This is a selection of articles from the October 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Hematology headlines.
Cognitive dysfunction in [beta]-thalassemia minor
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Source: American Journal of Hematology - October 31, 2006 Authors: Oral Nevruz, Umit Ulas, Turker Cetin, Yasar Kutukcu, Ahmet Kurekci Source Type: info
A novel beta-delta globin gene fusion, anti-Lepore Hong Kong, leads to overexpression of delta globin chain and a mild thalassaemia intermedia phenotype when co-inherited with β0-thalassaemia
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
FDA Extends Review Period For Genasense(R) New Drug Application In Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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Source: Lymphoma / Leukemia News From Medical News Today - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Comparison of long-term outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from matched sibling and unrelated donors
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Source: Bone Marrow Transplantation - October 30, 2006 Authors: J M Hows
J R Passweg
A Tichelli
A Locasciulli
R Szydlo
A Bacigalupo
N Jacobson
P Ljungman
J Cornish
A Nunn
B Bradley
G Socié Source Type: info
Genomic organisation and regulation of murine alpha haemoglobin stabilising protein by erythroid Kruppel-like factor
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
The case for a new approach for documenting platelet viability
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Source: Transfusion - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Dedication in memoriam
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Source: Transfusion - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Multiple pathways contribute to the hyperproliferative responses from truncated granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptors
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Source: Leukemia - October 26, 2006 Authors: J Gits
D van Leeuwen
H P Carroll
I P Touw
A C Ward Source Type: info
Antithrombotic therapy in patients with chronic heart failure: rationale, clinical evidence and practical implications
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
The international normalize ratio (INR) in patients not on vitamin K antagonists
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
FEIBA: looking toward the future
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Source: Haemophilia - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Considerations in the management of patients with haemophilia and inhibitors
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Source: Haemophilia - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
The management of acquired haemophilia
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Source: Haemophilia - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Deficiency of α2-antiplasmin does not affect murine adipose tissue development
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
The risk of acute ischaemic heart disease in post menopausal women depends on von Willebrand factor and fibrinogen concentrations and blood group genotype
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Erratum
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Osteitis fibrosa cystica and secondary hyperparathyroidism in multiple myeloma
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Erratum
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Bortezomib disrupts tumour–dendritic cell interactions in myeloma and lymphoma: therapeutic implications
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
A new liquid, intravenous immunoglobulin product (IGIV 10%) highly purified by a state-of-the-art process
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Source: Vox Sanguinis - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Prenatal diagnosis of haemophilia A by chorionic villus sampling and cordocentesis: All India Institute of Medical Science experience
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Source: Vox Sanguinis - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Spontaneous splenic haematoma in a multiple myeloma patient receiving pegfilgrastim support
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Source: Clinical and Laboratory Haematology - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
The deficiencies of protein C, protein S and antithrombin III in patients with retinal vein occlusion: a Turkish sample
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Source: Clinical and Laboratory Haematology - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Mechanisms of action of immune tolerance induction against factor VIII in patients with congenital haemophilia A and factor VIII inhibitors
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Differential cell division history between neutrophils and macrophages in their development from granulocyte–macrophage progenitors
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Aromatase Inhibitor Benefit Post-Tamoxifen Called Limited
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Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants that utilize total body irradiation can safely be carried out entirely on an outpatient basis
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Source: Bone Marrow Transplantation - October 23, 2006 Authors: P Stiff
P Mumby
L Miler
T Rodriguez
M Parthswarthy
K Kiley
N Porter
R Batiste
S Wojtowitz
S Lichtenstein
M Fox-Geiman
A Toor Source Type: info
The JAK2 V617F mutation frequently occurs in patients with portal and mesenteric venous thrombosis
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Foreword
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Source: Table of Contents : Hepatitis B Annual : 2004 - 1(1) - October 20, 2006 Authors: Blumberg Baruch S Source Type: info
Management of HBV infection in decompensated liver disease
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Source: Table of Contents : Hepatitis B Annual : 2004 - 1(1) - October 20, 2006 Authors: Khanna Sudeep, Kumar Arun Source Type: info
Approach to the management of an incidentally detected HBsAg carrier
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Source: Table of Contents : Hepatitis B Annual : 2004 - 1(1) - October 20, 2006 Authors: Chawla Yogesh Kumar Source Type: info
Editorial
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Source: Table of Contents : Hepatitis B Annual : 2004 - 1(1) - October 20, 2006 Authors: Singh Shivaram Prasad, Chawla Yogesh Kumar Source Type: info
Neutrophils from patients with heterozygous germline mutations in the von Hippel Lindau protein (pVHL) display delayed apoptosis and enhanced bacterial phagocytosis
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Walmsley, S. R., Cowburn, A. S., Clatworthy, M. R., Morrell, N. W., Roper, E. C., Singleton, V., Maxwell, P., Whyte, M. K. B., Chilvers, E. R. Source Type: info
Immunostimulatory oligonucleotide-induced metaphase cytogenetics detect chromosomal aberrations in 80% of CLL patients: a study of 132 CLL cases with correlation to FISH, IgVH status, and CD38 expression
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Dicker, F., Schnittger, S., Haferlach, T., Kern, W., Schoch, C. Source Type: info
NO, SNO, and hemoglobin: lessons in complexity
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Gow, A. J., Singel, D. Source Type: info
Another piece for the SCL/TAL1 puzzle
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Crooks, G. M. Source Type: info
Action of chelators in iron-loaded cardiac cells: accessibility to intracellular labile iron and functional consequences
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Glickstein, H., El, R. B., Link, G., Breuer, W., Konijn, A. M., Hershko, C., Nick, H., Cabantchik, Z. I. Source Type: info
