Pulmonary function in thalassaemia major and its correlation with body iron stores.

abstract：:We evaluated the additional benefit of Technetium(99)-sestamibi (99mTc-MIBI) scanning in comparison with standard X-ray techniques for multiple myeloma patients either at diagnosis or during follow-up. Between February 2001 and January 2005, 397 whole body scans were acquired. On 229 scans performed at diagnosis, 146 ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mele A,Offidani M,Visani G,Marconi M,Cambioli F,Nonni M,Catarini M,Brianzoni E,Berbellini A,Ascoli G,Brunori M,Agostini V,Corvatta L,Isidori A,Spinelli A,Gradari M,Leoni P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary long-term bone marrow cultures grown in 40 mM HEPES-buffered McCoy's 5A medium produced granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GM) for a median of 9 weeks compared with 7 weeks with CO2/bicarbonate-buffered cultures. Reducing the medium glucose concentration (from 12.5 to 2.75 mM) extended the cultur...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tennant GB,Truran LN,Bailey-Wood R,Burnett AK

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very Late Antigen-4 (VLA-4, α4β1-integrin, ITGA4) orchestrates cell-cell and cell-endothelium adhesion. Given the proposed role of VLA-4 in sickle cell disease (SCD) pathophysiology, we evaluated the ability of the VLA-4 blocking antibody natalizumab to inhibit SCD blood cell adhesion. Natalizumab recognized surface V...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： White J,Krishnamoorthy S,Gupta D,Lancelot M,Moore N,Sarnaik S,Hobbs WE 2nd,Light DR,Hines P

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is an historical account of the randomised trials in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the UK between the years 1978 to 2004, describing their gestation, the treatments used and the main lessons learnt. Those lessons include: (1) how best to use chlorambucil, which was the first effective treatment for CLL; (2) th...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Catovsky D,Else M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have carried out haplotype analysis at the beta-globin gene cluster and defined the beta-thalassaemia mutations in a large Sardinian family, ascertained through a proband with thalassaemia major, in which several members were carriers of a beta-thalassaemia allele characterized by microcytosis, hypoch...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Oggiano L,Pirastu M,Moi P,Longinotti M,Perseu L,Cao A

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation, exposure of procoagulant phospholipids and shedding of microparticles are platelet responses that depend on activating conditions. To determine how these different responses are interconnected, we simultaneously measured fibrinogen (Fg) binding and aminophospholipid exposure on activated platelets by mean...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bachelot-Loza C,Badol P,Brohard-Bohn B,Fraiz N,Cano E,Rendu F

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imatinib mesylate is useful for facilitating allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) in advanced-phase chronic myelogenous leukaemia (AP-CML) patients. However, although the side-effects of imatinib are usually minor, cardiac morbidity can develop as a latent adverse effect post SCT when a myeloablative SCT is...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sohn SK,Kim JG,Kim DH,Lee KB

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five monoclonal antibodies have been tested for their ability to bind to myeloid precursor cells in normal human bone marrow. Indirect immunofluorescence and the fluorescence activated cell sorter was used to separate cells according to their reactivity for trial culture in vitro in order to grow granulocyte-macrophag...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Crawford DH,Francis GE,Wing MA,Edwards AJ,Janossy G,Hoffbrand AV,Prentice HG,Secher D,McConnell I,Kung PC,Goldstein G

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors affecting iron efflux from the isolated perfused rat liver were studied following the intravenous administration of transferrin-(59)Fe or transferrin-(55)Fe administered to the rat from 1.5 h to 3.5 d before perfusion of the liver. The liver was perfused with rat red cells suspended either in rat plasma or Eag...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Baker E,Morton AG,Tavill AS

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-type cyclin genes are universally dysregulated in multiple myeloma (MM), but the functional consequences are unclear as D-type cyclin gene expression does not correlate with proliferation or disease progression. We examined the protein expression and regulation of D-type cyclins and other cell cycle regulators in hu...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Glassford J,Rabin N,Lam EW,Yong KL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the rare occurrence of an inhibitor of factor VIII procoagulant arising in a patient with mild haemophilia A and rheumatoid arthritis. The inhibitor was transient and behaved like a low titre, type II factor VIII procoagulant inhibitor similar to previously reported cases (Biggs et al, 1972b). In vitro stud...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bovill EG,Burns SL,Golden EA

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with probable congenital erythrocytosis were studied to determine the role of erythropoietin (ESF) in their disease. In addition, haemoglobin function was measured and ESF excretion determined in response to reduction in the haemoglobin concentration. In two cases ESF excretion was clearly elevated abov...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Whitcomb WH,Peschle C,Moore M,Nitschke R,Adamson JW

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymerase chain reaction protocols were designed specifically to amplify regions of the alpha globin complex that contain the nine common polymorphic haplotyping sites. These reactions provided a quicker and more sensitive approach to determining alpha globin haplotypes than Southern blotting methods. ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Miles KL,Norwich JT,Martinson JJ,Clegg JB

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PFA-100(R) (PFA) diagnostic system for the detection of platelet dysfunction was evaluated to determine reference ranges in a normal population. The PFA determines the primary haemostasis capacity (PHC) of anticoagulated whole blood, expressed by the system's closure time (CT). In this study the CT reference range...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Böck M,De Haan J,Beck KH,Gutensohn K,Hertfelder HJ,Karger R,Heim MU,Beeser H,Weber D,Kretschmer V

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parental longevity is associated with an increased life expectancy; results with regard to specific diseases are conflicting. There are limited data focusing on host characteristics and their effect on survival among multiple myeloma (MM) patients and individuals with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sverrisdóttir IS,Lund SH,Turesson I,Björkholm M,Goldin LR,Landgren O,Kristinsson SY

