Alpha thalassaemia in an Italian population.

abstract：:Chemokines are a family of over 40 small (8 kDa) related proteins with the function of moving cells along a chemotactic gradient, either to organise cells within an organ or to facilitate the movement of leucocytes around the body. Mouse models have implicated the importance of the chemokine CXCL12 in haematopoiesis a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Laurence AD

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To extend our knowledge of the kinetics of fetal thrombopoietin (TPO), we studied TPO levels in cord blood plasma and amniotic fluid collected from 15 fetuses considered to be at risk of fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia and also from 10 healthy controls at caesarean delivery. In the plasma of all 25 fetuses an...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sainio S,Javela K,Kekomäki R,Teramo K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the impact of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections that occur after human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-matched unrelated donor (MUD) non-myleoablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). We analysed the incidence, onset and outcomes of CMV infections in 59 recipients of MUD and in 109 recipien...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Junghanss C,Storb R,Maris MB,Carter RA,Sandmaier BM,Maloney DG,McSweeney PA,Corey L,Boeckh M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:137 patients with severe aplastic anaemia (SAA) were treated in Basel from 1976 to 1986. 34 underwent bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and 103 received antilymphocyte globulin (ALG) therapy. We have analysed the incidence of late haematological complications in both groups of patients. 20 patients treated with ALG de...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tichelli A,Gratwohl A,Würsch A,Nissen C,Speck B

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The US National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program was used to develop aetiological clues for hairy cell leukaemia (HCL). Descriptive techniques (age-adjusted incidence trends, age-specific incidence rates (IR), and age distributions-at-diagnosis) were supplemented with mathematical ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dores GM,Matsuno RK,Weisenburger DD,Rosenberg PS,Anderson WF

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the level of MCL1 gene expression using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in lymph nodes of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). MCL1 expression in patients in complete remission (CR) was significantly lower than in patients with progressive disease (PD, P = 0.0043). The di...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kuramoto K,Sakai A,Shigemasa K,Takimoto Y,Asaoku H,Tsujimoto T,Oda K,Kimura A,Uesaka T,Watanabe H,Katoh O

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an ongoing effort to identify point mutations causing beta-thalassaemia, we have found two previously unreported mutations which are located in the Poly A site of the beta-globin gene. The screening programme used amplified DNA and dot-blot hybridization with several 32P-labelled oligonucleotide probes. DNA samples...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Jankovic L,Efremov GD,Petkov G,Kattamis C,George E,Yang KG,Stoming TA,Huisman TH

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients are at risk of mucositis and infections in the oral cavity during the neutropenic period after chemotherapy, which are significant causes of morbidity. In phase I/II studies with the haemopoietic growth factor granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), a reduction in post-chemotherapy mucositis has been o...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lieschke GJ,Ramenghi U,O'Connor MP,Sheridan W,Szer J,Morstyn G

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the phagocytic function of non-stimulated human polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMN) is impaired after incubation with either polynuclear Fe(III) or Fe(II), we decided to study lipid peroxidation of PMN and monocytes by these iron complexes. Lipid peroxidation was assessed by measuring thiobarbituric acid reac...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hoepelman IM,Bezemer WA,van Doornmalen E,Verhoef J,Marx JJ

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood globin synthesis studies were done in 11 patients with delta beta-thalassaemia trait, Hb S-delta beta-thalassaemia or delta beta/betao-thalassaemia from two black and two Caucasian families. All patients had elevated Hb F and normal or decreased Hb A2 levels and 10 had family studies confirming the di...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kinney TR,Friedman S,Cifuentes E,Kim HC,Schwartz E

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follow-up studies of natural killer (NK) cells, NK activity and antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) in the course of hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) were carried out in a series of patients affected by the disease. NK activity against K562 targets was found to be high in all the patients with non-symptomatic st...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Demeter J,Pálóczi K,Lehoczky D,Benczúr M

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in the epigenetics of cancer, with an increasing understanding that this form of genomic modification plays a critical role in pathogenesis. The malignant phenotype results from a step-wise increase of both genetic abnormalities and epigenetic modifications, leading to...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Boultwood J,Wainscoat JS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic filamentous fungus that is currently the most frequent cause of invasive fungal disease in immunosuppressed individuals. Recent advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of invasive aspergillosis have highlighted the multifactorial nature of A. fumigatus virulence and ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ben-Ami R,Lewis RE,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical outcome and results of chimaerism analysis in various cell lineages of 30 patients given non-myeloablative conditioning, followed by allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). The commonest diagnoses were chronic myelogenous leukaemia (n = 11) and solid tumours (n = 11). Twenty-one patients rec...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mattsson J,Uzunel M,Brune M,Hentschke P,Barkholt L,Stierner U,Aschan J,Ringdén O

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 125 patients aged 65 years or over, with atrial fibrillation taking warfarin for at least 12 months, with a standard deviation (SD) of prothrombin time, expressed as the International Normalized Ratio (INR) >0.5 over the previous 6 months, 40 were randomized to continue with usual clinic care and 85 to receive educ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Khan TI,Kamali F,Kesteven P,Avery P,Wynne H

