Hereditary haemolytic ovalocytosis with defective erythropoiesis.

abstract：:To examine the role of human DNA topoisomerase IIalpha (topo IIalpha) in drug resistance, we selectively inhibited topo IIalpha gene expression in U937 human monocytic leukaemia cells stably transfected with a plasmid that allowed for Zn-mediated conditional expression of a human alpha-topo IIalpha antisense sequence....

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Towatari M,Adachi K,Marunouchi T,Saito H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new alpha thalassemia defect has been detected in the South African population. Restriction mapping of the alpha globin gene cluster in affected individuals has established that the defect is associated with the removal of 22.8-23.7 kb of DNA, including the psi zeta 1, psi alpha 1, psi alpha 2, alpha 2 and alpha 1 g...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Vandenplas S,Higgs DR,Nicholls RD,Bester AJ,Mathew CG

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient presented with haemolytic anaemia and a negative direct antiglobulin test (DAT), and was found to have an IgG antibody with anti-Jka specificity in his serum. His red cells were typed as Jk(a-b+). Later he developed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and had a positive DAT due to anti-Jka bound to hi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ganly PS,Laffan MA,Owen I,Hows JM

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can complicate myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia (MMM), may arise in the absence of evidence for thromboembolic disease and carries a grim prognosis. Four patients with MMM and severe symptomatic PH were treated with whole-lung external beam radiotherapy in a single fraction of 100 cGy....

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Steensma DP,Hook CC,Stafford SL,Tefferi A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of whether, in patients affected by myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), haematological response to cytokines, particularly to recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo), is a phenomenon related to the stimulation of normal haemopoietic cells or to the differentiation of cells belonging to the abnormal clone rema...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rigolin GM,Porta MD,Bigoni R,Cavazzini F,Ciccone M,Bardi A,Cuneo A,Castoldi G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the incidence of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and characteristics associated with ITP in the paediatric population using the General Practice Research Database (GPRD). Two hundred and fifty-seven paediatric ITP patients were identified out of 1145 incident patients with ITP recorded between 1990 a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Yong M,Schoonen WM,Li L,Kanas G,Coalson J,Mowat F,Fryzek J,Kaye JA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with idiopathic anaemias associated with abnormal sideroblasts were defined according to morphologic and ferrokinetic criteria and the haematologic and biochemical effects of vitamin B6 therapy were evaluated. While all patients presented similar clinical pictures, peripheral blood changes and bone marrow abn...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Solomon LR,Hillman RS

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Megakaryocytic (Mk) cell maturation involves polyploidisation, and the number of platelets produced increases with Mk DNA content. Ploidy levels in cultured human MK cells are much lower than those observed in vivo. This study demonstrated that adding the water-soluble vitamin nicotinamide (NIC) to mobilised periphera...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Giammona LM,Fuhrken PG,Papoutsakis ET,Miller WM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to standardize and assess the quality of immunophenotyping of leukaemias and lymphomas for diagnostic purposes, a cooperative study group in the Netherlands, SIHON, has formulated guidelines for the composition of antibody panels to be applied and guidelines for the interpretation of the marker analysis. To a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： van't Veer MB,Kluin-Nelemans JC,van der Schoot CE,van Putten WL,Adriaansen HJ,van Wering ER

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down syndrome (DS) children are at an increased risk of developing myelodysplasia and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). We retrospectively analysed the population-based data on 81 children with myeloid leukaemia of Down syndrome (ML-DS) from the UK National Registry of Childhood Tumours and experience in the Medical Rese...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rao A,Hills RK,Stiller C,Gibson BE,de Graaf SS,Hann IM,O'Marcaigh A,Wheatley K,Webb DK

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red cell lifespan has been measured using 51Cr and 59Fe in 19 patients. 59Fe can be used to give results which agree closely with those obtained using 51Cr provided that the plasma 59Fe clearance curve is properly defined and the data analysed correctly. In some patients elution of 51Cr may be more than three times th...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ricketts C,Cavill I,Napier JA

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that multitransfused patients with severe aplastic anaemia (SAA) exhibit high numbers of alloreactive cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursors directed against their HLA identical siblings. In this study a group of patients who had received multiple blood transfusions for SAA, other haematological ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kaminski ER,Hows JM,Goldman JM,Batchelor JR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PFA-100(R) (PFA) diagnostic system for the detection of platelet dysfunction was evaluated to determine reference ranges in a normal population. The PFA determines the primary haemostasis capacity (PHC) of anticoagulated whole blood, expressed by the system's closure time (CT). In this study the CT reference range...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Böck M,De Haan J,Beck KH,Gutensohn K,Hertfelder HJ,Karger R,Heim MU,Beeser H,Weber D,Kretschmer V

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When monocytic leukaemia line U937 cells were incubated in the presence of HgCl2 there was a rapid increase in tissue factor (TF)-dependent procoagulant activity, reaching a maximum (equivalent to the total TF activity observed when cells had been subjected to a freeze/thaw cycle) after 15 min at 50 microM HgCl2 and a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kaneko H,Kakkar VV,Scully MF

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia (MMM) is uniquely characterized by macroscopic bone marrow stromal changes that are believed to be both reactive and cytokine mediated. Furthermore, a prognostically detrimental increase in bone marrow angiogenesis has recently been demonstrated. These observations suggest a poten...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Elliott MA,Mesa RA,Li CY,Hook CC,Ansell SM,Levitt RM,Geyer SM,Tefferi A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on two adult patients with CD10+ positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) who presented with similar clinical and laboratory features and with a new chromosomal translocation: t(3;17)(q23;q21). This translocation may be involved in the formation of a new chimaeric transcription factor. Both patients shar...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Raanani P,Berkowicz M,Rosner E,Rosenthal E,Berman S,Rechavi G,Ben-Bassat I

