Antilymphocyte globulin therapy enhances impaired function of natural killer cells and lymphokine activated killer cells in aplastic anaemia.

abstract：:Blood donor screening for antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) implemented in some countries as a surrogate marker for non-A, non-B hepatitis has been superseded by anti-HCV screening. To assess the value of anti-HBc screening for the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen-negative blood donations that mi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Allain JP,Hewitt PE,Tedder RS,Williamson LM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical presentation and the morphological, immunophenotypic, cytogenetic and molecular genetic characteristics of a 14 1/2-year-old boy who had French-American-British (FAB) type M1 acute non-lymphocytic (ANLL) leukaemia with a common T-ALL immunological phenotype, with no myeloid associated antigen, e...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lelong F,Chretien P,Jouault H,Bayani N,Bernaudin F,Lemerle S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 17A (IL17A), a cytokine involved in allergy, inflammation and osteoclastogenesis, was investigated in multiple myeloma (MM) to assess its role in the osteoclast (OC)-like activity of marrow immature dendritic cells (iDCs). Comparing nine MM patients with control subjects affected by monoclonal gammopathy o...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tucci M,Stucci S,Savonarola A,Ciavarella S,Cafforio P,Dammacco F,Silvestris F

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulated Hedgehog (Hh) signalling activity may be associated with a broad range of cancer types and hence has become an attractive target for therapeutic intervention. Although initial haematological interest focused on the therapeutic targeting of this pathway in chronic myeloid leukaemia), small molecule inhibito...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Khan AA,Harrison CN,McLornan DP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children affected by severe aplastic anaemia (SAA) underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) using partially matched family donors. In both cases there was a successful engraftment of donor haemopoietic stem cells. However, after an initial erythropoietic recovery, 5 months following BMT both children...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Locatelli F,Pedrazzoli P,Barosi G,Zecca M,Porta F,Liberato L,Gambarana D,Nespoli L,Cazzola M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 3 years 1984-86, 314 cases of multiple myeloma were diagnosed in the Health Care Region of Western Sweden. 180 of these cases were included in a clinical trial; 71 were notified to the trial but excluded; 49 cases were not reported to the trial; 14 were diagnosed post mortem. The crude incidence rate of mye...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hjorth M,Holmberg E,Rödjer S,Westin J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) associated with erythrophagocytosis and a pericentric inversion of chromosome 8, inv(8)(p11q13). The haematological features were indistinguishable from those of patients with the t(8;16) syndrome and its variants. Our observations emphasize the importance of...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Coulthard S,Chase A,Orchard K,Watmore A,Vora A,Goldman JM,Swirsky DM

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) with cryopreserved donor marrow cells can be used without prolonging the engraftment time or interfering with the reconstitution of haemopoiesis. In this report we extend our initial observations of the first 40 patients who underwent allogenei...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Stockschläder M,Hassan HT,Krog C,Krüger W,Löliger C,Horstman M,Altnöder M,Clausen J,Grimm J,Kabisch H,Zander A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To resolve the controversy concerning the role of p53 in the killing of resting lymphocytes by purine nucleoside analogues, we examined the cytotoxic effects of chlorodeoxyadenosine, fludarabine and deoxycoformycin (plus deoxyadenosine) on unstimulated spleen cells from p53-knockout versus wild-type mice. p53-knockout...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Pettitt AR,Clarke AR,Cawley JC,Griffiths SD

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：:Clonal T cells that cause pure red cell aplasia were demonstrated in a patient with chronic B-cell lymphocytic leukaemia. The T-cell fraction was enriched by the immunomagnetic method and shown to have T-cell receptor-beta gene rearrangement. Cryopreserved T cells, obtained during the period of anaemia, suppressed aut...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Yamada O,Yun-Hua W,Motoji T,Mizoguchi H

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The replicative potential of human CD56(+) CD3(-) natural killer (NK) cells is unknown. We found that by exposing NK cells to the leukaemic cell line K562 genetically modified to express 4-1BB ligand and interleukin 15 (K562-mb15-41BBL), they expanded for up to 30 population doublings, achieving numbers that ranged fr...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Fujisaki H,Kakuda H,Imai C,Mullighan CG,Campana D

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This trial explored the efficacy of re-induction chemotherapy including bortezomib in paediatric relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Patients were randomized 1:1 to bortezomib (1.3 mg/m2 /dose) administered early or late to a dexamethasone and vincristine backbone. Both groups did not differ regarding p...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kaspers GJL,Niewerth D,Wilhelm BAJ,Scholte-van Houtem P,Lopez-Yurda M,Berkhof J,Cloos J,de Haas V,Mathôt RA,Attarbaschi A,Baruchel A,de Bont ES,Fagioli F,Rössig C,Klingebiel T,De Moerloose B,Nelken B,Palumbo G,Reinhar

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly efficient systems remove toxic and pro-inflammatory haemoglobin (Hb) from the circulation and local sites of tissue damage. Macrophages are major Hb-clearing cells; CD163 was recently recognized as the specific haemoglobin-haptoglobin scavenger receptor (HSR). We show that dexamethasone strongly induced the spe...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Schaer DJ,Boretti FS,Schoedon G,Schaffner A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the proliferation of three well-documented MM lines and 10 bone marrow samples from myeloma patients in response to rh-SCF alone and combined with Interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-3 and IL-3/GM-CSF fusion protein PIXY 321. Neoplastic plasma cells were highly purified (> 90%) by immunomagnetic dep...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lemoli RM,Fortuna A,Grande A,Gamberi B,Bonsi L,Fogli M,Amabile M,Cavo M,Ferrari S,Tura S

