Detection of monoclonal plasma cells in the peripheral blood of patients with primary amyloidosis.

abstract：:We describe two British families with similar, dominantly-inherited, temperature-related variants of hereditary stomatocytosis, consistent with the original description of 'cryohydrocytosis'. The cells show a 5-6-fold increase in passive permeability at 37 degrees C with abnormal intracellular Na and K levels at 15-20...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Coles SE,Chetty MC,Ho MM,Nicolaou A,Kearney JW,Wright SD,Stewart GW

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with aplastic anaemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita received allogeneic marrow grafts from either HLA-identical siblings (six patients) or HLA-matched unrelated donors (two patients). Patients who received marrow from HLA-identical siblings were conditioned with cyclophosphamide (140-200 mg/kg)...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Langston AA,Sanders JE,Deeg HJ,Crawford SW,Anasetti C,Sullivan KM,Flowers ME,Storb R

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven children (age range 1.8-11 years) with juvenile chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (JCML) received an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT), four from an HLA-identical sibling and three from a matched unrelated donor. In the four children transplanted using an HLA-identical sibling, conditioning regimen inc...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Locatelli F,Pession A,Comoli P,Bonetti F,Giorgiani G,Zecca M,Taibi RM,Mongini ME,Ambroselli F,de Stefano P,Severi F,Paolucci G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of fetal haemoglobin (HbF) is a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of β-thalassaemia and sickle cell disease (SCD). Several pharmacological agents, such as hydroxycarbamide (HC) and butyrates, have been shown to induce the γ-globin genes (HBG1, HBG2). However, their therapeutic use is limited d...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ronzoni L,Sonzogni L,Fossati G,Modena D,Trombetta E,Porretti L,Cappellini MD

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very few studies have investigated the effects of exercise on the biological parameters involved in vaso-occlusive events in sickle cell anaemia (SCA). The aim of this study was to test how a mild-moderate endurance exercise modulates oxidative stress, nitric oxide bioavailability and endothelial activation in SCA pat...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Faes C,Balayssac-Siransy E,Connes P,Hivert L,Danho C,Bogui P,Martin C,Pialoux V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonal T cells that cause pure red cell aplasia were demonstrated in a patient with chronic B-cell lymphocytic leukaemia. The T-cell fraction was enriched by the immunomagnetic method and shown to have T-cell receptor-beta gene rearrangement. Cryopreserved T cells, obtained during the period of anaemia, suppressed aut...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Yamada O,Yun-Hua W,Motoji T,Mizoguchi H

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:The haematological and immunological characteristics of 34 healthy anti-HTLV-I antibody-positive individuals (HTLV-I carriers) in southwestern Japan were examined. No significant difference was noted between carriers and the controls in counts of RBC, WBC and the absolute number of lymphocytes. The serum IgG in the ca...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Yasuda K,Sei Y,Yokoyama MM,Tanaka K,Hara A

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma cells isolated from bone marrow (BM) aspirates of 15 patients with active multiple myeloma (MM) were cultured and analysed for in vitro proliferative response and Ig-synthesis upon stimulation with interleukin-3 (IL-3), interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). The proliferative response, determined as Ki-...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sonneveld P,Schoester M,de Leeuw K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive procedures can be performed safely in children with haemophilia due to the availability of factor VIII/IX for patients without inhibitors. Most guidelines are based on the experiences in adults, but still there is no established consensus on the optimal factor levels or duration of replacement therapy for adu...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ljung RC,Knobe K

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Gaucher disease (GD) is an autosomal recessive inherited defect of the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GluCerase) that leads to glucosylceramide (GluCer) accumulation. We previously demonstrated the existence of imbalances in certain lymphocyte populations in GD patients. We now show that GluCerase-deficient mono...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Balreira A,Lacerda L,Miranda CS,Arosa FA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reasons why some patients with multiple myeloma (MM) do not develop severe bone loss, or even develop sclerotic bone lesions, remain unclear. In order to answer this question at the cellular and tissue level, we evaluated the histological bone condition of 10 patients with MM who never developed lytic bone lesions...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bataille R,Chappard D,Marcelli C,Rossi JF,Dessauw P,Baldet P,Sany J,Alexandre C

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporin A (CSA) exhibits greater multidrug resistance (MDR) modulating activity in vitro than other MDR modulators such as verapamil and quinidine. However, the immunosuppressive and nephrotoxic effects of CSA may limit its clinical use. PSC 833, a new cyclosporin D derivative, exerts a higher MDR reversal activit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Jiang XR,Kelsey SM,Wu YL,Newland AC

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyurea increases fetal haemoglobin in many patients with sickle cell anaemia, but its effectiveness in thalassaemia appears to be less consistent. We describe the response to hydroxyurea in an adult male with homozygous beta thalassaemia, symptomatic paraspinal extramedullary haemopoiesis, bone pain, and progress...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Saxon BR,Rees D,Olivieri NF

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) display both haematological and biological heterogeneity with variable leukaemia potential. MicroRNAs play an important role in tumour suppression and the regulation of self-renewal and differentiation of haematopoietic progenitors. Using a microarray platform, we evaluated microRNA...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sokol L,Caceres G,Volinia S,Alder H,Nuovo GJ,Liu CG,McGraw K,Clark JA,Sigua CA,Chen DT,Moscinski L,Croce CM,List AF

