Use of NK cell activity in cure by transplant.

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can complicate myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia (MMM), may arise in the absence of evidence for thromboembolic disease and carries a grim prognosis. Four patients with MMM and severe symptomatic PH were treated with whole-lung external beam radiotherapy in a single fraction of 100 cGy....

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Steensma DP,Hook CC,Stafford SL,Tefferi A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation in innate immunity may alter host-pathogen defence mechanisms and promote aberrant immune responses and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). To test this hypothesis, we investigated polymorphisms in innate immune genes in a pooled analysis of two population-based case-control studies of NHL from the San Franc...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Forrest MS,Skibola CF,Lightfoot TJ,Bracci PM,Willett EV,Smith MT,Holly EA,Roman E

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelofibrosis is characterized by splenomegaly and debilitating constitutional symptoms that negatively impact patients' quality of life. ROBUST, a UK, open-label, phase II study, evaluated the safety and efficacy of ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis (N = 48), including intermediate-1 risk patients. The prima...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mead AJ,Milojkovic D,Knapper S,Garg M,Chacko J,Farquharson M,Yin J,Ali S,Clark RE,Andrews C,Dawson MK,Harrison C

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brown Norwegian rat transplanted with promyelocytic leukaemic cells (BNML) has been used as a model for human acute myeloid leukaemia. We have previously shown that both the blood supply to the bone marrow and the metabolic rate decrease in relation to the leukaemic development in these rats. Here we have investig...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mortensen BT,Jensen PO,Helledie N,Iversen PO,Ralfkiaer E,Larsen JK,Madsen MT

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials with individual cytokines and extensive in vitro studies have provided the basis for the in vivo use of these molecules in combination. Animal models, with haemopoietic growth factors as well as preliminary studies in humans--as shown by our studies with the sequential use of IL-3 and GM-CSF in patient...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kanz L,Brugger W,Bross K,Mertelsmann R

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the clinical utility of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based monitoring of minimal residual disease (MRD) in a uniformly treated cohort of 79 patients with paediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Bone marrow samples were collected at the time of diagnosis, days 33 and 80, pre- (4-5 months) and p...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sekiya Y,Xu Y,Muramatsu H,Okuno Y,Narita A,Suzuki K,Wang X,Kawashima N,Sakaguchi H,Yoshida N,Hama A,Takahashi Y,Kato K,Kojima S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet function was investigated in three patients with the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. Platelet count, morphology and size distribution was normal in all patients. Platelet turnover was normal. Electron microscopy did not reveal any ultrastructural abnormality. Template bleeding times were normal and prolonged after aspi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rivard GE,Izadi P,Lazerson J,McLaren JD,Parker C,Fish CH

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobilised peripheral blood is now the main source of stem cells collected from normal donors. We report our experience of mobilising and collecting 400 normal healthy donors using standardised procedures and techniques. Target recipient doses were reached with one aphaeresis in 63% of donors and with two aphereses in ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ings SJ,Balsa C,Leverett D,Mackinnon S,Linch DC,Watts MJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that blood viscosity and its major determinants (haematocrit, plasma viscosity and fibrinogen) are associated with an increased risk of incident cardiovascular events; however, their associations with mortality are not established. We therefore studied the associations of these variables w...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Woodward M,Rumley A,Tunstall-Pedoe H,Lowe GD

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Refractory anaemia with ring sideroblasts (RARS) is distinguished by hyperplastic inefficient erythropoiesis, aberrant mitochondrial ferritin accumulation and anaemia. Heterozygous mutations in the spliceosome gene SF3B1 are found in a majority of RARS cases. To explore the link between SF3B1 mutations and anaemia, we...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Conte S,Katayama S,Vesterlund L,Karimi M,Dimitriou M,Jansson M,Mortera-Blanco T,Unneberg P,Papaemmanuil E,Sander B,Skoog T,Campbell P,Walfridsson J,Kere J,Hellström-Lindberg E

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe five adult patients with sickle cell anaemia (SS) who developed clinical, radiological and histological evidence of splenic regrowth while receiving regular blood transfusions. Five patients, all homozygous SS, range 23-34 years, were commenced on hypertransfusion therapy. Three patients were transfused be...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Campbell PJ,Olatunji PO,Ryan KE,Davies SC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL) patients who respond to induction treatment, then relapse. Knowing the clonality pattern of residual tumourous clones during treatment could help understand disease evolution and aid therapeutic decisions. We developed a sensitive and semi-quantitative molecular analysis of ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Leclercq I,Mortreux F,Morschhauser F,Duthilleul P,Desgranges C,Gessain A,Cavrois M,Vernant JP,Hermine O,Wattel E

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary gland mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas (SGML) are rare, as are data concerning their behaviour. We analysed clinical features at presentation, particularly the association with Sjoegren syndrome (SS) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and outcome in 33 cases of SGML diagnosed between Mar...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ambrosetti A,Zanotti R,Pattaro C,Lenzi L,Chilosi M,Caramaschi P,Arcaini L,Pasini F,Biasi D,Orlandi E,D'Adda M,Lucioni M,Pizzolo G

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anaemia (FA) is an autosomal recessive and X-linked disease characterized by severe genetic instability and increased incidence of cancer. One explanation for this instability may be the cellular hypersensitivity to oxidative stress leading to chromosomal breaks. This study explored the possible oxidative dama...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Uziel O,Reshef H,Ravid A,Fabian I,Halperin D,Ram R,Bakhanashvili M,Nordenberg J,Lahav M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the abnormal in vitro polyclonal B-cell activity observed in patients with multiple myeloma and Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia. Numbers of cells spontaneously secreting immunoglobulin (Ig) in freshly isolated suspensions of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) stimulated cultures ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Levinson AI,Dziarski A,Blankenhorn E,Schreiber AD,Negendank WG

