abstract：:Double-negative (DN) regulatory T cells (Tregs) are specialized T lymphocytes involved in the down-modulation of immune responses, resulting in allotolerance after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Most of the properties of DN Tregs were identified in murine models, including the unique abili...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： McIver Z,Serio B,Dunbar A,O'Keefe CL,Powers J,Wlodarski M,Jin T,Sobecks R,Bolwell B,Maciejewski JP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is characterized by a minority of neoplastic Hodgkin-Reed Sternberg (HRS) cells surrounded by a non-neoplastic reactive infiltrate. As immunological mechanisms appear to be crucial in classical HL pathogenesis, altered serum chemokine levels might be related to disease activity. Serum levels of n...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Niens M,Visser L,Nolte IM,van der Steege G,Diepstra A,Cordano P,Jarrett RF,Te Meerman GJ,Poppema S,van den Berg A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and the mixed myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disorder juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML) are rare haematopoietic stem cell diseases in children. While MDS-initiating events remain largely obscure, a growing body of clinical, genetic and laboratory evidence suggests that JMML i...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Niemeyer CM,Kratz CP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunochemotherapy with cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine, prednisone and rituximab (R-CHOP) is the standard treatment in non-immunosuppressed patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), but its adequacy has not been definitively established in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ribera JM,Oriol A,Morgades M,González-Barca E,Miralles P,López-Guillermo A,Gardella S,López A,Abella E,García M,PETHEMA, GELTAMO, GELCAB and GESIDA Groups.

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:In countries with a good standard of health care, intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) during the neonatal period affects 3.5-4.0% of all haemophilia boys, which is considerably (40-80 times) higher than expected in the normal population. ICHs are also frequent after the neonatal period, affecting 3-10% of the haemophilia p...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ljung RC

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its' central role, the precise mechanisms of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt (PI3K)/Akt pathway activation in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) have not been elucidated. Recently, a recurrent novel AKT1 pleckstrin homology domain (PHD) mutation leading to membrane translocation, constitutive AKT activation and l...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tibes R,Kornblau SM,Qiu Y,Mousses SM,Robbins C,Moses T,Carpten JD

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD19 and CD21 (CR2) are co-receptors found on B-cells and various B-cell lymphomas, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma. To evaluate their suitability as targets for therapy of such lymphomas using internalization-dependent antibody-drug conjugates [such as antibody-4-(N-maleimidomethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxylate, (N2'-deac...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ingle GS,Chan P,Elliott JM,Chang WS,Koeppen H,Stephan JP,Scales SJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease progression occurs in over 1% of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis and early stage chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients every year therefore regular monitoring is indicated. We assessed the efficacy of an outreach service to replace clinic monitoring using lo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rawstron AC,Jones RA,Ferguson C,Hughes G,Selby P,Reid C,Dalal S,Howard M,Smith G,Hillmen P,Owen RG,Jack AS

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously thought to be best described as a plasma cell disorder, Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (WM) is now understood to be a distinct clinicobiological entity. WM shares B-cell origin and certain other features with both chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and multiple myeloma (MM). WM and CLL arise from B-cells a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： McMaster ML,Caporaso N

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytometry has become important in the detection and determination of risk of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis; methodology has changed, and will continue to change, as cytometric technology changes. ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Shapiro HM

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:Monoclonal B-cell populations have been detected in the peripheral blood of apparently healthy individuals by flow cytometry. In 2005, the term monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) was proposed to describe these findings. MBL may be immunophenotypically similar to chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and, like CLL, th...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rachel JM,Zucker ML,Fox CM,Plapp FV,Menitove JE,Abbasi F,Marti GE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptome of the CD34+ cells was determined in a group of 10 patients with the 5q- syndrome using a comprehensive array platform, and was compared with the transcriptome of CD34+ cells from 16 healthy control subjects and 14 patients with refractory anaemia and a normal karyotype. The majority of the genes ass...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Boultwood J,Pellagatti A,Cattan H,Lawrie CH,Giagounidis A,Malcovati L,Della Porta MG,Jädersten M,Killick S,Fidler C,Cazzola M,Hellström-Lindberg E,Wainscoat JS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of Runt-related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1) have been detected in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). However, the prognostic implication of RUNX1 mutations in primary MDS is limited. The stage of the disease at which the mutations are acquired and whether they persist during the disease course ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chen CY,Lin LI,Tang JL,Ko BS,Tsay W,Chou WC,Yao M,Wu SJ,Tseng MH,Tien HF

