Combination of high-dose melphalan and bortezomib as conditioning regimen for autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma.

abstract：:Transfusion is believed to be the main cause of iron overload in Japan. A nationwide survey on post-transfusional iron overload subsequently led to the establishment of guidelines for iron chelation therapy in this country. To date, however, detailed clinical information on the entire iron overload population in Japan...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ikuta K,Hatayama M,Addo L,Toki Y,Sasaki K,Tatsumi Y,Hattori A,Kato A,Kato K,Hayashi H,Suzuki T,Kobune M,Tsutsui M,Gotoh A,Aota Y,Matsuura M,Hamada Y,Tokuda T,Komatsu N,Kohgo Y

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is an established treatment modality for a variety of hematologic malignancies. Unfortunately it carries a high risk of complications and toxicities related to the intensive preparative regimen which is traditionally used for pre-transplant myeloablation and the graft versus host d...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Giralt S

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：:Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare autoimmune hemolytic anemia, classified into primary and secondary types. Secondary CAD accompanies infection or malignant disease, most often lymphoma, whereas primary CAD frequently represents a lymphoproliferative bone marrow disorder characterized by clonal expansion of B ce...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tanaka H,Hashimoto S,Sugita Y,Sakai S,Takeda Y,Abe D,Takagi T,Nakaseko C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established a simple method of T cell depletion using anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody-conjugated immunomagnetic beads. Preliminary experiments using this method demonstrated that CD3+ T cells could be partially depleted without depleting CD56+ NK cells. A phase I-II clinical study was performed to assess the safety an...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sao H,Kitaori K,Kasai M,Shimokawa T,Kato C,Yamanishi H,Ueda R,Morishima Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotypic distributions of observed numbers of ABO blood groups in a Kuwaiti sample population of 18,558 subjects are 4962 (26.7%) with A, 4,462 (24.1%) with B, 858 (4.6%) with AB, and 8,276 (44.6%) with 0. The calculated gene frequencies are 0.6678 for ABO*O, 0.1768 for ABO*A, and 0.1554 for ABO*B. Molecular gen...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Al-Bustan S,El-Zawahri M,Al-Azmi D,Al-Bashir AA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological complications in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are associated with poor prognosis and/or permanent damage. We report a young woman in whom the diagnosis of TTP was difficult because cardinal manifestations were absent at presentation. The patient relapsed, showing severe and dramatic neurologi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Rabkin Y,Fradin Z,Zeidman A,Schwartz A,Cohen A,Mittelman M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicenter, prospective study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of biweekly romiplostim in maintaining platelet ≥ 30 × 10(9)/L for at least 4 weeks. Treatment was started with a weekly injection (1 mcg/kg), and the dose was escalated until a titrated dose was achieved that maintained a platelet 50-200 × 10(9)/L ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Park S,Yoon SS,Lee JH,Park JS,Jang JH,Lee JW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:miR-1 and miR-133 are clustered on the same chromosomal loci and are transcribed together as a single transcript that is positively regulated by ecotropic virus integration site-1 (EVI1). Previously, we described how miR-133 has anti-tumorigenic potential through repression of EVI1 expression. It has also been reporte...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kotaki R,Higuchi H,Ogiya D,Katahira Y,Kurosaki N,Yukihira N,Ogata J,Yamamoto H,Mohamad Alba S,Azhim A,Kitajima T,Inoue S,Morishita K,Ono K,Koyama-Nasu R,Kotani A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA breaks can be induced by exogenous stimuli or by endogenous stress, but are also generated during recombination of V, D, and J genes (V(D)J recombination), immunoglobulin class switch recombination (CSR). Among various DNA breaks generated, DNA double strand break (DSB) is the most deleterious one. DNA damage resp...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Morio T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is one of the most common leukemias in the western world and consists of many chromosome aberrations. We report the case of a 74-year-old male patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia with complex variant translocations t(8;22)(q24;q11) and der(8)t(6;8)(p21;p21) identified by chromosome b...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hsiao HH,Hung YH,Hsiao HP,Tseng SB,Tsai HJ,Liu YC,Liu TC,Chao MC,Chang Y,Lin SF

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunosuppression (IS) therapy with antilymphocyte globulin (ALG) is currently the treatment of choice for patients with aplastic anemia who do not have histocompatible sibling donors or who are not candidates for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Thirty-eight patients with aplastic anemia who received ALG-based...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Feng YH,Yen CJ,Huang WT,Su WC,Chen TY,Tsao CJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BCR-ABL1 fusion gene is the driver mutation of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Its expression level in CML patients is monitored by a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction defined by the International Scale (qPCRIS). BCR-ABL1 has also been found in asymptomatic normal in...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kuan JW,Su AT,Tay SP,Fong IL,Kubota S,Su'ut L,Osato M,Sashida G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience with allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (allo-PBSCT) following a nonmyeloablative conditioning regimen consisting of cytarabine (8 g/m2) and cyclophosphamide (120 mg/kg) in the treatment of 2 patients aged 50 and 55 years with refractory chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and c...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Fujii N,Maeda Y,Takenaka K,Shinagawa K,Imai T,Kozuka T,Ikeda K,Sunami K,Hiramatsu Y,Ishimaru F,Niiya K,Harada M

