Multiple platelet defects identified by flow cytometry at diagnosis in acute myeloid leukaemia.

abstract：:Clofarabine was the latest new drug to be approved, in 2004, for relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). To investigate its value in the frontline treatment of ALL we applied clofarabine 5 × 40 mg/m(2) in combination with pegylated asparaginase (PEG-ASP) 1 × 2500 iu/m(2) in high risk ALL patients a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Escherich G,Zur Stadt U,Zimmermann M,Horstmann MA,CoALL study group.

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the value of performing a staging bone marrow in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), follicular lymphoma (FL) and classical hodgkin lymphoma (CHL). The results of 3112 staging bone marrow examinations were assessed for impact on prognostic assessment and critical treatment deci...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Painter D,Smith A,de Tute R,Crouch S,Roman E,Jack A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody (mAb) drugs are desirable for the improvement of multiple myeloma (MM) treatment. In this study, we found for the first time that CD48 was highly expressed on MM plasma cells. In 22 out of 24 MM patients, CD48 was expressed on more than 90% of MM plasma cells at significantly higher levels than it ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hosen N,Ichihara H,Mugitani A,Aoyama Y,Fukuda Y,Kishida S,Matsuoka Y,Nakajima H,Kawakami M,Yamagami T,Fuji S,Tamaki H,Nakao T,Nishida S,Tsuboi A,Iida S,Hino M,Oka Y,Oji Y,Sugiyama H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular lymphoma (FL) is a heterogeneous disease; therefore, reliable prognostic tools are needed to plan treatment strategies. The FL International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) was developed before the rituximab era, while the PRIMA-PI was built on rituximab chemotherapy. Our objective was to evaluate these two progno...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kimby E,Lockmer S,Holte H,Hagberg H,Wahlin BE,Brown P,Østenstad B

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with familial analpha-lipoproteinaemia (Tangier disease) was found to have stomatocytosis and haemolytic anaemia. The analysis of the red cell membrane constituents revealed a low cholesterol content (90 nmol/ml red cells, control 130 nmol/ml red cells), a decreased cholesterol/phospholipid ratio (0.54, cont...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Reinhart WH,Gössi U,Bütikofer P,Ott P,Sigrist H,Schatzmann HJ,Lutz HU,Straub PW

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can complicate myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia (MMM), may arise in the absence of evidence for thromboembolic disease and carries a grim prognosis. Four patients with MMM and severe symptomatic PH were treated with whole-lung external beam radiotherapy in a single fraction of 100 cGy....

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Steensma DP,Hook CC,Stafford SL,Tefferi A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with idiopathic anaemias associated with abnormal sideroblasts were defined according to morphologic and ferrokinetic criteria and the haematologic and biochemical effects of vitamin B6 therapy were evaluated. While all patients presented similar clinical pictures, peripheral blood changes and bone marrow abn...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Solomon LR,Hillman RS

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The replicative potential of human CD56(+) CD3(-) natural killer (NK) cells is unknown. We found that by exposing NK cells to the leukaemic cell line K562 genetically modified to express 4-1BB ligand and interleukin 15 (K562-mb15-41BBL), they expanded for up to 30 population doublings, achieving numbers that ranged fr...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Fujisaki H,Kakuda H,Imai C,Mullighan CG,Campana D

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in multiple myeloma support the notion that the associated bone disease, characterized by increased osteoclastogenesis and suppressed osteoblastogenesis, is both a consequence and necessity of tumour progression. Osteoblastogenesis is suppressed by secreted inhibitors and dysregulation of cell-surface 'coupli...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Yaccoby S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the impact of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections that occur after human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-matched unrelated donor (MUD) non-myleoablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). We analysed the incidence, onset and outcomes of CMV infections in 59 recipients of MUD and in 109 recipien...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Junghanss C,Storb R,Maris MB,Carter RA,Sandmaier BM,Maloney DG,McSweeney PA,Corey L,Boeckh M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Future progress in the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) requires both the characterisation of key drivers of the disease and novel, innovative approaches to tackle these vulnerabilities. The present study focussed on the pre-clinical evaluation of a novel drug class, BMI-1 modulators, in MM. We demonstrate potent ac...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bolomsky A,Muller J,Stangelberger K,Lejeune M,Duray E,Breid H,Vrancken L,Pfeiffer C,Hübl W,Willheim M,Weetall M,Branstrom A,Zojer N,Caers J,Ludwig H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to further disclose the autoantigenic repertoire carried by the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa complex. IgG-F(ab')2 fragments were prepared from two prototype ITP patients, and their ability to block the binding of GPIIb/IIIa reactive antibodies derived from other patients w...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hou M,Stockelberg D,Kutti J,Wadenvik H

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:Guidelines on hereditary spherocytosis (HS) published in 2004 (Bolton-Maggs et al, 2004) are here replaced to reflect changes in current opinion on the surgical management, (particularly the indications for concomitant splenectomy with cholecystectomy in children with mild HS, and concomitant cholecystectomy with sple...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bolton-Maggs PH,Langer JC,Iolascon A,Tittensor P,King MJ,General Haematology Task Force of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Umbilical cord blood is a valuable source of haemopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSC) for transplantation. This study explored the effect of maternal plasma/human serum albumin (HSA) in the purification and culture conditions of CD34+ cells derived from human umbilical cord blood. During CD34+ cell enrichment, includi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kwok YK,Tang MH,Law HK,Ngai CS,Lau YL,Lau ET

