This is a selection of articles from the January 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Hematology headlines.
A systematic review of randomized controlled trials for plasma exchange in the treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
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Source: Transfusion Medicine - January 31, 2007 Source Type: news
The effect of low molecular weight heparin on cancer survival. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - January 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Personalia
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Source: Annals of Hematology - January 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Buchbesprechungen
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Source: Annals of Hematology - January 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Die Bedeutung der verschiedenen Rh-Gene fur den Gma-und Antiglobulintest
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Source: Annals of Hematology - January 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Agranulocytosis, plasmacytosis, and thrombocytosis due to methimazole-induced bone marrow toxicity
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Source: American Journal of Hematology - January 31, 2007 Authors: Eun-Jee Oh, Hyo-Jin Chae, Yeon-Joon Park, Jong-Won Park, Kyungja Han Source Type: news
Eosinophilia is associated with a higher mortality rate among patients with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
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Source: American Journal of Hematology - January 31, 2007 Authors: Yae-Jean Kim, Janet K. Dale, Pierre Noel, Margaret R. Brown, Thomas B. Nutman, Stephen E. Straus, Amy D. Klion Source Type: news
CD34+ cell content for selecting umbilical cord blood units for cryopreservation
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Source: Transfusion - January 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Lower or higher doses for prophylactic platelet transfusions: results of a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Source: Transfusion - January 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Residual risk of transfusion-transmitted viral infections in Shenzhen, China, 2001 through 2004
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Source: Transfusion - January 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Study of the genotype-phenotype relationship in four cases of congenital erythropoietic porphyria.
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Source: Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases - January 30, 2007 Authors: To-Figueras J, Badenas C, Mascaró JM, Madrigal I, Merino A, Bastida P, Lecha M, Herrero C Tags: Blood Cells Mol Dis Source Type: news
Amgen Warns of Mortality Risk for Off-Label Use of Aranesp
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Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - January 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Brucellosis-induced immune thrombocytopenia mimicking ITP: a report of seven cases
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Source: Clinical and Laboratory Haematology - January 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Evaluation of F cells in sickle cell disorders by flow cytometry – comparison with the Kleihauer–Betke's slide method
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Source: Clinical and Laboratory Haematology - January 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Prevalence of the JAK2 V617F mutation among patients with splanchnic or cerebral venous thrombosis and without overt chronic myeloproliferative disorders
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Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - January 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Flavopiridol Induces Response in High-Risk, Refractory CLL
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Source: Clinical Care Options Oncology - Leukemia - January 27, 2007 Source Type: news
Apramycin recognition by the human ribosomal decoding site.
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Source: Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases - January 26, 2007 Authors: Hermann T, Tereshko V, Skripkin E, Patel DJ Tags: Blood Cells Mol Dis Source Type: news
Hemolysis-induced acute pancreatitis secondary to kinked hemodialysis blood lines
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Source: Hemodialysis International - January 25, 2007 Source Type: news
Catheter lock heparin concentration: Effects on tissue plasminogen activator use in tunneled cuffed catheters
