A variant of the EPB3 gene of the anti-Lepore type in hereditary spherocytosis.

abstract：:Human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) and anti-D immunoglobulin preparations are used in the treatment of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). One mechanism proposed to explain their therapeutic effects in ITP patients is the induction of expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-10 or IL...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Aubin E,Lemieux R,Bazin R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical significance of Aspergillus fungaemia in the setting of a deep-seated aspergillosis has not been clearly established. Among 107 microbiologically documented Aspergillus infections in patients with haematological diseases observed over a 17-year period, blood cultures grew Aspergillus species from 10 cases...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Girmenia C,Nucci M,Martino P

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the role of the ligand for c-mpl. thrombopoietin (TPO). in murine early haemopoiesis. using a serum-free culture system. TPO in combination with the ligand for c-kit (SF) or interleukin-3 (IL-3) supported colony formation by marrow cells of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-treated mice whereas TPO alone yielded no co...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Itoh R,Katayama N,Kato T,Mahmud N,Masuya M,Ohishi K,Minami N,Miyazaki H,Shiku H

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukaemia (T-LGLL) is a chronic clonal lymphoproliferative disorder of cytotoxic T lymphocytes which commonly occurs in older patients and is often associated with autoimmune diseases. Among 246 patients with T-LGLL seen at our institution over the last 10 years, we encountered 15 cas...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Awada H,Mahfouz RZ,Durrani J,Kishtagari A,Jagadeesh D,Lichtin AE,Hill BT,Hamilton BK,Carraway HE,Nazha A,Majhail NS,Sobecks R,Visconte V,Kalaycio M,Sekeres MA,Maciejewski JP

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune-mediated pathways have been recognized to be of importance in the pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). We assessed a broad variety of immune-related and inflammatory conditions and subsequent CLL development among 4 million adult male veterans admitted to VA hospitals. We identified 3,680 CLL ca...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Landgren O,Gridley G,Check D,Caporaso NE,Morris Brown L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow culture in a patient with aplastic anaemia responding to anabolic steroid (methandienone) therapy, showed an unusually high degree of growth in unstimulated cultures. Growth in unstimulated cultures is due to factors with colony stimulating activity (CSA) released by monocyte macrophages in the bone marrow...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Francis GE,Berney JJ,Bateman SM,Hoffbrand AV

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-two patients with bleeding, disorders registered with our centre were screened for infection with hepatitis G virus (HGV). 80 patients were positive for hepatitis C (HCV) antibodies, 66 of whom (83%) were HCV PCR positive. 11 patients (13%) were HGV RNA-positive, a similar prevalence rate to that of other studi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Wilde JT,Ahmed MM,Collingham KE,Skidmore SJ,Pillay D,Mutimer D

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of marrow cryopreservation for autologous bone marrow transplantation after 7 d in liquid culture was assessed in 10 leukaemic patients. A median of 0.17 x 10(8) nucleated cells/kg and 0.4 x 10(4) CFU-GM/kg could be collected after the complete procedure, with overall a consistent cell loss. Long-term ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Stoppa AM,Maraninchi D,Lafage M,Mannoni P,Novakovitch G,Blaise D,Gaspard MH,Michel G,Carcassonne Y

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a case of pyridoxine refractory hereditary sideroblastic anaemia (HSA) in a 19-year-old man who underwent peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) from his HLA-identical brother. By using short tandem repeat polymorphism, 100% donor cells were observed in peripheral blood on day +21; bone marrow...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： González MI,Caballero D,Vázquez L,Cañizo C,Hernández R,López C,Izarra A,Arroyo JL,González M,García R,San Miguel JF

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a haematological malignancy characterised by the clonal expansion of plasma cells (PCs) within the bone marrow. Despite advances in therapy, MM remains a largely incurable disease with a median survival of 6 years. In almost all cases, the development of MM is preceded by the benign PC conditi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dutta AK,Hewett DR,Fink JL,Grady JP,Zannettino ACW

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In agreement with a recently published manuscript, this present study demonstrated that CD38+ sub-populations had increased proliferative activity as evidenced by higher Ki-67 expression (P < 0.0001). This raised the possibility that the CD38+ fraction is exposed to an increased risk of clonal evolution. However, seri...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lin TT,Hewamana S,Ward R,Taylor H,Payne T,Pratt G,Baird D,Fegan C,Pepper C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Losses in 13q as a sole abnormality confer a good prognosis in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Nevertheless, its heterogeneity has been demonstrated and the clinical significance of biallelic 13q deletions remains controversial. We compared the clinico-biological characteristics of a series of 627 patients harbou...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Puiggros A,Delgado J,Rodriguez-Vicente A,Collado R,Aventín A,Luño E,Grau J,Hernandez JÁ,Marugán I,Ardanaz M,González T,Valiente A,Osma M,Calasanz MJ,Sanzo C,Carrió A,Ortega M,Santacruz R,Abrisqueta P,Abella E,Bosc

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in DNA copy number (CN) and DNA methylation represent important aberrations for lymphomas and other cancers. Here, for the first time, we show that the Illumina Infinium Methylation (IIM) assay, although not originally designed for CN profiling, is able to estimate CN changes. We compared the IIM CN profiles t...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kwee I,Rinaldi A,Rancoita P,Rossi D,Capello D,Forconi F,Giuliani N,Piva R,Inghirami G,Gaidano G,Zucca E,Bertoni F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly sensitive Y-microsatellite amplification system was developed for the detection of post bone marrow transplantation (BMT) chimaerism. The system is able to detect the DNA equivalent of a single male cell in a background of 10(5) female cells. For clinical applications it has the distinct advantage that the po...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lo YM,Noakes L,Roux E,Jeannet M,Chapuis B,Fleming KA,Wainscoat JS

