10-year complete remission in a Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient using imatinib without high-intensity chemotherapy or allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

abstract：:To determine the pathogenesis of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), serum levels of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and cytokine profiles were investigated. Serum concentrations of NSE and several cytokines were measured by immunoassays, and the association was evaluated in 18 HLH patients. Serum NSE levels incre...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Honda K,Ohga S,Takada H,Nomura A,Ohshima K,Kinukawa N,Mizuno Y,Hara T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose melphalan followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is a standard treatment for younger myeloma patients. However, the correlation between its toxicity and renal impairment is not clear. We analyzed this relationship, focusing on estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) as an i...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tamaki M,Nakasone H,Gomyo A,Hayakawa J,Akahoshi Y,Harada N,Kusuda M,Ishihara Y,Kawamura K,Tanihara A,Sato M,Terasako-Saito K,Kameda K,Wada H,Kikuchi M,Kimura SI,Kako S,Kanda Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKTL) is a rare disease with a poor prognosis. The long-term effect of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) on ENKTL has been reported occasionally but needs further investigation. In this retrospective study from a single center, 20 ENK...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Wang J,Wei L,Ye J,Yang L,Li X,Cong J,Yao N,Cui X,Wu Y,Ding J,Zhang L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and tyrosine kinase inhibitor have revolutionized the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In this study, the clinical impact of HSCT and imatinib mesylate (IM) was retrospectively analyzed in 28 children with CML treated in our institutes...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Muramatsu H,Takahashi Y,Sakaguchi H,Shimada A,Nishio N,Hama A,Doisaki S,Yagasaki H,Matsumoto K,Kato K,Kojima S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins, a family of noncovalently associated alpha beta heterodimeric adhesion receptors, are involved in a variety of pathological and physiological processes. The importance of integrins is evident in the severe pathogenic consequences of their congenital deficiencies: Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) and leukocyte ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tomiyama Y

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In the present study, we retrospectively evaluated whether soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) index, defined as the ratio of serum sIL-2R levels at neutrop...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nakamura Y,Tanaka Y,Tanaka M,Sugiyama A,Yamamoto K,Tokunaga Y,Yujiri T,Tanizawa Y

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：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：:The receptor for macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) is expressed in monocytes/macrophages and their progenitor cells and stimulates both the growth and development of the blood-cell lineage. Although the specific components positively regulating M-CSF receptor signaling have been relatively well defined, it ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Suzu S,Motoyoshi K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the frequency of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and the changes in some inflammation-related serum proteins in 157 patients with nonimmune chronic idiopathic neutropenia syndrome (NI-CINS). Of these patients, 42 had pronounced neutropenia with neutrophil counts < 1500/mi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Papadaki HA,Eliopoulos DG,Ponticoglou C,Eliopoulos GD

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:Novel approaches to the treatment of haemophilia are needed due to the limitations of the current standard of care, factor replacement therapy. Aspirations include lessening the treatment burden and effectively preventing joint damage. Treating haemophilia by restoring thrombin generation may be an effective approach....

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Chowdary P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonality analysis utilizing X-chromosome inactivation has been used in the study of various diseases, including hematological malignancies. The human androgen receptor gene (HUMARA) assay is the newest of such methods, and the majority of the female population can be assessed by this relatively simple procedure. One ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nakahara Y,Suzuki H,Ohashi H,Hatano S,Tomita A,Kinoshita T,Murate T,Saito H,Hotta T

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：: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：:Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is well known to be a rich source of hematopoietic stem cells with practical and ethical advantages. Because mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from bone marrow have been regarded as good materials for cell/gene therapy as well as for tissue engineering because of their multidifferentiation poten...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Lee MW,Yang MS,Park JS,Kim HC,Kim YJ,Choi J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with congenital protein S (PS) deficiency show a hereditary predisposition for thrombosis, and PS deficiency is prevalent among Japanese populations. Diagnosis is based on symptoms of thrombosis and reduced PS activity. Three reagents that use different measurement principles for determining PS activity are a...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ieko M,Hotta T,Watanabe K,Adachi T,Takeuchi S,Naito S,Yoshida M,Ohmura K,Takahashi N,Morishita E,Tsuda H,Kang D

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow transplantation is widely accepted as the first line therapy for patients with severe aplastic anemia. Patients with less severe forms of aplastic anemia are treated with immunosuppressive agents, hematopoietic growth factors or androgenic steroids. The use of rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin allowed u...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yoshida Y,Ichinoe T,Dodo M,Noukawa M,Maeda A,Oguma S,Tajima M,Yamamoto K,Okuma M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative hemostatic management is a challenge in patients with Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT). The standard means of preventing surgical bleeding in GT patients is platelet transfusion. However, GT patients often possess alloantibodies against GPIIb/IIIa and/or HLA, which cause resistance to platelet transfusion. ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ogawa Y,Kunishima S,Yanagisawa K,Osaki Y,Uchiyama Y,Matsumoto N,Tokiniwa H,Horiguchi J,Nojima Y,Handa H

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both stem cells and progenitor cells are present in umbilical cord blood (UCB) at a high frequency, making these cells a major target population for experimental and clinical studies. As the use of autologous or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of various diseases has grown rapidly i...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Lee MW,Jang IK,Yoo KH,Sung KW,Koo HH

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：: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：:Immune reconstitution affects clinical outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and it has been suggested that lymphocyte recovery affects survival after HSCT. However, few studies have examined lymphocyte recovery in Asian patients who received mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) prophylaxis ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kurata K,Yakushijin K,Mizuno I,Gomyo H,Okamura A,Ichikawa H,Sakai R,Mizutani Y,Kakiuchi S,Miyata Y,Kitao A,Sanada Y,Inui Y,Uryu K,Kawamoto S,Sugimoto T,Yamamoto K,Ito M,Matsuoka H,Murayama T,Minami H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) is characterized by a maturation arrest of myeloid progenitor cells at the stage of promyelocytes in bone marrow and low levels of mature neutrophils in peripheral blood. To date, little is known regarding the underlying pathomechanism of SCN. A defective response of neutrophil prec...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kasper B,Tidow N,Welte K

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma levels of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR; CD87) measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were higher in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) (5.8 +/- 4.7 ng/ml, mean +/- S.D., n = 9) than in normal donors (2.0 +/- 0.8 ng/ml, mean +/- S.D., n = 15). The hi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ninomiya H,Hasegawa Y,Nagasawa T,Abe T

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) conditions appear to be the best possible candidates for a gene therapy approach. Transgene expression by lymphocyte precursors should confer to these cells a selective growth advantage that gives rise to long-lived T-lymphocytes. This rationale was used as a basis for a clinica...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hacein-Bey-Abina S,Fischer A,Cavazzana-Calvo M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes are major effector cells involved in immunologically specific tumor destruction in vivo, and CD4+ T-cells are essential for controlling this CD8+ T-cell-dependent tumor eradication. The presence of CD4+ T-cells with distinct functional roles has been recognized. The further understanding o...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Shiku H

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late-onset hemorrhagic cystitis (LOHC) is a common complication following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), but its cause remains obscure. More attention to risk factors for LOHC is needed. We retrospectively analyzed patients with advanced leukemia who had been treated with ATG-containing con...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Fu H,Xu L,Liu D,Zhang X,Liu K,Chen H,Wang Y,Han W,Han T,Huang X

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Severe fungal infections remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neutropenic patients undergoing dose-intensive chemotherapy for malignant diseases. Chronic disseminated candidiasis (CDC) is a life-threatening complication in neutropenic patients because of the lack of responsive hematopoietic precurs...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hübel K,Chemnitz J,Brochhagen HG,Cornely OA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00