Genetic modifiers of the beta-haemoglobinopathies.

abstract：:Therapeutic options for treatment of recurrence of leukaemia after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) are limited. A beneficial effect of donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI) has not previously been described in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) relapse. We report a case of AML with t(8;21), relapsing 3 months after...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Buzyn-Veil A,Belanger C,Audat F,Hermine O,Bodemer C,Ribrag V,Radford I,Poirel H,Chane C,Valensi F,Macintyre E,Varet B

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxycarbamide (HC) (or hydroxyurea) has been reported to increase fetal haemoglobin levels and improve clinical symptoms in sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients. However, the complete pathway by which HC acts remains unclear. To study the mechanisms involved in the action of HC, global gene expression profiles were o...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Costa FC,da Cunha AF,Fattori A,de Sousa Peres T,Costa GG,Machado TF,de Albuquerque DM,Gambero S,Lanaro C,Saad ST,Costa FF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent advent of an improved commercial serum enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of circulating galactomannan (GM), a major constituent of Aspergillus cell walls, has contributed to the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in many haematology and transplant centres. However, the optima...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Maertens J,Theunissen K,Verbeken E,Lagrou K,Verhaegen J,Boogaerts M,Eldere JV

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether human red cells contain a proteolytic system capable of rapidly degrading unstable proteins, the fate of pulse-labelled puromycyl polypeptides was investigated. In erythroid bone marrow cells these unstable polypeptides were degraded to TCA-soluble fragments with a mean half-life of 4 . 5 min. How...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Vissers MC,Winterbourn CC,Carrell RW

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATOH8 has previously been shown to be an iron-regulated transcription factor, however its role in iron metabolism is not known. ATOH8 expression in HEK293 cells resulted in increased endogenous HAMP mRNA levels as well as HAMP promoter activity. Mutation of the E-box or SMAD response elements within the HAMP promoter ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Patel N,Varghese J,Masaratana P,Latunde-Dada GO,Jacob M,Simpson RJ,McKie AT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After T-cell depleted marrow transplantation, there is a rapid recovery of cytotoxic effector cells, with activity against targets not susceptible to killing by 'resting' natural killer cells. These targets include Epstein-Barr virus transformed B cells and leukaemic cell lines. Activated killer cell function declines...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Leger O,Drexler HG,Reittie JE,Secker-Walker L,Prentice HG,Brenner MK

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia (MMM) is uniquely characterized by macroscopic bone marrow stromal changes that are believed to be both reactive and cytokine mediated. Furthermore, a prognostically detrimental increase in bone marrow angiogenesis has recently been demonstrated. These observations suggest a poten...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Elliott MA,Mesa RA,Li CY,Hook CC,Ansell SM,Levitt RM,Geyer SM,Tefferi A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient with delayed haemolytic transfusion reaction due to anti-M antibody is described. Diagnosis was based on laboratory evidence of haemolysis and on characteristic serological findings. Anti-M was detected in the recipient's serum 7 d after the last transfusion episode. This alloantibody had not been pre...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sancho JM,Pujol M,Fernández F,Soler M,Manzano P,Feliu E

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of 111Indium oxine as a platelet label for the performance of platelet life-span studies has been examined. Platelet life-span in normal subjects varied between 8 X 10 and 10 X 36 d. Patients with primary thrombocythaemia had clearly reduced platelet life-span whether or not they presented with vascular occlus...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bautista AP,Buckler PW,Towler HM,Dawson AA,Bennett B

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a tissue kallikrein in polymorphonuclear (PMN) leucocytes of normal human blood and bone marrow by immunocytochemistry, radioimmunoassay and enzymology. Immunoreactive tissue kallikrein was visualized in the mature neutrophil leucocytes and in immature forms such as metamyelocytes and myelocytes. No...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Figueroa CD,MacIver AG,Bhoola KD

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericardial effusion (PE) is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication for allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients. The risk factors, aetiology, incidence and therapy are largely unclear. To investigate this issue, we reviewed 391 adult patients undergoing allogeneic HSCT betwe...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Liu YC,Chien SH,Fan NW,Hu MH,Gau JP,Liu CJ,Yu YB,Liu CY,Hsiao LT,Liu JH,Chiou TJ,Tzeng CH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose azacitidine is efficient and safe in the therapy of malignant myeloid disorders in adults but data in children are lacking. We present a retrospective analysis of 24 children and young adults with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who received azacitidine at the time of first diagnosis or relapse after allotrans...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cseh AM,Niemeyer CM,Yoshimi A,Catala A,Frühwald MC,Hasle H,van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM,Lauten M,De Moerloose B,Smith OP,Bernig T,Gruhn B,Kulozik AE,Metzler M,Olcay L,Suttorp M,Furlan I,Strahm B,Flotho C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The putative natural killer (NK) cell lymphomas/leukaemias are a group of recently characterized haematolymphoid malignancies sharing an immunophenotype of CD3/Leu4- CD3epsilon+ CD56+, and a genotype of germline T-cell receptor genes. They frequently present in extranodal sites and exhibit a highly aggressive clinical...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Wong KF,Chan JK,Kwong YL

更新日期：1997-09-01 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

abstract：:Rearrangements of the retinoblastoma (RB) gene have been reported in a few cases of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). In addition, low or absent expression of the RB protein is found in 20-30% of cases of acute myeloid leukaemias (AML), particularly in AML with a monocytic component (M4 or M5). We performed Southern bl...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Preudhomme C,Vachee A,Lepelley P,Vanrumbeke M,Zandecki M,Quesnel B,Cosson A,Fenaux P

