXP2 mRNA and protein expression were characterised in normal human tissues, haematological cell lines and multiple myeloma (MM) patients' samples. FOXP2 mRNA a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Campbell AJ,Lyne L,Brown PJ,Launchbury RJ,Bignone P,Chi J,Roncador G,Lawrie CH,Gatter KC,Kusec R,Banham AH

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of heat-shockprotein 90 (Hsp90) have been proposed as a novel therapeutic option for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL), particularly as their mechanism of action appears independent of mutations of ATM or TP53. We investigated the activity of a novel Hsp90 inhibitor, SNX7081, against a panel of eight haem...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Best OG,Singh N,Forsyth C,Mulligan SP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously established a serum-free (SF) culture medium, which supports normal haemopoietic progenitor cell growth for at least 4 weeks as does conventional serum dependent (SD) medium. In the present study, we investigated the efficacy of such a defined SF liquid medium which sustained in vitro residual norma...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Da WM,Douay L,Barbu V,Fabrega S,Allieri MA,Drouet X,Deloux J,Giarratana MC,Ozsahin H,van den Akker J,Vanhaeke D,Gorin NC

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently identified a human minor histocompatibility (H) antigen, encoded by UDP glycosyltransferase 2 family, polypeptide B17 (UGT2B17), whose immunogenicity results from differential expression in donor and recipient cells as a consequence of a homozygous deletion of the UGT2B17 gene. UGT2B17 is highly expressed ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Terakura S,Murata M,Nishida T,Emi N,Akatsuka Y,Riddell SR,Morishima Y,Kodera Y,Naoe T

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00