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new putative hepatitis virus has recently been discovered and termed GB virus C (GBV-C). We investigated the prevalence of this virus among 50 haemophiliacs treated with non-virus-inactivated clotting factor concentrates prior to 1985 and 21 haemophiliacs treated exclusively with virus-inactivated clotting factor co...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Uhle C,Zimmermann R,Goeser T,Seelig R

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signalling has been implicated in multiple myeloma (MM) pathophysiology and is regarded as an actionable target for pharmacological intervention. Isoform-specific PI3K inhibition may offer the most focused treatment approach and could result in greater clinical effica...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hofmann C,Stühmer T,Schmiedl N,Wetzker R,Mottok A,Rosenwald A,Langer C,Zovko J,Chatterjee M,Einsele H,Bargou RC,Steinbrunn T

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new method to detect the major beta-thalassaemia mutations of the Mediterranean countries (IVS I-1, IVS I-6, IVS I-110, CD-37 and CD-39). The procedure is based upon real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), using specific fluorescently labelled hybridization probes. The melting curves for each of the sp...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Moreno I,Bolufer P,Perez ML,Barragán E,Sanz MA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation has been proposed as a new technology to decrease immunogenicity of leucocytes in platelet transfusions. UV radiation also induces platelet aggregation, which occurs most effectively at wavelengths between 240 and 280 nm and falls off sharply above 300 nm. In order to m...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： van Prooijen HC,van Marwijk Kooy M,van Weelden H,Aarts-Riemens MI,Borghuis L,Akkerman JW

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in glycoprotein (GP)IIb-IIIa or in its activation may cause abnormal platelet aggregation and a bleeding diathesis. We report studies in a 67-year-old man with a myeloproliferative disease and markedly abnormal platelet responses. By flow cytometry, platelet binding of two complex-specific anti-GPIIb-IIIa mono...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kaplan R,Gabbeta J,Sun L,Mao GF,Rao AK

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a potent lipid mediator that is produced during the metabolism of sphingolipid by sphingosine kinase. S1P has been implicated in the migration and trafficking of lymphocytes and several lymphoid malignancies through S1P receptors. Moreover, the overexpression of sphingosine-1-phosphate...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Koresawa R,Yamazaki K,Oka D,Fujiwara H,Nishimura H,Akiyama T,Hamasaki S,Wada H,Sugihara T,Sadahira Y

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of peripheral blood stem cells instead of bone marrow as the source of haemopoietic cells for allogeneic transplantation is being increasingly explored. We have analysed data from 17 normal donors who underwent stem cell mobilization for allogeneic transplantation with an identical protocol using G-CSF at a do...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Miflin G,Charley C,Stainer C,Anderson S,Hunter A,Russell N

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon(rIFN)-alpha, a successful therapeutic agent in the control of thrombocytosis, has been shown to suppress human megakaryopoiesis. We investigated bone marrow biopsies from 12 patients with thrombocytosis due to chronic myeloproliferative disorders. Prior to treatment as well as during rIFN-alpha-2c therapy, ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chott A,Gisslinger H,Thiele J,Fritz E,Linkesch W,Radaszkiewicz T,Ludwig H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-related neutropenia is a common observation in AIDS patients. Haematological growth factors are therefore increasingly used in combination with myelotoxic agents to reduce the risk of infection and to improve the haematological tolerance of these regimens. We report a case of an AIDS patient with Kaposi's sarcoma...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hermans P,Gori A,Lemone M,Franchioly P,Clumeck N

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapies have emerged as highly promising approaches to treat cancer patients. Allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the most validated tumour immunotherapy available to date but its clinical efficacy is limited by toxicities, such as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and treatment resistance l...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Paczesny S

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of the variability in the sensitivity to warfarin in anticoagulated patients is associated with the c.-1639G > A polymorphism of the vitamin K-epoxide reductase (VKORC1) gene. However, its association with the acenocoumarol dose in patients under anticoagulant therapy has not been studied. The c.-1639G > A genoty...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Montes R,Ruiz de Gaona E,Martínez-González MA,Alberca I,Hermida J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone mineral content (BMC) of the radius was measured using single photon absorptiometry (SPA) in nine children with congenital neutropenia. Five had normal values. Two children with severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) had low BMC, and two boys with Schwachman syndrome had biochemistry suggestive of rickets. ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Fewtrell MS,Kinsey SE,Williams DM,Bishop NJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β- thalassaemia is a disorder of globin gene synthesis resulting in reduced or absent production of the β-globin chain in red blood cells. In this study, haematopoietic stem cells were isolated from the peripheral blood of six transfusion dependent β-thalassaemia patients and six healthy controls. Following 7 and 14 d...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Forster L,McCooke J,Bellgard M,Joske D,Finlayson J,Ghassemifar R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune-mediated pathways have been recognized to be of importance in the pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). We assessed a broad variety of immune-related and inflammatory conditions and subsequent CLL development among 4 million adult male veterans admitted to VA hospitals. We identified 3,680 CLL ca...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Landgren O,Gridley G,Check D,Caporaso NE,Morris Brown L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) undergoing high dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT) remain at risk for disease progression. Induction of the expression of highly immunogenic cancer testis antigens (CTA) in malignant plasma cells in MM patients may trigger a protective immune response follow...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Toor AA,Payne KK,Chung HM,Sabo RT,Hazlett AF,Kmieciak M,Sanford K,Williams DC,Clark WB,Roberts CH,McCarty JM,Manjili MH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00