In vitro alteration of hematological parameters and blood viscosity by the perfluorocarbon: Oxycyte.

abstract：:We describe a patient with persistent pure red cell aplasia due to human parvovirus B19 (HPVB19) infection during immunosuppressive therapy for refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). The patient had been given corticosteroid (CS) and/or azathioprine for AIHA. During the course of treatment, reticulocyte count ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ito S,Oyake T,Uchiyama T,Sugawara T,Murai K,Ishida Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunological abnormalities (IA) are frequently observed in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Although there have been a number of analyses of the prognostic factors, there have been few studies, if any, to determine whether IA affects prognosis. We investigated the prognosis of 153 MDS patients with or w...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Okamoto T,Okada M,Mori A,Saheki K,Takatsuka H,Wada H,Tamura A,Fujimori Y,Takemoto Y,Kanamaru A,Kakishita E

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rh blood group antigens are associated with non-glycosylated human erythrocyte membrane proteins encoded by two closely related genes, RHCE and RHD, and with a glycoprotein, a critical co-expressing factor encoded by the RH50 gene. The sequence analysis of RHCE transcripts has revealed that RhE/e and C/c serological p...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Iwamoto S,Yamasaki M,Kawano M,Okuda H,Omi T,Takahashi J,Tani Y,Omine M,Kajii E

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phagocyte nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase plays a crucial role in host defense by neutrophils and macrophages. When cells ingest invading microbes, this enzyme becomes activated to reduce molecular oxygen to superoxide, a precursor of microbicidal oxidants, in the phagosome. The catalyt...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Minakami R,Sumimotoa H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GATA transcription factors have been shown to play important roles in hematopoiesis. GATA-2 is expressed in stem and progenitor cells, and has been speculated to control the proliferation and maintain the immaturity of these cells. To examine whether the function of GATA-2 is changeable according to the differentiatio...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Harigae H,Okitsu Y,Yokoyama H,Fujiwara T,Inomata M,Takahashi S,Minegishi N,Kaku M,Sasaki T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) has greatly improved the outcome of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection and disease. We report here on a case of an HIV-1-seropositive patient with acute myelogenous leukemia who underwent a successful allogeneic unrelated bone marrow ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Oka Y,Tashiro H,Mizutani-Noguchi M,Koga I,Sugao T,Shirasaki R,Miura T,Akiyama N,Kawasugi K,Fujimori S,Shirafuji N

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is usually implicated in thrombocytopenia occurring in newborns and immunocompromised patients. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of HCMV infection on the viability of megakaryocytic CHRF-288-11 cells and the un...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Dou J,Li X,Cai Y,Chen H,Zhu S,Wang Q,Zou X,Mei Y,Yang Q,Li W,Han Y

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot phase I/II study was conducted as a single-institute trial for evaluation of the feasibility and efficacy of a new salvage chemotherapy, CHASE, for patients with refractory or relapsed lymphoma . The CHASE regimen, consisting of cyclophosphamide, cytosine arabinoside, etoposide, and dexamethasone, was administ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ogura M,Kagami Y,Taji H,Suzuki R,Miura K,Takeuchi T,Morishima Y

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare type of chronic B-cell leukemia characterized by the hairy morphology of the leukemia cells. All of 5 HCL samples and an HCL-derived cell line, BNBH-I, showed serrated edges and hairlike projections in May-Grünwald Giemsa stain and protruding actin spikes and lamellipodia in phalloi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Zhang X,Machii T,Matsumura I,Ezoe S,Kawasaki A,Tanaka H,Ueda S,Sugahara H,Shibayama H,Mizuki M,Kanakura Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycomb-group genes (PcG), identified by Drosophila genetics, are believed to maintain positional information by constituting a cellular memory system. Recently this system has been proved to be supported by epigenetic transcription regulation. PcG products comprise two distinct complexes, PcG complex 1 and 2. First ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Takihara Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of Bcl-2, Bcl-6, p53, topoisomerase II, and β-tubulin expression was evaluated in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients treated with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone, and rituximab. Eight-year progression-free survival (PFS, P = 0.006) and overall survival (...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Choi YW,Ahn MS,Choi JH,Lee HW,Kang SY,Jeong SH,Park JS,Han JH,Kim JH,Sheen SS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein report on the current status of Japanese HIV-positive patients with coagulation disorders, primarily hemophilia, based on the national survey of 31 May 2006. The total number of registered patients was 1,431 (Hemophilia A 1,086; Hemophilia B 325; von Willebrand disease 8; others 12), and 604 of these patient...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tatsunami S,Mimaya J,Shirahata A,Zelinka J,Horová I,Hanai J,Nishina Y,Ohira K,Taki M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) is a pleiotropic regulator of all stages of hematopoieis. Depending on the differentiation stage of the target cell, the local environment, and the concentration of TGF-beta, TGF-beta can be proproliferative or antiproliferative, proapoptotic or antiapoptotic, and/or prodiffe...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ruscetti FW,Bartelmez SH