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-type cyclin genes are universally dysregulated in multiple myeloma (MM), but the functional consequences are unclear as D-type cyclin gene expression does not correlate with proliferation or disease progression. We examined the protein expression and regulation of D-type cyclins and other cell cycle regulators in hu...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Glassford J,Rabin N,Lam EW,Yong KL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transforming growth factor-beta-related factor bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) is expressed in the human embryonic aorta-gonad-mesonephros (AGM) coincident with the emergence of haematopoietic cells and influences postnatal mammalian haematopoietic stem cells in vitro. To investigate the role of BMP4 in mammal...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Marshall CJ,Sinclair JC,Thrasher AJ,Kinnon C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in childhood is usually asymptomatic, whereas infection in adolescence may result in infectious mononucleosis (IM) often followed by a fatigue syndrome. EBV latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) is expressed in latency and in many EBV-associated tumours, including non-Hodgkin...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Marshall NA,Culligan DJ,Johnston PW,Millar C,Barker RN,Vickers MA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Akt mediates growth and drug resistance in multiple myeloma (MM) cells in the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment. We have shown that a novel Akt inhibitor Perifosine induces significant cytotoxicity in MM cells in the BM milieu. This study further delineated molecular mechanisms whereby Perifosine triggered cytotoxicit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hideshima T,Catley L,Raje N,Chauhan D,Podar K,Mitsiades C,Tai YT,Vallet S,Kiziltepe T,Ocio E,Ikeda H,Okawa Y,Hideshima H,Munshi NC,Yasui H,Richardson PG,Anderson KC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the response of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) cells to Wnt proteins. Accumulation of beta-catenin was measured by Western blotting and immunofluorescence microscopy. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis of B-cell progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Khan NI,Bradstock KF,Bendall LJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-established histopathological prognostic factors are lacking in primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphomas (PCNSL). The present study investigated the presence and prognostic role of tumour necrosis (TN) and reactive perivascular T-cell infiltrate (RPVI), defined as a rim of small reactive T-lymphocytes occur...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ponzoni M,Berger F,Chassagne-Clement C,Tinguely M,Jouvet A,Ferreri AJ,Dell'Oro S,Terreni MR,Doglioni C,Weis J,Cerati M,Milani M,Iuzzolino P,Motta T,Carbone A,Pedrinis E,Sanchez J,Blay JY,Reni M,Conconi A,Bertoni F

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most haemolytic disease is mediated by immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and leads to red blood cell destruction outside of the circulatory system. However, rare syndromes, such as paroxysmal cold haemoglobinuria, show IgG antibodies causing intravascular destruction. Haemolysis may also occur because of immunoglobuli...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gertz MA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified two patients with a t(2;4)(p24;q12) and a t(4;12)(q2?3;p1?2), respectively, in association with BCR-ABL and FIP1L1-PDGFRA negative chronic eosinophilic leukaemia. Molecular analysis revealed a novel STRN-PDGFRA fusion for the t(2;4) and ETV6-PDGFRA for the t(4;12). The fusions were confirmed by specific ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Curtis CE,Grand FH,Musto P,Clark A,Murphy J,Perla G,Minervini MM,Stewart J,Reiter A,Cross NC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a common complication following allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). It is the leading cause of non-relapse mortality in transplant survivors and has a significant impact upon their functional status and quality of life. Despite significant advances being m...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Fraser CJ,Scott Baker K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When stimulated in vitro, human platelets release matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) that, in turn, potentiates platelet activation. The present study investigated if MMP-2 is released from activated platelets in vivo in humans and whether aspirin inhibits this release. MMP-2 levels were measured by zymography, immuno...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Falcinelli E,Giannini S,Boschetti E,Gresele P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in the epigenetics of cancer, with an increasing understanding that this form of genomic modification plays a critical role in pathogenesis. The malignant phenotype results from a step-wise increase of both genetic abnormalities and epigenetic modifications, leading to...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Boultwood J,Wainscoat JS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report outcomes after myeloablative haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) from human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-matched sibling donors in 67 patients with sickle cell disease transplanted between 1989 and 2002. The most common indications for transplantation were stroke and recurrent vaso-occlusive crisis in 38% a...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Panepinto JA,Walters MC,Carreras J,Marsh J,Bredeson CN,Gale RP,Hale GA,Horan J,Hows JM,Klein JP,Pasquini R,Roberts I,Sullivan K,Eapen M,Ferster A,Non-Malignant Marrow Disorders Working Committee, Center for International Bl

