Notes from the Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: transitions.

abstract：:In previous studies we have found that monocytes produce soluble factors that stimulate human umbilical vein endothelial cells to produce granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating activity (CSA), burst-promoting activity (BPA), and megakaryocyte colony-stimulating activity (Meg-CSA) as well as factors that stimulate T...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Broudy VC,Zuckerman KS,Jetmalani S,Fitchen JH,Bagby GC Jr

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital afibrinogenemia is a rare inherited coagulopathy, characterized by very low or unmeasurable plasma levels of immunoreactive fibrinogen. So far, 25 mutations have been identified in afibrinogenemia, 17 in the Aalpha, 6 in the gamma, and only 2 in the Bbeta fibrinogen-chain genes. Here, 2 afibrinogenemic prob...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Spena S,Duga S,Asselta R,Malcovati M,Peyvandi F,Tenchini ML

更新日期：2002-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating endothelial cells (CECs) have been detected in association with endothelial injury and therefore represent proof of serious damage to the vascular tree. Our aim was to investigate, using the technique of immunomagnetic separation, whether the pathological events in unstable angina (UA) or acute myocardial ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Mutin M,Canavy I,Blann A,Bory M,Sampol J,Dignat-George F

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During pregnancy the plasma concentration of two different inhibitors of plasminogen activators (PAIs) increases. The only one found in the plasma of nonpregnant women (PAI1) is immunologically related to a PAI of endothelial cells; its plasma activity, as deduced from the inhibition of single-chain tissue-type plasmi...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Kruithof EK,Tran-Thang C,Gudinchet A,Hauert J,Nicoloso G,Genton C,Welti H,Bachmann F

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription repressor BCL-6 is known to play critical roles in B-cell lymphomagenesis, germinal center formation, and balanced Th1/Th2 differentiation. In macrophages, although BCL-6 has also been shown to regulate the expression of several chemokine genes, its function in other aspects of macrophage biology has...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Yu RY,Wang X,Pixley FJ,Yu JJ,Dent AL,Broxmeyer HE,Stanley ER,Ye BH

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotypes of early stages of T cell maturation are reflected by precursor T (lymphoblastic) neoplasms. In the present study, a series of such neoplasms was analyzed to reveal the developmental association of the expression of stage-related cell surface markers and T cell receptor gene rearrangement. Rearrangement...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Pittaluga S,Raffeld M,Lipford EH,Cossman J

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All-trans retinoic acid (RA) induces complete remission in a high proportion of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Nevertheless, most of these patients develop RA resistance and relapse. The mechanisms of RA resistance by APL cells are still unclear. To understand the characteristics of human leukemia, ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Kizaki M,Matsushita H,Takayama N,Muto A,Ueno H,Awaya N,Kawai Y,Asou H,Kamada N,Ikeda Y

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective depletion of the alloreactive T cells causing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) without loss of the graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect is the holy grail of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). In this issue of Blood, He et al demonstrate that inhibition of histone methylation leads to selective apoptosis...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Chao N

更新日期：2012-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils were examined for their ability to recognize and ingest beads coated with amino-derivatives of glucose, mannose, and galactose. Radioactive or fluorescent beads coated with any of the three sugars were ingested to an extent three times that observed with albumin-coated beads. Enhancement of ingestion of su...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Doolittle RL,Packman CH,Lichtman MA

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble thrombomodulin plasma concentrations are elevated in steroid-resistant graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), implying endothelial hypofunctioning for thrombomodulin-dependent generation of activated protein C's (APC) anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, and antiapoptotic functions. Recombinant thrombomodulin or APC a...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Sinha RK,Flynn R,Zaiken M,Paz K,Gavin AL,Nemazee D,Fernández JA,Xu X,Griffin JH,Blazar BR