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Source: Hemodialysis International - January 25, 2007 Source Type: news
Mycophenolate mofetil in a case of relapsed, refractory thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura (TTP)
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Source: European Journal of Haematology - January 25, 2007 Source Type: news
Thymidine kinase 1 – A prognostic and diagnostic indicator in ALL and AML patients
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Source: Leukemia - January 25, 2007 Authors: K L O'NeillF ZhangH LiD G FujaB K Murray Source Type: news
NOTCH1-induced T-cell leukemia in transgenic zebrafish
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Source: Leukemia - January 25, 2007 Authors: J ChenC JetteJ P KankiJ C AsterA T LookJ D Griffin Source Type: news
Reply to ‘Absence of JAK-2 (Val617Phe) point mutations in multiple myeloma’ by Dr Qin Huang et al. referred to ‘Screening of JAK2 V617F mutation in multiple myeloma’ from Fiorini A et al. published in Leukemia 2006, October 20
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Source: Leukemia - January 25, 2007 Authors: A FioriniG FarinaG ReddicontoM PalladinoE RossiT ZaL LaurentiS GiammarcoP ChiusoloG LeoneS Sica Source Type: news
Unraveling the complex regulation of stem cells: implications for aging and cancer
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Source: Leukemia - January 25, 2007 Authors: E J OakleyG Van Zant Source Type: news
Von Willebrand Factor Short Sequence Repeat Locus 2 (Intron 40) Consists of Three Polymorphic Subloci
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Source: Acta Haematologica - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Pseudomembranous Colitis following Bortezomib Therapy in a Myeloma Patient
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Source: Acta Haematologica - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Everolimus Is a Potent Inducer of Erythroid Differentiation and g-Globin Gene Expression in Human Erythroid Cells
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Source: Acta Haematologica - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Noxafil Prevents Invasive Fungal Diseases
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Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Topical Steroid, Now a Pill, Lowers Risk of GvHD
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Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Chromosomal abnormalities of young multiple myeloma patients (
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Source: European Journal of Haematology - January 23, 2007 Source Type: news
Predominant immature CD8α+ dendritic cells prevent graft-vs.-host disease but do not increase the risk of leukemia recurrence
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Source: European Journal of Haematology - January 23, 2007 Source Type: news
Mistransfusion in the emergency room
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Source: Vox Sanguinis - January 23, 2007 Source Type: news
Erratum
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - January 23, 2007 Tags: Errata Source Type: news
Effect of myeloablative bone marrow transplantation on growth in children with sickle cell anaemia: results of the multicenter study of haematopoietic cell transplantation for sickle cell anaemia
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - January 23, 2007 Tags: Red Cells and Iron Source Type: news
Pseudotumour in haemophilia A
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - January 23, 2007 Tags: Images in Haematology Source Type: news
Matched sibling donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Fanconi anaemia: an update of the Cincinnati Children's experience
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - January 23, 2007 Tags: Transplantation Source Type: news
An update on the management of severe idiopathic aplastic anaemia in children
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - January 23, 2007 Tags: Reviews Source Type: news
Bone mass density in adults with sickle cell disease
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Source: British Journal of Haematology - January 23, 2007 Tags: Red Cells and Iron Source Type: news
Dual role for RhoA in suppression and induction of cytokines in the human neutrophil
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Fessler, M. B., Arndt, P. G., Just, I., Nick, J. A., Malcolm, K. C., Scott Worthen, G. Source Type: news
CD33 responses are blocked by SOCS3 through accelerated proteasomal-mediated turnover
