Chronic granulocytic leukaemia presenting with an extramedullary T lymphoblastic crisis.

abstract：:Any influence of G-CSF on eosinophils is mostly negative, although reports which have studied this relationship are few with varied results. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of G-CSF administration to healthy subjects on eosinophils in peripheral blood. Blood eosinophil counts, serum levels of eo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Karawajczyk M,Höglund M,Ericsson J,Venge P

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulatory human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) Tat protein shows pleiotropic effects on the survival and growth of both HIV-1-infected and uninfected CD4+ T lymphocytes. In this study, we have demonstrated that low concentrations (10 ng/ml) of extracellular Tat protein induce the expression of both c-fos mRNA a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gibellini D,Re MC,Ponti C,Celeghini C,Melloni E,La Placa M,Zauli G

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation factor concentrates are known to inhibit a variety of immune reactions when assessed in vitro. This study assessed the immunomodulatory activity of a wide range of coagulation factor concentrates by measuring their inhibition of PHA-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation and reduction in IL-2 secretion. The h...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Pearson HJ,Stirling D,Ludlam CA,Steel CM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determinants of steady state haemoglobin levels in sickle cell-haemoglobin C (SC) disease were investigated by measuring routine haematological and biochemical indices, red cell survival, oxygen affinity, pitted erythrocytes, and red cell and plasma volumes in 31 adult patients (15 male; 16 female). Red cell survi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bannerman RM,Serjeant B,Seakins M,England JM,Serjeant GR

更新日期：1979-09-01 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：:S-Methylation by thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) is an important route of metabolism for the thiopurine drugs. About one in 300 individuals are homozygous for a TPMT mutation associated with very low enzyme activity and severe myelosuppression if treated with standard doses of drug. To validate the use of molecula...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Coulthard SA,Rabello C,Robson J,Howell C,Minto L,Middleton PG,Gandhi MK,Jackson G,McLelland J,O'Brien H,Smith S,Reid MM,Pearson AD,Hall AG

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the additional benefit of Technetium(99)-sestamibi (99mTc-MIBI) scanning in comparison with standard X-ray techniques for multiple myeloma patients either at diagnosis or during follow-up. Between February 2001 and January 2005, 397 whole body scans were acquired. On 229 scans performed at diagnosis, 146 ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mele A,Offidani M,Visani G,Marconi M,Cambioli F,Nonni M,Catarini M,Brianzoni E,Berbellini A,Ascoli G,Brunori M,Agostini V,Corvatta L,Isidori A,Spinelli A,Gradari M,Leoni P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and early relapse remains unsatisfactory. In January 1995, the AIEOP (Associazione Italiana di Oncologia ed Ematologia Pediatrica) group opened a trial for children with ALL in first isolated or combined bone marrow relapse defined at high risk according...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Testi AM,Del Giudice I,Arcese W,Moleti ML,Giona F,Basso G,Biondi A,Conter V,Messina C,Rondelli R,Micozzi A,Micalizzi C,Barisone E,Locatelli F,Dini G,Aricò M,Casale F,Comis M,Ladogana S,Lippi A,Mura R,Pinta MF,

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), we identified a patient with typical clinical features of chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) in the chronic phase who showed no amplification of the CML-type BCR/ABL transcript. RT-PCR with primers detecting the acute lymphoid leukaemia (ALL)-type tran...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Okamoto K,Karasawa M,Sakai H,Ogura H,Morita K,Naruse T

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human erythrocytes from healthy male donors were fractionated with respect to in vivo age by simple centrifugation in order to characterize changes in the functional integrity of the membrane during the life-span of the cell. The three enzymes, Na/K-ATPase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and NADH-ferricyanid...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kadlubowski M,Agutter PS

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) binding factor present in the serum from a patient in remission from lymphoma is described. Radioimmunoassay (RIA) repeatedly failed to detect circulating levels of CSF-1 in the peripheral blood system of this patient. Molecular analysis showed a normal CSF-1 gene structure ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Baker AH,Cachia PG,Tennant GB,Whittaker JA,White D,Stanley ER,Burnett AK,Padua RA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of functional gap junctions between haematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) and stromal cells of the haematopoietic microenvironment in the human system is a controversial issue. Primary CD34+ HPCs isolated from leukapheresis products were co-incubated with the human fibroblastoid bone marrow stromal cell...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dürig J,Rosenthal C,Halfmeyer K,Wiemann M,Novotny J,Bingmann D,Dührsen U,Schirrmacher K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyrimidine analogue cytosine arabinoside (AraC) is one of the most effective drugs used in the treatment of acute leukaemia. Overexpression of the multidrug resistance (MDR-1) gene and its product, P-glycoprotein (P-gp), is associated with cellular resistance to drugs, such as anthracyclines and vinca alkaloids. T...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Månsson E,Paul A,Löfgren C,Ullberg K,Paul C,Eriksson S,Albertioni F

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:Human blood platelets were stored in autologous plasma at 4 degrees C or 22 degrees C and their surface changes were probed with three lectins--wheat germ agglutinin, lentil lectin and concanavalin A. Platelets stored at either temperature for different times showed increased sensitivity to lectins. Lectins which were...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dhar A,Ganguly P

