Activation of hedgehog signaling associates with early disease progression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

abstract：:Protein Z is a vitamin K-dependent glycoprotein that plays a role in the regulation of coagulation. A nucleotide substitution of G by C in exon II of the protein Z gene, resulting in the replacement of Glu-30 with Gln (E30Q), and a G to A transition at the 79th nucleotide in intron F (IntF79G/A) were heterozygously id...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Souri M,Koseki-Kuno S,Iwata H,Kemkes-Matthes B,Ichinose A

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) have been associated with cardiovascular disease. Low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) has been recently demonstrated to contribute to FVIII clearance from plasma. The aim of this study was to evaluate 3 single nucleotide polymorphisms in SMARCA4-LDLR gene locus (rs112...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Martinelli N,Girelli D,Lunghi B,Pinotti M,Marchetti G,Malerba G,Pignatti PF,Corrocher R,Olivieri O,Bernardi F

更新日期：2010-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, all of the chromosomal deletions that cause alpha-thalassemia remove the structural alpha genes and/or their regulatory element (HS -40). A unique deletion occurs in a single family that juxtaposes a region that normally lies approximately 18-kilobase downstream of the human alpha cluster, next to a structura...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Barbour VM,Tufarelli C,Sharpe JA,Smith ZE,Ayyub H,Heinlein CA,Sloane-Stanley J,Indrak K,Wood WG,Higgs DR

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome maintenance protein 1 (CRM1) is a nuclear export receptor involved in the active transport of tumor suppressors (e.g., p53 and nucleophosmin) whose function is altered in cancer because of increased expression and overactive transport. Blocking CRM1-mediated nuclear export of such proteins is a novel therap...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Ranganathan P,Yu X,Na C,Santhanam R,Shacham S,Kauffman M,Walker A,Klisovic R,Blum W,Caligiuri M,Croce CM,Marcucci G,Garzon R

更新日期：2012-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously determined that in African sickle cell anemia (SS) patients three different beta-like globin gene cluster haplotypes are associated with different percent G gamma (one of the two types of non-alpha chains comprising hemoglobin F [HbF]), mean percent HbF, and percent dense cells. We report now that i...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Nagel RL,Erlingsson S,Fabry ME,Croizat H,Susuka SM,Lachman H,Sutton M,Driscoll C,Bouhassira E,Billett HH

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin E (IgE) bound to multivalent antigen (Ag) elicits mast cell degranulation but not survival; on the contrary, IgE in the absence of Ag (IgE(-Ag)) induces survival only but not degranulation. Although these distinct responses are mediated through the same receptor, FcepsilonRI, the molecular mechanism gen...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Yamasaki S,Ishikawa E,Kohno M,Saito T

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term beneficial effect of hydroxyurea (HU) in sickle cell disease (SCD) has been proven by randomized studies in children and adults. The Belgian registry of HU-treated SCD patients was created to evaluate its long-term efficacy and toxicity. The median follow-up of the 93 patients registered is 3.5 years; c...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Ferster A,Tahriri P,Vermylen C,Sturbois G,Corazza F,Fondu P,Devalck C,Dresse MF,Feremans W,Hunninck K,Toppet M,Philippet P,Van Geet C,Sariban E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioiodinated L-cell-derived colony-stimulating factor (CSF) was used to characterize the binding reaction to murine bone marrow cells. The major increment in cell-associated radioactivity occurred over 24 hr incubation at 37 degrees C, but virtually no binding was observed at 4 degrees C. The reaction was saturable ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Pigoli G,Waheed A,Shadduck RK

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet membrane GPIIb is comprised of a disulfide-linked heavy chain (GPIIb(H)) and light chain (GPIIb(L)). We have examined the role of the two chains of GPIIb in the maintenance of the GPIIb-IIIa heterodimer and Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptide-binding function. Lysates of surface radioiodinated platelets were treated wi...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Lam SC,Plow EF,Ginsberg MH

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photochemical decontamination (PCD) of platelet concentrates, with adequate preservation of platelet function, has been shown using 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and long wavelength UV light (UVA). To further evaluate this technique, models for the inactivation of pathogenic human cell-associated viruses and integrated pr...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Lin L,Londe H,Hanson CV,Wiesehahn G,Isaacs S,Cimino G,Corash L

