Excellent outcomes of children with CML treated with imatinib mesylate compared to that in pre-imatinib era.

abstract：:Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disorder characterized by the abnormal accumulation of alveolar surfactant protein in alveolar spaces. We report herein a rare case of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS-RAEB) complicated by severe PAP, and successful allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for both disor...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tabata S,Shimoji S,Murase K,Takiuchi Y,Inoue D,Kimura T,Nagai Y,Mori M,Togami K,Kurata M,Ito K,Hashimoto H,Matushita A,Nagai K,Takahashi T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of thrombosis in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) remain unknown, though several hypotheses in regard to hypofibrinolysis have been proposed. To clarify the mechanism, we measured plasma levels of thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) in APS patients. Both the TAFI antigen (TAFI:Ag) level measur...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ieko M,Yoshida M,Naito S,Nakabayashi T,Kanazawa K,Mizukami K,Mukai M,Atsumi T,Koike T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD21 is a 145-kDa membrane glycoprotein mainly expressed on B cells and follicular dendritic cells, and is involved in B-cell activation, survival and proliferation. CD21 can be cleaved to give soluble CD21 (sCD21), which is constantly shed in healthy persons. We show here that plasma sCD21 levels are higher, while B-...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Low HZ,Hilbrans D,Schmidt-Wolf IG,Illges H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro treatment of bone marrow cells to expand stem cells may lead to impaired hematopoietic long-term reconstitution. Here we report on studies that show that cytokine-treated cells maintain short-term reconstitution, but lose that potential with time posttransplantation. Hematopoietic progenitors assayed in vitro...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Peters SO,Habibian HK,Vergilis K,Quesenberry PJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old woman presented with severe hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) followed by heart failure. An echocardiogram showed an ejection fraction of 20%, and a cardiac catheterization followed by a myocardial histologic evaluation demonstrated dilated cardiomyopathy. Plasma exchange and hemodialysis were performed re...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Alexopoulou A,Dourakis SP,Zovoilis C,Agapitos E,Androulakis A,Filiotou A,Archimandritis AJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of a mail questionnaire, we evaluated the influence of treatment for acute leukemia on offspring of long-term survivors and determined whether the outcome of pregnancy in patients (or spouses) induced relapse of acute leukemia. In 322 replies from the 445 institutions where a questionnaire was sent, there wer...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kawamura S,Suzuki Y,Tamai Y,Itoh J,Fukushima K,Takami H,Yoshida Y,Sawada Y,Sakata Y

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) has made acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) a curable disease; however, early death prior to the completion of treatment remains a problem. In quantitative evaluation of response to ATRA treatment, lymphocytes must be excluded as they do not originally have t(15;17). ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sato K,Sakai H,Saiki Y,Uchida A,Uemura Y,Yokoi S,Tsuruoka Y,Nishio Y,Matsunawa M,Suzuki Y,Isobe Y,Kato M,Tomita N,Inoue Y,Miura I

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterogeneity of bone marrow plasmacytosis is clearly analyzed by multicolor staining with anti-CD38 antibody. To date, at least 5 subpopulations of plasma cells have been identified in the bone marrow of multiple myeloma (MM) patients with regard to the expression of MPC-1, CD49e (VLA-5), and CD45: MPC-1(-)CD49e(...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Otsuyama K,Asaoku H,Kawano MM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Okadaic acid, a newly recognized protein phosphatase inhibitor and a non-TPA type tumor promoter, enhanced 1 alpha 25(OH)2D3(D3)-induced HL-60 cell differentiation into monocyte/macrophage lineage but did not affect dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP)-induced differentiation into granulocytic lineage. Okadaic acid alone did...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Okuda T,Tashima M,Tohi T,Ogawa K,Sawada H,Okuma M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T-cells (Tregs) are major mediators of mammalian self-tolerance via cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) signaling pathways. An immune dysregulation syndrome associated with heterozygous germline mutations in CTLA4 was recently reported. Clinical features include recurrent infections, systemic lymphaden...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ureshino H,Koarada S,Kamachi K,Yoshimura M,Yokoo M,Kubota Y,Ando T,Ichinohe T,Morio T,Kimura S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular and extracellular alterations of various fibrogenic cytokines have been described in a number of different chronic myeloid disorders that are associated with myelofibrosis. However, the available information related to both myelodysplastic syndrome with myelofibrosis (MDS-f) and bone marrow histochemical anal...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yoon SY,Li CY,Lloyd RV,Tefferi A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the frequency of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and the changes in some inflammation-related serum proteins in 157 patients with nonimmune chronic idiopathic neutropenia syndrome (NI-CINS). Of these patients, 42 had pronounced neutropenia with neutrophil counts < 1500/mi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Papadaki HA,Eliopoulos DG,Ponticoglou C,Eliopoulos GD

