The anti-mitotic agents PTC-028 and PTC596 display potent activity in pre-clinical models of multiple myeloma but challenge the role of BMI-1 as an essential tumour gene.

abstract：:A child of Italian origin with a congenital haemolytic anaemia had spectrophotometrically undetectable erythrocyte adenylate kinase (AK) activity. Her parents and brother had approximately 50% normal AK activity, and AK electrophoresis of red blood cell (RBC) crude extract on cellulose acetate strips showed the presen...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Qualtieri A,Pedace V,Bisconte MG,Bria M,Gulino B,Andreoli V,Brancati C

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a case of pyridoxine refractory hereditary sideroblastic anaemia (HSA) in a 19-year-old man who underwent peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) from his HLA-identical brother. By using short tandem repeat polymorphism, 100% donor cells were observed in peripheral blood on day +21; bone marrow...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： González MI,Caballero D,Vázquez L,Cañizo C,Hernández R,López C,Izarra A,Arroyo JL,González M,García R,San Miguel JF

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific deletions of the 5' part of the TAL1 gene (tal(d)) are among the most frequent non-random genetic abnormalities in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL). They are usually detected by PCR from DNA with several primer pairs or by Southern blot analysis. Since tal(d) lead to expression of a SIL-TAL1 ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Delabesse E,Bernard M,Landman-Parker J,Davi F,Leboeuf D,Varet B,Valensi F,Macintyre EA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survivin is overexpressed in several types of haematological malignancies making it an attractive target for therapeutic cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses. Here, we identify two peptide epitopes derived from the murine survivin protein and demonstrate that Balb/c mice treated with syngeneic dendritic cells pulsed with ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Siegel S,Wagner A,Schmitz N,Zeis M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of Interleukin-2 (IL-2) causes the release or generation of other cytokines such as tumour necrosis factor (TNF) which, by disturbing the anticoagulant properties of the endothelium, may induce a procoagulant state in patients receiving this drug. We therefore evaluated the effects of IL-2 on coagul...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Baars JW,de Boer JP,Wagstaff J,Roem D,Eerenberg-Belmer AJ,Nauta J,Pinedo HM,Hack CE

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL), differentiation therapy can be complicated by the development of a differentiation syndrome (DS). Pulmonary infiltration of differentiating leukaemic cells is a key event in the development of DS. Several mediators have been identified that may promote migration and extravasatio...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Luesink M,Jansen JH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation of various degrees of severity, including fulminant hepatitis, may develop in 20-50% of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HbsAg)-positive patients undergoing immunosuppressive or cytostatic treatment. Lamivudine is a nucleoside analogue that can directly suppress HBV replication. ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rossi G,Pelizzari A,Motta M,Puoti M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three patients with chronic granulocytic leukaemia who developed impaired visual acuity in association with high leucocyte counts. Two of the patients were in the chronic phase of their disease and the third developed visual symptoms at the time of blastic transformation. Fundoscopy showed retinal haemorrh...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mehta AB,Goldman JM,Kohner E

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the characterization of three variant antithrombins with reduced heparin binding as the primary abnormality. Two of these variants, antithrombin Southport (Leu 99 to Val, 2759 C to G) and antithrombin Vienna (Gln 118 to Pro, 5349 A to C) were novel, whereas the third, Pro 41 to Leu, has been previously descr...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chowdhury V,Mille B,Olds RJ,Lane DA,Watton J,Barrowcliffe TW,Pabinger I,Woodcock BE,Thein SL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 121 children presenting with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia between 1969 and 1982 were reviewed. The overall relapse free survival rate was 50%. However, girls presenting with a total white blood cell count of 20 X 10(9)/l or less (35% of all patients) had a particularly favourable prognosis with an 80% ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Stockley RJ,Ahlquist PY,Mott MG

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multimeric plasma protein von Willebrand factor (VWF) is regulated in size by its protease, ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13). Y1605-M1606 cleavage site mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the VWF A1 and A2 domains were examined for alter...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Pruss CM,Notley CR,Hegadorn CA,O'Brien LA,Lillicrap D

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis of paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with primary induction failure (PIF) is extremely poor, and effective treatment strategies have not been established. We investigated the clinical and biological features of paediatric AML patients with PIF registered to the Japanese Paediatric Leukaemia/Lympho...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Miyamura T,Moritake H,Nakayama H,Tanaka S,Tomizawa D,Shiba N,Saito AM,Tawa A,Shimada A,Iwamoto S,Hayashi Y,Koike T,Horibe K,Manabe A,Mizutani S,Taga T,Adachi S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two major epidemiological clues to the pathogenesis of Burkitt lymphoma (BL) are the geographical association with malaria--BL incidence relates to the malaria transmission rate--and early infection by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Both agents cause B cell hyperplasia, which is almost certainly an essential component ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Magrath I

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes prepared from rabbit brain extracts (RBE) and individual pure lipids (high phosphatidyl serine content, HIPS) were compared with frozen-thawed platelets (PLTS) in the dilute Russell Viper venom time (dRVVt). While all three preparations demonstrated sensitivity to lupus anticoagulant (LA) the highest detecti...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Stevenson KJ,Seddon JM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old woman was diagnosed as having an acute promyelocytic leukaemia in September 1981. Chemotherapeutic courses of daunomycin, ara-C, thioguanine and prednisolone were administered, resulting in a complete remission. A relapse occurred in January 1982, and chemotherapy did not lead to a second complete remiss...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Nilsson B

