Expression of activated molecules on CD5(+)B lymphocytes in autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

abstract：:Rapid vitamin K antagonist (VKA) reversal is required in patients experiencing major bleeding or requiring urgent surgery. Four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC; Beriplex®/Kcentra®) was shown in two large randomized controlled, international phase 3b trials to be an effective alternative to plasma for ur...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kushimoto S,Fukuoka T,Kimura A,Toyoda K,Brainsky A,Harman A,Chung T,Yasaka M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type-1 cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CV) and mixed CV differ in their pathophysiology, clinical expression and treatment response. We report one patient with type-1 cryoglobulinemic vasculitis and skin ulcers that had remained active despite treatment with a variety of immunomodulating drugs including rituximab. The pa...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Besada E,Vik A,Koldingsnes W,Nossent JC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old man with refractory anemia with excess of blasts in transformation exhibited erythroid hyperplasia, dyserythropoiesis, a del(20q) abnormality, susceptibility to bacterial infections, and a relatively short survival. Phagocytosis of erythrocytes by blast cells was observed. Erythrophagocytosis was also se...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kuyama J,Fushino M,Take H,Kanayama Y

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although immunosuppressive therapy using antithymocyte globulin or cyclosporine A (CSA) is effective in selected patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndrome, the response rates reported so far are inconsistent, and the indication of immunosuppressive therapy for myelodysplastic syndrome has not been clearly define...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ishikawa T,Tohyama K,Nakao S,Yoshida Y,Teramura M,Motoji T,Takatoku M,Kurokawa M,Mitani K,Uchiyama T,Omine M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferritin, composed of H-subunits and L-subunits, plays important roles in iron storage and in the control of intracellular iron distribution. Synthesis of both subunits is controlled by common cytoplasmic proteins, iron regulatory proteins (IRP-1 and IRP-2) that bind to the iron-responsive element (IRE) in the 5'-untr...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kato J,Niitsu Y

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated endogenous serum erythropoietin (Epo) levels in 14 normal subjects (eight males and six females) after a single 400-ml phlebotomy. The subjects were followed up for 56 days. The hemoglobin (Hb) values of both males and females decreased to a nadir on days 3 to 7 post-phlebotomy. Hb values gradually increa...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Maeda H,Hitomi Y,Hirata R,Tohyama H,Suwata J,Kamata S,Fujino Y,Murata N

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While anti-cancer chemotherapy has improved the survival of patients with hematologic malignancies, it has also exposed such patients to the risk of life-threatening infection due to neutropenia. In intensive chemotherapy for leukemia, invasive aspergillosis resulting in death is infrequently observed. In such cases, ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yamada R,Horikawa K,Ishihara S,Hoshino K,Kawaguchi T,Iyama K,Mitsuya H,Asou N

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) represent a group of potentially acute myeloid leukemic disorders. There exists a delicate balance between increased apoptosis and proliferation of the leukemic hematopoietic stem cell that permits many patients to survive for years. When the balance shifts towards proliferation AML...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bennett JM,Kouides PA,Forman SJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic fungal infections remain a major clinical problem in immunocompromised patients. Presumed systemic fungal infections (PSFI) are treated empirically with an intravenous antifungal agent to reduce the occurrence of documented infections and associated mortality. The objective of this study was to compare the co...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Moeremans K,Annemans L,Ryu JS,Choe KW,Shine WS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess response to cyclosporine A, and/or corticosteroids, and possible factors influencing the response in adult patients with acquired pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). Clinical data from 42 cases were retrospectively analyzed. These patients received cyclosporine A (CsA), and/or corticosteroids (CS), or other immuno...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Wu X,Wang S,Lu X,Shen W,Qiao C,Wu Y,Lu R,Wang S,Zhang J,Hong M,Zhu Y,Li J,He G

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:A 17-year-old man with severe hemophilia A (factor VIII <1%) developed intermittent left upper quadrant pain. He had a high titer of factor VIII inhibitor (1024 Bethesda units/mL) and was diagnosed with intramural hematoma of the jejunum. He was managed conservatively with activated prothrombin complex concentrate (AP...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Katsumi A,Matsushita T,Hirashima K,Iwasaki T,Adachi T,Yamamoto K,Kojima T,Takamatsu J,Saito H,Naoe T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) for chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) with a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen can be expected to lead to less therapy-related mortality and late-onset impairment, whereas it has also been reported to increase the risk of unsustained mixed donor chimeris...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hasegawa D,Fukushima M,Hosokawa Y,Takeda H,Kawasaki K,Mizukami T,Nunoi H,Ochiai H,Morio T,Kosaka 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：:Numerous studies have demonstrated that microRNA-21 (miR-21), as an oncogene, is involved in the occurrence of many types of tumor and the sensitivity of tumor cells to chemotherapeutic drugs. In the present study, we investigated whether miR-21 is involved in regulating the sensitivity of the diffuse large B-cell lym...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bai H,Wei J,Deng C,Yang X,Wang C,Xu R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients with primary cardiac malignant lymphoma involving the right atrium and superior vena cava, resulting in intractable right cardiac failure and superior vena cava syndrome. Patients were diagnosed by surgical myocardial biopsy and were treated with combination chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymp...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Enomoto S,Abo T,Sugawara T,Ishida Y,Murai K,Itoh S,Kuriya S