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold agglutinin syndrome (CAS) is usually associated with IgM cold agglutinins with titres exceeding 1000 at 4 degrees C and a thermal amplitude of 30-32 degrees C. Occasionally patients are encountered who although having clinical and laboratory findings compatible with CAS do not have the characteristic serological ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Garratty G,Petz LD,Hoops JK

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 2.5-month-old infant with beta-thalassaemia major, DNA analysis of the gamma-beta region revealed homozygosity for two large deletions removing the entire psi beta and beta regions including their 5' promoter regions but leaving the delta gene intact. The downstream deletion was predicted to be 7.6 kb in length e...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Oner C,Oner R,Gürgey A,Altay C

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous trials, the orally active iron chelator deferiprone (L1) has been associated with sporadic agranulocytosis, milder forms of neutropenia and other side-effects. To determine the incidence of these events, we performed a multicentre prospective study of the chelator. Blood counts were performed weekly, and c...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cohen AR,Galanello R,Piga A,Dipalma A,Vullo C,Tricta F

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duffy blood group negative erythrocytes from blacks are refractory to invasion by Plasmodium knowlesi merozoites in vitro, and blacks with this genotype are resistant to infection by P. vivax in vivo. In order to evaluate in a direct manner the role of Duffy blood group determinants in invasion by P. knowlesi merozoit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mason SJ,Miller LH,Shiroishi T,Dvorak JA,McGinniss MH

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three distinct categories of marginal zone lymphomas (MZLs) are currently recognized, principally based on their site of occurrence. They are thought to represent unique entities, but the relationship of one subtype with another is poorly understood. We investigated 17 non-splenic MZLs (seven nodal, 10 extranodal) by ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Novak U,Basso K,Pasqualucci L,Dalla-Favera R,Bhagat G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bleeding time in healthy volunteers was determined according to both the Ivy and the Simplate II techniques. A significantly longer bleeding time in people with blood group O than in people with non-O blood groups was demonstrated with both techniques. This difference could not be attributed to a difference in sex...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Caekebeke-Peerlinck KM,Koster T,Briët E

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the prognostic factors for children with very high-risk (VHR) Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) negative B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) and compared the therapeutic effects of intensive chemotherapy and unmanipulated haploidentical haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT) as post-remi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Xue YJ,Suo P,Huang XJ,Lu AD,Wang Y,Zuo YX,Yan CH,Wu J,Kong J,Zhang XH,Chen YH,Jia YP,Liu KY,Han W,Xu LP,Zhang LP,Cheng YF

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven stable subclones of seven independent cellular hybrids producing murine monoclonal antibodies to human von Willebrand factor (vWF) have been established. The specificity of the hybridoma antibodies for vWF has been substantiated by a variety of methods including binding to highly purified vWF, absence of ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Meyer D,Zimmerman TS,Obert B,Edgington TS

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:End-stage renal failure (ESRF) patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) are immunocompromised and exhibit abnormal circulating polymorphonuclear leucocyte (PMN) function, including reduced phagocytosis and intracellular killing. Six uraemic patients on CAPD were each given 300 microg granul...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Turzanski J,Crouch SP,Andrews M,Rose M,Finch R,Burden R,Holliday M,Fletcher J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the use of a new conditioning regimen followed by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for treating children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) after relapse within 6 months of the completion of therapy. One hundred and sixteen children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in second or subs...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bordigoni P,Esperou H,Souillet G,Pico J,Michel G,Lacour B,Reiffers J,Sadoun A,Rohrlich P,Jouet JP,Milpied N,Lutz P,Plouvier E,Cornu G,Vannier JP,Gandemer V,Rubie H,Gratecos N,Leverger G,Stephan JL,Boutard P,Vern

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel therapies have transformed the treatment paradigm for multiple myeloma with significant improvements in survival now seen in both younger and older patients. Nonetheless, the disease is heterogeneous and high-risk patients in particular continue to have poor outcome. Moreover, the disease remains incurable. Effo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Richardson PG,Laubach J,Mitsiades CS,Schlossman R,Hideshima T,Redman K,Chauhan D,Ghobrial IM,Munshi N,Anderson KC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 14 normal peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) donors > or = 60 years of age who had cytokine mobilization followed by PBSC apheresis for allogeneic transplantation. Mobilization was achieved with filgrastim (6 microg/kg twice daily). Their median age was 63.5 years (range 60-77), and 43% had a positive medical...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Anderlini P,Przepiorka D,Lauppe J,Seong D,Giralt S,Champlin R,Körbling M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,3-DHB) inhibits the second wave of platelet aggregation release of serotonin, and malonaldehyde production. The effect is concentration dependent and reversible in vitro and in vivo. 50% inhibition of platelet aggregation induced in vitro with 70 micron adrenaline was obtained with 1.5 mM ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Greenberg M,Grady RW,Peterson CM

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four patients with refractory multiple myeloma were treated with 4-d continuous infusions of vincristine and adriamycin in combination with 4-d pulsed high-dose dexamethasone (VAD). Of 31 evaluable patients, 16 entered a complete remission (50%) and three a partial remission (10%). No difference in response rat...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lokhorst HM,Meuwissen OJ,Bast EJ,Dekker AW

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal rearrangements involving the MECOM (MDS1 and EVI1 complex) locus are recurrent genetic events in myeloid leukaemia and are associated with poor prognosis. In this study, we assessed the role of MECOM locus protein EVI1 in the transcriptional regulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) involved in the leukaemic phenot...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： De Weer A,Van der Meulen J,Rondou P,Taghon T,Konrad TA,De Preter K,Mestdagh P,Van Maerken T,Van Roy N,Jeison M,Yaniv I,Cauwelier B,Noens L,Poirel HA,Vandenberghe P,Lambert F,De Paepe A,Sánchez MG,Odero M,Verhasselt

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00