Two cases of inv(8)(p11q13) in AML with erythrophagocytosis: a new cytogenetic variant.

abstract：:Antithrombin III (AT III) activity has been measured in 9669 healthy blood donors (5525 male and 4144 female). The distribution of AT III is approximately 'normal' with mean 105.6 IU/dl and standard deviation 11.2; however, definite age and sex related variations are evident. Pre-menopausal females have lower mean AT ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tait RC,Walker ID,Islam SI,McCall F,Conkie JA,Mitchell R,Davidson JF

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in patients with Fanconi's anaemia (FA) in transformation are very poor and only a few cases with favourable outcome have been reported. We present the follow-up of two FA-myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patients with monosomy 7 and complex karyotype implicating chromosome 1...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ortega M,Caballín MR,Ortega JJ,Olive T,Coll MD

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the impact of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections that occur after human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-matched unrelated donor (MUD) non-myleoablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). We analysed the incidence, onset and outcomes of CMV infections in 59 recipients of MUD and in 109 recipien...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Junghanss C,Storb R,Maris MB,Carter RA,Sandmaier BM,Maloney DG,McSweeney PA,Corey L,Boeckh M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of factor IX gene polymorphisms is considered the best approach for prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection of haemophilia B when the identification of the gene mutation is not possible. Studies involving factor IX gene polymorphisms in Black populations are scarce and essentially restricted to the North-Ame...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Figueiredo MS,Bowen DJ,Silva Júnior WA,Zago MA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) and the optimal timing of such transplants in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) remains contentious. We present a single-centre experience documenting the outcomes of 70 FL patients who underwent BEAM (carmustine, cytarabine, etopside, melphalan)-conditioned...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kothari J,Peggs KS,Bird A,Thomson KJ,Morris E,Virchis AE,Lambert J,Goldstone AH,Linch DC,Ardeshna KM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive bleeding represents a major complication of surgical interventions and its control is especially relevant in patients with Congenital Bleeding Disorders (CBD). In factor VII (FVII) deficiency, scanty data on surgery is available to guide treatment strategies. The STER (Seven Treatment Evaluation Registry) is...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mariani G,Dolce A,Batorova A,Auerswald G,Schved JF,Siragusa S,Napolitano M,Knudsen JB,Ingerslev J,STER and the International Factor VII Deficiency Study Groups.

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of alpha-interferon (alpha-IFN) to induce lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cytotoxicity in the absence of interleukin-2 (IL2) has prompted us to test whether or not its ability to reduce dramatically the number of Ph1+ clones in chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) patients is in part mediated through the...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Meseri A,Delwail V,Brizard A,Lecron JC,Pelletier D,Guilhot F,Tanzer J,Goube de Laforest P

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal rearrangements involving the MECOM (MDS1 and EVI1 complex) locus are recurrent genetic events in myeloid leukaemia and are associated with poor prognosis. In this study, we assessed the role of MECOM locus protein EVI1 in the transcriptional regulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) involved in the leukaemic phenot...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： De Weer A,Van der Meulen J,Rondou P,Taghon T,Konrad TA,De Preter K,Mestdagh P,Van Maerken T,Van Roy N,Jeison M,Yaniv I,Cauwelier B,Noens L,Poirel HA,Vandenberghe P,Lambert F,De Paepe A,Sánchez MG,Odero M,Verhasselt

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation of various degrees of severity, including fulminant hepatitis, may develop in 20-50% of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HbsAg)-positive patients undergoing immunosuppressive or cytostatic treatment. Lamivudine is a nucleoside analogue that can directly suppress HBV replication. ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rossi G,Pelizzari A,Motta M,Puoti M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In four unrelated patients with chronic haemolysis and markedly reduced red blood cell (RBC) glutathione (49.5%, 12.6%, 11.5% and 15% of the normal concentration respectively), a severe glutathione synthetase (GSH-S, EC 6.3.2.3) deficiency was found. One case exhibited a neonatal haemolytic anaemia associated with oxo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Corrons JL,Alvarez R,Pujades A,Zarza R,Oliva E,Lasheras G,Callis M,Ribes A,Gelbart T,Beutler E

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diamond-Blackfan anaemia (DBA) is a rare bone marrow failure syndrome characterised by anaemia, congenital anomalies and cancer predisposition. Although infections are the second leading cause of mortality in non-transplanted patients, immune function is largely unexplored. We identified quantitative deficits in serum...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Iskander D,Roberts I,Rees C,Szydlo R,Alikian M,Neale M,Harrington Y,Kelleher P,Karadimitris A,de la Fuente J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phase II A study was conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Givinostat, a novel Histone-Deacetylases inhibitor, in patients with Polycythaemia Vera (PV, n = 12), Essential Thrombocythaemia (ET, n = 1) and Myelofibrosis (n = 16), bearing the JAK2V617F mutation. The study was approved by the local ethics com...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rambaldi A,Dellacasa CM,Finazzi G,Carobbio A,Ferrari ML,Guglielmelli P,Gattoni E,Salmoiraghi S,Finazzi MC,Di Tollo S,D'Urzo C,Vannucchi AM,Barosi G,Barbui T

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-related cancer leukaemias were the first diseases where human cancer stem cells, or leukaemic stem cells (LSC), were isolated. The haematopoietic system is one of the best tissues for investigating cancer stem cells, because the developmental hierarchy of normal blood formation is well defined. Leukaemias ca...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bonnet D

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of rituximab (R) to CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) chemotherapy was a milestone in the development of front-line therapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). R-CHOP and equivalent rituximab-containing anthracycline-based regimens are now widely accepted as the standard...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gisselbrecht C