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four of 9 PAX transcription factor genes have been associated with chromosomal translocations in human tumors, although their oncogenic potential has not yet been demonstrated in transgenic mouse models. The B-lymphoidPAX5 gene participates in the generation of the t(9;14)(p13;q32) translocation in germinal center B c...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Souabni A,Jochum W,Busslinger M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal translocations involving the platelet-derived growth factor beta receptor (PDGFbetaR) gene have been reported in some patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). The resultant fusion proteins have constitutive PDGFbetaR tyrosine kinase activity, but the partner genes previously reported (tel, Hun...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Magnusson MK,Meade KE,Brown KE,Arthur DC,Krueger LA,Barrett AJ,Dunbar CE

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Many researchers have speculated that the clinical progression from monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) to multiple myeloma (MM) is driven by defects in dendritic cell (DC) function. However, evidence supporting this assumption is controversial, and no mechanism for the putative DC dysfunction ha...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Leone P,Berardi S,Frassanito MA,Ria R,De Re V,Cicco S,Battaglia S,Ditonno P,Dammacco F,Vacca A,Racanelli V

更新日期：2015-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked disease caused by mutations in the WAS gene, leading to thrombocytopenia, eczema, recurrent infections, autoimmune disease, and malignancy. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the primary curative approach, with the goal of correcting the underlying immunodeficienc...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Burroughs LM,Petrovic A,Brazauskas R,Liu X,Griffith LM,Ochs HD,Bleesing JJ,Edwards S,Dvorak CC,Chaudhury S,Prockop SE,Quinones R,Goldman FD,Quigg TC,Chandrakasan S,Smith AR,Parikh S,Dávila Saldaña BJ,Thakar MS,Phela

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Scott syndrome, a bleeding disorder caused by defective phospholipid scrambling, has been associated with mutations in the TMEM16F gene. The role of TMEM16F in apoptosis- or agonist-induced phosphatidylserine (PS) exposure was studied in platelets from a Scott syndrome patient and control subjects. Whereas stimulation...

journal_title：Blood

authors： van Kruchten R,Mattheij NJ,Saunders C,Feijge MA,Swieringa F,Wolfs JL,Collins PW,Heemskerk JW,Bevers EM

更新日期：2013-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The t(8;21)(q22;q22) is common in adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The RUNX1-ETO fusion protein that is expressed by this translocation is poorly leukemogenic and requires additional mutations for transformation. Loss of sex chromosome (LOS) is frequently observed in t(8;21) AML. In the present study, to evaluate w...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Matsuura S,Yan M,Lo MC,Ahn EY,Weng S,Dangoor D,Matin M,Higashi T,Feng GS,Zhang DE

更新日期：2012-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Although infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and a germline MLL gene have a better prognosis than comparable infants with a rearranged MLL gene, their optimal therapy is controversial. In 2 consecutive studies, conducted between 1996 and 2002, we treated 22 cases of infant ALL with germline MLL using chemo...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Nagayama J,Tomizawa D,Koh K,Nagatoshi Y,Hotta N,Kishimoto T,Takahashi Y,Kuno T,Sugita K,Sato T,Kato K,Ogawa A,Nakahata T,Mizutani S,Horibe K,Ishii E,Japan Infant Leukemia Study Group.

更新日期：2006-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although numerous studies have shown a higher risk of acquiring HIV infection in the presence of other sexually transmitted diseases, the biologic mechanisms responsible for enhanced HIV acquisition are unclear. Because Langerhans cells (LCs) are suspected to be the initial HIV targets after sexual exposure, we studie...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Ogawa Y,Kawamura T,Kimura T,Ito M,Blauvelt A,Shimada S

更新日期：2009-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique t(15;17) of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) fuses the PML gene with the retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR alpha) gene. Although retinoic acid (RA) inhibits cell growth and induces differentiation in human APL cells, resistance to RA develops both in vitro and in patients. We have developed RA-resistant s...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Shao W,Benedetti L,Lamph WW,Nervi C,Miller WH Jr

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations of the CDKN2A (p16(INK4A)) tumor suppressor gene predispose patients to melanoma and pancreatic carcinoma. In contrast, mutations of the murine CDKN2A gene predispose BALB/c mice to pristane-induced plasmacytoma. We describe here a family in which a germline mutation of CDKN2A is present in 4 indivi...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Dilworth D,Liu L,Stewart AK,Berenson JR,Lassam N,Hogg D