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical importance of the isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from respiratory specimens of stem cell transplant (SCT) recipients is not clear. We investigated the characteristics and clinical impact of NTM isolation in this population. Medical records of adult patients who underwent SCT at the blood a...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kang JY,Ha JH,Kang HS,Yoon HK,Kim HJ,Lee S,Lee DG,Jung JI,Kim SC,Kim YK

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of this article, Tables 2, 3 and 4 were published incorrectly. The corrected tables 2, 3 and 4 are given in the following pages. ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ueda Y,Obara N,Yonemura Y,Noji H,Masuko M,Seki Y,Wada K,Matsuda T,Akiyama H,Ikezoe T,Chiba S,Kanda Y,Kawaguchi T,Shichishima T,Nakakuma H,Okamoto S,Nishimura JI,Kanakura Y,Ninomiya H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correct name of the corresponding author should be ''Maryam Mehrpooya'', and not ''Mehrpooya Maryam'' as given in the original publication of the article. ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tavakoli-Ardakani M,Kheshti R,Mehrpooya M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old female with stage IVA follicular lymphoma in third complete remission underwent allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Neutrophil engraftment was achieved on day +18; however, platelet counts remained below 10 × 10(3)/µL, necessitating transfusions twice a week for more than 3 months. Bon...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Fujimi A,Kamihara Y,Hashimoto A,Kanisawa Y,Nakajima C,Hayasaka N,Yamada S,Okuda T,Minami S,Ono K,Iyama S,Kato J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia (t-MDS/AML) developing after treatment with immunosuppressants and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has raised the question of whether previously unrecognized myelodysplastic features had been present or whether actual transformation had oc...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bessho F,Imashuku S,Hibi S,Tsuchida M,Nakahata T,Miyazaki S,Kojima S,Tsukimoto I,Hamajima N,Pediatric AA Follow-up Study Group in Japan.

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thy-1 (CDw90) is a phosphatidylinositol-anchored protein, and is expressed on human pluripotential hematopoietic stem cells. The expression pattern of this antigen on leukemia cells is still controversial. In this study, 72 adult patients with pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (pre-B ALL) were examined for the e...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Takahashi T,Mizutani M,Miwa H,Katayama N,Nishii K,Shikami M,Yamaguchi M,Shiku H,Kamada N,Kita K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substantial understanding that has been gained over the past 5 decades of the biology of blood formation is largely due to the development of functional quantitative assays for cells at all stages of differentiation, from multipotential stem cells to mature cells. The majority of studies have involved the mouse be...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Dick JE,Lapidot T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is a late-onset, life-threatening respiratory complication that significantly reduces a patient's quality of life. We retrospectively analysed the incidence of and risk factors for BO in allo-SCT recipients. In 2087 patients who underw...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nakaseko C,Ozawa S,Sakaida E,Sakai M,Kanda Y,Oshima K,Kurokawa M,Takahashi S,Ooi J,Shimizu T,Yokota A,Yoshiba F,Fujimaki K,Kanamori H,Sakai R,Saitoh T,Sakura T,Maruta A,Sakamaki H,Okamoto S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique feature of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a chronic disease with severe hemolytic anemia, is the presence of a population of blood cells that, being deficient in surface proteins tethered to the membrane through a glycosylphosphatidylinositol molecule, are said to have the PNH phenotype. Therefo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Luzzatto L,Gianfaldoni G