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) is associated with impaired early immune reconstitution. This might be explained by a lower T-cell dose infused, the naivety of cord blood T-cells and the use of in vivo T-cell depletion. We studied the pattern of early immune reconstitution and the clinical outcome of children u...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chiesa R,Gilmour K,Qasim W,Adams S,Worth AJ,Zhan H,Montiel-Equihua CA,Derniame S,Cale C,Rao K,Hiwarkar P,Hough R,Saudemont A,Fahrenkrog CS,Goulden N,Amrolia PJ,Veys P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a phase II study, 12 patients with a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and anaemia (nine transfusion-dependent) were treated with recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) to assess the therapeutic effect on erythropoiesis and on transfusion requirement. Patients with a low risk of developing acute leukaemia were incl...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： van Kamp H,Prinsze-Postema TC,Kluin PM,den Ottolander GJ,Beverstock GC,Willemze R,Fibbe WE

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) are a well-recognized and potentially life-threatening complication of solid organ transplantation. While the vast majority of PTLDs are B-cell lymphoproliferations, T-cell PTLDs are rarely seen. Among 898 patients receiving cardiac transplants between 1990 an...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Draoua HY,Tsao L,Mancini DM,Addonizio LJ,Bhagat G,Alobeid B

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The available data on rituximab in combination with chemotherapy confirm that the addition of an independently active biological agent to full-dose standard chemotherapy results in higher rates of complete response, lower rates of relapse, prolonged survival, little additional toxicity and no compromise of the dose in...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Pettengell R,Linch D,Haemato-Oncology Task Force of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology.

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify and treat patients at high risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia after bone marrow transplantation (BMT), we tested for CMV viraemia weekly, and performed broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) on day 35 post-transplant in 63 recipients. 36 allogeneic BMT recipients were at a high risk of CMV pneumonia (25 CMV-se...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ibrahim A,Gautier E,Roittmann S,Bourhis JH,Fajac A,Charnoz I,Terrier P,Salord JM,Tancrède C,Hayat M,Bernaudin JF,Pico JL

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective studies in children with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) have shown that polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) using immunoglobin (Ig) and T-cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangements as targets can be used to identify patients with a high relapse ri...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： de Haas V,Breunis WB,Dee R,Verhagen OJ,Kroes W,van Wering ER,van Dongen JJ,van den Berg H,van der Schoot CE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoelectric focusing (IEF) in the pH range 2.5-5.0 has been used to compare the immunoreactive (ir) erythropoietin (Epo) in paired samples of serum and urine from three patients, two with idiopathic aplastic anaemia and one with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and also from three anaemic rats. Serum samples only ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tam RC,Coleman SL,Tiplady RJ,Storring PL,Cotes PM

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the in vivo effects and safety of the third generation bisphosphonate, zoledronate (ZOL) alone and combined with imatinib mesylate against primary Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) leukaemic cells. ZOL inhibited the prenylation of Rap1A in leukaemic cells in vitro and synergised with imatinib to enhan...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Segawa H,Kimura S,Kuroda J,Sato K,Yokota A,Kawata E,Kamitsuji Y,Ashihara E,Yuasa T,Fujiyama Y,Ottmann OG,Maekawa T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Folate analogues were added to human bone marrow cells to determine their effect on deoxyuridine utilization in the deoxyuridine suppression test. Formyltetrahydrofolates fully corrected the impairment of dU utilization in pernicious anaemia marrows but tetrahydrofolate was relatively ineffective. All these analogues ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Deacon R,Chanarin I,Perry J,Lumb M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Abl kinase inhibitor STI571 (imatinib mesylate) induces haematological remissions in many patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) but advanced stage CML usually becomes resistant to STI571. We describe a patient in whom progressive resistance to STI571 correlated with the appearance of a mutation in the Bcr-...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Barthe C,Gharbi MJ,Lagarde V,Chollet C,Cony-Makhoul P,Reiffers J,Goldman JM,Melo JV,Mahon FX

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) was previously demonstrated to be a mediator of oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in irradiated neoplastic B-cells and B-cell precursors. Defective BTK expression in leukaemic B-cell precursors from infants with t(4;11) acute lymphoblastic leukaemia has been associated with radiation re...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Uckun F,Ozer Z,Vassilev A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report stability of a clonal immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene rearrangement in a case of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) relapsing 17 years after completion of first-line therapy. Clonal stability was shown by polymerase chain reaction amplification of the hypervariable CDRIII region of IgH gene....

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Frost L,Goodeve A,Wilson G,Peake I,Barker H,Vora A

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of tumorigenesis is frequently associated with resistance to growth inhibition by physiological regulators of normal cells. Murine macrophage-like cell lines BAC1.2F5, RAW264, J774.1A and PU5/1.8 were resistant to growth inhibition by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and pertussis toxin, agents that bloc...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Xie Y,von Gavel S,Cassady AI,Stacey KJ,Dunn TL,Hume DA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha haemoglobin stabilising protein (AHSP) binds free alpha-globin chains and plays an important role in the protection of red cells, particularly during beta-thalassaemia. Murine ASHP was discovered as a GATA-1 target gene and human AHSP is directly regulated by GATA-1. More recently, AHSP was rediscovered as a hig...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Keys JR,Tallack MR,Hodge DJ,Cridland SO,David R,Perkins AC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follow-up studies of natural killer (NK) cells, NK activity and antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) in the course of hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) were carried out in a series of patients affected by the disease. NK activity against K562 targets was found to be high in all the patients with non-symptomatic st...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Demeter J,Pálóczi K,Lehoczky D,Benczúr M

更新日期：1989-02-01 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