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down-regulation of immune responses by regulatory T (Treg) cells is an important mechanism involved in the induction of tolerance to allo-antigens (Ags). Recently, a novel subset of Ag-specific T-cell receptor (TCR)alpha beta+ CD4(-)CD8- (double-negative [DN]) Treg cells has been found to be able to prevent the reject...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Fischer K,Voelkl S,Heymann J,Przybylski GK,Mondal K,Laumer M,Kunz-Schughart L,Schmidt CA,Andreesen R,Mackensen A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hereditary stomatocytoses are a series of dominantly inherited hemolytic anemias in which the permeability of the erythrocyte membrane to monovalent cations is pathologically increased. The causative mutations for some forms of hereditary stomatocytosis have been found in the transporter protein genes, RHAG and SL...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Flatt JF,Guizouarn H,Burton NM,Borgese F,Tomlinson RJ,Forsyth RJ,Baldwin SA,Levinson BE,Quittet P,Aguilar-Martinez P,Delaunay J,Stewart GW,Bruce LJ

更新日期：2011-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that RO(+) expression correlated with increased mutation, activation, and selection among human germinal center (GC) B cells. Here, we subdivided human tonsillar B cells, including IgD(-)CD38(+) GC B cells, into different fractions based on RB expression. Although each subset contained RB(+) cel...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Jackson SM,Harp N,Patel D,Wulf J,Spaeth ED,Dike UK,James JA,Capra JD

更新日期：2009-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Blood, Usmani et al provide important information on second primary malignancies in patients treated with thalidomide and lenalidomide in the Arkansas total therapy trials. ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Rajkumar SV

更新日期：2012-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia (JCML), the proliferative properties of bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood (PB) cells from nine patients were studied using assays for CFU-C and CFU-GEMM and liquid cultures. All specimens showed two reproducible abnormalities: impaired growth of normal hematopo...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Estrov Z,Grunberger T,Chan HS,Freedman MH

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential immunologic, cytochemical, and cytokinetic studies were done on single lymphoid cells in the peripheral blood of 6 children with infectious mononucleosis (IM) and 1 child with toxoplasmosis 1-2 wk after onset of symptomatology. The absolute number of AET-SRBC rosetting (E+) cells was increased in all patien...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Hirt A,Imbach P,Morell A,Wagner HP

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of zanolimumab in patients with refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) have been assessed in two phase 2, multicenter, prospective, open-label, uncontrolled clinical studies. Patients with treatment refractory CD4(+) CTCL (mycosis fungoides [MF], n = 38; Sézary syndrome [SS], n = 9) receiv...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Kim YH,Duvic M,Obitz E,Gniadecki R,Iversen L,Osterborg A,Whittaker S,Illidge TM,Schwarz T,Kaufmann R,Cooper K,Knudsen KM,Lisby S,Baadsgaard O,Knox SJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusions of large numbers (> 10(8)/kg) of donor leukocytes can induce remissions in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who relapse after marrow transplantation. We wanted to determine if substantially lower numbers of donor leukocytes could induce remissions and, if so, whether this would reduce the 90% inc...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Mackinnon S,Papadopoulos EB,Carabasi MH,Reich L,Collins NH,Boulad F,Castro-Malaspina H,Childs BH,Gillio AP,Kernan NA

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During an 8-year period, 3,638 children from institutions of the Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) were diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Fifty-seven patients had Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph1) ALL. Blast cells obtained at diagnosis from 13 of these 57 cases (23%) were also found to have partial ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Russo C,Carroll A,Kohler S,Borowitz M,Amylon M,Homans A,Kedar A,Shuster J,Land V,Crist W

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell depletion (TCD) of the donor marrow graft has been shown to reduce the severity of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients with chronic-phase (CP) chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) undergoing HLA-identical sibling allogeneic marrow transplantation. However, there has been a corresponding reduction in the ...

journal_title：Blood

authors： Drobyski WR,Hessner MJ,Klein JP,Kabler-Babbitt C,Vesole DH,Margolis DA,Keever-Taylor CA

更新日期：1999-07-15 00:00:00