abstract：:The management of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and a poor performance status is challenging. An 89-year-old man with AML secondary to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and a poor performance status (4) underwent treatment with methylprednisolone (mPSL) (125 mg/body), which resulted in a remarkable r...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Suzuki K,Ohishi K,Sekine T,Masuya M,Katayama N

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) and retinoic acid receptors (RARs) have been a focus in chemotherapy for human cancers. The tumor suppressor PTEN plays a pivotal role in the growth of human cancer cells. We investigated whether costimulation of PPARgamma and RAR could synergistically up-re...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Lee YR,Yu HN,Noh EM,Kim JS,Song EK,Han MK,Kim BS,Lee SH,Park J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma is a disease involving the clonal evolution of plasma cells that produce monoclonal immunoglobulin; however, other products, such as ammonia and amylase, reportedly are secreted by neoplastic plasma cells. We describe a patient with immunoglobulin A (IgA) myeloma who showed a high serum level of carci...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kaito K,Otsubo H,Takahara S,Hyouki M,Abe M,Abe I,Usui N

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective review of the survival outcome of children with isolated central nervous system (CNS) relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), we identified 79 patients with CNS relapse among the eligible patients enrolled in ALL trials of 3 Japanese pediatric oncology study groups (Japanese Children's Cancer...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tsurusawa M,Yumura-Yagi K,Ohara A,Hara J,Katano N,Tsuchida M,Japanese Study Groups.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bortezomib is a proteasome inhibitor that can be effective in the treatment of refractory and relapsed multiple myeloma. Recently, severe pulmonary complications associated with bortezomib therapy have been reported in Japan. Because bortezomib has not yet been approved for general use in Japan and is imported by atte...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Gotoh A,Ohyashiki K,Oshimi K,Usui N,Hotta T,Dan K,Ikeda Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is elevated compared with the general population. We describe a retrospective study of 78 HIV-infected patients with NHL treated between 1999 and 2006 at the Infectology Institute, a reference center for H...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tanaka PY,Pracchia LF,Calore EE

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phagocyte nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase plays a crucial role in host defense by neutrophils and macrophages. When cells ingest invading microbes, this enzyme becomes activated to reduce molecular oxygen to superoxide, a precursor of microbicidal oxidants, in the phagosome. The catalyt...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Minakami R,Sumimotoa H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for the DNA-repair enzyme O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), which is closely related with cellular sensitivity to alkylating agents, is inactivated by promoter hypermethylation in several human cancers, including malignant lymphoma. Promoter hypermethylation of the MGMT gene is a favorable progno...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hiraga J,Kinoshita T,Ohno T,Mori N,Ohashi H,Fukami S,Noda A,Ichikawa A,Naoe T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique feature of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a chronic disease with severe hemolytic anemia, is the presence of a population of blood cells that, being deficient in surface proteins tethered to the membrane through a glycosylphosphatidylinositol molecule, are said to have the PNH phenotype. Therefo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Luzzatto L,Gianfaldoni G