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC) from 23 healthy subjects and 39 patients with B-cell chronic leukaemia (B-CLL) were assayed for ribonuclease H activity using as substrate the filter-immobilized synthetic homopolymer hybrid 3H-poly(rA):poly(dT). In 69% of the leukaemia patients examined enzyme activities wer...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Papaphilis AD,Kamper EF,Kattamis C,Pangalis GA

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic relevance of karyotype has been established in adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) patients treated with chemotherapy but not definitively evaluated in an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) setting. To determine the factors affecting the outcome of allogeneic BMT for adults with precurso...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lee S,Kim DW,Kim YJ,Park YH,Min CK,Lee JW,Min WS,Kim CC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have shown that the 8q24 region harbours multiple independent cancer susceptibility loci, even though it is devoid of genes. Given that no GWAS data are currently available for multiple myeloma (MM), we tested the hypothesis that genetic variants in this region could play a role ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Campa D,Martino A,Sainz J,Buda G,Jamroziak K,Weinhold N,Vieira Reis RM,García-Sanz R,Jurado M,Ríos R,Szemraj-Rogucka Z,Marques H,Lesueur F,Bugert P,Moreno V,Szemraj J,Orciuolo E,Gemignani F,Rossi AM,Dumontet C,Pet

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe neutropenia and protracted thrombocytopenia remain serious clinical problems following cord blood transplantation (CBT) due to the paucity of stem and progenitor cells in the grafts. Administration of ex-vivo expanded megakaryocyte progenitor cells may facilitate platelet production. We propose a novel strategy...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Deutsch V,Hubel E,Kay S,Ohayon T,Katz BZ,Many A,Zander A,Naparstek E,Grisaru D

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:Coagulation factor concentrates are known to inhibit a variety of immune reactions when assessed in vitro. This study assessed the immunomodulatory activity of a wide range of coagulation factor concentrates by measuring their inhibition of PHA-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation and reduction in IL-2 secretion. The h...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Pearson HJ,Stirling D,Ludlam CA,Steel CM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of a phenomenon of rebound hypercoagulability after cessation of oral anticoagulant therapy is controversial. The sensitive procoagulant markers for in vivo thrombin and fibrin formation are potential tools for the reassessment of the presence of each a phenomenon. We examined 19 patients anticoagulated ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Genewein U,Haeberli A,Straub PW,Beer JH

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumour suppressor TP53 (previously termed p53) mediates a pathway that is considered to be one of the most important mechanisms in the maintenance of genomic stability. The function of TP53 can be abrogated by genomic deletion, mutation, or deregulation of upstream and downstream participants in the TP53 pathway. ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cheung KJ,Horsman DE,Gascoyne RD

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question as to whether autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT) after consolidation chemotherapy improves the probability of survival of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in first remission has not been settled. Here, we present the results of a phase III study conducted in newly diagnosed adult AML pa...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Breems DA,Boogaerts MA,Dekker AW,Van Putten WL,Sonneveld P,Huijgens PC,Van der Lelie J,Vellenga E,Gratwohl A,Verhoef GE,Verdonck LF,Löwenberg B

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic role of CD20 expression and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positivity in post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) after solid organ transplantation (SOT) in paediatric patients is poorly understood. We retrospectively examined the relationship of CD20 and EBV with the time interval from SOT to PTLD ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Orjuela MA,Alobeid B,Liu X,Siebert AL,Kott ER,Addonizio LJ,Morris E,Garvin JH,Lobritto SJ,Cairo MS

更新日期：2011-03-01 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 present study analysed whether autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PSCT) improves engraftment, quality of life and cost-effectiveness when compared with autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). Relapsing progressive lymphoma patients (n = 204; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma n = 166; Hodgkin's dise...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Vellenga E,van Agthoven M,Croockewit AJ,Verdonck LF,Wijermans PJ,van Oers MH,Volkers CP,van Imhoff GW,Kingma T,Uyl-de Groot CA,Fibbe WE

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the subclassification of nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease (NSHD) according to the British National Lymphoma Investigation Group (BNLI) criteria, which had an independent prognostic value for 90 unselected patients diagnosed in our region in the period 1972-83, is still equivocal. Because survival...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： van Spronsen DJ,Vrints LW,Hofstra G,Crommelin MA,Coebergh JW,Breed WP

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and cytogenetic data were analysed in 54 patients with acute non-lymphocytic leukaemias (ANLL) or MDS (myelodysplastic syndromes) and deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7 (7q-), in order to determine if there is a commonly deleted region in 7q and to establish possible correlations between karyotypic feat...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Velloso ER,Michaux L,Ferrant A,Hernandez JM,Meeus P,Dierlamm J,Criel A,Louwagie A,Verhoef G,Boogaerts M,Michaux JL,Bosly A,Mecucci C,Van den Berghe H

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular genetic studies of lymphoma have led to refinements in disease classification in the most recent World Health Organization update. Nevertheless, a 'one-size-fits-most' treatment strategy based on morphology remains widely used for lymphoma despite significant molecular heterogeneity within histopathologicall...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： El-Galaly TC,Cheah CY,Villa D

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00