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review will focus on the strengths and limitations associated with the current standard of care for primary prevention of ischaemic strokes in children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) - transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) screening followed by regular blood transfusion therapy when TCD measurement is above a thr...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Jordan LC,Casella JF,DeBaun MR

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:A 2-year-old girl is described with severe haemophilia A (factor VIII: C < 0.01 units/ml). Both of her parents were phenotypically normal. Cytogenetic analysis on the proband demonstrated an interstitial X chromosome deletion encompassing Xq26-q28. Molecular studies with several polymorphic markers close to and within...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Windsor S,Lyng A,Taylor SA,Ewenstein BM,Neufeld EJ,Lillicrap D

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment response assessment in multiple myeloma (MM) relies on the detection of paraprotein in serum and/or urine, bone marrow morphology and immunohistochemistry. With remarkable advances in therapy, particularly in the newly diagnosed setting, achievement of complete remission became frequent, creating the need to...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bal S,Weaver A,Cornell RF,Costa LJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, quiescent bone marrow-derived CD34+ erythroid burst-forming units (BFU-E) were found to be resistant to the inhibitory effects of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and -beta as well as interferon (IFN)-alpha, -beta and -gamma, in contrast to those stimulated by a combination of erytrhropoietin (Epo) pl...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ratajczak J,Kucia M,Reca R,Zhang J,Machalinski B,Ratajczak MZ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-species Northern blot hybridization and radioimmunoassay have provided evidence for the expression of an erythropoietin (EPO)-like gene in the rainbow trout. The principal site of EPO-like mRNA and antigen expression in the adult trout appears to be the kidney which also acts as the major erythropoietic organ. T...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Shiels A,Wickramasinghe SN

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：:A digital image processing technique has been used to quantitate bone marrow fibre in histological material (both biopsy and necropsy) from 17 cases of myelofibrosis. An attempt was made to correlate the results of these measurements with other diagnostically relevant parameters. Bone marrow fibre was found to correla...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bentley SA,Herman CJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective studies in children with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) have shown that polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) using immunoglobin (Ig) and T-cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangements as targets can be used to identify patients with a high relapse ri...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： de Haas V,Breunis WB,Dee R,Verhagen OJ,Kroes W,van Wering ER,van Dongen JJ,van den Berg H,van der Schoot CE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines and chemokines determine mobilisation of Langerhans cells and their dysregulation is implicated in the pathogenesis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). Twenty point mutations of 12 different cytokine genes were studied in 41 Italian children, 15 with single-system (SS) and 26 with multi-system disease. T...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： De Filippi P,Badulli C,Cuccia M,De Silvestri A,Dametto E,Pasi A,Garaventa A,del Prever AB,Todesco A,Trizzino A,Danesino C,Martinetti M,Aricò M

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used minisatellite probes to analyse by DNA fingerprints the long-term engraftment (median 4.3 years, range 1-2) of 21 bone marrow transplantation recipients for severe aplastic anaemia. Patients received their graft from histocompatible siblings. They were conditioned with cyclophosphamide (150 mg/kg) and a 6GY th...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Keable H,Bourhis JH,Brison O,Lehn P,Schenmetzler C,Devergie A,Gluckman E

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the results of consecutive tests in nine BCR-ABL-positive ALL patients by one-step and two-step (nested primer) reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Six patients could be tested in complete haematological remission (CHR). One patient remained one-step positive; four patients became one-s...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mitterbauer G,Födinger M,Scherrer R,Knöbl P,Jäger U,Laczika K,Schwarzinger I,Gaiger A,Geissler K,Greinix H

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel human leukaemia cell line, designated TMD7, was established from blast cells of a patient with de novo acute myeloblastic leukaemia with trilineage myelodysplasia (AML/TLD). As seen in the original blast cells, TMD7 cells expressed CD7, CD13, CD33 and CD34 and showed an abnormal karyotype containing -5, -7, -8...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tohda S,Sakano S,Ohsawa M,Murakami N,Nara N

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimaerism was studied early (2 weeks to 3 months) during haematopoietic reconstitution after bone marrow transplantation in 18 severe aplastic anaemia patients (acquired SAA: 14 patients; Fanconi anaemia: four patients). Fourteen patients received marrow from an identical sibling donor, one from the phenoidentical fa...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Socié G,Landman J,Gluckman E,Devergie A,Raynal B,Esperou-Bourdeau H,Brison O

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three certified reference materials for thromboplastins are available from the Community Bureau of Reference (BCR) of the European Commission for calibration of commercial thromboplastins used for control of oral anticoagulant therapy. The long-term stability of these reference materials has been monitored by two inde...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： van den Besselaar AM,Hermans J,Beeser H,Loeliger EA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00