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine gene-modified tumor cells have increased immunogenicity and retain the antigenic repertoire of a particular neoplasia. However, practical concerns have led to an increased interest in allogeneic gene-transduced bystander cells as a broader source of cytokines for autologous tumor cell-based vaccines. Here, we...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Curti A,Parenza M,Colombo MP

更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamin A (FLNa), a dimeric actin cross-linking and scaffold protein with numerous intracellular binding partners, anchors the platelet adhesion glycoprotein (GP) Ib-IX-V receptor to actin cytoskeleton. We mapped the GPIbalpha binding site to a single domain of FLNa and resolved the structure of this domain and its in...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Nakamura F,Pudas R,Heikkinen O,Permi P,Kilpeläinen I,Munday AD,Hartwig JH,Stossel TP,Ylänne J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma hyperviscosity is a rare complication of both monoclonal and polyclonal disorders associated with elevation of immunoglobulins. Asymptomatic patients with an elevation in the serum viscosity do not require plasma exchange, and the majority will have other indications for therapeutic intervention. For patients w...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Gertz MA

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Some multilineage hemopoietic colonies contain, in addition to myeloid cells, T lymphocytes. These proliferate extensively in liquid suspension culture under the influence of a T cell growth factor provided by phytohemagglutinin-T cell-conditioned medium (PHA-TCM). The clonal origin of these myeloid and lymphoid compo...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Lim B,Jamal N,Tritchler D,Messner HA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk) has a well-defined role in B-cell development, whereas its expression in osteoclasts (OCs) further suggests a role in osteoclastogenesis. Here we investigated effects of PCI-32765, an oral and selective Btk inhibitor, on osteoclastogenesis as well as on multiple myeloma (MM) growth within ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Tai YT,Chang BY,Kong SY,Fulciniti M,Yang G,Calle Y,Hu Y,Lin J,Zhao JJ,Cagnetta A,Cea M,Sellitto MA,Zhong MY,Wang Q,Acharya C,Carrasco DR,Buggy JJ,Elias L,Treon SP,Matsui W,Richardson P,Munshi NC,Anderson KC

更新日期：2012-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a frequent problem in disorders characterized by iron overload, such as the thalassemias and hereditary hemochromatosis. The exact role of iron in the development of osteoporosis in these disorders is not established. To define the effect of iron excess in bone, we generated an iron-overloaded mouse by...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Tsay J,Yang Z,Ross FP,Cunningham-Rundles S,Lin H,Coleman R,Mayer-Kuckuk P,Doty SB,Grady RW,Giardina PJ,Boskey AL,Vogiatzi MG

更新日期：2010-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Anacardic acid (6-pentadecylsalicylic acid) is derived from traditional medicinal plants, such as cashew nuts, and has been linked to anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and radiosensitization activities through a mechanism that is not yet fully understood. Because of the role of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activatio...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Sung B,Pandey MK,Ahn KS,Yi T,Chaturvedi MM,Liu M,Aggarwal BB

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the genes for four hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) have been cloned, neither the mechanism of the regulation of their production nor their cellular origins have been established with certainty. Monocytes are known to produce colony-stimulating and burst-promoting activities, as well as several...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Sieff CA,Niemeyer CM,Mentzer SJ,Faller DV

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alloreactive T cells present in a bone marrow transplant are responsible for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), but their depletion is associated with impaired engraftment, immunosuppression, and loss of the graft-versus-leukemia effect. We developed a therapeutic strategy against GVHD based on the selective destructio...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Cohen JL,Boyer O,Salomon B,Onclercq R,Charlotte F,Bruel S,Boisserie G,Klatzmann D

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune function has been restored in 9 of 10 children with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency by gamma c gene transfer in CD34+ cells. The distribution of both T-cell receptor (TCR) V beta family usage and TCR V beta complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) length revealed a broadly diversified T-cell repert...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Schmidt M,Hacein-Bey-Abina S,Wissler M,Carlier F,Lim A,Prinz C,Glimm H,Andre-Schmutz I,Hue C,Garrigue A,Le Deist F,Lagresle C,Fischer A,Cavazzana-Calvo M,von Kalle C

