Different clinical importance of FLT3 internal tandem duplications in AML according to FAB classification: possible existence of distinct leukemogenesis involving monocyte differentiation pathway.

abstract：:Telomere shortening represents an established mechanism connecting aging and cancer development. We sequentially analyzed telomere length (TL) of 49 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients at diagnosis (n = 24), once they achieved complete cytological remission (CCR) and/or during refractory disease or relapse and after...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Ventura Ferreira MS,Crysandt M,Ziegler P,Hummel S,Wilop S,Kirschner M,Schemionek M,Jost E,Wagner W,Brümmendorf TH,Beier F

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study are to determine the replacement rate of damaged hepatocytes by donor-derived cells in sex-mismatched recipient patients with thalassemia major and to determine whether co-transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) can alleviate liver fibrosis. Ten sex-mismatch...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Ghavamzadeh A,Sotoudeh M,Hashemi Taheri AP,Alimoghaddam K,Pashaiefar H,Jalili M,Shahi F,Jahani M,Yaghmaie M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare but fatal condition with various underlying disorders in adult patients and is diagnosed based on the HLH-2004 criteria, which were established based on experience in pediatric patients. However, few studies have prospectively evaluated the treatment outcome...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Yoon SE,Eun Y,Huh K,Chung CR,Yoo IY,Cho J,Cho D,Ko YH,Park S,Kim WS,Kim SJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the clinical features, treatment modalities, treatment responses, and prognosis of our patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Furthermore, we estimated the frequency of ITP in the Thrace region of Turkey. Two hundred sixteen patients diagnosed with ITP between 2000 and 2012 at our center were retros...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Koylu A,Pamuk GE,Uyanik MS,Demir M,Pamuk ON

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin (Hb) Korle-Bu (beta73; Asp-Asn) is the most frequent of the rare beta-chain variants in the population of West Africa whereas Hb E (beta26; Glu-Lys) is common among the Southeast Asian population. We report a hitherto undescribed condition in which these two beta-chain variants co-segregate. The proband was...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Changtrakun Y,Fucharoen S,Ayukarn K,Siriratmanawong N,Fucharoen G,Sanchaisuriya K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The matricellular protein SPARC (secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine)/osteonectin was determined in patients with multiple myeloma and related disease to assess the hypothesized role of SPARC as a possible marker of tumor burden and disease progression. Soluble SPARC was measured by competitive enzyme-linked ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Turk N,Kusec R,Jaksic B,Turk Z

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether, after very intensive induction and consolidation therapy in childhood AML, further maintenance therapy (MT) confers any advantage. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Three hundred-nine children with previously untreated AML were registered in the LAME 89/91 protocol. This three-cycle intensive regimen ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Perel Y,Auvrignon A,Leblanc T,Michel G,Vannier JP,Dalle JH,Gandemer V,Schmitt C,Mèchinaud F,Lamagnere JP,Piguet Ch,Couillaud G,Pautard B,Baruchel A,Leverger G,Group LAME.,French Society of Pediatric Hematology and Immunol

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal failure is one of the worst complications occurring in multiple myeloma (MM) patients. It does not affect survival if reverted by a prompt chemotherapy before the damage becomes irreversible; therefore, the early diagnosis of renal dysfunction is crucial. High and low molecular weight urinary proteins have prove...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Corso A,Zappasodi P,Pascutto C,Bosoni T,Mangiacavalli S,Lorenzi A,Rusconi C,Lazzarino M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established reference values of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in healthy female Wistar rats under highly standardized conditions. Using monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry, T lymphocytes (OX19+), B lymphocytes (OX6+ and anti-Ig+), T-helper/inducer (W3/25+), and T-suppressor/cytotoxic subsets (OX8+) ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Franch A,Castellote C,Pelegrí C,Tolosa E,Castell M

