The fundamental contribution of William Bate Hardy to shape the concept of mast cell heterogeneity.

abstract：:Myeloid neoplasms derive from the pathological clonal expansion of an abnormal stem cell and span a diverse spectrum of phenotypes including acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Expansion of myeloid blasts with suppression of normal haematopoiesis is th...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Loh ML

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the most common cause of infection in neutropenic patients has shifted from Gram-negative to Gram-positive bacteria. To compare the efficacy and toxicity of teicoplanin and vancomycin in neutropenic patients, we conducted a prospective study of 151 adult leukaemic patients hospitalized for intensive c...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cony-Makhoul P,Brossard G,Marit G,Pellegrin JL,Texier-Maugein J,Reiffers J

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The close association between translocation of the proto-oncogene bcl-2 and follicular lymphomas has been well established in Caucasian patients and the de-regulation of bcl-2 has been implicated in follicular lymphomagenesis. Similar molecular structural alterations have also been detected in diffuse lymphomas with a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Loke SL,Pittaluga S,Srivastava G,Raffeld M,Ho FC

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a common neoplasm of haematopoietic pluripotent stem cells. Although one third of MDS patients evolve to acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), little is understood about the mechanisms responsible for this progression. We have previously detected the frequent loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mori N,Morosetti R,Mizoguchi H,Koeffler HP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical outcome and results of chimaerism analysis in various cell lineages of 30 patients given non-myeloablative conditioning, followed by allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). The commonest diagnoses were chronic myelogenous leukaemia (n = 11) and solid tumours (n = 11). Twenty-one patients rec...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mattsson J,Uzunel M,Brune M,Hentschke P,Barkholt L,Stierner U,Aschan J,Ringdén O

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-established histopathological prognostic factors are lacking in primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphomas (PCNSL). The present study investigated the presence and prognostic role of tumour necrosis (TN) and reactive perivascular T-cell infiltrate (RPVI), defined as a rim of small reactive T-lymphocytes occur...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ponzoni M,Berger F,Chassagne-Clement C,Tinguely M,Jouvet A,Ferreri AJ,Dell'Oro S,Terreni MR,Doglioni C,Weis J,Cerati M,Milani M,Iuzzolino P,Motta T,Carbone A,Pedrinis E,Sanchez J,Blay JY,Reni M,Conconi A,Bertoni F

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of DNA diagnosis for haemophilia A was tested in South African patients and families by screening for the common inversion mutation in the factor VIII gene and for the intragenic microsatellite markers in introns 13 and 22. The allele frequencies at the two microsatellite loci were significantly differ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dangerfield BT,Manga P,Field SP,Hartman E,Jenkins T,Krause A

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess sources of variability in platelet function tests in normal subjects, 64 healthy young adults were tested on 2-6 occasions at 2 week intervals using four methods: platelet aggregation (AGG) in platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the Bio/Data PAP-4 Aggregometer (BD) and Chrono-Log Lumi-Aggregometer (CL); and AGG in...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Miller CH,Rice AS,Garrett K,Stein SF

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transforming growth factor-beta-related factor bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) is expressed in the human embryonic aorta-gonad-mesonephros (AGM) coincident with the emergence of haematopoietic cells and influences postnatal mammalian haematopoietic stem cells in vitro. To investigate the role of BMP4 in mammal...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Marshall CJ,Sinclair JC,Thrasher AJ,Kinnon C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of alpha-thalassaemia in an Italian population has been determined by a survey of random cord bloods for the presence of Hb Bart's. 144 out of 4730 (3%) had detectable amounts of Hb Bart's. Furthermore, alpha-globin gene analysis of 100 random cord bloods showed that five out of 100 had the common type o...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Velati C,Sampietro M,Biassoni M,Cappellini MD,Wainscoat JS,Higgs DR,Fiorelli G

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of disorders cause iron overload: some are of genetic origin, such as hereditary haemochromatosis, while others are acquired, for instance due to repeated transfusions. This article reviews the treatment options for hereditary haemochromatosis, with special attention to the use of erythrocytapheresis. In gene...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rombout-Sestrienkova E,van Kraaij MG,Koek GH