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Orr, S. J., Morgan, N. M., Elliott, J., Burrows, J. F., Scott, C. J., McVicar, D. W., Johnston, J. A. Source Type: news
Outcome of 609 adults after relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL); an MRC UKALL12/ECOG 2993 study
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Fielding, A. K., Richards, S. M., Chopra, R., Lazarus, H. M., Litzow, M. R., Buck, G., Durrant, I. J., Luger, S. M., Marks, D. I., Franklin, I. M., McMillan, A. K., Tallman, M. S., Rowe, J. M., Goldstone, A. H., Medical Research Council of the United King Source Type: news
Diamond-Blackfan anemia: "novel" mechanisms--ribosomes and the erythron
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Lipton, J. M. Source Type: news
Nonhematopoietic/endothelial SSEA-1+ cells define the most primitive progenitors in the adult murine bone marrow mesenchymal compartment
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Anjos-Afonso, F., Bonnet, D. Source Type: news
Eosinophils are a major intravascular location for tissue factor storage and exposure
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Moosbauer, C., Morgenstern, E., Cuvelier, S. L., Manukyan, D., Bidzhekov, K., Albrecht, S., Lohse, P., Patel, K. D., Engelmann, B. Source Type: news
RXR: no longer a stepchild
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Hoag, K. A., Lackey, D. E. Source Type: news
Glucocorticoids induce differentiation of a specifically activated, anti-inflammatory subtype of human monocytes
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Ehrchen, J., Steinmuller, L., Barczyk, K., Tenbrock, K., Nacken, W., Eisenacher, M., Nordhues, U., Sorg, C., Sunderkotter, C., Roth, J. Source Type: news
Down-regulation of RXR{alpha} expression is essential for neutrophil development from granulocyte/monocyte progenitors
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Taschner, S., Koesters, C., Platzer, B., Jorgl, A., Ellmeier, W., Benesch, T., Strobl, H. Source Type: news
Human RPS19, the gene mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia, encodes a ribosomal protein required for the maturation of 40S ribosomal subunits
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Flygare, J., Aspesi, A., Bailey, J. C., Miyake, K., Caffrey, J. M., Karlsson, S., Ellis, S. R. Source Type: news
Somatic revertant mosaicism in a patient with leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Tone, Y., Wada, T., Shibata, F., Toma, T., Hashida, Y., Kasahara, Y., Koizumi, S., Yachie, A. Source Type: news
A soluble form of the Mer receptor tyrosine kinase inhibits macrophage clearance of apoptotic cells and platelet aggregation
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Sather, S., Kenyon, K. D., Lefkowitz, J. B., Liang, X., Varnum, B. C., Henson, P. M., Graham, D. K. Source Type: news
Continuous delivery of human type I interferons ({alpha}/{beta}) has significant activity against acute myeloid leukemia cells in vitro and in a xenograft model
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Benjamin, R., Khwaja, A., Singh, N., McIntosh, J., Meager, A., Wadhwa, M., Streck, C., Ng, C., Davidoff, A. M., Nathwani, A. C. Source Type: news
PTPN11 is the first identified proto-oncogene that encodes a tyrosine phosphatase
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Chan, R. J., Feng, G.-S. Source Type: news
Glucocorticoids in innate immunity: more transactivation than transrepression!
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Perretti, M. Source Type: news
Annexin-1 modulates T-cell activation and differentiation
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: D'Acquisto, F., Merghani, A., Lecona, E., Rosignoli, G., Raza, K., Buckley, C. D., Flower, R. J., Perretti, M. Source Type: news
Humoral immune response and immunoglobulin G Fc receptor genotype are associated with better clinical outcome following idiotype vaccination in follicular lymphoma patients regardless of their response to induction chemotherapy
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Weng, W.-K., Czerwinski, D., Levy, R. Source Type: news
Identification of a novel chromosome region, 13q21.33-q22.2, for susceptibility genes in familial chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Ng, D., Toure, O., Wei, M.-H., Arthur, D. C., Abbasi, F., Fontaine, L., Marti, G. E., Fraumeni, J. F., Goldin, L. R., Caporaso, N., Toro, J. R. Source Type: news
A common genetic variant in XPD associates with risk of 5q- and 7q-deleted acute myeloid leukemia
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Smith, A. G., Worrillow, L. J., Allan, J. M. Source Type: news
CCR7 deficiency causes ectopic lymphoid neogenesis and disturbed mucosal tissue integrity
