Role of receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL), osteoprotegerin and macrophage protein 1-alpha (MIP-1a) in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS).

abstract：:Five monoclonal antibodies have been tested for their ability to bind to myeloid precursor cells in normal human bone marrow. Indirect immunofluorescence and the fluorescence activated cell sorter was used to separate cells according to their reactivity for trial culture in vitro in order to grow granulocyte-macrophag...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Crawford DH,Francis GE,Wing MA,Edwards AJ,Janossy G,Hoffbrand AV,Prentice HG,Secher D,McConnell I,Kung PC,Goldstein G

更新日期：1981-10-01 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：:During treatment of human red cells with phospholipase A2 from bee venom, a linear increase of the MCV and of the osmotic fragility occurs in parallel with the cleavage of the accessible phospholipids. However, even after maximal hydrolysis, i.e. degradation of up to 65% of the phosphatidylcholines and up to 6% of the...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Vaysse J,Pilardeau P,Gattegno L,Garnier M

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over recent years. Clinicians are increasingly being challenged with making uncertain anticoagulant dosing decisions, as the optimal dosing strategy for most anticoagulants in the obese patient population remains unknown. Research published to date suggests that th...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Patel JP,Roberts LN,Arya R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In agreement with a recently published manuscript, this present study demonstrated that CD38+ sub-populations had increased proliferative activity as evidenced by higher Ki-67 expression (P < 0.0001). This raised the possibility that the CD38+ fraction is exposed to an increased risk of clonal evolution. However, seri...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lin TT,Hewamana S,Ward R,Taylor H,Payne T,Pratt G,Baird D,Fegan C,Pepper C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eculizumab is the first and only medication approved for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) treatment. However, eculizumab safety based on long-term pharmacovigilance is unknown. This analysis summarises safety data collected from spontaneous and solicited source...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Socié G,Caby-Tosi MP,Marantz JL,Cole A,Bedrosian CL,Gasteyger C,Mujeebuddin A,Hillmen P,Vande Walle J,Haller H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary analysis of the ASPIRE study found that the addition of carfilzomib to lenalidomide and dexamethasone (carfilzomib group) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) compared with lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone (control group) in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma (RMM). This post hoc a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dimopoulos MA,Stewart AK,Masszi T,Špička I,Oriol A,Hájek R,Rosiñol L,Siegel D,Mihaylov GG,Goranova-Marinova V,Rajnics P,Suvorov A,Niesvizky R,Jakubowiak A,San-Miguel J,Ludwig H,Palumbo A,Obreja M,Aggarwal S,Moreau P

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) mRNA was studied in human adherent monocytes in response to the protein kinase C activator, oleolyl-acetylglycerol (OAG), the calcium-ionophore A23187 and the cyclic AMP elevating agents, dibutyryl c-AMP (DBcAMP), cholera toxin an...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Vellenga E,van der Vinne B,De Wolf JT,Halie MR

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a retrospective analysis of outcome in 45 patients with multiple myeloma receiving unrelated donor stem cell transplants (UD-SCT) in the UK between 1993 and 2002; 17 received myeloablative conditioning regimens and 28 received reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) protocols. Forty patients received pretran...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Shaw BE,Peggs K,Bird JM,Cavenagh J,Hunter A,Alejandro Madrigal J,Russell NH,Sirohi B,Towlson K,Williams CD,Marks DI,Clinical Trials Committee of the British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is an historical account of the randomised trials in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the UK between the years 1978 to 2004, describing their gestation, the treatments used and the main lessons learnt. Those lessons include: (1) how best to use chlorambucil, which was the first effective treatment for CLL; (2) th...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Catovsky D,Else M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is increasingly appreciated as an inflammatory condition associated with alterations in immune phenotype and function. In this cross-sectional study we performed a multiparameter analysis of 18 immune markers in 114 paediatric SCD patients divided by treatment group [those receiving hydroxycr...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Nickel RS,Osunkwo I,Garrett A,Robertson J,Archer DR,Promislow DE,Horan JT,Hendrickson JE,Kean LS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited therapies exist for patients with refractory and relapsed (RR) higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (HR-MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia with trilineage dysplasia (AML-TD). High dose (HD) lenalidomide (50 mg) has activity as frontline therapy in elderly AML but there is limited data in the RR setting. This ph...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Zeidan AM,Smith BD,Carraway HE,Gojo I,DeZern A,Gore SD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively studied presentation biological differences and the response to therapy in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) associated with, or unrelated to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. TTP patients underwent standard evaluations and were treated with prednisone 1 mg/kg in addi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Novitzky N,Thomson J,Abrahams L,du Toit C,McDonald A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Medical Research Council (MRC) Myeloma IX trial (ISRCTN684564111) patients were randomised to sodium clodronate or zoledronic acid and induction treatment: cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin and dexamethasone (CVAD) or cyclophosphamide, thalidomide and dexamethasone (CTD) followed by autologous stem cel...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Royle KL,Gregory WM,Cairns DA,Bell SE,Cook G,Owen RG,Drayson MT,Davies FE,Jackson GH,Morgan GJ,Child JA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary ocular lymphoma (POL), a lymphoma of the globe, is a restricted form of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) that often progresses to the brain and meninges; frequently it is misdiagnosed until central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma develops. The optimal treatment has not yet been identified. We retr...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hormigo A,Abrey L,Heinemann MH,DeAngelis LM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of factor IX gene polymorphisms is considered the best approach for prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection of haemophilia B when the identification of the gene mutation is not possible. Studies involving factor IX gene polymorphisms in Black populations are scarce and essentially restricted to the North-Ame...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Figueiredo MS,Bowen DJ,Silva Júnior WA,Zago MA