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bortezomib is a proteasome inhibitor that can be effective in the treatment of refractory and relapsed multiple myeloma. Recently, severe pulmonary complications associated with bortezomib therapy have been reported in Japan. Because bortezomib has not yet been approved for general use in Japan and is imported by atte...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Gotoh A,Ohyashiki K,Oshimi K,Usui N,Hotta T,Dan K,Ikeda Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral T-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified (PTCL-NOS) comprises a group of heterogeneous lymphomas that do not fit any other identified PTCL-subgroup and show poor prognosis. To clarify clinical aspects of Japanese PTCL-NOS patients, the Hokkaido Hematology Study Group conducted a multicenter retrospective ana...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Torimoto Y,Sato K,Ikuta K,Hayashi T,Hirayama Y,Inamura J,Kobayashi H,Kobayashi R,Koda K,Kurosawa M,Mori A,Ota S,Sakai H,Shigematsu A,Shindo M,Shinzaki H,Takahashi F,Takimoto R,Tanaka J,Yamamoto S,Kohgo Y,Fukuhar

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed clinical and hematologic features of nine patients with acquired idiopathic sideroblastic anemia (AISA). Seven of them had ringed sideroblasts (RS) more than 15% of marrow nucleated cells. RS persisted in the marrow even in the remaining two patients who had a relatively low marrow erythrob...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yoshida Y,Oguma S,Tohyama K,Uchino H,Ito M,Takeda Y,Yoshinaga N,Tashima M,Sawada H,Okuma M

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated endogenous serum erythropoietin (Epo) levels in 14 normal subjects (eight males and six females) after a single 400-ml phlebotomy. The subjects were followed up for 56 days. The hemoglobin (Hb) values of both males and females decreased to a nadir on days 3 to 7 post-phlebotomy. Hb values gradually increa...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Maeda H,Hitomi Y,Hirata R,Tohyama H,Suwata J,Kamata S,Fujino Y,Murata N

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the safety and optimal dose of deferasirox for the treatment of iron overload after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). The primary endpoint was the maximum tolerated dose of deferasirox that was determined by the intrapatient dose escalation methods. A total of 16 ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tachibana T,Kanda J,Machida S,Saito T,Tanaka M,Najima Y,Koyama S,Miyazaki T,Yamamoto E,Takeuchi M,Morita S,Kanda Y,Kanamori H,Okamoto S,Kanto Study Group for Cell Therapy (KSGCT).

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare congenital disorder featuring exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, growth retardation, and bone marrow dysfunction. Reports suggest that nearly 25% of all cases are complicated with leukemia. Although stem cell transplantation is the sole option for these patients, successful r...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Mitsui T,Kawakami T,Sendo D,Katsuura M,Shimizu Y,Hayasaka K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bortezomib and melphalan have synergistic effects against multiple myeloma (MM) cells. We conducted a pilot study on the combination of bortezomib and high-dose melphalan (Bor-HDM) as a conditioning regimen followed by autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) in 17 Japanese patients with newly diagnosed MM, in compariso...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Miyamoto T,Yoshimoto G,Kamimura T,Muta T,Takashima S,Ito Y,Shiratsuchi M,Choi I,Kato K,Takenaka K,Iwasaki H,Takamatsu Y,Teshima T,Akashi K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waldenström macroglobulinemia is a lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma characterized by production of the immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal protein. Commonly involved sites are the bone marrow, lymph nodes, and spleen. Lymphoplasmacytic infiltration of the central nervous system (CNS), in contrast, is referred to as Bing-Neel ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Morita K,Yoshimi A,Masuda A,Ichikawa M,Yatomi Y,Kurokawa M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose melphalan followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is a standard treatment for younger myeloma patients. However, the correlation between its toxicity and renal impairment is not clear. We analyzed this relationship, focusing on estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) as an i...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tamaki M,Nakasone H,Gomyo A,Hayakawa J,Akahoshi Y,Harada N,Kusuda M,Ishihara Y,Kawamura K,Tanihara A,Sato M,Terasako-Saito K,Kameda K,Wada H,Kikuchi M,Kimura SI,Kako S,Kanda Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00