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytometry has become important in the detection and determination of risk of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis; methodology has changed, and will continue to change, as cytometric technology changes. ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Shapiro HM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years there has been a paradigm shift in our understanding of the epidemiology and clinical features of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. Once classically described as an acute hepatitis associated with waterborne outbreaks in areas of poor sanitation, HEV is now recognised to be endemic in Europe and is pr...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： O'Gorman J,Burke Á,O'Flaherty N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asparaginase (ASNase) is an important anti-leukaemic drug in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). A substantial proportion of patients develop hypersensitivity reactions with anti-ASNase neutralising antibodies, resulting in allergic reactions or silent inactiv...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mondelaers V,Ferster A,Uyttebroeck A,Brichard B,van der Werff Ten Bosch J,Norga K,Francotte N,Piette C,Vandemeulebroecke K,Verbeke C,Schmidt S,Benoit Y,Lammens T,De Moerloose B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is released to circulating blood after intravenous (i.v.) and subcutaneous (s.c.) injections of heparins, and may thus contribute to the antithrombotic effect of heparins. We have recently shown that total TFPI activity, plasma free TFPI antigen, and heparin releasable TFPI were ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bendz B,Hansen JB,Andersen TO,Ostergaard P,Sandset PM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MDX-1097 is an antibody specific for a unique B cell antigen called kappa myeloma antigen (KMA) that consists of cell membrane-associated free kappa light chain (κFLC). KMA was detected on kappa human multiple myeloma cell lines (κHMCLs), on plasma cells (PCs) from kappa multiple myeloma (κMM) patients and on κPC dysc...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Asvadi P,Cuddihy A,Dunn RD,Jiang V,Wong MX,Jones DR,Khong T,Spencer A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpura fulminans (PF) is a cutaneous manifestation of a dramatic and deadly syndrome of systemic disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). It is characterized by microvascular thrombosis in the dermis followed by perivascular haemorrhage. Since two other related syndromes involve the protein C (PC) system, we und...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Madden RM,Gill JC,Marlar RA

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL), differentiation therapy can be complicated by the development of a differentiation syndrome (DS). Pulmonary infiltration of differentiating leukaemic cells is a key event in the development of DS. Several mediators have been identified that may promote migration and extravasatio...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Luesink M,Jansen JH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporin A (CSA) exhibits greater multidrug resistance (MDR) modulating activity in vitro than other MDR modulators such as verapamil and quinidine. However, the immunosuppressive and nephrotoxic effects of CSA may limit its clinical use. PSC 833, a new cyclosporin D derivative, exerts a higher MDR reversal activit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Jiang XR,Kelsey SM,Wu YL,Newland AC

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombotic events are common in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), smouldering myeloma (SM) and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). Previous studies have indicated platelet hyperactivation as a feature of thrombotic risk in MM, but there is a dearth of data in MGUS. In the present study, multi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： O'Sullivan LR,Meade-Murphy G,Gilligan OM,Mykytiv V,Young PW,Cahill MR

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since cardiotoxicity is a life threatening late effect, a reduction of cardiotoxicity in the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is essential. This review is a compilation of the current knowledge about cardiotoxicity after AML treatment and of how future directions in treatment may affect its incidence. A tota...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Jarfelt M,Andersen NH,Hasle H

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay has been developed to measure platelet factor 4 (PF4) in biological fluids both in vitro and in vivo. The assay has been shown to be highly specific for PF4 and has a sensitivity of 0.08 ng/assay tube and 1.6 ng/ml of plasma. The preparation of plasma for the measurement of in vivo levels of PF4 req...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chesterman CN,McGready JR,Doyle DJ,Morgan FJ

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a child with acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) who was treated with etoposide (VP16) for Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). A 3-year-old Japanese girl was diagnosed as having LCH. She was treated with combination chemotherapy using VP16 and prednisolone. 56 months after beginning the chemotherapy she dev...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Matsuzaki A,Inamitsu T,Watanabe T,Ohga S,Ishii E,Nagotoshi Y,Tasaka H,Suda M,Ueda K

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with a 9-year history of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) who exhibited four relapses. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) was effective for these four episodes. The patient was well and the laboratory findings were within normal ranges between each episode, although unusually large von Wi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kondo H,Imamura T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloablative conditioning prior to allogeneic stem cell transplantation causes a rapid increase in transferrin saturation and potentially toxic non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI) in plasma. We have studied the ability of repeatedly administered apotransferrin to maintain this iron in a transferrin-bound form. Twenty a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Parkkinen J,Sahlstedt L,von Bonsdorff L,Salo H,Ebeling F,Ruutu T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We treated 26 patients with hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) with 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, including nine with abdominal lymphadenopathy and of whom two had HCL-variant; 18 were previously treated. The overall response in 23 evaluable HCL patients was 100% with 87% complete remission (CR). The CR rate was 57% in patients wit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mercieca J,Matutes E,Emmett E,Coles H,Catovsky D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is one of the cytokines implicated in the pathogenesis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in which it acts as auto/paracrine growth factor for lymphoma growth. T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a heterogeneous disease, the biological basis of which is not fully understood. Some evidence...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lee JJ,Kim DH,Lee NY,Sohn SK,Kim JG,Kim HJ,Do YR,Park YH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 22-year-old woman with acute, plasma refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in whom splenectomy led to consistent stabilization of platelet counts, but who showed complete inhibition of vonWillebrand factor-cleaving protease (VWF-cp) after 6 months of follow up. Persistent protease deficiency...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Langer F,Bergmann F,Budde U,Hegewisch-Becker S,Hossfeld DK

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two major epidemiological clues to the pathogenesis of Burkitt lymphoma (BL) are the geographical association with malaria--BL incidence relates to the malaria transmission rate--and early infection by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Both agents cause B cell hyperplasia, which is almost certainly an essential component ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Magrath I

更新日期：2012-03-01 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