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cells frozen by the low-glycerol fast-freezing technique were thawed, deglycerolized and resuspended in various media. The use of ACD-saline for resuspension markedly reduced in vitro haemolysis such that the red cells could be transfused up to 5 d after thawing. At this time the cells contained satisfactory...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Amer KA,Pepper DS,Prowse CV

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary hyperferritinaemia cataract syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by heterogeneous mutations of the iron regulatory element (IRE) in the ferritin l-chain mRNA. The mutations are rare and fast DNA scanning would facilitate diagnosis. The aim of the study was to compare the analytical performances...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cremonesi L,Paroni R,Foglieni B,Galbiati S,Fermo I,Soriani N,Belloli S,Ruggeri G,Biasiotto G,Cazzola M,Ferrari F,Ferrari M,Arosio P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in bone marrow blood flow has been previously described in anaemic rabbits and dogs. We examined the effect of haemorrhage and haemolysis in female Sprague-Dawley rats, with the hypothesis that high blood flow was related to hyperplasia of bone marrow tissue and that the increase would affect bone as well....

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Schoutens A,Verhas M,Dourov N,Verschaeren A,Mone M,Heilporn A

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a murine model to determine the impact of donor lymphocyte subsets on the incidence of primary marrow graft failure after transplantation of lymphocyte-depleted bone marrow. After lethal irradiation with 7.5 Gy, Balb/c mice received 1 x 10(5) to 4 x 10(7) GvH-nonreactive (C57 x Balb)F1 or GvH-reactive C57Bl/6 ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Uharek L,Glass B,Gaska T,Gassmann W,Loeffler H,Mueller-Ruchholtz W

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the rare occurrence of an inhibitor of factor VIII procoagulant arising in a patient with mild haemophilia A and rheumatoid arthritis. The inhibitor was transient and behaved like a low titre, type II factor VIII procoagulant inhibitor similar to previously reported cases (Biggs et al, 1972b). In vitro stud...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bovill EG,Burns SL,Golden EA

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dickkopf-1 (DKK1), expressed by myeloma cells, suppresses osteoblast function and plays a key role in bone disease in multiple myeloma. BHQ880, a human neutralizing IgG1 anti-DKK1 monoclonal antibody, is being investigated for its impact on multiple myeloma-related bone disease and as an agent with potential anti-myel...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Iyer SP,Beck JT,Stewart AK,Shah J,Kelly KR,Isaacs R,Bilic S,Sen S,Munshi NC

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with advanced myeloid metaplasia was treated with alpha-interferon (29 months) with a remarkable response. He had anaemia, thrombocytopenia and hepatosplenomegaly with infarction. The initial bone marrow showed replacement with fibrosis with no evident haemopoietic cells. Post-therapy, the patient became asy...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dalla KP,Zeigler ZR,Shadduck RK

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) and the optimal timing of such transplants in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) remains contentious. We present a single-centre experience documenting the outcomes of 70 FL patients who underwent BEAM (carmustine, cytarabine, etopside, melphalan)-conditioned...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kothari J,Peggs KS,Bird A,Thomson KJ,Morris E,Virchis AE,Lambert J,Goldstone AH,Linch DC,Ardeshna KM

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Increased haemoglobin (Hb) A2 levels associated with reduced mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and Hb content per cell (MCH) are the most typical features of heterozygous beta thalassaemia. However, double heterozygotes for alpha and beta thalassaemia may have normal MCV and MCH but Hb A2 always in the carrier range. In t...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gasperini D,Cao A,Paderi L,Barella S,Paglietti E,Perseu L,Loi D,Galanello R

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on outcome, prognostic factors, and treatment for very elderly non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) is sparse. We conducted a multicentre retrospective analysis of NHL patients ≥80 years (at diagnosis) treated between 1999 and 2009. Detailed characteristics were obtained including geriatric syndromes, activities of daily ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Nabhan C,Smith SM,Helenowski I,Ramsdale E,Parsons B,Karmali R,Feliciano J,Hanson B,Smith S,McKoy J,Larsen A,Hantel A,Gregory S,Evens AM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Globin-gene mapping of DNA from 13 families with normal Hb A2 beta-thalassaemia (both type 1 and type 2) failed to detect any difference from normal in their globin-gene arrangement. We conclude that deletions such as those responsible for gamma beta-thalassaemia or a 'silent' Hb Lepore are not responsible for this ty...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kanavakis E,Metaxotou-Mavromati A,Kattamis C,Aksoy M,Weatherall DJ,Wood WG

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various techniques have been used to assess the flow properties of blood and blood cells in a range of clinical situations. Filtration through microfilters offers a single technique for measuring the flow properties of all cellular components of blood in one experiment but depends on an assumed ability to recognize ce...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Jones JG,Adams RA,Cook AM,Evans SA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel principle is proposed for a differential separation of live cells (such as leucocytes) from a main flow. A microfluidic device with planar insulated electrodes as the side walls of the channel was manufactured and tested. An array of insulated vertical conductor wires was inserted along the axis of the channel...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Popa C,Su B,Vadgama P,Cotter F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00