Interactions of platelets and endothelial cells with erythrocytes and leukocytes in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

abstract：:Because optimal management of iron chelation therapy in patients with sickle cell disease and transfusional iron overload requires accurate determination of the magnitude of iron excess, a variety of techniques for evaluating iron overload are under development, including measurement of serum ferritin iron levels, x-r...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Brittenham GM,Sheth S,Allen CJ,Farrell DE

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism (VTE) is increasingly accepted in most surgical specialties, although the potential reduction in fatal pulmonary embolism has recently been questioned. The burden of VTE in hospital patients nevertheless remains high, partly attributable to underuse of thrombopro...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Wille-Jørgensen P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of antibody-coated platelet destruction in patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a well-known mechanism of treatment effect. A number of interventions that would ameliorate the thrombocytopenic effect of ITP patient plasma when infused into normal recipients were demonstrated in 1965. Subse...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Bussel JB

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a complex and heterogeneous disease with distinct age-associated genomic and epigenomic alterations. A large number of somatic karyotypic and molecular alterations have been identified in AML to date; however, very few predict outcome or identify potential therapeutic targets. Here we d...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Schuback HL,Arceci RJ,Meshinchi S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review will briefly summarize the interplay between coagulation and inflammation, highlighting possible effects of direct inhibition of factor Xa and thrombin beyond anticoagulation. Additionally, the rationale for the use of the new direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for indications such as cancer-associa...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Alberio L

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombosis is a common and potentially serious complication of immune-mediated heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Discontinuation of heparin is a simple and important maneuver in patients with suspected HIT. Unfortunately, thrombosis often occurs even in those patients in whom heparin was discontinued because of ...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Warkentin TE

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imatinib (Gleevec) (formerly STI571) is an orally bioavailable rationally developed inhibitor of the tyrosine kinases Bcr-Abl, Kit, and platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR). In 4 years of clinical development, more than 12,000 patients have been treated in the clinical development program. Imatinib was firs...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Capdeville R,Silberman S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immune hemolytic anemia occurs in a few patients in whom the concentration of antibody on the red cell is below the level for detection by the usual antiglobulin test. Clinically, these patients are identical to patients with warm type Coombs-positive hemolytic anemia, except for the quantity of antibody on the cel...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Gilliland BC

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report suggests modest changes in the criteria used for the diagnosis of ET and allows tentative recommendations concerning therapy. As outlined in Table I, we believe that absent stainable marrow iron does not necessarily indicate iron deficiency in these patients and that the serum ferritin and RBC mean corpusc...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Murphy S,Peterson P,Iland H,Laszlo J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most frequent subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in western countries. High prognostic heterogeneity is observed among patients with DLBCL with long-term survival ranging from 30% to more than 90% according to clinic-biological prognostics such as the International Prognostic ...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Bachy E,Salles G

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has been diagnosed and classified based on the morphologic and cytochemical criteria of the French-American-British (FAB) classification system. However, more recent studies have demonstrated that the cytogenetic and molecular genetic abnormalities consistently associated wi...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Willman CL

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in recombinant DNA manufacturing technology have now made possible the production of a highly purified and active recombinant factor IX (rFIX) product. Recombinant factor IX was developed by (1) stable insertion of the genes for both factor IX and PACE-SOL (a truncated, soluble serine protease needed to enhan...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Harrison S,Adamson S,Bonam D,Brodeur S,Charlebois T,Clancy B,Costigan R,Drapeau D,Hamilton M,Hanley K,Kelley B,Knight A,Leonard M,McCarthy M,Oakes P,Sterl K,Switzer M,Walsh R,Foster W

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purine analogues have been shown to be active in a variety of B- and T-cell malignancies. Among them, pentostatin is also a tight binding inhibitor of adenosine deaminase (ADA), a key enzyme of purine metabolism. ADA is present in all human tissues, with the highest levels in the lymphoid system. Early clinical trials...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Ho AD,Hensel M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) comprises a substantial proportion of leukemias in adults in the western hemisphere. Male gender, increasing age, ethnicity (high in Caucasians, lowest in Asians), and family history are risk factors. Although no specific extrinsic etiologic factors have been established, farming and...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Caporaso N,Marti GE,Goldin L

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has dramatically altered the landscape of treatment options available to children and adults with ALL. With complete remission induction rates exceeding 70% in most trials and FDA approval of one CD19 CAR T-cell co...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Marple AH,Bonifant CL,Shah NN