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the absolute and relative risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in and around pregnancy would be crucial in identifying when to commence and cease thromboprophylaxis in women who would benefit from such intervention. We addressed this hypothesis using a large prospective primary care database from the Unit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sultan AA,West J,Tata LJ,Fleming KM,Nelson-Piercy C,Grainge MJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Jo-1 antibody-associated polymyositis (Jo-1 PM) had a Karnofsky score of 40% and severe muscle, liver and lung damage that was refractory to standard therapy. The female patient received an autologous T-cell-depleted haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) after myeloablative conditioning. The transp...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Baron F,Ribbens C,Kaye O,Fillet G,Malaise M,Beguin Y

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the beta thalassaemia trait affects millions of people worldwide, there have been no controlled studies to determine whether it is associated with any clinical disability or abnormal physical signs. To address this question, 402 individuals were studied: 217 with beta thalassaemia trait, of whom 154 were awar...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Premawardhena A,Arambepola M,Katugaha N,Weatherall DJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence that alterations in marrow adherent cell (M phi) function may play a role in the suppression of erythropoiesis in some patients with fungal infection. Bone marrow (BM) cells from 12 normals and 10 patients with histoplasmosis were cultured in plasma clots before and after removal of M phi. BM from ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Zanjani ED,McGlave PB,Davies SF,Banisadre M,Kaplan ME,Sarosi GA

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three TaqI restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) detected by the central portion of von Willebrand factor cDNA, which recognizes the true gene and in addition pseudogenic sequences, were characterized and mapped. Small cDNA fragments which hybridized with DNA from families with von Willebrand disease were u...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bernardi F,Marchetti G,Casonato A,Gemmati D,Patracchini P,Legnani C,DeRosa V,Girolami A,Conconi F

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transfusion graft-versus-host disease (PTGVHD) is one of the most severe side-effects of blood transfusion. To characterize the effector cells causing this disease, we cloned lymphocytes from a PTGVHD patient's peripheral blood. T-cell and B-cell clones were established, the origins of which were proven to be tra...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Nishimura M,Uchida S,Mitsunaga S,Tokunaga K,Tadokoro K,Juji T

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new variants of erythrocytic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase have been found in one German patient and in another patient of Turkish origin. The enzymes were partially purified 165-fold and 111-fold respectively. Both revealed reduced activity, increased thermolability and a pH-optimum in the alkaline region (8....

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gahr M,Bornhalm D,Schröter W

更新日期：1976-07-01 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：:Measurements were made of levels of D-dimer in plasma and serum, thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT) in plasma and fibrinogen/fibrin fragment E antigen (FgE) in serum in a normal healthy control group and in patients with a range of disorders associated with hypercoagulability. Levels were determined in 31 normal heal...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Boisclair MD,Lane DA,Wilde JT,Ireland H,Preston FE,Ofosu FA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Medical Research Council acute lymphoblastic leukaemia trials (UKALL X and XI) recruited 3,702 children with ALL between January 1985 and March 1997. Seventy-nine children had central nervous system (CNS) involvement in their first two relapses. Fourteen children survived at a median follow-up of 22 months from se...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Morris EC,Harrison G,Bailey CC,Hann IM,Hill FG,Gibson BE,Richards S,Webb DK,Medical Research Council Childhood Leukaemia Working Party.

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EPB3 gene encodes band 3 (anion exchanger 1) of the red cell membrane. A subset of hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is associated with EPB3 gene mutations and band 3 deficiency. We report a large Italian family in which 10 of the 27 members investigated displayed an autosomal dominant HS. SDS-PAGE revealed a reductio...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bianchi P,Zanella A,Alloisio N,Barosi G,Bredi E,Pelissero G,Zappa M,Vercellati C,Baronciani L,Delaunay J,Sirchia G

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cell (DC) differentiation was investigated in samples from two acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) patients with classic translocation t(15;17)(q22;q21). After 18 d of culture in the presence of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin 4 and tumour necrosis factor alpha, 10-15% of pathol...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rigolin GM,Della Porta M,Bigoni R,Tieghi A,Cuneo A,Castoldi G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of the inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 to the culture medium of human cord blood haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) has been shown to lead to an altered stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha-dependent migratory phenotype. This study investigated whether this effect was attributed to a diff...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kasenda B,Kassmer SH,Niggemann B,Schiermeier S,Hatzmann W,Zänker KS,Dittmar T

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of a 17p13.1 deletion (loss of TP53) or 11q22.3 deletion (loss of ATM), by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) patients is associated with a poorer prognosis. Because TP53 and ATM are integral to the TP53 pathway, we hypothesized that 17p13.1- (17p-) and 11q22.3-...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Greipp PT,Smoley SA,Viswanatha DS,Frederick LS,Rabe KG,Sharma RG,Slager SL,Van Dyke DL,Shanafelt TD,Tschumper RC,Zent CS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peripheral T-cell neoplasms are a biologically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare disorders that result from clonal proliferation of mature post-thymic lymphocytes. Natural killer (NK) cell neoplasms are included in this group. The World Health Organization classification of haemopoietic malignancies has d...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dearden CE,Johnson R,Pettengell R,Devereux S,Cwynarski K,Whittaker S,McMillan A,British Committee for Standards in Haematology.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00