The molecular basis of alpha thalassaemia in a South African population.

abstract：:We studied MDS-associated inhibitory activity, which inhibited colony formation in vitro of granulocyte-macrophage progenitors (CFU-GM). Macrophages obtained from MDS bone marrow mononuclear cells (BM-MNC) when pretreated with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) suppressed the growth of normal CF...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ohmori M,Ohmori S,Ueda Y,Tohyama K,Yoshida Y,Uchino H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobilised peripheral blood is now the main source of stem cells collected from normal donors. We report our experience of mobilising and collecting 400 normal healthy donors using standardised procedures and techniques. Target recipient doses were reached with one aphaeresis in 63% of donors and with two aphereses in ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ings SJ,Balsa C,Leverett D,Mackinnon S,Linch DC,Watts MJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work aimed to provide a means of assaying directly the effects of transient expression of introduced genes on the survival, proliferation, lineage commitment and differentiation of haemopoietic progenitor cells. For this purpose, we have developed a system that allows isolation of productively transfected, muliti...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： McIvor ZJ,Heyworth CM,Johnson BA,Pearson S,Fiegler H,Hampson L,Dexter TM,Cross MA

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient individuals are at increased risk of developing haemolysis following treatment with various antimalarial drugs. Reliable field tests for G6PD deficiency are thus needed in chemotherapy studies and their validity has to be assessed. In two phase II clinical trials on m...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Meissner PE,Coulibaly B,Mandi G,Mansmann U,Witte S,Schiek W,Müller O,Schirmer RH,Mockenhaupt FP,Bienzle U

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody (mAb) drugs are desirable for the improvement of multiple myeloma (MM) treatment. In this study, we found for the first time that CD48 was highly expressed on MM plasma cells. In 22 out of 24 MM patients, CD48 was expressed on more than 90% of MM plasma cells at significantly higher levels than it ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hosen N,Ichihara H,Mugitani A,Aoyama Y,Fukuda Y,Kishida S,Matsuoka Y,Nakajima H,Kawakami M,Yamagami T,Fuji S,Tamaki H,Nakao T,Nishida S,Tsuboi A,Iida S,Hino M,Oka Y,Oji Y,Sugiyama H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II expression in B cells, peripheral blood monocytes, activated T cells, epidermal Langerhans cells, monocyte-derived dendritic cells, dermal microvascular endothelial cells (DMEC) and fibroblasts of twin brothers with MHC class II deficiency. Although residual ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Wolf HM,Thon V,Gulle H,Lechleitner S,Eibl MM,Petzelbauer P

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:We assessed the role of human CD52 antibody (Campath-1H) in six patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) treated to maximal response with purine analogues (fludarabine/deoxycoformycin) in whom persistent leukaemic infiltration of blood and bone marrow had precluded autologous stem cell transplantation. Five p...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dyer MJ,Kelsey SM,Mackay HJ,Emmett E,Thornton P,Hale G,Waldmann H,Newland AC,Catovsky D

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombopoietin (TPO) is the key growth factor for platelet production and is elevated in states of platelet depletion. As thrombocytopenia is a common finding in malaria, we analysed TPO regulation before, during and after antimalarial treatment. Before treatment, TPO serum levels were significantly higher in patients...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kreil A,Wenisch C,Brittenham G,Looareesuwan S,Peck-Radosavljevic M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelofibrosis is characterized by splenomegaly and debilitating constitutional symptoms that negatively impact patients' quality of life. ROBUST, a UK, open-label, phase II study, evaluated the safety and efficacy of ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis (N = 48), including intermediate-1 risk patients. The prima...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mead AJ,Milojkovic D,Knapper S,Garg M,Chacko J,Farquharson M,Yin J,Ali S,Clark RE,Andrews C,Dawson MK,Harrison C

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article acknowledges the pioneering contribution of William Bate Hardy in shaping the concept of mast cell heterogeneity. In two outstanding papers, published in 1894 and 1895, he focussed on the 'wandering cells' (the modern leucocytes) in different mammalian species and distinguished two types of granula...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Crivellato E,Ribatti D

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using artificial receptors, it is possible to redirect the specificity of immune cells to tumour-associated antigens, which is expected to provide a useful strategy for cancer immunotherapy. Given that B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) cells invariably express CD19 and CD38, these antigens may be suitable molecular ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mihara K,Yanagihara K,Takigahira M,Kitanaka A,Imai C,Bhattacharyya J,Kubo T,Takei Y,Yasunaga S,Takihara Y,Kimura A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down syndrome (DS) children have a 10-20-fold increased risk of developing ALL or AML compared to non-DS children. An increased disomic homozygosity of the polymorphic DNA markers in the pericentromeric region of chromosome 21q (21q11) has repeatedly been found in DS patients with ANLL-M7 and DS-specific transient abn...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cavani S,Perfumo C,Argusti A,Pierluigi M,Perroni L,Schmiegelow K,Petersen MB,Cotter FE,Strigini P,Dagna-Bricarelli F,Nizetić D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first step in thrombin-induced aggregation of blood platelets is binding of thrombin to specific receptors on the platelet membrane. Elucidation of the nature of this receptor in human platelets was attempted using radioactively labelled thrombin. In disc gel electrophoresis an extract of thrombin-treated platelet...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ganguly P