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiple myeloma (MM) cell line, MSG1, which depends on HS23 stromal cells for its survival, was established from the pleural effusion of a patient with MM who expressed the M-protein of IgA-λ in his serum. During the first 2 months of culture, the myeloma cells survived on adhesive cells from the pleural effusion a...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sakai A,Oda M,Itagaki M,Yoshida N,Arihiro K,Kimura A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cell sarcoma is a rare disease characterized by localized, but destructive and rapid, growth of the tumor, high risk of distant metastasis, possibility of a leukemic phase, and poor prognosis. We report successful treatment of uterine mast cell sarcoma with imatinib in a 39-year-old woman who presented with abdom...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ma HB,Xu X,Liu WP,Chang H,Zeng F,Wang YC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aplastic anemia (AA) and pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) appear to be more prevalent in Asian countries including Korea. However, there are no exact data regarding its prevalence and frequency of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in Korea. Here, we present demographic data relating to AA/PRCA/MDS in Kor...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Choi Y,Jo JC,Jeon HJ,Kim DW,Chang MH,Kim H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with myeloid/natural killer (NK) cell precursor acute leukemia who was also homozygous for protein C deficiency was treated and showed a complete remission while he simultaneously received low molecular weight heparin. He presented with fever spikes, lymphadenopathy, and a bulky tumor of the anterior mediast...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Shimamoto T,Nakajima A,Katagiri T,Ito Y,Ohyashiki K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a patient with peripheral gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma (T-ML) with hepatosplenomegaly, generalized lymphadenopathy, and bone marrow involvement. A 44-year-old man had lymphoma, which became clinically apparent 2 months after the onset of myositis and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. A cervic...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ohno T,Komada F,Yamaguchi M,Oka K,Nishii K,Tsuda M,Katsuta K,Yamaguchi T,Kita K,Shirakawa S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a rare case of a thrombus at the aortic arch found 1 month after cisplatin-based chemotherapy in a 50-year-old patient with a diagnosis of small cell lung cancer; there were no symptoms related to the thrombus. This patient did not have any predisposing factors for the development of an aortic thrombus befo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Chin SO,Lee JJ,Hwang YH,Han JJ,Maeng CH,Baek SK,Choi CW

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with t(9;22)-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) developed a resistance to therapy with imatinib mesylate (Glivec) which coincided with the appearance of t(5;6;12) in the same cells with t(9;22) [46,XX,t(5;6;12)(q14?;q21?;q23?),t(9;22)(q34;q11)]. She remains in a continuous chronic phase of CML. This...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Denčić-Fekete M,Đorđević V,Storlazzi CT,Janković G,Bogdanović A,Jovanović J,Rocchi M,Todorić-Živanović B,Strnad M,Gotić M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread use of tissue including hematopoietic stem cell products is justification for the development of standards by professional societies and for regulation by governmental agencies. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) developed a tiered, risk-based regulatory model. At the low end of risk to the tissue r...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Rowley SD

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a systemic disorder caused by depositions of insoluble amyloid fibrils that are composed of fragments of monoclonal light chains produced by abnormal plasma cells. The prognosis is reported to be poor; median survival time (MST) is 1-2 years overall, and is 6 months in pa...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ishiguro K,Hayashi T,Igarashi T,Maruyama Y,Ikeda H,Ishida T,Shinomura Y

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of adenopathy in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome-associated extramedullary myeloid cell tumors has rarely been reported. We describe a 7-year-old girl with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia who showed the novel chromosomal abnormality t(9;12)(p22;q24.1) and who developed severe adenopathy of the c...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Imamura T,Matsuo S,Yoshihara T,Chiyonobu T,Mori K,Ishida H,Nishimura Y,Kasubuchi Y,Naya M,Morimoto A,Hibi S,Imashuku S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Treg is a functionally distinct subset of mature T cells with broad suppressive activity and has been shown to play an important role in the establishment of immune tolerance after HSCT. Altered cytokine environment in post-HSCT lymphopenia with a relative functional deficiency of IL-2 could hamper the...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Matsuoka KI

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to reduced-intensity conditioning, which has expanded the eligibility for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) to older patients, increased availability of alternative donors, including HLA-mismatched unrelated donors, has increased access to allogeneic HCT for more patients. However, acute graft-versu...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Maeda Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in detecting cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in serum (sPCR) enables the detection of CMV viremia, which has not been possible with other methods. In this study, the clinical usefulness of sPCR was investigated by comparison with the results of three oth...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Matsunaga T,Sakamaki S,Ishigaki S,Kohda K,Takeda M,Katoh J,Kuroda H,Hirayama Y,Kusakabe T,Akiyama T,Kuga T,Niitsu Y,Masaoka T,Sagawa T,Matsumoto Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoiesis is closely linked with angiogenesis, because they interact with each other and have common ancestors: hemangioblasts or hematogenic endothelial cells. The relationship is reasonable, because vascular and hematopoietic systems must develop together in order to establish the body's oxygen-delivery system d...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Suda T,Takakura N,Oike Y

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding regulatory RNAs consisting of 20-24 nucleotides. Over 4,500 miRNAs have been identified in humans, and it is known that nearly all human protein-encoding genes can be controlled by miRNAs in both healthy and malignant cells. Abnormal miRNA expression is known to occur in many cancers,...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ikeda S,Tagawa H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous improvement (SI) occurs more frequently in children with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (cITP) than in adults. It is generally accepted that, with the exception of splenectomy, conventional medical approaches for cITP do not change the natural course of the disease. Previous studies on pediatric cITP have...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kato M,Koh K,Kikuchi A,Hanada R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00