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old man with severe hemophilia A (factor VIII <1%) developed intermittent left upper quadrant pain. He had a high titer of factor VIII inhibitor (1024 Bethesda units/mL) and was diagnosed with intramural hematoma of the jejunum. He was managed conservatively with activated prothrombin complex concentrate (AP...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Katsumi A,Matsushita T,Hirashima K,Iwasaki T,Adachi T,Yamamoto K,Kojima T,Takamatsu J,Saito H,Naoe T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GATA transcription factors have been shown to play important roles in hematopoiesis. GATA-2 is expressed in stem and progenitor cells, and has been speculated to control the proliferation and maintain the immaturity of these cells. To examine whether the function of GATA-2 is changeable according to the differentiatio...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Harigae H,Okitsu Y,Yokoyama H,Fujiwara T,Inomata M,Takahashi S,Minegishi N,Kaku M,Sasaki T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report successful treatment with 25 microg/kg of recombinant methionyl human stem cell factor (SCF) combined with 400 microg/m2 of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in 2 patients with aplastic anemia refractory to immunosuppressive therapy. In one patient, hemoglobin levels increased f...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Usuki K,Iki S,Arai S,Iijima K,Takaku F,Urabe A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcineurin inhibitors (CIs) cyclosporine A and tacrolimus are essential for graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis but are associated with adverse effects, including neurotoxicity. We report a case of irreversible CI-induced neuropathic pain following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The patient...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Fujii N,Ikeda K,Koyama M,Aoyama K,Masunari T,Kondo E,Matsuzaki T,Mizobuchi S,Hiraki A,Teshima T,Shinagawa K,Ishimaru F,Tanimoto M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypocalcemic cardiomyopathy in primary or secondary hypoparathyroidism is usually refractory to conventional treatment of cardiac failure. We report the case of a thalassemic patient with severe cardiac failure that might have been attributed to several factors, such as hemosiderosis, hypomagnesemia, and hypocalcemia,...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tsironi M,Korovesis K,Farmakis D,Deftereos S,Aessopos A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:APOBEC3G has been identified as an anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) host factor that belongs to the APOBEC superfamily of cytidine deaminases. It deaminates cytidine to uridine in nascent minus-strand viral DNA, inducing G-to-A hypermutation in the plus-strand DNA of HIV-1. The accumulating evidence de...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Takaori-Kondo A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with Wegener granulomatosis (WG) who underwent long-term cyclophosphamide treatment and thereafter developed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). After the AML was induced into remission, the patient received an allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) from his sibling after undergoing a reduced-i...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kunitomi A,Ishikawa T,Tajima K,Konaka Y,Yagita M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) (NovoSeven) is a novel hemostatic agent originally developed to treat bleeding episodes in hemophilic patients with inhibitors against coagulation factors VIII and IX. In recent years, rFVIIa has also been employed for the management of uncontrolled bleeding in a number of con...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Franchini M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterogeneity of bone marrow plasmacytosis is clearly analyzed by multicolor staining with anti-CD38 antibody. To date, at least 5 subpopulations of plasma cells have been identified in the bone marrow of multiple myeloma (MM) patients with regard to the expression of MPC-1, CD49e (VLA-5), and CD45: MPC-1(-)CD49e(...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Otsuyama K,Asaoku H,Kawano MM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substantial understanding that has been gained over the past 5 decades of the biology of blood formation is largely due to the development of functional quantitative assays for cells at all stages of differentiation, from multipotential stem cells to mature cells. The majority of studies have involved the mouse be...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Dick JE,Lapidot T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cells express a considerable level of CD33, which is the target of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO), and a significantly lower level of P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Therefore, GO is predicted to be a successful treatment for APL. In this article, we report on the GO treatment of 2 patients with ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Takeshita A,Shinjo K,Naito K,Matsui H,Sahara N,Shigeno K,Suzumura T,Horii T,Shirai N,Maekawa M,Yada Y,Teshima H,Takeuchi J,Ohnishi K,Ohno R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with exhaustion, fatigue, and abdominal pain. She reported having received a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa 10 years before. On examination, she had a marked pallor and was severely malnourished. Laboratory analysis revealed a dramatically low hemoglobin level of...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Jost PJ,Stengel SM,Huber W,Sarbia M,Peschel C,Duyster J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate differences in the antigenic structure of factor VIII (FVIII) among mammals, we evaluated cross-reactivities of well-defined antihuman FVIII antibodies with canine and other mammalian FVIII proteins. Monoclonal antibodies against human FVIII recognizing the A1 domain in the heavy chain and the A3 domain i...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ori J,Tanaka I,Kubota Y,Shima M,Matsumoto T,Yoshida K,Sakurai Y,Yoshioka A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired aplastic anemia (AA) is considered an immune-mediated disease because approximately 70% of AA patients improve with immunosuppressive therapy. However, little is known about the inciting antigens or the mechanisms responsible for the destruction of hematopoietic stem cells by immune system attack. Recent adva...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nakao S,Feng X,Sugimori C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic fungal infections remain a major clinical problem in immunocompromised patients. Presumed systemic fungal infections (PSFI) are treated empirically with an intravenous antifungal agent to reduce the occurrence of documented infections and associated mortality. The objective of this study was to compare the co...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Moeremans K,Annemans L,Ryu JS,Choe KW,Shine WS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies represent a unique class of therapeutics because of their high specificity toward a defined target antigen. Recent clinical success with antibody-based cancer therapeutics has led to an upsurge in the development of these agents. Antibodies directed against FLT3 represent a promising approach for the treatm...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Li Y,Zhu Z

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the results of unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) in a 12-year-old boy with Philadelphia chromosome- positive chronic myelogenous leukemia in the chronic phase and a high body weight (68.5 kg at transplantation). Only 1 of the 2 units used engrafted. This unit was not human leukocyte antigen (HLA) cl...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hung GY,Chiou TJ,Chang CY,Teng HW,Chen PM,Hwanga B

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune cytopenias are rare but serious complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We per-formed splenectomy in 2 patients who had severe autoimmune cytopenias after allogeneic HSCT (allo-HSCT) that were resist-ant to immunosuppressive treatment. The first patient underwent unrelated allo-H...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Proleznik I,Prentice HG,Pretnar J,Zver S,Cernelc P