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Hopken, U. E., Wengner, A. M., Loddenkemper, C., Stein, H., Heimesaat, M. M., Rehm, A., Lipp, M. Source Type: news
B-ware of allosensitized graft rejection
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Fowler, D. H. Source Type: news
Molecular relapse in adult standard-risk ALL patients detected by prospective MRD monitoring during and after maintenance treatment: data from the GMALL 06/99 and 07/03 trials
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Raff, T., Gokbuget, N., Luschen, S., Reutzel, R., Ritgen, M., Irmer, S., Bottcher, S., Horst, H.-A., Kneba, M., Hoelzer, D., Bruggemann, M., for the GMALL Study Group Source Type: news
Evidence for an immune barrier after in utero hematopoietic-cell transplantation
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Peranteau, W. H., Endo, M., Adibe, O. O., Flake, A. W. Source Type: news
Somatic revertant mosaicism in a patient with leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Tone, Y., Wada, T., Shibata, F., Toma, T., Hashida, Y., Kasahara, Y., Koizumi, S., Yachie, A. Tags: Immunobiology, Cell Adhesion and Motility, Brief Reports, Clinical Trials and Observations Source Type: news
Skeleton-binding protein 1 functions at the parasitophorous vacuole membrane to traffic PfEMP1 to the Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocyte surface
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Maier, A. G., Rug, M., O'Neill, M. T., Beeson, J. G., Marti, M., Reeder, J., Cowman, A. F. Tags: Red Cells, Cytoskeleton Source Type: news
Prophylactic human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor after induction therapy in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Lehrnbecher, T., Zimmermann, M., Reinhardt, D., Dworzak, M., Stary, J., Creutzig, U. Tags: Hematopoiesis, Neoplasia, Chemokines, Cytokines, and Interleukins, Clinical Trials and Observations Source Type: news
Molecular relapse in adult standard-risk ALL patients detected by prospective MRD monitoring during and after maintenance treatment: data from the GMALL 06/99 and 07/03 trials
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Raff, T., Gokbuget, N., Luschen, S., Reutzel, R., Ritgen, M., Irmer, S., Bottcher, S., Horst, H.-A., Kneba, M., Hoelzer, D., Bruggemann, M., for the GMALL Study Group Tags: Neoplasia, Clinical Trials and Observations Source Type: news
Dual role for RhoA in suppression and induction of cytokines in the human neutrophil
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Fessler, M. B., Arndt, P. G., Just, I., Nick, J. A., Malcolm, K. C., Scott Worthen, G. Tags: Phagocytes, Cytoskeleton, Signal Transduction, Chemokines, Cytokines, and Interleukins Source Type: news
Rho GTPase Rac1 is critical for neutrophil migration into the lung
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Filippi, M.-D., Szczur, K., Harris, C. E., Berclaz, P.-Y. Tags: Phagocytes, Cell Adhesion and Motility, Cytoskeleton, Signal Transduction Source Type: news
CD33 responses are blocked by SOCS3 through accelerated proteasomal-mediated turnover
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Orr, S. J., Morgan, N. M., Elliott, J., Burrows, J. F., Scott, C. J., McVicar, D. W., Johnston, J. A. Tags: Immunobiology, Neoplasia, Signal Transduction Source Type: news
Dendritic-cell maturation alters intracellular signaling networks, enabling differential effects of IFN-{alpha}/{beta} on antigen cross-presentation
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Longman, R. S., Braun, D., Pellegrini, S., Rice, C. M., Darnell, R. B., Albert, M. L. Tags: Immunobiology, Phagocytes, Signal Transduction Source Type: news
Targeting mitochondrial factor Smac/DIABLO as therapy for multiple myeloma (MM)
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Chauhan, D., Neri, P., Velankar, M., Podar, K., Hideshima, T., Fulciniti, M., Tassone, P., Raje, N., Mitsiades, C., Mitsiades, N., Richardson, P., Zawel, L., Tran, M., Munshi, N., Anderson, K. C. Tags: Neoplasia, Apoptosis, Signal Transduction Source Type: news
B-ware of allosensitized graft rejection
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Fowler, D. H. Tags: INSIDE BLOOD Source Type: news
Glucocorticoids induce differentiation of a specifically activated, anti-inflammatory subtype of human monocytes
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: Ehrchen, J., Steinmuller, L., Barczyk, K., Tenbrock, K., Nacken, W., Eisenacher, M., Nordhues, U., Sorg, C., Sunderkotter, C., Roth, J. Tags: Phagocytes, Gene Expression, Genomics Source Type: news
CCR5 and HIV: the less, the better
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Source: Blood - January 23, 2007 Authors: <
