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Receive this page by email each issue: [Sign up for eTOCs] Other Issues: November 15 2008; 112 (10)   [Index by Author]  [Cover Caption]  [Complete Inside Blood PDF]         INSIDE BLOOD        ASH 50TH ANNIVERSARY REVIEWS        CHEMOKINES, CYTOKINES, AND INTERLEUKINS        CLINICAL TRIALS AND OBSERVATIONS        HEMATOPOIESIS AND STEM CELLS        HEMOSTASIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY        IMMUNOBIOLOGY        NEOPLASIA        PHAGOCYTES        RED CELLS        TRANSPLANTATION        CORRESPONDENCE Find articles in this issue containing these words: [Search ALL Issues] Table of Contents (PDF) | Editorial Board (PDF) | Front Matter (PDF) | Back Matter (PDF) | Advertising (PDF) To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link. INSIDE BLOOD: Going with the flow, and beyond, in myeloma Bart Barlogie, Joshua Epstein, and John D. Shaughnessy, Jr Blood 2008 112: 3917-3918. [Full Text] [PDF]   Childhood ITP: can we venture below 20 000? Thomas Abshire Blood 2008 112: 3918-3919. [Full Text] [PDF]   Hematologic hints of HTLV-2 in US blood donors Mark A. Beilke Blood 2008 112: 3919-3920. [Full Text] [PDF]   Systems biology meets platelet biology Michael C. Berndt and Robert K. Andrews Blood 2008 112: 3920-3921. [Full Text] [PDF]   WASp stings mature lymphocytes Eva Severinson Blood 2008 112: 3921-3922. [Full Text] [PDF]   An immunoassay for human serum hepcidin at last: Ganz klar? Carlo Brugnara Blood 2008 112: 3922-3923. [Full Text] [PDF]   SNPs linking TNF with anemia Paul Sharp Blood 2008 112: 3923-3924. [Full Text] [PDF]   SOS! Defibrotide to the rescue Hillard M. Lazarus and Keith R. McCrae Blood 2008 112: 3924-3925. [Full Text] [PDF]   ASH 50TH ANNIVERSARY REVIEWS: Hemoglobin research and the origins of molecular medicine Alan N. Schechter Blood 2008 112: 3927-3938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   Red cell membrane: past, present, and future Narla Mohandas and Patrick G. Gallagher Blood 2008 112: 3939-3948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   CHEMOKINES, CYTOKINES, AND INTERLEUKINS: IL-3 induces a Pim1-dependent antiapoptotic pathway in primary human basophils Svetlana A. Didichenko, Nicole Spiegl, Thomas Brunner, and Clemens A. Dahinden Blood 2008 112: 3949-3958. Prepublished online September 2, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-04-149419 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Methods and Figures]   Mechanisms and pathologic significances in increase in serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble IL-6 receptor after administration of an anti–IL-6 receptor antibody, tocilizumab, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and Castleman disease Norihiro Nishimoto, Kimio Terao, Toru Mima, Hideko Nakahara, Nobuhiro Takagi, and Takahiro Kakehi Blood 2008 112: 3959-3964. Prepublished online September 10, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-05-155846 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   CLINICAL TRIALS AND OBSERVATIONS: Impact of early dose intensity on cytogenetic and molecular responses in chronic- phase CML patients receiving 600 mg/day of imatinib as initial therapy Timothy P. Hughes, Susan Branford, Deborah L. White, John Reynolds, Rachel Koelmeyer, John F. Seymour, Kerry Taylor, Chris Arthur, Anthony Schwarer, James Morton, Julian Cooney, Michael F. Leahy, Philip Rowlings, John Catalano, Mark Hertzberg, Robin Filshie, Anthony K. Mills, Keith Fay, Simon Durrant, Henry Januszewicz, David Joske, Craig Underhill, Scott Dunkley, Kevin Lynch, and Andrew Grigg, on behalf of the Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group Blood 2008 112: 3965-3973. Prepublished online September 3, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-06-161737 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Appendix]   Prophylactic infusion of cytomegalovirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes stimulated with Ad5f35pp65 gene-modified dendritic cells after allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation Kenneth P. Micklethwaite, Leighton Clancy, Upinder Sandher, Anna M. Hansen, Emily Blyth, Vicki Antonenas, Mary M. Sartor, Kenneth F. Bradstock, and David J. Gottlieb Blood 2008 112: 3974-3981. Prepublished online September 3, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-06-161695 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   