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human plasma cell leukaemia cell line (HSM-2) and a subclone (HSM-2.3) have been established from the bone marrow of a patient with bi-phenotypic leukaemia. Proliferation assays using a variety of cytokines demonstrated that HSM-2 proliferated in response to recombinant interleukin-6 (rIL-6), but did not respond to ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kobayashi M,Miyagishima T,Imamura M,Maeda S,Gotohda Y,Iwasaki H,Sakurada K,Miyazaki T

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously described platelet-aggregating antibodies associated with thrombosis and thrombocytopenia required heparin for their in vivo and in vitro expression. We have observed a patient with thrombosis who became thrombocytopenic during heparin treatment, but who suffered further thrombotic events and continued thro...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Pfueller SL,David R,Firkin BG,Bilston RA,Cortizo WF,Raines G

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment-free remission (TFR) has recently emerged as a goal of treatment in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). Molecular remission is sustained in around 30% of imatinib-treated patients who stop treatment after ≥2 years with undetectable minimal residual disease (UMRD) by conventional real-time reverse transcription ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ross DM,Hughes TP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein S is expressed in a number of tissue types, one of the most physiologically relevant being the liver. However, transcriptional control of protein S gene expression is poorly understood. We have characterised a 638 bp area in the 5' flanking region of the human protein S gene, spanning all 10 previously reporte...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hall AJ,Peake IR,Winship PR

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tellurite (K2TeO3) has been suggested as a potential anti-sickling compound because it causes a selective increase in the water content of RBC. To investigate the conditions underlying the increase in RBC volume due to tellurite, normal RBCs were incubated with the compound in a physiological medium and the cells wash...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kurantsin-Mills J,Klug RK,Lessin LS

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defective marrow stroma or microenvironment have been proposed as one of several mechanisms to account for bone marrow failure in aplastic anaemia (AA). Stem cell factor (SCF), the ligand for the c-kit receptor, is produced mainly by marrow stromal cells and seems to reflect the haemopoietic function of bone marrow st...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kojima S,Matsuyama T,Kodera Y

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was hypothesized that contact between chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) B-cells and marrow stromal cells impact both cell types. To test this hypothesis, we utilized a long-term primary culture system from bone biopsies that reliably generates a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC). Co-culture of MSC with CLL B-cells prot...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ding W,Nowakowski GS,Knox TR,Boysen JC,Maas ML,Schwager SM,Wu W,Wellik LE,Dietz AB,Ghosh AK,Secreto CR,Medina KL,Shanafelt TD,Zent CS,Call TG,Kay NE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microparticles are circulating, phospholipid rich, submicron particles released from the membranes of endothelial cells, platelets, leucocytes and erythrocytes. Investigation into their biological activity has revealed diverse actions in coagulation, cell signalling and cellular interactions. These actions are mediate...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lynch SF,Ludlam CA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 30% of patients with severe aplastic anaemia (SAA) unresponsive to one course of immunosuppressive (IS) therapy with antithymocyte or antilymphocyte globulin can achieve complete or partial remission after a second IS treatment. Among various second-line treatments, rabbit ATG (r-ATG) could represent a safe and ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Di Bona E,Rodeghiero F,Bruno B,Gabbas A,Foa P,Locasciulli A,Rosanelli C,Camba L,Saracco P,Lippi A,Iori AP,Porta F,De Rossi G,Comotti B,Iacopino P,Dufour C,Bacigalupo A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the use of a new conditioning regimen followed by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for treating children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) after relapse within 6 months of the completion of therapy. One hundred and sixteen children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in second or subs...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bordigoni P,Esperou H,Souillet G,Pico J,Michel G,Lacour B,Reiffers J,Sadoun A,Rohrlich P,Jouet JP,Milpied N,Lutz P,Plouvier E,Cornu G,Vannier JP,Gandemer V,Rubie H,Gratecos N,Leverger G,Stephan JL,Boutard P,Vern

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard of care for patients with acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) relapsing after front-line treatment with arsenic trioxide (ATO)-based regimens remains to be defined. A total of 67 patients who relapsed after receiving ATO-based up-front therapy and were also salvaged using an ATO-based regimen were evaluat...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Fouzia NA,Sharma V,Ganesan S,Palani HK,Balasundaram N,David S,Kulkarni UP,Korula A,Devasia AJ,Nair SC,Janet NB,Abraham A,Mani T,Lakshmanan J,Balasubramanian P,George B,Mathews V

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography using fluorine-18 (FDG-PET) is increasingly used in the staging and follow-up of malignant lymphomas, although its precise role has not yet been determined. This review considers the results reported at the different stages in the disease history and separately considers the major histolog...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Burton C,Ell P,Linch D

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sysmex SE-9500 automated cell counter provides an estimate of immature cells referred to as 'haemopoietic progenitor cells' (HPC). The aim of this study was to relate the HPC count to CD34+ cell levels in mobilized peripheral blood and to determine whether the HPC count was valuable in predicting apheresis yields ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Pollard Y,Watts MJ,Grant D,Chavda N,Linch DC,Machin SJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobilised peripheral blood is now the main source of stem cells collected from normal donors. We report our experience of mobilising and collecting 400 normal healthy donors using standardised procedures and techniques. Target recipient doses were reached with one aphaeresis in 63% of donors and with two aphereses in ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ings SJ,Balsa C,Leverett D,Mackinnon S,Linch DC,Watts MJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of factor XI (FXI) in blood coagulation has been clarified in recent years by descriptions of FXI-deficient patients who are prone to excessive bleeding after haemostatic challenge. We have studied a large kindred of an Italian FXI-deficient patient with a previously undescribed mutation. The propositus, a 68...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Alhaq A,Mitchell M,Sethi M,Rahman S,Flynn G,Boulton P,Caeno G,Smith M,Savidge G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00