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevation of echocardiography-determined tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity (TRV) predicts high systolic pulmonary artery pressure. The present study tested the hypotheses that elevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity is associated with both hemolysis and hypoxia and abnormal 6-min walk test (6MWT) results. This st...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Agha H,El Tagui M,El Ghamrawy M,Abdel Hady M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aplastic anemia is a rare complication of thymoma and is properly documented in only few cases. Here, we report the case of a previously healthy, 65-year-old patient who was found simultaneously to have a spindle-cell thymoma and severe hypoplastic anemia with a mild infiltration of the bone marrow by CD4+ and CD8+ T ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Liozon E,Touati M,Allegraud A,Gachard N,Loustaud V,Vidal E,Bordessoule D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since July 2017, different generic imatinib formulations have been introduced in Italy for the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We analyzed 168 chronic phase CML patients treated with branded imatinib for a median of 12 years (range 1-16) at a single institution who switched to a single gener...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Scalzulli E,Colafigli G,Latagliata R,Pepe S,Diverio D,Stocchi F,Di Prima A,Efficace F,Martelli M,Foà R,Breccia M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid-resistant acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) of the gastrointestinal tract associates with important morbidity and mortality. While high-dose steroids are the established first-line therapy in GVHD, no second-line therapy is generally accepted. In this analysis of 65 consecutive patients with severe, stero...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Turki AT,Bayraktar E,Basu O,Benkö T,Yi JH,Kehrmann J,Tzalavras A,Liebregts T,Beelen DW,Steckel NK

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polo-like kinase 2 (SNK/PLK2), a transcriptional target for wild-type p53 and is hypermethylated in a high percentage of multiple myeloma and B cell lymphomas patients. Given these data, we sought to study the methylation status of the specific gene in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Benetatos L,Dasoula A,Hatzimichael E,Syed N,Voukelatou M,Dranitsaris G,Bourantas KL,Crook T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic recovery after high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) in the treatment of hematological diseases may be slow and/or incomplete. This is generally attributed to progressive hematopoietic stem cell failure, although defective hematopoiesis may be in part due to poor stromal function. Chemotherapy is known to damage ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kemp K,Morse R,Wexler S,Cox C,Mallam E,Hows J,Donaldson C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutropenic enterocolitis (NE) is a severe gastrointestinal complication in patients who undergo aggressive chemotherapy. It is a necrotizing inflammation of the cecum, colon, and the terminal part of the ileum. The serious clinical state of NE patients requires very frequent surgical consultations; however, in a few ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Wach M,Dmoszynska A,Wasik-Szczepanek E,Pozarowski A,Drop A,Szczepanek D

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a patient who was diagnosed as having B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with atypical morphology. Flow cytometry disclosed CD5, CD19, and CD23 positivity, an immunophenotype seen mostly in B-CLL. Histology of the spleen and bone marrow suggested a diagnosis of small lymphocytic lymphoma. Upon blas...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Späth-Schwalbe E,Flath B,Kaufmann O,Thiel G,Brinckmann R,Dietel M,Possinger K

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of multiple myeloma (MM) has increased in the last 20 years, particularly in middle and low-middle income countries. Access to diagnostic and prognostic tests and the availability of effective care is highly variable globally. Latin America represents 10% of the world population, distributed in countries...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Riva E,Schütz N,Peña C,Ruiz-Argüelles G,Hopkins CR,Bove V,Villano F,Andino L,Suárez L,Martínez H,Navarro J,López-Vidal H,Da Costa O,Pineda MR,Rubio Y,Ramirez J,Choque J,Fantl D

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic infections in humans, but in most cases it does not cause serious illness; this protozoan can nevertheless cause devastating disease in immunocompromised hosts such as HIV-positive individuals. Only rarely is toxoplasmosis documented in hematological patients, and amon...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Pagano L,Trapè G,Putzulu R,Caramatti C,Picardi M,Nosari A,Cinieri S,Caira M,Del Favero A,GIMEMA (Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche dell'Adulto)-Infection Program.