Transfer of differentiation signal by membrane microvesicles harboring hedgehog morphogens
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Martinez, M. C., Larbret, F., Zobairi, F., Coulombe, J., Debili, N., Vainchenker, W., Ruat, M., Freyssinet, J.-M. Source Type: info
Mouse VWF again teaches us diversity of mechanisms
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Montgomery, R. R. Source Type: info
Hypogammaglobulinemia and exacerbated CD8 T-cell-mediated immunopathology in SAP-deficient mice with chronic LCMV infection mimics human XLP disease
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Crotty, S., McCausland, M. M., Aubert, R. D., Wherry, E. J., Ahmed, R. Source Type: info
Synthetic antibodies prey on B cells
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Rader, C., Barbas, C. F. Source Type: info
Short-chain fatty acids induce {gamma}-globin gene expression by displacement of a HDAC3-NCoR repressor complex
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Mankidy, R., Faller, D. V., Mabaera, R., Lowrey, C. H., Boosalis, M. S., White, G. L., Castaneda, S. A., Perrine, S. P. Source Type: info
Regulating the master iron regulator hepcidin
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Hershko, C. Source Type: info
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: the female factor
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Source: Blood - October 20, 2006 Authors: Alving, B. M. Source Type: info
At the end of the first three years
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Suicide Risk Rises for Cancer Patients, Especially Advanced Stage
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Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Haemoglobin H hydrops fetalis syndrome associated with homozygosity for the α2-globin gene polyadenylation signal mutation AATAAA?AATA– –
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Superior vena cava syndrome from an intracardiac non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
The c-Jun-N-terminal-Kinase inhibitor SP600125 enhances the butyrate derivative D1-induced apoptosis via caspase 8 activation in Kasumi 1 t(8;21) acute myeloid leukaemia cells
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Haematological malignancies developing in previously healthy individuals who received haematopoietic growth factors: report from the Research on Adverse Drug Events and Reports (RADAR) project
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
A process for solvent/detergent treatment of plasma for transfusion at blood centers that use a disposable-bag system
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Source: Transfusion - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Transfusion-associated transmission of West Nile virus, United States 2003 through 2005
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Source: Transfusion - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Hornerin gene was involved in a case of acute myeloid leukemia transformed from myelodysplastic syndrome with t(1;2)(q21;q37)
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Source: Leukemia - October 19, 2006 Authors: L Wang
Y-Y Wang
Q Cao
Z Chen
S-J Chen Source Type: info
Cytotoxic activity of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg) in acute myeloid leukemia correlates with the expression of protein kinase Syk
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Source: Leukemia - October 19, 2006 Authors: L Balaian
E D Ball Source Type: info
Flow cytometric protein expression profiling as a systematic approach for developing disease-specific assays: identification of a chronic lymphocytic leukaemia-specific assay for use in rituximab-containing regimens
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Source: Leukemia - October 19, 2006 Authors: A C Rawstron
R de Tute
A S Jack
P Hillmen Source Type: info
Global correlation of genome and transcriptome changes in classical Hodgkin lymphoma
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Source: Hematological Oncology - October 19, 2006 Authors: Joost Kluiver, Klaas Kok, Ines Pfeil, Debora de Jong, Tjasso Blokzijl, Geert Harms, Pieter van der Vlies, Arjan Diepstra, Çi[gbreve]dem Atayar, Sibrand Poppema, Ralf Küppers, Anke van den Berg Source Type: info
Osteopontin dysregulation and lytic bone lesions in multiple myeloma
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Source: Hematological Oncology - October 18, 2006 Authors: Davide F. Robbiani, Kaity Colon, Sarah Ely, Scott Ely, Marta Chesi, P. Leif Bergsagel Source Type: info
Bortezomib plus dexamethasone as induction treatment prior to autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: results of an IFM phase II study.
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Source: Haematologica - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
The risk of bleeding in thrombocytopenic patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
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Source: Haematologica - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
The activity and toxicity of low dose clofarabine against relapsed or refractory myeloma.
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Source: Haematologica - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
CD52 expression patterns in myeloma and the applicability of alemtuzumab therapy.
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Source: Haematologica - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
The expression of PRDI-BF1beta isoform in multiple myeloma plasma cells.
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Source: Haematologica - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
Risk of second cancer after treatment of aggressive non-HodgkinOs lymphoma; an EORTC cohort study.
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Source: Haematologica - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
Diagnosis and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency - an update.
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Source: Haematologica - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
Childhood Cancer Survivors More Likely to Face Pregnancy Problems
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Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
On the cutting edge: VWFpp and thrombosis
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
An immunochemical method for quantitative determination of latent antithrombin, the reactive center loop-inserted uncleaved form of antithrombin
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
Association of homocysteine, vitamin B12, folic acid, and MTHFR C677T in patients with a thrombotic event or recurrent fetal loss
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Source: Annals of Hematology - October 17, 2006 Source Type: info
H63D homozygotes with hyperferritinaemia: is this genotype, the primary cause of iron overload?
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Source: European Journal of Haematology - October 17, 2006 Source Type: info
Is protein C inhibitor antithrombotic and protective in pulmonary hypertension?
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 16, 2006 Source Type: info
Acute effect of smoking and of 2 weeks of folate substitution on hemostasis and homocysteine in healthy chronic smokers
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 16, 2006 Source Type: info
Low protein Z levels and risk of occurrence of deep vein thrombosis
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 16, 2006 Source Type: info
Endotoxemia enhances circulating endothelial cells in humans
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - October 16, 2006 Source Type: info
Prolonged prophylaxis with dalteparin to prevent late thromboembolic complications in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: a multicenter randomized open-label study