Presence of the entire coding region of GP IV mRNA in Nak(a)-negative platelets.

abstract：:Biphenotypic acute leukemia co-expressing T-lymphoid and myeloid markers is rare, accounting for less than 1% of acute leukemias. However, several clinical characteristics including male predominance, frequent lymphadenopathy and unfavorable outcome have been identified. Recurrence of monosomies 7p and/or 12p in T/mye...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Matsumoto Y,Taki T,Fujimoto Y,Taniguchi K,Shimizu D,Shimura K,Uchiyama H,Kuroda J,Nomura K,Inaba T,Shimazaki C,Horiike S,Taniwaki M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) shows a remarkable heterogeneity, with some patients having an almost normal lifespan, others surviving only several months after diagnosis despite intensive therapy. The aim of this study was to investigate the serum thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) concentration in Chinese patients with CL...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Xu W,Cao X,Miao KR,Qiao C,Wu YJ,Liu Q,Fan L,Li JY

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare type of chronic B-cell leukemia characterized by the hairy morphology of the leukemia cells. All of 5 HCL samples and an HCL-derived cell line, BNBH-I, showed serrated edges and hairlike projections in May-Grünwald Giemsa stain and protruding actin spikes and lamellipodia in phalloi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Zhang X,Machii T,Matsumura I,Ezoe S,Kawasaki A,Tanaka H,Ueda S,Sugahara H,Shibayama H,Mizuki M,Kanakura Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in detecting cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in serum (sPCR) enables the detection of CMV viremia, which has not been possible with other methods. In this study, the clinical usefulness of sPCR was investigated by comparison with the results of three oth...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Matsunaga T,Sakamaki S,Ishigaki S,Kohda K,Takeda M,Katoh J,Kuroda H,Hirayama Y,Kusakabe T,Akiyama T,Kuga T,Niitsu Y,Masaoka T,Sagawa T,Matsumoto Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), which developed into an overt leukemic phase in a 15-year-old female with a rare constitutional abnormality [46,XX,t(2;11) (q31;p13)]. The patient entered complete remission after 3 months of chemotherapy. On chromosome analysis during remission, the t(2;11) (q31;p1...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hinoda Y,Itoh H,Takahashi T,Adachi M,Tsujisaki M,Imai K,Yachi A

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative hemostatic management is a challenge in patients with Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT). The standard means of preventing surgical bleeding in GT patients is platelet transfusion. However, GT patients often possess alloantibodies against GPIIb/IIIa and/or HLA, which cause resistance to platelet transfusion. ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ogawa Y,Kunishima S,Yanagisawa K,Osaki Y,Uchiyama Y,Matsumoto N,Tokiniwa H,Horiguchi J,Nojima Y,Handa H

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown the clinical usefulness of Wilms' tumor 1 gene (WT1) mRNA expression in peripheral blood (PB) as a minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring marker in 191 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients using the WT1 mRNA assay kit "Otsuka" (Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; "former kit"). In contrast, t...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kitamura K,Nishiyama T,Ishiyama K,Miyawaki S,Miyazaki K,Suzuki K,Masaie H,Okada M,Ogawa H,Imai K,Kiyoi H,Naoe T,Yokoyama Y,Chiba S,Hata T,Miyazaki Y,Hatta Y,Takeuchi J,Nannya Y,Kurokawa M,Ueda Y,Koga D,Sugiyam

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a retrospective population-based cohort study of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. Over 6 years, we diagnosed 221 patients (211 adults and 10 children) with AML, indicating an incidence of AML in Miyazaki Prefecture of 3.2 per 100,000 per year. In 193 adult patients with non-acut...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Matsunaga T,Yamashita K,Kubuki Y,Toyama T,Imataki O,Maeda K,Kawano N,Satou S,Kawano H,Ishizaki J,Yoshida S,Kameda T,Sasaki T,Sekine M,Kamiunten A,Taniguchi Y,Hidaka T,Katayose K,K-Shimoda H,Shide K,Yamamoto S,Mo

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is very rare. The authors encountered a case of NK/T-cell lymphoma in a 36-year-old man who presented with an ulcerative mass on both tonsils. During assessment, HIV positivity was...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Oh SC,Choi CW,Kim BS,Shin SW,Kim YH,Lee JS,Kim MJ,Jung WY,Kim HK,Yeom BW,Kim IS,Kim JS

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bortezomib is a proteasome inhibitor that can be effective in the treatment of refractory and relapsed multiple myeloma. Recently, severe pulmonary complications associated with bortezomib therapy have been reported in Japan. Because bortezomib has not yet been approved for general use in Japan and is imported by atte...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Gotoh A,Ohyashiki K,Oshimi K,Usui N,Hotta T,Dan K,Ikeda Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow transplantation is widely accepted as the first line therapy for patients with severe aplastic anemia. Patients with less severe forms of aplastic anemia are treated with immunosuppressive agents, hematopoietic growth factors or androgenic steroids. The use of rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin allowed u...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yoshida Y,Ichinoe T,Dodo M,Noukawa M,Maeda A,Oguma S,Tajima M,Yamamoto K,Okuma M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell diseases are classified on the basis of the normal differentiation stages. We report here a case of a patient with a long history of leukocytosis, splenomegaly without lymphadenopathy, and hyperviscosity symptoms. Clinically, the patient's diagnosis was leukemic Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. Chromosomal analys...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sekikawa T,Takahara S,Kawano T,Nakada S,Ito K,Iwase S,Yamada H,Kobayashi M,Horiguchi-Yamada J