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) receptor cDNA was introduced into the erythroleukemic cell line K562, which normally does not express the receptor, using lipofection transfection of a G-CSF receptor expression plasmid vector. Transfected cells expressed the receptor with a dissociation constant of ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： el-Sonbaty SS,Watanabe M,Hochito K,Yamaguchi K,Matsuda I,Tsuchiya H

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and a poor performance status is challenging. An 89-year-old man with AML secondary to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and a poor performance status (4) underwent treatment with methylprednisolone (mPSL) (125 mg/body), which resulted in a remarkable r...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Suzuki K,Ohishi K,Sekine T,Masuya M,Katayama N

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated levels of serum ferritin and a low percentage of glycosylated ferritin have been reported in adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) as well as in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). The objective of the current study was to investigate total ferritin levels and the percentage of glycosylated ferritin in pat...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Wang Z,Wang Y,Wang J,Feng C,Tian L,Wu L

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid antibodies are autoantibodies directed against anionic phospholipids or protein-phospholipid complexes measured in solid-phase immunoassays such as anticardiolipin (aCL) antibody or detected in phospholipid-dependent clotting tests as lupus anticoagulant (LA). The term "antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Chi HS

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of effective antigen-specific T-cell immunity to pathogens without the initiation of autoimmunity has evolved as a sophisticated and highly balanced immunoregulatory mechanism. This mechanism assures the generation of antigen-specific effector cells as well as the induction and maintenance of antigen-spe...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kubach J,Becker C,Schmitt E,Steinbrink K,Huter E,Tuettenberg A,Jonuleit H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematologic malignancies have historically been characterized by morphologic, immunophenotypic, molecular, and genetic features. However, morphologically identical tumors can have clearly distinct clinical outcomes, suggesting underlying biological heterogeneity. Recent advances in microarray technology have helped th...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Savage KJ,Gascoyne RD

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) is now undergoing clinical trials. We investigated the effects of rhG-CSF on the function of neutrophils in vivo in healthy volunteers. rhG-CSF (0.5 micrograms/kg) was injected subcutaneously for 6 consecutive days. The number of neutrophils in peripher...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Itoh Y,Kuratsuji T,Tsunawaki S,Aizawa S,Toyama K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumor effect of high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (auto-PBSCT) is considered superior to that of conventional chemotherapy. However, the long-term benefits of this strategy in Japan remain unclear. Therefore, in this study, 109 cancer patients enroll...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kohda K,Sakamaki S,Matsunaga T,Kuga T,Fujimi A,Konuma Y,Kusakabe T,Kogawa K,Akiyama T,Koike K,Hirayama Y,Sasagawa Y,Nojiri S,Hirata Y,Nishisato T,Niitsu GY,Hokkaido Society of Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noonan syndrome (NS) is an autosomal-dominant disease characterized by distinctive facial features, webbed neck, cardiac anomalies, short stature and cryptorchidism. NS exhibits phenotypic overlap with Costello syndrome and cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome. Germline mutations of genes encoding proteins in the RAS...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Aoki Y,Matsubara Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare congenital disorder featuring exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, growth retardation, and bone marrow dysfunction. Reports suggest that nearly 25% of all cases are complicated with leukemia. Although stem cell transplantation is the sole option for these patients, successful r...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Mitsui T,Kawakami T,Sendo D,Katsuura M,Shimizu Y,Hayasaka K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin (Hb) E is the commonest beta-globin variant in Thailand. Other uncommon variants have been rarely reported. We performed direct DNA sequencing of the entire beta-globin gene in cases showing unidentified bands by isolectric focusing electrophoresis or high-performance liquid chromatography. Six different be...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Uaprasert N,Rojnuckarin P,Settapiboon R,Amornsiriwat S,Sutcharitchan P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple myeloma (MM) is a systemic disease in the elderly. Its incidence in patients younger than 40 years old and especially in pregnant women is extremely rare. MM may involve extraosseous sites, and only in rare cases it is observed in the breast. CASE REPORT:We describe the case of a 39-year-old woman ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bouzguenda R,Khanfir A,Toumi N,Chaaben K,Hentati Y,Ayadi L,Feki W,Daoud J,Frikha M

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：: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