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have treated 17 refractory or relapsed multiple myeloma patients resistant to chemotherapy with thalidomide at a dose of 200-800 mg/day. Eleven patients responded, five of whom had a very good partial response (> 75% decline in M protein) and another five exhibited a partial response (> 50% decline in M protein). E...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kneller A,Raanani P,Hardan I,Avigdor A,Levi I,Berkowicz M,Ben-Bassat I

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:The retinoids: all-transretinoic acid (tretinoin), 13-cis retinoic acid (isotretinoin) and the aromatic retinoids etretinate and acitretin have a preventive and therapeutic effect on chemically-induced tumours. Clinically, retinoids have shown variable effectiveness in therapy and/or prevention of oncological diseases...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bollag W

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integration of molecular and clinical information to tailor treatments remains an important research challenge in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). This study aimed to identify genomic lesions associated with a poor outcome and a higher risk of histological transformation. A mono-institutional cohort of 147 cas...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rinaldi A,Mian M,Kwee I,Rossi D,Deambrogi C,Mensah AA,Forconi F,Spina V,Cencini E,Drandi D,Ladetto M,Santachiara R,Marasca R,Gattei V,Cavalli F,Zucca E,Gaidano G,Bertoni F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) of the X-chromosome genes phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) and hypoxanthine phorphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) were used to determine the clonal nature of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in 22 patients. These included eight with refractory anaemia (RA), four with RA with rin...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tsukamoto N,Morita K,Maehara T,Okamoto K,Karasawa M,Omine M,Naruse T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the significance of red blood cell (RBC) alloimmunization, the lack of standardized registries in the US has prevented the completion of large studies. Data from 3·5 years of the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) recipient database, containing information from 12 hospitals, were ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Karafin MS,Westlake M,Hauser RG,Tormey CA,Norris PJ,Roubinian NH,Wu Y,Triulzi DJ,Kleinman S,Hendrickson JE,NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III).

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inv(8)(p11q13) chromosomal abnormality, described in acute myeloid leukaemias (AML), fuses the histone acetyl-transferase (HAT) MYST3 (MOZ) gene with another HAT gene, NCOA2 (TIF2). We generated a transgenic zebrafish in which the MYST3/NCOA2 fusion gene was expressed under control of the spi1 promoter. An AML dev...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Zhuravleva J,Paggetti J,Martin L,Hammann A,Solary E,Bastie JN,Delva L

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloma cells thrive in an environment of sustained inflammation, which impacts the development and evolution of the disease, as well as drug resistance. We evaluated the impact of genetic polymorphisms in the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) pathway, which have been implicated in different inflammatory responses in the ou...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bagratuni T,Terpos E,Eleutherakis-Papaiakovou E,Kalapanida D,Gavriatopoulou M,Migkou M,Liacos CI,Tasidou A,Matsouka C,Mparmparousi D,Dimopoulos MA,Kastritis E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively studied presentation biological differences and the response to therapy in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) associated with, or unrelated to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. TTP patients underwent standard evaluations and were treated with prednisone 1 mg/kg in addi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Novitzky N,Thomson J,Abrahams L,du Toit C,McDonald A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials with individual cytokines and extensive in vitro studies have provided the basis for the in vivo use of these molecules in combination. Animal models, with haemopoietic growth factors as well as preliminary studies in humans--as shown by our studies with the sequential use of IL-3 and GM-CSF in patient...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kanz L,Brugger W,Bross K,Mertelsmann R

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A panel of 51 cases of essential thrombocythaemia (ET), in chronic or leukaemic phase, was investigated for p53 gene and RAS oncogenes mutations by PCR-SSCP-direct sequencing. No RAS oncogenes mutations were detected, but p53 mutations were identified in three cases: 1/27 cases (approximately 4%) in chronic phase not ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Neri A,Fracchiolla NS,Radaelli F,Boletini A,Ribera S,Migliorini C,Trecca D,Maiolo AT

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains a major complication after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). The emergence of different immuno-prophylaxis strategies, such as post-transplant cyclophosphamide or anti-thymocyteglobulin has reduced the incidence of acute GVHD in recent years...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Zeiser R

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microparticles are circulating, phospholipid rich, submicron particles released from the membranes of endothelial cells, platelets, leucocytes and erythrocytes. Investigation into their biological activity has revealed diverse actions in coagulation, cell signalling and cellular interactions. These actions are mediate...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lynch SF,Ludlam CA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood (PB) involvement in 10 patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) was analysed by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-mediated RNase protection assay. The complementarity determining regions (CDR)-III of all 10 MCLs examined was amplified efficiently with consensus V(H) and J(H) prime...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kurokawa T,Kinoshita T,Murate T,Nagasaka T,Kagami Y,Ogura M,Nakamura S,Seto M,Hotta T,Saito H

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tellurite (K2TeO3) has been suggested as a potential anti-sickling compound because it causes a selective increase in the water content of RBC. To investigate the conditions underlying the increase in RBC volume due to tellurite, normal RBCs were incubated with the compound in a physiological medium and the cells wash...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kurantsin-Mills J,Klug RK,Lessin LS

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00