Gemcitabine-induced large vessel vasculitis demonstrated by PET CT: a rare, important side effect.

abstract：:Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare subtype of myeloid neoplasm. Clonal evolution in the development of BPDCN remains to be elucidated. In the present study, we examined clonal evolution in a case of BPDCN by analyzing the distribution of gene mutations in tumor cells and non-tumor blood cel...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Suma S,Sakata-Yanagimoto M,Nguyen TB,Hattori K,Sato T,Noguchi M,Nannya Y,Ogawa S,Watanabe R,Fujimoto M,Nakamura N,Kusakabe M,Nishikii H,Kato T,Chiba S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Home care has become a treatment option for cancer patients; however, medical practice at patients' homes has been expected mainly for terminal care in Japan. Most physicians believe that it is difficult to treat patients with hematologic malignancy at home because they frequently develop complications requiring urgen...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kodama Y,Kami M,Yuji K,Kuboya M,Komatsu T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) is a multipotent transcription factor that plays a pivotal role in immune reactions, inflammation, and possibly hematopoiesis as well. Mobilization of neutrophilic granulocytes during inflammation is a highly regulated process, but one that is incompletely understood. We studied the in v...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Knudsen E,Carlsen H,Bøyum A,Benestad HB,Iversen PO

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 2 paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) patients who were initially diagnosed with aplastic anemia and sequentially developed PNH, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and leukemia. Flow cytometry and cytogenetic analysis showed the initial appearance and expansion of PNH clones, gradual replacement of PNH c...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ishihara S,Nakakuma H,Kawaguchi T,Nagakura S,Horikawa K,Hidaka M,Asou N,Mitsuya H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the successful treatment of cold agglutinin-associated refractory hemolysis with bortezomib in a patient with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM). A 78-year-old man was referred to our hospital with cold hemagglutinemia of unknown cause. Laboratory examination revealed a hemoglobin concentration of 6.9...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Izumi M,Tsunemine H,Suzuki Y,Tomita A,Kusumoto T,Kodaka T,Itoh K,Takahashi T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation in immune-related genes, such as IL10 and TNF, have been associated with the development of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in Caucasian populations. To test the hypothesis that IL10 and TNF polymorphisms may be associated with NHL risk in Asian populations, we genotyped 20 single nucleotide polymorphisms...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hosgood HD 3rd,Au WY,Kim HN,Liu J,Hu W,Tse J,Song B,Wong KF,Lee JJ,Chanock SJ,Siu LP,Purdue MP,Shin MH,Yu J,Liang R,Kim HJ,Rothman N,Lan Q

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a novel gene fusion of ANKRD28 (ankyrin repeat domain 28) on 3p25 to NUP98 on 11p15 in a patient with adult myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myelogenous leukemia. A partially cryptic 3-way translocation, t(3;5;11)(p25;q35;p15), that had initially been supposed to be t(3;5)(p25;q35) was revealed by precise ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ishikawa M,Yagasaki F,Okamura D,Maeda T,Sugahara Y,Jinnai I,Bessho M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder characterised by isolated thrombocytopenia (peripheral blood platelet count <100 × 10(9)/L) in the absence of other causes or disorders that may be associated with thrombocytopenia. The upfront treatment in newly diagnosed ITP patients is steroids; howeve...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tripathi AK,Shukla A,Mishra S,Yadav YS,Yadav DK

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-endothelial cell antibody (AECA) is well known to reflect endothelial injury. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a major complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), is also closely associated with endothelial injury. We hypothesized that AECA may be associated with GVHD. To inve...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yao J,Song A,Cao W,Chen S,Zhou L,Cao S,Liu P,Wang M,Xu Y,Pang A,Feng S,Han M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy (NB-UVB) is a therapeutic alternative for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation-related skin graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The beneficial effects of this intervention may be induced by direct irradiation of inflammatory cells in the skin; however, the putative involvement o...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Iyama S,Murase K,Sato T,Hashimoto A,Tatekoshi A,Horiguchi H,Kamihara Y,Ono K,Kikuchi S,Takada K,Kawano Y,Hayashi T,Miyanishi K,Sato Y,Takimoto R,Kobune M,Mori S,Kato J,Yamashita T,Kato J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare comorbidity in colorectal cancer (CRC) and has an unknown etiology. Previously, we described an AIHA case secondary to CRC with ectopic band 3 expression. Herein, we investigated ectopic band 3 expression and erythrocyte membrane-bound IgG in a CRC cohort. Between September...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kitao A,Kawamoto S,Kurata K,Hayakawa I,Yamasaki T,Matsuoka H,Sumi Y,Kakeji Y,Kamesaki T,Minami H

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 62-year-old Japanese woman with relapsed adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) who was treated with humanized anti-CCR4 monoclonal antibody (KW-0761). Although this antibody was highly effective against refractory ATLL, 6 months after the final KW-0761 infusion, the patient complained of hypox...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kato K,Miyamoto T,Numata A,Nakaike T,Oka H,Yurino A,Kuriyama T,Mori Y,Yamasaki S,Muta T,Takenaka K,Iwasaki H,Teshima T,Akashi K

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old female was referred to our hospital with a sternal fracture in March 2008. She received a diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) BJP-κ type (ISS stage III). G-banding karyotype revealed 46, XX, t(11;22)(q23.3;q11.2) (Hubacek, Gene 592:193-9, 2016), which was later confirmed to be congenital. After repeated r...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Suzuki R,Warita T,Nakamura Y,Kitamura Y,Aoyama Y,Ogawa Y,Kawada H,Ando K