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a rare subtype of malignant lymphoma in Japan, and there are few reports of HL in Japan in recent years. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical features of 139 patients with HL who were diagnosed and treated at our institution between 1997 and 2011. The median age at diagnosis was 34 years w...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Makita S,Maruyama D,Maeshima AM,Taniguchi H,Miyamoto K,Kitahara H,Fukuhara S,Munakata W,Kobayashi Y,Itami J,Tobinai K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substantial understanding that has been gained over the past 5 decades of the biology of blood formation is largely due to the development of functional quantitative assays for cells at all stages of differentiation, from multipotential stem cells to mature cells. The majority of studies have involved the mouse be...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Dick JE,Lapidot T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies represent a unique class of therapeutics because of their high specificity toward a defined target antigen. Recent clinical success with antibody-based cancer therapeutics has led to an upsurge in the development of these agents. Antibodies directed against FLT3 represent a promising approach for the treatm...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Li Y,Zhu Z

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy has been used for autoimmune diseases and disorders involving autoantibodies, including coagulation inhibitors. In this review, we have evaluated the efficacy and safety of IVIG therapy for acquired coagulation inhibitors, including factor VIII inhibitor, and for acquired von ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yamamoto K,Takamatsu J,Saito H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment outcome of multiple myeloma (MM) is worse than expected from the average numbers of non-synonymous mutations, which are roughly correlated with the prognosis of cancer patients. The refractoriness of MM may be ascribed to the complex genomic architecture and clonal behavior of the disease. In MM, disease...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Furukawa Y,Kikuchi J

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The t(14;19)(q32;q13) is a recurring translocation found in some patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and the t(14;19) juxtaposes the BCL3 gene on chromosome 19 with the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene (IGH) locus on chromosome 14. Genomic DNAs from 49 patients with chronic B-cell leukemia and the related...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yabumoto K,Ohno H,Doi S,Edamura S,Arita Y,Akasaka T,Matsumoto J,Kadowaki N,Fukuhara S,Okuma M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:APOBEC3G has been identified as an anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) host factor that belongs to the APOBEC superfamily of cytidine deaminases. It deaminates cytidine to uridine in nascent minus-strand viral DNA, inducing G-to-A hypermutation in the plus-strand DNA of HIV-1. The accumulating evidence de...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Takaori-Kondo A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased levels of asparagine synthetase (ASNS), an enzyme producing intracellular asparagine, have been implicated in the development of asparaginase resistance. The aim of this study was to assess ASNS mRNA and protein expression in bone marrow cell populations of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). B...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Dimitriou H,Choulaki C,Perdikogianni C,Stiakaki E,Kalmanti M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 2002 and 2008, a number of consensus statements and guidelines were developed by various groups around the world to educate healthcare professionals on the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), including the management of transfusional iron overload with iron chelation therapy. Guidelines have been dev...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Gattermann N

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been important progress in the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) in patients under 60 years. A remission rate of 80% can be achieved by several schedules, and 40-45% of patients diagnosed will survive. It may still be possible to improve remission induction treatment eg by intensifying the Ara-C dos...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Newland A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENK/TCL), is an aggressive and rare hematological malignancy. Patients with advanced and relapsed/refractory disease have very poor outcomes. In this study, we retrospectively assessed the efficacy and safety of MEDA regimen (methotrexate, etoposide, dexamethasone...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ding H,Chang J,Liu LG,Hu D,Zhang WH,Yan Y,Ma LY,Li ZC,Ma YJ,Hao SG,Tao R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with persistent pure red cell aplasia due to human parvovirus B19 (HPVB19) infection during immunosuppressive therapy for refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). The patient had been given corticosteroid (CS) and/or azathioprine for AIHA. During the course of treatment, reticulocyte count ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ito S,Oyake T,Uchiyama T,Sugawara T,Murai K,Ishida Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycomb repressive complex (PRC) is a critical regulator of normal tissue homeostasis as well as tumorigenesis. EZH2, an enzymatic subunit of PRC2, is a histone H3K27 methyltransferase that functions in the regulation of gene silencing. EZH2 overexpression was first identified in prostate and breast cancers and is as...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sashida G,Iwama A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune reconstitution affects clinical outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and it has been suggested that lymphocyte recovery affects survival after HSCT. However, few studies have examined lymphocyte recovery in Asian patients who received mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) prophylaxis ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kurata K,Yakushijin K,Mizuno I,Gomyo H,Okamura A,Ichikawa H,Sakai R,Mizutani Y,Kakiuchi S,Miyata Y,Kitao A,Sanada Y,Inui Y,Uryu K,Kawamoto S,Sugimoto T,Yamamoto K,Ito M,Matsuoka H,Murayama T,Minami H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type-1 cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CV) and mixed CV differ in their pathophysiology, clinical expression and treatment response. We report one patient with type-1 cryoglobulinemic vasculitis and skin ulcers that had remained active despite treatment with a variety of immunomodulating drugs including rituximab. The pa...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Besada E,Vik A,Koldingsnes W,Nossent JC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread use of tissue including hematopoietic stem cell products is justification for the development of standards by professional societies and for regulation by governmental agencies. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) developed a tiered, risk-based regulatory model. At the low end of risk to the tissue r...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Rowley SD

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vincristine-adriamycin-dexamethasone (VAD) regimen with intermittent high-dose dexamethasone (HD) has been used as primary chemotherapy for multiple myeloma (MM) patients who are candidates for high-dose therapy or present with renal failure. However, dexamethasone increases the risk of infection in MM patients. We re...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Isoda A,Matsumoto M,Nakahashi H,Mawatari M,Manaka A,Sawamura M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) constitute a group of phenotypically diverse chronic myeloid malignancies, characterized by clonal hematopoiesis and excessive production of terminally differentiated myeloid blood cells. The MPNs include polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and primary myelofibro...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tanaka M,Yujiri T,Ito S,Okayama N,Takahashi T,Shinohara K,Azuno Y,Nawata R,Hinoda Y,Tanizawa Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00