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) is an inherited immunodeficiency characterized by an extreme susceptibility to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Patients with XLP mainly present with the 3 clinical manifestations of fulminant infectious mononucleosis, lymphoproliferative disorder, and dysgammaglobulinemia...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hoshino T,Kanegane H,Doki N,Irisawa H,Sakura T,Nojima Y,Miyawaki S,Miyawaki T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia (t-MDS/AML) developing after treatment with immunosuppressants and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has raised the question of whether previously unrecognized myelodysplastic features had been present or whether actual transformation had oc...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bessho F,Imashuku S,Hibi S,Tsuchida M,Nakahata T,Miyazaki S,Kojima S,Tsukimoto I,Hamajima N,Pediatric AA Follow-up Study Group in Japan.

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) who developed an extramedullary blast crisis in the central nervous system (CNS) and then a subcutaneous tumor of the neck during treatment with imatinib mesylate. Administered 400 mg of imatinib mesylate after the diag...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Matsuda M,Morita Y,Shimada T,Miyatake J,Hirase C,Tanaka M,Tatsumi Y,Maeda Y,Kanamaru A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine useful prognostic factors in treating childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), we correlated conventional risk factors and bone marrow response 14 days after induction chemotherapy. Our study included 116 precursor B-cell (n = 104) and T-cell (n = 12) ALL patients treated with our protocol between 19...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Morimoto A,Kuriyama K,Hibi S,Todo S,Yoshihara T,Kuroda H,Imashuku S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of effective antigen-specific T-cell immunity to pathogens without the initiation of autoimmunity has evolved as a sophisticated and highly balanced immunoregulatory mechanism. This mechanism assures the generation of antigen-specific effector cells as well as the induction and maintenance of antigen-spe...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kubach J,Becker C,Schmitt E,Steinbrink K,Huter E,Tuettenberg A,Jonuleit H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is well known to be a rich source of hematopoietic stem cells with practical and ethical advantages. Because mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from bone marrow have been regarded as good materials for cell/gene therapy as well as for tissue engineering because of their multidifferentiation poten...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Lee MW,Yang MS,Park JS,Kim HC,Kim YJ,Choi J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and graft-versus leukemia (GVL) effects are closely related to each other after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. This association exists because of the extensive and complicated interaction between cellular donor components and recipient components concomitant with cytokine storms...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Fujii S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD5+ diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has recently been identified as a subgroup with different clinical characteristics from CD5- DLBCL and as having a poorer outcome than CD5- DLBCL. Data regarding differences in gene alteration between CD5+ and CD5- DLBCL have accumulated. In this article, we report an analysi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nakamura N,Nakamura S,Yamaguchi M,Ichinohasama R,Yoshino T,Kuze T,Sasaki Y,Yoshida S,Abe M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematologic malignancies have historically been characterized by morphologic, immunophenotypic, molecular, and genetic features. However, morphologically identical tumors can have clearly distinct clinical outcomes, suggesting underlying biological heterogeneity. Recent advances in microarray technology have helped th...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Savage KJ,Gascoyne RD

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of successful umbilical cord blood transplantation (CBT) for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated lymphoproliferative disease (LPD) in a 6-year-old girl. The patient had hemophagocytic syndrome with excessive circulating levels of EBV DNA that was refractory to immunochemotherapy. Multiple hepatospleni...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Toubo T,Suga N,Ohga S,Nomura A,Onoe Y,Takada H,Hara T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is one of the most common leukemias in the western world and consists of many chromosome aberrations. We report the case of a 74-year-old male patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia with complex variant translocations t(8;22)(q24;q11) and der(8)t(6;8)(p21;p21) identified by chromosome b...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hsiao HH,Hung YH,Hsiao HP,Tseng SB,Tsai HJ,Liu YC,Liu TC,Chao MC,Chang Y,Lin SF

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with persistent pure red cell aplasia due to human parvovirus B19 (HPVB19) infection during immunosuppressive therapy for refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). The patient had been given corticosteroid (CS) and/or azathioprine for AIHA. During the course of treatment, reticulocyte count ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Ito S,Oyake T,Uchiyama T,Sugawara T,Murai K,Ishida Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation provides a major epigenetic code (besides histone modification) of the lineage- and development-specific genes (such as regulators of differentiation in the hematopoietic lineages) that control expression of normal cells. However, DNA methylation is also involved in malignancies because aberrant methyl...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Rüter B,Wijermans PW,Lübbert M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00