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:The identification of acquired CALR mutations in patients with essential thrombocythaemia (ET) or myelofibrosis (MF) has meant that disease-initiating mutations can now be detected in about 90% of all patients with a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN). Here, we show that only those CALR mutations that cause a +1 frames...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Martin S,Wright CM,Scott LM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary hyperferritinaemia cataract syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by heterogeneous mutations of the iron regulatory element (IRE) in the ferritin l-chain mRNA. The mutations are rare and fast DNA scanning would facilitate diagnosis. The aim of the study was to compare the analytical performances...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cremonesi L,Paroni R,Foglieni B,Galbiati S,Fermo I,Soriani N,Belloli S,Ruggeri G,Biasiotto G,Cazzola M,Ferrari F,Ferrari M,Arosio P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have assessed the effects of the diphosphonate, dichloromethylene diphosphonate (Cl2MDP), in 19 patients with hypercalcaemia and increased bone resorption due to myeloma. Cl2MDP (800-3200 mg daily by mouth or 300 mg daily by intravenous infusion) decreased plasma calcium and biochemical indices of increased bone re...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Paterson AD,Kanis JA,Cameron EC,Douglas DL,Beard DJ,Preston FE,Russell RG

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study provides evidence for clonal evolution in pre-B-cell leukaemia. At diagnosis, the lymphoblasts from a 3-year-old boy were morphologically subtyped as L1 (French-American-British classification). Their immunophenotype was CALLA+, CIgM+, SIg-, TdT+, and the karyotype was pseudodiploid with a 1;19 translo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Abromowitch M,Williams DL,Melvin SL,Stass S

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma iron turnover (PIT) and ferritin synthesis in the liver and spleen were studied in rats within the first 24 h of inflammation produced by turpentine injection. Comparison of the sequential changes in PIT and ferritin synthesis showed that alterations in ferritin synthesis preceded the changes in plasma iron exc...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Konijn AM,Hershko C

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 (IL6) plays a central role in multiple myeloma pathogenesis and confers resistance to corticosteroid-induced apoptosis. We therefore evaluated the efficacy and safety of siltuximab, an anti-IL6 monoclonal antibody, alone and in combination with dexamethasone, for patients with relapsed or refractory mult...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Voorhees PM,Manges RF,Sonneveld P,Jagannath S,Somlo G,Krishnan A,Lentzsch S,Frank RC,Zweegman S,Wijermans PW,Orlowski RZ,Kranenburg B,Hall B,Casneuf T,Qin X,van de Velde H,Xie H,Thomas SK

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the molecular basis of the beta-thalassaemias and sickle cell disease (SCD) has made it clear that patients with the same beta-globin genotypes can have very variable patterns of clinical expression. Extensive biochemical and pathophysiological studies over the last 50 years have derived two major mo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Thein SL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current laboratory diagnostic methods for invasive fungal infection (IFI) in haemato-oncology patients are insensitive, resulting in late diagnosis and contributing to high mortality. In recent years, progress has been made in the development and evaluation of sensitive sero-diagnostic assays, including detection of g...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： McLintock LA,Jones BL

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cell (DC) differentiation was investigated in samples from two acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) patients with classic translocation t(15;17)(q22;q21). After 18 d of culture in the presence of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin 4 and tumour necrosis factor alpha, 10-15% of pathol...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rigolin GM,Della Porta M,Bigoni R,Tieghi A,Cuneo A,Castoldi G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-immune IgG binds to red cell integral membrane proteins obtained by mild alkaline extraction of ghosts. Detergent gel chromatography and electrophoretic analyses of IgG-membrane protein complexes obtained by nonionic detergent solubilization and affinity binding to protein A indicate that three polypeptides partic...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Victoria EJ,Mahan LC,Masouredis SP

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic sibling bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is the recommended treatment for relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), but appropriate donors are only available in 30% of cases. Unfortunately, BMT from unrelated donors (UD) has been associated with high rates of severe graft-versus-host disease ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Oakhill A,Pamphilon DH,Potter MN,Steward CG,Goodman S,Green A,Goulden P,Goulden NJ,Hale G,Waldmann H,Cornish JM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The odds ratio of homozygosity or heterozygosity for the TNF2 polymorphism in 575 patients with venous thromboembolism compared to controls was found to be 1.0 (95% CI 0.4-2.1) and 1.1 (95% CI 0.8-1.4) respectively. Comparing subgroups of patients and controls with the factor V Leiden mutation the odds ratio for the T...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Brown K,Luddington R,Baglin T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is one of early success. However, disease-free survival (DFS) does not reflect latent organ injury and its impact on health status and well-being beyond 5 years. In fact, we are at a crossroads, in terms of needing individualized approaches to maintain DFS, while minimizing late ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Castellino SM,Parsons SK,Kelly KM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00