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the molecular basis of the beta-thalassaemias and sickle cell disease (SCD) has made it clear that patients with the same beta-globin genotypes can have very variable patterns of clinical expression. Extensive biochemical and pathophysiological studies over the last 50 years have derived two major mo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Thein SL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythroid colonies derived from the circulating early erythroid precursor (BFU-E) of a patient with congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia type I (CDA I) have been grown in plasma clot and studied by electron microscopy. The number of circulating BFU-E was in the normal range with a roughly normal appearance at the ligh...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Vainchenker W,Guichard J,Bouguet J,Breton-Gorius J

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess and define the effects of heterocellular hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin (HPFH) on the haematological phenotype of heterozygous beta-thalassaemia, we have studied a large kindred that included a total of 204 subjects with 60 beta-thalassaemia carriers, of whom 35 were also heterozygous, and five ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Garner C,Dew TK,Sherwood R,Rees D,Thein SL

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of marrow fibroblasts from patients with myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) was investigated using platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) and human serum as mitogens in the presence of human plasma derived serum. The proliferation of fibroblasts in MPD patients was increased compared to normal individuals, e...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kimura A,Katoh O,Kuramoto A

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonal heterogeneity in multisited or recurrent lymphoid neoplasms is a phenomenon that has been increasingly studied in recent years. However, in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas it remains largely unexplored. Patients diagnosed at our institution with multisited MALT lymphoma, from January 2009 to ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Condom M,Climent F,Fernández D,Colomer D,Lopez-Guerra M,Varela M,Carro I,Maluquer C,Mercadal S,Oliveira AC,Pané M,Matias-Guiu X,González-Barca E,Sureda A,Domingo-Domenech E

更新日期：2020-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent advent of an improved commercial serum enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of circulating galactomannan (GM), a major constituent of Aspergillus cell walls, has contributed to the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in many haematology and transplant centres. However, the optima...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Maertens J,Theunissen K,Verbeken E,Lagrou K,Verhaegen J,Boogaerts M,Eldere JV

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Further analysis of rat urine containing labelled catabolites derived from administered 3H- or 14C-labelled folic acid is described. The results support previously described studies, and show that folate catabolism in the rat takes place by cleavage of the C9-N10 bond, and not by excretion of inactive forms of the vit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Murphy M,Boyle PH,Weir DG,Scott JM

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta2-glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) bears the epitope(s) for autoimmune anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) frequently present in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). beta2GPI is involved in coagulation and fibrinolytic systems, including inhibition of contact activation. Coagulation factor XII is an initiator of i...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Takeuchi R,Atsumi T,Ieko M,Amasaki Y,Ichikawa K,Koike T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with congenital homozygous factor V deficiency in whom a large pseudotumour in the right upper leg was successfully surgically excised under continuous substitution with fresh-frozen plasma. ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tanis BC,van der Meer FJ,Bloem RM,Vlasveld LT

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 'artificial' plasma for one-stage factor-VIII assays is made by incubating human plasma with EDTA, to destroy factor VIII, and afterwards removing the anticoagulant by dialysis. Bovine factor V is then added to a given level. In the assay, contact activation is controlled by adding contact product. It was confirmed...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chantarangkul V,Ingram GI,Thorn MB,Darby SC

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin (Siglec)-5 or CD170 is a CD33-related receptor, containing cytoplasmic immune receptor-based tyrosine signalling motifs, that has previously been reported to be myeloid-specific like CD33 and thus may be useful in the characterization of both normal and malignant haemopoi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Virgo P,Denning-Kendall PA,Erickson-Miller CL,Singha S,Evely R,Hows JM,Freeman SD

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate whether the clinical behaviour of extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKTL) varies by race within a geographic region, we identified a total of 213 non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics and Asians/Pacific islanders (APIs) diagnosed with ENKTL in the California Cancer Registry betwe...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ai WZ,Chang ET,Fish K,Fu K,Weisenburger DD,Keegan TH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that iron accumulation may contribute to atherogenesis by increasing free radical formation and oxidative stress. Epidemiological studies in which the association of iron status with atherosclerosis was assessed raised conflicting results. To test whether genetic haemochromatosis is associated wit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Franco RF,Zago MA,Trip MD,ten Cate H,van den Ende A,Prins MH,Kastelein JJ,Reitsma PH

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glanzmann's thrombasthenia (GT) results from a qualitative or quantitative defect of GPIIb-IIIa complexes (integrin alphaIIbbeta3). the fibrinogen receptor on platelets. This integrin plays a critical role in platelet aggregation. In this report we describe the molecular abnormalities of a patient with clinical and la...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ruan J,Peyruchaud O,Alberio L,Valles G,Clemetson K,Bourre F,Nurden AT

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine cyclic haematopoiesis (CH) appears to be a multipotential stem cell defect, possibly due to an intrinsic marrow defect. The in vitro adherent marrow cells of the cyclic haematopoietic (CH) dog were cultured as underlayers beneath normal dog nonadherent marrow cells. The marrow granulocyte-committed colony formi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Jones JB,Jolly JD

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low concentrations of collagen and anticardiolipin antibodies (ACLA), which were raised in rabbits by immunization with cardiolipin (CL), co-operatively activated human gel-filtrated platelets (GFP). GFP activated by adding ACLA 5 min prior to collagen (ACLA + Col) showed strong responses in cytosolic Ca2+ mobilizatio...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Wang L,Su CY,Chou KY,Wang CT

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00