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:A 38-year-old Japanese man with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), whose bone marrow smears demonstrated hypercellularity, was treated with oral cyclosporin A (CsA) therapy. During the course of this therapy, the numbers of peripheral blood and bone marrow blasts increased and the level of serum lactate dehydrogenase inc...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Itoh M,Yago K,Shimada H,Tohyama K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder with systemic symptoms and poor prognosis and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation of polyclonal plasmablasts in the mantle zone of B-cell follicles. The disease is found primarily in chronic HIV carriers and is usually strictly ass...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nicoli P,Familiari U,Bosa M,Allice T,Mete F,Morotti A,Cilloni D,Saglio G,Guerrasio A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) or "sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy" is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. The disease usually presents with painless lymphadenopathy with occasional extranodal involvement in various organs. We report a case of a 36-year-old man with a history of non-...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Konca C,Özkurt ZN,Deger M,Akı Z,Yağcı M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterogeneity of bone marrow plasmacytosis is clearly analyzed by multicolor staining with anti-CD38 antibody. To date, at least 5 subpopulations of plasma cells have been identified in the bone marrow of multiple myeloma (MM) patients with regard to the expression of MPC-1, CD49e (VLA-5), and CD45: MPC-1(-)CD49e(...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Otsuyama K,Asaoku H,Kawano MM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient with refractory multiple myeloma who showed a good response to a combination therapy with oral melphalan, dexamethasone, and thalidomide (MDT). A 48-year-old woman with myeloma refractory to thalidomide, dexamethasone, and clarithromycin received 6 mg melphalan for 4 days every 6 weeks in combinat...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Asou N,Izuno Y,Okubo T,Ide K,Ueno H,Kawakita M,Mitsuya H,Hata H

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：: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：:Gene therapies are classified into two major categories, namely, in vivo and ex vivo. Clinical trials of human gene therapy began with the ex vivo techniques. Based on the initial successes of gene-therapy clinical trials, these approaches have spread worldwide. The number of gene therapy trials approved worldwide inc...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tani K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report, for the first time, a non-syndromic infant with a reversible myeloproliferative disease that harbors a germline hereditary thrombopoietin (THPO) gene mutation, a condition that is known to induce familial thrombocytosis at increasing age. In order to investigate whether somatic THPO gene mutations play a ro...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Houwing ME,Koopman-Coenen EA,Kersseboom R,Gooskens S,Appel IM,Arentsen-Peters ST,de Vries AC,Reinhardt D,Stary J,Baruchel A,de Haas V,Blink M,Lopes Cardozo RH,Pieters R,Michel Zwaan C,van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dasatinib induces lymphocytosis of large granular lymphocytes (LGLs) in a proportion of patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and is associated with better clinical outcomes. LGLs consist of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer cells; however, the context and phenotypic/functional features of each ty...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Watanabe N,Takaku T,Takeda K,Shirane S,Toyota T,Koike M,Noguchi M,Hirano T,Fujiwara H,Komatsu N

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The t(14;19)(q32;q13) is a recurring translocation found in some patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and the t(14;19) juxtaposes the BCL3 gene on chromosome 19 with the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene (IGH) locus on chromosome 14. Genomic DNAs from 49 patients with chronic B-cell leukemia and the related...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yabumoto K,Ohno H,Doi S,Edamura S,Arita Y,Akasaka T,Matsumoto J,Kadowaki N,Fukuhara S,Okuma M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic cells can be exposed to a wide spectrum of oxidative stresses. Excessive oxidative stress damages biomolecules such as DNA, proteins, and lipids, leading to cellular dysfunction and cell death. Accumulation of such damage provokes noxious effects on individuals, resulting in diseases such as hematopoieti...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Masutani H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 71-year-old petite Japanese woman was diagnosed with IgG λ-type multiple myeloma with acute kidney injury, severe anemia, and a pathological rib fracture. Emergent hemodialysis was initiated combined with chemotherapy including bortezomib, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide, but myeloma had become refractory due to the ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Mizuno S,Kitayama C,Yamaguchi K,Sanada S,Sato T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the expression of activation molecules on CD5(+)B lymphocytes in peripheral blood of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA)/Evans patients. The expression of CD80, CD86, and CD69 on CD5(+)B lymphocytes was detected using flow cytometry in 30 AIHA/Evans patients, 18 normal controls (NC) and nine chronic lymp...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Zhu H,Xu W,Liu H,Wang H,Fu R,Wu Y,Qu W,Wang G,Guan J,Song J,Xing L,Shao Z

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stromal cells may reverse acute inflammatory disorders. The placenta is important in feto-maternal tolerance. We have used placenta-derived decidua stromal cells (DSCs) to treat graft-versus-host disease and found an immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effect. We here report the use of DSCs in two patie...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sadeghi B,Ersmark B,Moretti G,Mattsson J,Ringdén O

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac dysfunction due to transfusional iron overload is one of the most critical complications for patients with transfusion-dependent hematological disorders. Clinical parameters such as total red blood cell (RBC) transfusion units and serum ferritin level are usually considered as indicators for initiation of iron...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sakuta J,Ito Y,Kimura Y,Park J,Tokuuye K,Ohyashiki K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00