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements were made of levels of D-dimer in plasma and serum, thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT) in plasma and fibrinogen/fibrin fragment E antigen (FgE) in serum in a normal healthy control group and in patients with a range of disorders associated with hypercoagulability. Levels were determined in 31 normal heal...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Boisclair MD,Lane DA,Wilde JT,Ireland H,Preston FE,Ofosu FA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis (DHSt) is an inherited haemolytic anaemia associated with increased red cell membrane permeability to Na(+) and K(+). It is increasingly recognized that a syndrome of self-limiting perinatal ascites can accompany the haemolysis. The cause of the perinatal ascites is unknown, and it...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rees DC,Portmann B,Ball C,Mieli-Vergani G,Nicolaou A,Chetty MC,Stewart GW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimaerism was studied early (2 weeks to 3 months) during haematopoietic reconstitution after bone marrow transplantation in 18 severe aplastic anaemia patients (acquired SAA: 14 patients; Fanconi anaemia: four patients). Fourteen patients received marrow from an identical sibling donor, one from the phenoidentical fa...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Socié G,Landman J,Gluckman E,Devergie A,Raynal B,Esperou-Bourdeau H,Brison O

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly purified and cloned preparations of interleukin-1 (IL-1) were found to antagonize the capacity of erythropoietin (Epo) to stimulate the proliferation of mouse spleen and bone marrow erythroid precursor cells (EPC) in culture. Cloned murine IL-1 and purified and cloned human IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta were approxi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Schooley JC,Kullgren B,Allison AC

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased bone formation plays an important role in the development of lytic lesions during the late stage of multiple myeloma (MM). Release of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-4 (IGFBP4) by tumour cells adjacent to bone may inhibit IGF-I-stimulated osteoblast growth and contribute to decreased bone formatio...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Feliers D,Woodruff K,Abboud S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel BCR-ABL transcript was detected by multiplex RT-PCR in a patient with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) positive chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) in accelerated phase. Sequencing of the aberrant transcript revealed an in-frame e2a2 fusion that included a 9 basepairs insertion. Cytogenetic analysis showed t(9;22)...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Leibundgut EO,Jotterand M,Rigamonti V,Parlier V,Mühlematter D,Tobler A,Solenthaler M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone sialoprotein (BSP) is a glycoprotein essentially found in mineralizing connective tissues. We have recently demonstrated that BSP is ectopically expressed by carcinomas that metastasize to bone with high frequency. Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by the localization of tumour plasma cells in the bone marro...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bellahcène A,Van Riet I,de Greef C,Antoine N,Young MF,Van Camp B,Castronovo V

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and efficacy of the combination clofarabine/cyclophosphamide/etoposide were evaluated in children with advanced acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The study enrolled 25 paediatric patients (median age 12.5 years) with either refractory (n = 17; 68%) or multiple relapsed (n = 8; 32%) ALL to receive clofara...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Locatelli F,Testi AM,Bernardo ME,Rizzari C,Bertaina A,Merli P,Pession A,Giraldi E,Parasole R,Barberi W,Zecca M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic options for treatment of recurrence of leukaemia after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) are limited. A beneficial effect of donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI) has not previously been described in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) relapse. We report a case of AML with t(8;21), relapsing 3 months after...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Buzyn-Veil A,Belanger C,Audat F,Hermine O,Bodemer C,Ribrag V,Radford I,Poirel H,Chane C,Valensi F,Macintyre E,Varet B

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with Ph-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) with an atypical e1a3 BCR-ABL hybrid gene is described. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this transcript type as a unique naturally occurring BCR-ABL fusion in a CML patient. This case was characterized by a low leucocyte count and a very indolent c...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Roman J,Jimenez A,Barrios M,Castillejo JA,Maldonado J,Torres A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monocytes contain a series of alpha-naphthyl acetate (alpha NA) esterases which are not present in other blood cells and which can be specifically inhibited by bis(4-nitrophenyl)-phosphate (BNPP). This inhibitor is non-toxic at the concentration used and thus enabled studies on the possible significance of this ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Oertel J,Hagner G,Kastner M,Huhn D

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-seven normal donors underwent leukapheresis for peripheral blood progenitor cell collection beginning on day 4 (n = 45) or day 5 (n = 32) of filgrastim mobilization (12 micrograms/kg/d). The two groups were comparable for age, weight, blood volumes processed during leukapheresis and target CD34+ cell dose to b...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Anderlini P,Przepiorka D,Huh Y,Lauppe J,Miller P,Sundberg J,Seong D,Champlin R,Körbling M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 306 cases of myeloproliferative disorders followed over a period of 21 years, 18 cases of well-documented acute leukaemia were encountered. Leukaemias were either acute myeloblastic or myelomonocytic and occurred from 6 months to 20 years after the initial diagnosis. Onset was relatively abrupt and the ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rosenthal DS,Moloney WC

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilia B Leyden is characterized by severe factor IX deficiency during childhood with partial resolution at puberty or following the administration of anabolic steroids. The disorder has recently been associated with point mutations in the putative factor IX promoter region, which contains an imperfect direct rep...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Royle G,Van de Water NS,Berry E,Ockelford PA,Browett PJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00