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Umbilical cord blood is a valuable source of haemopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSC) for transplantation. This study explored the effect of maternal plasma/human serum albumin (HSA) in the purification and culture conditions of CD34+ cells derived from human umbilical cord blood. During CD34+ cell enrichment, includi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kwok YK,Tang MH,Law HK,Ngai CS,Lau YL,Lau ET

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is one of the cytokines implicated in the pathogenesis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in which it acts as auto/paracrine growth factor for lymphoma growth. T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a heterogeneous disease, the biological basis of which is not fully understood. Some evidence...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lee JJ,Kim DH,Lee NY,Sohn SK,Kim JG,Kim HJ,Do YR,Park YH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stage I/IIA follicular lymphoma (FL) is considered a localised disease that can be adequately treated with radiotherapy alone. Bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood (PB) involvement in FL was investigated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a series of 24 consecutive patients with histologically revised diagnosis an...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Pulsoni A,Starza ID,Frattarelli N,Ghia E,Carlotti E,Cavalieri E,Matturro A,Tempera S,Rambaldi A,Foà R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro efficacies of three new drugs--clofarabine (CLOF), nelarabine (NEL) and flavopiridol (FP) - were assessed in a panel of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) cell lines. The 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) for CLOF across all lines was 188-fold lower than that of NEL. B-lineage, but not T-lineage lines,...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Beesley AH,Palmer ML,Ford J,Weller RE,Cummings AJ,Freitas JR,Firth MJ,Perera KU,de Klerk NH,Kees UR

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：: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：: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：:A novel principle is proposed for a differential separation of live cells (such as leucocytes) from a main flow. A microfluidic device with planar insulated electrodes as the side walls of the channel was manufactured and tested. An array of insulated vertical conductor wires was inserted along the axis of the channel...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Popa C,Su B,Vadgama P,Cotter F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is curative for sickle cell anaemia (SCA), concerns about its short- and long-term toxicities limit its application. A potential toxicity is an adverse effect on growth. To identify an HCT growth effect, serial height and weight measurements from 53 children and adole...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Eggleston B,Patience M,Edwards S,Adamkiewicz T,Buchanan GR,Davies SC,Dickerhoff R,Donfield S,Feig SA,Giller RH,Haight A,Horan J,Hsu LL,Kamani N,Lane P,Levine JE,Margolis D,Moore TB,Ohene-Frempong K,Redding-Lallinger

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:Hydroxycarbamide (HC) (or hydroxyurea) has been reported to increase fetal haemoglobin levels and improve clinical symptoms in sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients. However, the complete pathway by which HC acts remains unclear. To study the mechanisms involved in the action of HC, global gene expression profiles were o...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Costa FC,da Cunha AF,Fattori A,de Sousa Peres T,Costa GG,Machado TF,de Albuquerque DM,Gambero S,Lanaro C,Saad ST,Costa FF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot trial was initiated for chronic myeloid leukaemia patients, which employed imatinib for remission induction, followed by reduced-intensity conditioning and an in vivo T-cell depleted graft. Out of nine patients, six experienced a molecular relapse and one patient had a haematological relapse at a median interv...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ringhoffer M,Harsdorf Sv,Schmitt M,Wiesneth M,Zenz T,Stilgenbauer S,Greiner J,Döhner K,Marx M,Döhner H,Bunjes D

更新日期：2007-01-01 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