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anemia is frequently diagnosed in patients with cancer and its treatment is an important clinical problem. The deficiency in red blood cells (RBCs) can be a debilitating problem, and anemia correlates with poor performance status, deteriorates quality of life, and may negatively influence the prognosis of cancer patie...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Beutel G,Ganser A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has a long tradition in Europe. Initially developed as a tool to restore rapid remission or chronic phase in patients with advanced leukemia without a sibling donor, it evolved over the last three decades to be used as a standard tool in patients with malignanc...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Gratwohl A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virtually all human cells are endowed with the capacity to commit suicide using an evolutionarily conserved mechanism that involves activation of caspase-family cell death proteases. Caspase activation culminates in a cell death process known as "apoptosis." The activation of these intracellular proteases is carefully...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Reed CJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During myeloid differentiation, the pluripotent hematopoietic stem cell passes through several well-defined morphologic stages within the bone marrow. These changes include progressive nuclear segmentation and the acquisition of stage-specific granules. Primary granules appear at the myeloblast stage, and are found in...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Sigurdsson F,Khanna-Gupta A,Lawson N,Berliner N

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and side effect profile of the repeated use of anti-D for the treatment of pediatric immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in a large pediatric hematology center. We performed a retrospective analysis of patient records for children (aged 4 months-18 years) treated for ITP ...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Yacobovich J,Abu-Ahmed S,Steinberg-Shemer O,Goldberg T,Cohen M,Tamary H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is a vitally important element in mammalian metabolism because of its unsurpassed versatility as a biologic catalyst. However, when not appropriately shielded or when present in excess, iron plays a key role in the formation of extremely toxic oxygen radicals, which ultimately cause peroxidative damage to vital c...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Ponka P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms that support migration of leukocytes have been studied extensively in vitro. The adhesion of neutrophils under conditions of flow at venous shear rates primarily involves members of the selectin family. E-selectin is upregulated by cytokine stimulation of endothelial cells (ECs); P-selectin is upregulated b...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Smith CW

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of the Y-chromosome in situ hybridization experiments, the MRA assessment, and the long-term production of CFU-GM in vitro indicate that our protocol to sort low density WGA+, 15/1.1-, Rh123 dull cells enriches about 200-fold for PHSC. Assays for spleen colony formation (CFU-S) and radioprotection (30-day ...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Visser JW,de Vries P,Hogeweg-Platenburg MG,Bayer J,Schoeters G,van den Heuvel R,Mulder DH

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious diseases are the leading causes of death in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Major changes have occurred in the spectrum of infections paralleling the changes in the treatment of MM. Bacteria (particularly gram-negative organisms) are the most frequent etiologic agents, and invasive fungal infections ca...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Nucci M,Anaissie E

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoldering myeloma (SMM) is a precursor state of multiple myeloma. It is defined by an M-protein concentration ≥3 g/dL and/or ≥10% clonal bone marrow plasma cells, in the absence of end-organ damage. Based on clinical observations, the natural history of SMM varies greatly, from stable, monoclonal gammopathy of undete...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Landgren O,Rajkumar SV

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cells from patients with B-cell malignancies exhibit a number of immunophenotypic characteristics that may be responsible for their survival. It has been shown, for example, that down-modulation of CD154 (CD40 ligand), which allows B cells to respond to T cells, may account for some of the immune defects of thes...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Nadler LM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia is one of the most common reasons for inpatient hematology consultations. The main challenges in the management of hospitalized patients with thrombocytopenia are to identify the underlying cause and to recognize when urgent interventions are required. Examination of the blood film is essential in the...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Arnold DM,Lim W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombopoietin (TPO) regulates thrombopoiesis through activation of TPO receptors on the megakaryocyte cell surface, resulting in increased platelet production. The TPO receptor agonists are novel treatments for patients with chronic ITP aimed at increasing platelet production through interactions with the TPO recepto...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Siegal D,Crowther M,Cuker A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various pathways lead to the development of venous thrombosis. Risk factors are common and can be genetic or acquired. Since the identification of factor V Leiden and prothrombin 20210 G-->A, the field of genetic epidemiology has developed rapidly and many new genetic variants have been described in the past decade. H...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Bezemer ID,Rosendaal FR

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous daily treatment with all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia has been associated with a marked decline in the plasma drug concentration at the time of relapse. Recent pharmacologic studies have attempted to determine the reasons for the progressive reduction of plasma co...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Adamson PC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00