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). It commonly presents with a variety of symptoms due to occlusion of small vessels by tumor cells in different organ systems. Clinically patients may present with generalized symptoms such as fever and malaise. In w...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yin W,Li M,Gao Z,Huang F,Da J,Liu C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better understand the biology of adult T cell leukemia (ATL), we aimed to establish a novel method, which allows the primary growth of ATL cells using a co-culture system with murine bone marrow-derived stromal cells, MS-5. ATL cells grew in close contact with MS-5 layers and formed so-called "cobblestone ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nagai K,Jinnai I,Hata T,Usui T,Sasaki D,Tsukasaki K,Sugahara K,Hishikawa Y,Yamada Y,Tanaka Y,Koji T,Mano H,Kamihira S,Tomonaga M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the safety and optimal dose of deferasirox for the treatment of iron overload after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). The primary endpoint was the maximum tolerated dose of deferasirox that was determined by the intrapatient dose escalation methods. A total of 16 ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tachibana T,Kanda J,Machida S,Saito T,Tanaka M,Najima Y,Koyama S,Miyazaki T,Yamamoto E,Takeuchi M,Morita S,Kanda Y,Kanamori H,Okamoto S,Kanto Study Group for Cell Therapy (KSGCT).

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent infection with human parvovirus B19 (B19) is primarily associated with chronic bone marrow failure in immunocompromised patients, but occasionally this organism may also affect immunocompetent hosts. B19 is also suggested as a causative agent of organ failure during bone marrow transplantation (BMT). We her...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Goto H,Ishida A,Fujii H,Kuroki F,Takahashi H,Ikuta K,Kai S,Yokota S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an ongoing search for potential biomarkers for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients using metabolic analysis. However, only few studies to date have focused on bone marrow samples or a specific subtype of AML. In the present study, we used gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry of plasma and bon...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Zhou X,Zheng M,Wang Q,Aa J,Cao B,Li J

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is abundant in biological organisms. PolyP is a major component of dense granules of human platelets and is secreted upon platelet activation. Studies from our lab and others have shown that polyP is a potent modulator of the blood clotting cascade, acting as a pro-hemostatic, prothromb...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Morrissey JH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is an inherited disease associated with nail dystrophy, abnormal skin pigmentation, oral leukoplakia, bone marrow failure and a predisposition to cancer. DC is a disease of defective telomere maintenance and patients with DC have very short telomeres. To date, mutations in six genes of telo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nishio N,Kojima S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed 126 acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) patients aged > or =60 years who had all been referred to the same hematological department between 1989 and 1999. In 76 de novo AML cases, 53 patients (median age, 72 years) were treated with combination chemotherapy (CT) for remission induction. Comple...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Iwakiri R,Ohta M,Mikoshiba M,Tsutsumi H,Kumakawa T,Mori M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distinction between RAEB, RAEB-T and AML M6a is difficult when erythroblasts in the bone marrow (BM) exceed 50%. We analyzed 19 children (2 RAEB, 13 RAEB-T and 4 AML M6a) enrolled in a prospective pathological central review in Japan and divided them into two groups according to the myeloblasts percentage among no...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Honda Y,Manabe A,Tsuchida M,Zaike Y,Masunaga A,Inoue M,Kobayashi R,Ohtsuka Y,Kikuchi A,Nakahata T,From the MDS Committee, the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology.

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with exhaustion, fatigue, and abdominal pain. She reported having received a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa 10 years before. On examination, she had a marked pallor and was severely malnourished. Laboratory analysis revealed a dramatically low hemoglobin level of...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Jost PJ,Stengel SM,Huber W,Sarbia M,Peschel C,Duyster J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of a new salvage regimen, consisting of rituximab (375 mg/m(2), day 1), ifosfamide (1500 mg/m(2) on days 3-7), etoposide (150 mg/m(2), days 3-5), cytarabine (100 mg/m(2), days 3-5) and dexamethasone (40 mg/body, days 3-5) (R-IVAD) for relapsed or refractory aggressive B-cell lymp...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Miura K,Takei K,Kobayashi S,Kiso S,Hirabayashi Y,Hojo A,Kodaira H,Yagi M,Kurita D,Kobayashi Y,Tanaka T,Iriyama N,Hatta Y,Kura Y,Yamazaki T,Sawada U,Takeuchi J

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：: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：:Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is a rare acquired stem cell disorder characterized by intravascular hemolysis, aplasia and an increased risk of thrombosis. We describe a patient under treatment with the anti-complement antibody eculizumab who developed pancytopenia, requiring blood transfusions, due to massive sp...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Krishnan SK,Hill A,Hillmen P,Arnold LM,Brooksbank GL,Wood A,Scarsbrook A,Davies MH,Kelly RJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of present study was to compare the prognosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with Waldeyer's ring involvement (WR-DLBCL) to that of nodal DLBCL (N-DLBCL) without WR involvement. Between July 2004 and October 2009, medical records and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) measured by 2-[fluorine-18]-fluo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Oh MY,Chung JS,Song MK,Shin HJ,Lee HS,Lee SM,Lee GW,Lee SE

更新日期：2013-03-01 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