CD20 up-regulation in pediatric B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia during induction treatment: setting the stage for anti-CD20 directed immunotherapy Michael N. Dworzak, Angela Schumich, Dieter Printz, Ulrike Pötschger, Zvenyslava Husak, Andishe Attarbaschi, Giuseppe Basso, Giuseppe Gaipa, Richard Ratei, Georg Mann, and Helmut Gadner Blood 2008 112: 3982-3988. Prepublished online September 9, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-06-164129 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Appendix]   Positron emission tomography has a high negative predictive value for progression or early relapse for patients with residual disease after first-line chemotherapy in advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma Carsten Kobe, Markus Dietlein, Jeremy Franklin, Jana Markova, Andreas Lohri, Holger Amthauer, Susanne Klutmann, Wolfram H. Knapp, Josee M. Zijlstra, Andreas Bockisch, Matthias Weckesser, Reinhard Lorenz, Mathias Schreckenberger, Roland Bares, Hans T. Eich, Rolf-Peter Mueller, Michael Fuchs, Peter Borchmann, Harald Schicha, Volker Diehl, and Andreas Engert Blood 2008 112: 3989-3994. Prepublished online August 29, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-06-155820 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   Long-term increases in lymphocytes and platelets in human T-lymphotropic virus type II infection Melissa T. Bartman, Zhanna Kaidarova, Dale Hirschkorn, Ronald A. Sacher, Joy Fridey, George Garratty, Joan Gibble, James W. Smith, Bruce Newman, Anthony E. Yeo, and Edward L. Murphy, for the HTLV Outcomes Study (HOST) investigators Blood 2008 112: 3995-4002. Prepublished online August 28, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-05-155960 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Appendix and Table]   Severe hemorrhage in children with newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenic purpura Cindy E. Neunert, George R. Buchanan, Paul Imbach, Paula H. B. Bolton-Maggs, Carolyn M. Bennett, Ellis J. Neufeld, Sara K. Vesely, Leah Adix, Victor S. Blanchette, and Thomas Kühne, for the Intercontinental Childhood ITP Study Group Registry II Participants Blood 2008 112: 4003-4008. Prepublished online August 12, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-03-138487 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Appendix]   AL amyloidosis associated with IgM paraproteinemia: clinical profile and treatment outcome Ashutosh D. Wechalekar, Helen J. Lachmann, Hugh J. B. Goodman, Arthur Bradwell, Philip N. Hawkins, and Julian D. Gillmore Blood 2008 112: 4009-4016. Prepublished online August 15, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-02-138156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   Multiparameter flow cytometric remission is the most relevant prognostic factor for multiple myeloma patients who undergo autologous stem cell transplantation Bruno Paiva, Maria-Belén Vidriales, Jorge Cerveró, Gema Mateo, Jose J. Pérez, Maria A. Montalbán, Anna Sureda, Laura Montejano, Norma C. Gutiérrez, Alfonso García de Coca, Natalia de las Heras, Maria V. Mateos, Maria C. López-Berges, Raimundo García-Boyero, Josefina Galende, Jose Hernández, Luis Palomera, Dolores Carrera, Rafael Martínez, Javier de la Rubia, Alejandro Martín, Joan Bladé, Juan J. Lahuerta, Alberto Orfao, and Jesús F. San Miguel, on behalf of the GEM (Grupo Español de MM)/PETHEMA (Programa para el Estudio de la Terapéutica en Hemopatías Malignas) cooperative study groups Blood 2008 112: 4017-4023. Prepublished online July 31, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-05-159624 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Appendix]   Brief report  Management of anticoagulation in patients with subacute heparin-induced thrombocytopenia scheduled for heart transplantation Sixten Selleng, Assad Haneya, Stephan Hirt, Kathleen Selleng, Christof Schmid, and Andreas Greinacher Blood 2008 112: 4024-4027. Prepublished online September 12, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-03-145243 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   HEMATOPOIESIS AND STEM CELLS: IRF8 regulates B-cell lineage specification, commitment, and differentiation Hongsheng Wang, Chang Hoon Lee, Chenfeng Qi, Prafullakumar Tailor, Jianxun Feng, Sadia Abbasi, Toru Atsumi, and Herbert C. Morse, III Blood 2008 112: 4028-4038. Prepublished online September 17, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-01-129049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figures]   Lnk adaptor protein down-regulates specific Kit-induced signaling pathways in primary mast cells Clotilde Simon, Elisabetta Dondi, Amandine Chaix, Paulo de Sepulveda, Terrance J. Kubiseski, Nadine Varin-Blank, and Laura Velazquez Blood 2008 112: 4039-4047. Prepublished online August 27, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-05-154849 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   Brief report  Plasmin therapy enhances mobilization of HPCs after G-CSF Marc Tjwa, Stefan Janssens, and Peter Carmeliet Blood 2008 112: 4048-4050. Prepublished online August 22, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-07-166587 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Methods and Table]   HEMOSTASIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY: 15-deoxy-12,14-PGJ2 enhances platelet production from megakaryocytes Jamie J. O'Brien, Sherry L. Spinelli, Joanna Tober, Neil Blumberg, Charles W. Francis, Mark B. Taubman, James Palis, Kathryn E. Seweryniak, Jacqueline M. Gertz, and Richard P. Phipps Blood 2008 112: 4051-4060. Prepublished online August 28, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-05-158535 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   Thrombin generation and activated protein C resistance in patients with essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera Marina Marchetti, Elisabetta Castoldi, Henri M. H. Spronk, René van Oerle, Donatella Balducci, Tiziano Barbui, Jan Rosing, Hugo ten Cate, and Anna Falanga Blood 2008 112: 4061-4068. Prepublished online September 3, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-06-164087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   A molecular signaling model of platelet phosphoinositide and calcium regulation during homeostasis and P2Y1 activation Jeremy E. Purvis, Manash S. Chatterjee, Lawrence F. Brass, and Scott L. Diamond Blood 2008 112: 4069-4079. Prepublished online July 2, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-05-157883 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]   IMMUNOBIOLOGY: Mononuclear myeloid-derived "suppressor" cells express RAE-1 and activate natural killer cells Norman Nausch, Ioanna E. Galani, Eva Schlecker, and Adelheid Cerwenka Blood 2008 112: 4080-4089. Prepublished online August 27, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-03-143776 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]   Clinical and immunologic consequences of a somatic reversion in a patient with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency Carsten Speckmann, Ulrich Pannicke, Elisabeth Wiech, Klaus Schwarz, Paul Fisch, Wilhelm Friedrich, Tim Niehues, Kimberly Gilmour, Karin Buiting, Michael Schlesier, Hermann Eibel, Jan Rohr, Andrea Superti-Furga, Ute Groß-Wieltsch, and Stephan Ehl Blood 2008 112: 4090-4097. Prepublished online August 26, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-04-153361 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   PTP1B is a negative regulator of interleukin 4–induced STAT6 signaling Xiaoqing Lu, Raquel Malumbres, Benjamin Shields, Xiaoyu Jiang, Kristopher A. Sarosiek, Yasodha Natkunam, Tony Tiganis, and Izidore S. Lossos Blood 2008 112: 4098-4108. Prepublished online August 20, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-03-148726 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   NK cell–activating receptors require PKC- for sustained signaling, transcriptional activation, and IFN- secretion Ilaria Tassi, Marina Cella, Rachel Presti, Angela Colucci, Susan Gilfillan, Dan R. Littman, and Marco Colonna Blood 2008 112: 4109-4116. Prepublished online September 10, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-02-139527 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   Resolution-phase macrophages possess a unique inflammatory phenotype that is controlled by cAMP Jonas Bystrom, Ian Evans, Justine Newson, Melanie Stables, Iqbal Toor, Nico van Rooijen, Mark Crawford, Paul Colville-Nash, Stuart Farrow, and Derek W. Gilroy Blood 2008 112: 4117-4127. Prepublished online September 8, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-12-129767 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]   Natural killer T-cell autoreactivity leads to a specialized activation state Xiaohua Wang, Xiuxu Chen, Lance Rodenkirch, William Simonson, Sarah Wernimont, Rachel