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation, exposure of procoagulant phospholipids and shedding of microparticles are platelet responses that depend on activating conditions. To determine how these different responses are interconnected, we simultaneously measured fibrinogen (Fg) binding and aminophospholipid exposure on activated platelets by mean...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bachelot-Loza C,Badol P,Brohard-Bohn B,Fraiz N,Cano E,Rendu F

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective analysis was conducted in 64 patients diagnosed with type I cryoglobulinaemia (CG) followed at two French centres. Median follow-up was 6·75 years. CG was IgG in 60% and IgM in 40% of all cases and was asymptomatic in 16 patients (25%). Cold-triggered ischaemic skin manifestations were observed in 3...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Harel S,Mohr M,Jahn I,Aucouturier F,Galicier L,Asli B,Malphettes M,Szalat R,Brouet JC,Lipsker D,Fermand JP

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary familial and congenital polycythaemia (PFCP) is a disease characterized by increased red blood cell mass, and can be associated with mutations in the intracellular region of the erythropoietin (EPO) receptor (EPOR). Here we explore the mechanisms by which EPOR mutations induce PFCP, using an experimental syste...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gross M,Ben-Califa N,McMullin MF,Percy MJ,Bento C,Cario H,Minkov M,Neumann D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the feasibility of collecting peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPC) in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) following two cycles of induction chemotherapy with idarubicin, cytarabine and etoposide (ICE), and one cycle of consolidation therapy with high-dose cytarabine and mitoxantrone (HAM). Thi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Schlenk RF,Döhner H,Pförsich M,Benner A,Fischer K,Hartmann F,Fischer JT,Weber W,Gunzer U,Pralle H,Haas R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) was used to analyse 34 follicular lymphoma (FL) samples. 27 samples showed DNA sequence copy number changes of at least one genomic region (26 samples with at least one gain and nine with at least one loss). Some chromosomes or chromosomal regions were preferentially involved. T...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Avet-Loiseau H,Vigier M,Moreau A,Mellerin MP,Gaillard F,Harousseau JL,Bataille R,Milpied N

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) may cause meningoencephalitis and significant neurological sequelae. We examined the relationship between neurological symptoms and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at diagnosis, and long-term outcome, in all children enroled in the HLH-94-study prior to July 1, 2003, for whom inform...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Horne A,Trottestam H,Aricò M,Egeler RM,Filipovich AH,Gadner H,Imashuku S,Ladisch S,Webb D,Janka G,Henter JI,Histiocyte Society.

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We treated 26 patients with hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) with 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, including nine with abdominal lymphadenopathy and of whom two had HCL-variant; 18 were previously treated. The overall response in 23 evaluable HCL patients was 100% with 87% complete remission (CR). The CR rate was 57% in patients wit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mercieca J,Matutes E,Emmett E,Coles H,Catovsky D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency in DNA repair capability is considered to be responsible for oncogenesis. Hereditary and sporadic cancers in various tissues have been reported to have mutations at the DNA repair genes. In this study we analysed two excision repair genes (ERCC1 and XPCC) and two mismatch repair genes (hMSH2 and hMTH1) in t...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lin YW,Kubota M,Koishi S,Sawada M,Usami I,Watanabe K,Akiyama Y

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the characterization of a novel 7.9 kb deletion that eliminated one of the duplicated alpha-globin genes, causing an alpha+-thalassaemia phenotype in two independent carriers of Suriname-Indian origin. The molecular characterization of the deletion breakpoint fragment revealed neither involvement of Alu re...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Harteveld CL,van Delft P,Wijermans PW,Kappers-Klunne MC,Weegenaar J,Losekoot M,Giordano PC

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is characterized by a paucity of neoplastic Hodgkin/Reed Sternberg (HRS) cells within a complex cellular milieu that is rendered immunologically incapable of reacting against CD30(+) HRS cells due to a plethora of immune escape mechanisms initiated by the neoplastic cells. Accounting f...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Venkataraman G,Mirza MK,Eichenauer DA,Diehl V

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by excessive intestinal iron absorption resulting in increased pathological body iron stores. It is typically associated with homozygosity for the c.845G>A (p.C282Y) mutation in the HFE gene. However, other HFE alterations have been repo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Silva B,Martins R,Proença D,Fleming R,Faustino P

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：: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：:We describe a familial study of AT III, a type III antithrombin III variant which was identified in the propositus by gene analysis as Pro 41 Leu heterozygous mutation. None of the four members of the family who presented with defective heparin cofactor (hep-cofactor) activity, and therefore probably carried the mutat...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： de Roux N,Chadeuf G,Molho-Sabatier P,Plouin PF,Aiach M

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that interleukin 2 (IL2) production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) is severely impaired post allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, whereas production of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is at most marginally depressed. To investigate the mechanisms behind this apparently differe...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cooley MA,McLachlan K,Atkinson K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-thymocyte globulins (ATG) are currently used to prevent graft-versus-host disease in haematopoietic stem cell transplants from alternative donors and to treat and prevent acute organ rejection after transplantation. Many recent studies have demonstrated that ATG can also be beneficial in patients with myeloma, ly...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Polito L,Bortolotti M,Farini V,Pedrazzi M,Tazzari PL,Bolognesi A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00