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated that direct cell-to-cell interaction is one of the microenvironment factors for transdifferentiation of adult stem cells into cardiomyocytes. We investigated whether transdifferentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into cardiomyocytes was dependent on developmental stages of cocul...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Yoon J,Shim WJ,Ro YM,Lim DS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T cell lymphoma-associated hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) (NK/T-LAHS) is a heterogeneous and life-threatening disease, which warrants investigation of its risk factors and clinical features. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical records of 202 patients with extranodal NK/T cell lymphom...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Jia J,Song Y,Lin N,Liu W,Ping L,Zheng W,Wang X,Xie Y,Tu M,Zhang C,Ying Z,Deng L,Ding N,Zhu J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low folate intake and changes in folate metabolism due to polymorphisms in the methylentetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene have been associated with myelomagenesis. However, controversial data have been published regarding a protective role of variant alleles of MTHFR on MM. PATIENTS AND METHODS:To inve...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Chiusolo P,Farina G,Putzulu R,Reddiconto G,Fiorini A,De Stefano V,Rossi E,Palladino M,Leone G,Sica S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report about a 28-year-old woman with relapsed mantle cell lymphoma (MCL, centrocytic lymphoma according to the Kiel classification) refractory to salvage chemotherapy. The patient underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from a HLA-identical brother after myeloablative chemotherapy consisting of busulfan, ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kröger N,Hoffknecht M,Krüger W,Zeller W,Renges H,Stute N,Zschaber R,Zander AR

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Established risk factors for thrombosis in essential thrombocythemia (ET) include age (≥ 60 years) and previous vascular events. Recently, also leukocytosis has been proposed in risk stratification of ET patients. We report a retrospective study on 532 ET patients followed for a median of 7.6 years. Sixty-four patient...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Palandri F,Polverelli N,Catani L,Ottaviani E,Baccarani M,Vianelli N

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo, growth factors are currently investigated for their capacity to trigger leukemic stem cells into cycle and thus overcome kinetic drug resistance. In this study, the susceptibility of leukemic clonogenic cells to individual growth factors was related to cytosine-arabinoside (Ara-C) sensitivity. The effects of ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Van der Lely N,De Witte T,Wessels J,Raymakers R,Muus P,Preijers F

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anemia (FA) is a DNA repair disorder resulting from mutations in genes encoding for FA DNA repair complex components and is characterized by variable congenital abnormalities, bone marrow failure (BMF), and high incidences of malignancies. FA mosaicism arises from reversion or other compensatory mutations in h...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Nicoletti E,Rao G,Bueren JA,Río P,Navarro S,Surrallés J,Choi G,Schwartz JD

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary myelofibrosis (PMF)-associated pruritus is often severe and requires treatment. Fifty-one patients with bone marrow-proven PMF with associated pruritus were identified from a primary cohort of patients with PMF (n = 566) seen at our institution. We conducted a retrospective review of the clinical characteristi...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Vaa BE,Tefferi A,Gangat N,Pardanani A,Lasho TL,Finke CM,Wolanskyj AP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant promoter methylation of RASSF6 and RASSF10 occurs at a high frequency in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Because of the complexity of the current minimal residual disease (MRD) detecting-methods, the DNA methylation status of the RASSF6 and RASSF10 genes could potentially become biomarkers for the assessm...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Younesian S,Shahkarami S,Ghaffari P,Alizadeh S,Mehrasa R,Ghaffari SH

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response to intravenous immunoglobulin treatment (IVIG) is thought, in part, to be due to blockade of Fc receptor for IgG in the mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS). We have studied this by measuring splenic clearance of heat-damaged and IgG antibody-coated red cells in immune thrombocytopenic patients receiving IV...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Newland AC,Macey MG

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the commonest inherited bleeding disorder, yet it has not been well recognized in Southeast Asia. The aim of this prospective study was to report our experience of VWD diagnosis and to establish the clinical presentations of VWD in Taiwan. From October 2003 to April 2010, 863 patients w...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Chen YC,Yang L,Cheng SN,Hu SH,Chao TY

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00