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the response of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) cells to Wnt proteins. Accumulation of beta-catenin was measured by Western blotting and immunofluorescence microscopy. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis of B-cell progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Khan NI,Bradstock KF,Bendall LJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithrombin III (AT III) activity has been measured in 9669 healthy blood donors (5525 male and 4144 female). The distribution of AT III is approximately 'normal' with mean 105.6 IU/dl and standard deviation 11.2; however, definite age and sex related variations are evident. Pre-menopausal females have lower mean AT ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tait RC,Walker ID,Islam SI,McCall F,Conkie JA,Mitchell R,Davidson JF

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzyme and low platelet count) syndrome, a severe presentation of pre-eclampsia, is still an enigma. Activated protein C resistance resulting from a mutation in coagulation factor V has recently emerged as the leading cause of thrombosis in pregnancy. We report on ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Brenner B,Lanir N,Thaler I

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anaemia (FA) is an autosomal recessive disease strongly predisposing to bone marrow failure and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Four FA genes, corresponding to complementation groups A, C, F and G, have been cloned, but the molecular functions of the corresponding proteins are unknown. The high risk of AML in F...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Xie Y,de Winter JP,Waisfisz Q,Nieuwint AW,Scheper RJ,Arwert F,Hoatlin ME,Ossenkoppele GJ,Schuurhuis GJ,Joenje H

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent large-scale somatic copy number alterations (SCNAs), and somatic point mutations can be analysed to stratify patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) into distinct prognostic groups. To investigate the relationship between SCNAs and somatic mutations, we performed whole-exome sequencing and single n...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Zhou W,Goldin L,Wang M,McMaster ML,Jones K,Burdett L,Chanock SJ,Yeager M,Dean M,Caporaso NE

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary non-engraftment or early rejection after transplantation of haematopoietic stem cells represent life-threatening complications of allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Management of early graft failure has been problematic, as the risk of fatal infectious complications increases with the time of pancytopenia a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Schlegel PG,Eyrich M,Bader P,Handgretinger R,Lang P,Niethammer D,Klingebiel T

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The humanized CD52 monoclonal antibody Campath-1H was used as first-line therapy in nine patients with progressive chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Intravenous (n = 5) or subcutaneous (n = 4) injections (up to 30 mg/inj.) were given three times a week for a maximum of 18 weeks. Three patients achieved a complete r...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Osterborg A,Fassas AS,Anagnostopoulos A,Dyer MJ,Catovsky D,Mellstedt H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune reconstitution was studied prospectively in 66 children who underwent 77 haematopoietic cell transplantations (HCT): 46 autologous HCTs in 39 patients and 31 allogeneic HCTs in 27 patients. We studied the dynamic analysis of immune recovery with regard to potential factors affecting its speed, including age, ty...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kalwak K,Gorczyńska E,Toporski J,Turkiewicz D,Slociak M,Ussowicz M,Latos-Grazyńska E,Król M,Boguslawska-Jaworska J,Chybicka A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective phase II trial, pentostatin combined with cyclophosphamide and rituximab (PCR) induced strong responses and was well-tolerated in previously untreated patients with advanced-stage, indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (iNHL). After a median patient follow-up of more than 108 months, we performed an intent-to...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Khashab T,Hagemeister F,Romaguera JE,Fanale MA,Pro B,McLaughlin P,Rodriguez MA,Neelapu SS,Fayad L,Younes A,Feng L,Vega F,Kwak LW,Samaniego F

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The erythrocyte chemokine receptor, a receptor for Plasmodium vivax, carries the antigens of the Duffy blood group system. Sequence analysis of reticulocyte RNA from individuals of known Duffy phenotype showed that the Fya antigen differs from the Fyb antigen as a result of a single nucleotide difference (A131 or G) e...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mallinson G,Soo KS,Schall TJ,Pisacka M,Anstee DJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of apoptosis (genetically programmed active cell death) by p210 BCR-ABL expression is a mechanism that might contribute to clonal expansion in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). Since cell death following exposure to ionizing radiation and many chemotherapeutic agents can occur by the apoptotic pathway, inhib...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Amos TA,Lewis JL,Grand FH,Gooding RP,Goldman JM,Gordon MY

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex class I molecule expression is reduced in some malignant tumours permitting escape from immune surveillance and is therefore associated with a poor prognosis. Seven cases of non-Hodgkin lymphomas out of 300 cases of malignant lymphoproliferative disorders totally lacked expression of c...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Amiot L,Onno M,Lamy T,Dauriac C,Le Prise PY,Fauchet R,Drenou B

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new, in-line high-efficiency 3-5 log10 leucodepletion filter system (Leukotrap RC system) was used to investigate the effect of pre-storage white cell removal on the quality of AS-3 red cell concentrates stored for 42 d at 4 degrees C. Median residual white cell content was 4 x 10(5) when filtration was performed at...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Heaton WA,Holme S,Smith K,Brecher ME,Pineda A,AuBuchon JP,Nelson E

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet aggregation is commonly used to investigate patients with possible dense granule storage pool deficiency (delta SPD), but recent studies have shown that this investigation is not specific or sensitive for this disorder. We describe a simple one-step technique to detect mepacrine loaded platelets by flow cytom...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gordon N,Thom J,Cole C,Baker R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of neutrophils in complement-induced changes in vascular permeability, skin wheal and flare responses to intradermal injection of autologous activated serum complement were measured in normal and neutropenic subjects. In normal subjects, responses were dose-dependent and were abolished by remov...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Williamson LM,Sheppard K,Davies JM,Fletcher J

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00