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-kit proto-oncogene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase that is thought to play an important role in hematopoiesis. In a series of human acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), the expression of the c-kit proto-oncogene and its product was studied by means of Northern blot and immunoblot analyses. The c-kit mRNA was ex...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Ikeda H,Kanakura Y,Tamaki T,Kuriu A,Kitayama H,Ishikawa J,Kanayama Y,Yonezawa T,Tarui S,Griffin JD

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of inflammatory and procoagulant mechanisms is thought to contribute significantly to the initiation of restenosis, a common complication after balloon angioplasty of obstructed arteries. During this process, expression of tissue factor (TF) represents one of the major physiologic triggers of coagulation th...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Kopp CW,Hölzenbein T,Steiner S,Marculescu R,Bergmeister H,Seidinger D,Mosberger I,Kaun C,Cejna M,Horvat R,Wojta J,Maurer G,Binder BR,Breuss JM,Ecker RC,de Martin R,Minar E

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although W/Wv mutant mice are profoundly deficient in tissue mast cells, these mice do have cells with similar features of mast cells that develop from their bone marrow cells as efficiently as those from congenic +/+ mice in pokeweed mitogen-stimulated spleen cell-conditioned medium (PWM-SCM). With cultured mast cell...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Fujita J,Nakayama H,Onoue H,Ebi Y,Kanakura Y,Kuriu A,Kitamura Y

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare bone marrow failure disorder that manifests with hemolytic anemia, thrombosis, and peripheral blood cytopenias. The absence of two glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins, CD55 and CD59, leads to uncontrolled complement activation that accounts for hemol...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Brodsky RA

更新日期：2014-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia (DITP) is an adverse drug effect mediated by drug-dependent antibodies. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is frequently used to treat DITP and primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Despite IVIG's proven beneficial effects in ITP, its efficacy in DITP is unclear. We have establishe...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Liang SX,Pinkevych M,Khachigian LM,Parish CR,Davenport MP,Chong BH

更新日期：2010-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with progressive hairy cell leukemia following splenectomy were treated with low-dose daily chlorambucil. Both had an objective hematologic response as determined by a return to normal hematocrit and platelet count. This was also reflected in the mononuclear cell fraction by the normalization of cholester...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Krigel R,Liebes LF,Pelle E,Silber R

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus infections occur in 5% to 21% of patients following stem cell transplantation (SCT), with an associated mortality of up to 50%. However, a lack of prospective studies has hampered further developments in the understanding and management of this infection in the posttransplantation setting. We prospectively ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Chakrabarti S,Mautner V,Osman H,Collingham KE,Fegan CD,Klapper PE,Moss PA,Milligan DW

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-globin locus control region (LCR) is a large DNA element that is required for high-level expression of beta-like globin genes from the endogenous mouse locus or in transgenic mice carrying the human beta-globin locus. The LCR encompasses 6 DNaseI hypersensitive sites (HSs) that bind transcription factors. The...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Hu X,Bulger M,Bender MA,Fields J,Groudine M,Fiering S

更新日期：2006-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (parasitized red blood cells [PRBCs]) can adhere to uninfected erythrocytes (RBCs) to form rosettes, and adhere to the endothelial cell (EC) surface antigen CD36. These adherence phenomena have previously been considered quite different. We show that anti-CD36 monoclonal ant...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Handunnetti SM,van Schravendijk MR,Hasler T,Barnwell JW,Greenwalt DE,Howard RJ

更新日期：1992-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen storage disease type 1b (GSD1b) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly, and growth retardation, and associated-for unknown reasons- with neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction. In 5 GSD1b patients in whom nicotin-amide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-oxidase activity...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Kuijpers TW,Maianski NA,Tool AT,Smit GP,Rake JP,Roos D,Visser G

更新日期：2003-06-15 00:00:00