M. Ndonye, Natacha Veerapen, Darren Gibson, Amy R. Howell, Gurdyal S. Besra, Gavin F. Painter, Anna Huttenlocher, and Jenny E. Gumperz Blood 2008 112: 4128-4138. Prepublished online September 8, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-05-157529 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures and Videos]   WASP confers selective advantage for specific hematopoietic cell populations and serves a unique role in marginal zone B-cell homeostasis and function Lisa S. Westerberg, Miguel A. de la Fuente, Fredrik Wermeling, Hans D. Ochs, Mikael C. I. Karlsson, Scott B. Snapper, and Luigi D. Notarangelo Blood 2008 112: 4139-4147. Prepublished online September 4, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-02-140715 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Methods and Figures]   Rabaptin-5 regulates receptor expression and functional activation in mast cells Eon J. Rios, Adrian M. Piliponsky, Chisei Ra, Janet Kalesnikoff, and Stephen J. Galli Blood 2008 112: 4148-4157. Prepublished online August 12, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-04-152660 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Methods and Figures]   Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein deficiency in B cells results in impaired peripheral homeostasis Almut Meyer-Bahlburg, Shirly Becker-Herman, Stephanie Humblet-Baron, Socheath Khim, Michele Weber, Gerben Bouma, Adrian J. Thrasher, Facundo D. Batista, and David J. Rawlings Blood 2008 112: 4158-4169. Prepublished online August 7, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-02-140814 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Methods and Figures]   Type II (tositumomab) anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody out performs type I (rituximab-like) reagents in B-cell depletion regardless of complement activation Stephen A. Beers, Claude H. T. Chan, Sonya James, Ruth R. French, Kathrine E. Attfield, Claire M. Brennan, Anupama Ahuja, Mark J. Shlomchik, Mark S. Cragg, and Martin J. Glennie Blood 2008 112: 4170-4177. Prepublished online June 26, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-04-149161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]   NEOPLASIA: Genome-wide copy number profiling reveals molecular evolution from diagnosis to relapse in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia Jun J. Yang, Deepa Bhojwani, Wenjian Yang, Xiangjun Cai, Gabriele Stocco, Kristine Crews, Jinhua Wang, Debra Morrison, Meenakshi Devidas, Stephen P. Hunger, Cheryl L. Willman, Elizabeth A. Raetz, Ching-hon Pui, William E. Evans, Mary V. Relling, and William L. Carroll Blood 2008 112: 4178-4183. Prepublished online September 2, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-06-165027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Methods, Tables, and Figures]   The biologic properties of leukemias arising from BCR/ABL-mediated transformation vary as a function of developmental origin and activity of the p19ARF gene Pin-Yi Wang, Fay Young, Chun-Yu Chen, Brett M. Stevens, Sarah J. Neering, Randall M. Rossi, Timothy Bushnell, Igor Kuzin, David Heinrich, Andrea Bottaro, and Craig T. Jordan Blood 2008 112: 4184-4192. Prepublished online August 28, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-02-142190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]   An 86-probe-set gene-expression signature predicts survival in cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia Klaus H. Metzeler, Manuela Hummel, Clara D. Bloomfield, Karsten Spiekermann, Jan Braess, Maria-Cristina Sauerland, Achim Heinecke, Michael Radmacher, Guido Marcucci, Susan P. Whitman, Kati Maharry, Peter Paschka, Richard A. Larson, Wolfgang E. Berdel, Thomas Büchner, Bernhard Wörmann, Ulrich Mansmann, Wolfgang Hiddemann, Stefan K. Bohlander, and Christian Buske, for Cancer and Leukemia Group B and the German AML Cooperative Group Blood 2008 112: 4193-4201. Prepublished online August 20, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-02-134411 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables and Figure]   MYC stimulates EZH2 expression by repression of its negative regulator miR-26a Sandrine Sander, Lars Bullinger, Kay Klapproth, Katja Fiedler, Hans A. Kestler, Thomas F. E. Barth, Peter Möller, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Jonathan R. Pollack, and Thomas Wirth Blood 2008 112: 4202-4212. Prepublished online August 19, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-03-147645 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables and Figures]   Overexpression of TOSO in CLL is triggered by B-cell receptor signaling and associated with progressive disease Christian Philipp Pallasch, Alexandra Schulz, Nadine Kutsch, Janine Schwamb, Susanne Hagist, Hamid Kashkar, Alfred Ultsch, Claudia Wickenhauser, Michael Hallek, and Clemens-Martin Wendtner Blood 2008 112: 4213-4219. Prepublished online August 15, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-05-157255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Methods]   Activating mutations in human acute megakaryoblastic leukemia Sébastien Malinge, Christine Ragu, Veronique Della-Valle, Didier Pisani, Stefan N. Constantinescu, Christelle Perez, Jean-Luc Villeval, Dirk Reinhardt, Judith Landman-Parker, Lucienne Michaux, Nicole Dastugue, André Baruchel, William Vainchenker, Jean-Pierre Bourquin, Virginie Penard-Lacronique, and Olivier A. Bernard Blood 2008 112: 4220-4226. Prepublished online August 28, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-01-136366 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figures]   Rhesus macaque rhadinovirus-associated non-Hodgkin lymphoma: animal model for KSHV-associated malignancies Beata U. Orzechowska, Michael F. Powers, Jerald Sprague, He Li, Bonnie Yen, Robert P. Searles, Michael K. Axthelm, and Scott W. Wong Blood 2008 112: 4227-4234. Prepublished online August 29, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-04-151498 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   An analysis of the clinical and biologic significance of TP53 loss and the identification of potential novel transcriptional targets of TP53 in multiple myeloma Wei Xiong, Xiaosong Wu, Sarah Starnes, Sarah K. Johnson, Jeff Haessler, Siqing Wang, Lijuan Chen, Bart Barlogie, John D. Shaughnessy, Jr, and Fenghuang Zhan Blood 2008 112: 4235-4246. Prepublished online March 12, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-10-119123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figures]   Brief report  A prospective study of mitochondrial DNA copy number and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma Qing Lan, Unhee Lim, Chin-San Liu, Stephanie J. Weinstein, Stephen Chanock, Matthew R. Bonner, Jarmo Virtamo, Demetrius Albanes, and Nathaniel Rothman Blood 2008 112: 4247-4249. Prepublished online August 18, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-05-157974 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Table]   PHAGOCYTES: Sepsis-induced inhibition of neutrophil chemotaxis is mediated by activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- Raju C. Reddy, Venkata R. Narala, Venkateshwar G. Keshamouni, Jami E. Milam, Michael W. Newstead, and Theodore J. Standiford Blood 2008 112: 4250-4258. Prepublished online June 5, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-12-128967 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   RED CELLS: CD47 on experimentally senescent murine RBCs inhibits phagocytosis following Fc receptor–mediated but not scavenger receptor–mediated recognition by macrophages Mattias Olsson and Per-Arne Oldenborg Blood 2008 112: 4259-4267. Prepublished online September 8, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-03-143008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   Regulation of the divalent metal ion transporter DMT1 and iron homeostasis by a ubiquitin-dependent mechanism involving Ndfips and WWP2 Natalie J. Foot, Hazel E. Dalton, Linda M. Shearwin-Whyatt, Loretta Dorstyn, Seong-Seng Tan, Baoli Yang, and Sharad Kumar Blood 2008 112: 4268-4275. Prepublished online September 5, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-04-150953 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figures]   Tumor necrosis factor SNP haplotypes are associated with iron deficiency anemia in West African children Sarah H. Atkinson, Kirk A. Rockett, Gareth Morgan, Philip A. Bejon, Giorgio Sirugo, Maria A. O'Connell, Neil Hanchard, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski, and Andrew M. Prentice Blood 2008 112: 4276-4283. Prepublished online August 20, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-06-162008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Table]   Red cell life span heterogeneity in hematologically normal people is sufficient to alter HbA1c Robert M. Cohen, Robert S. Franco, Paramjit K. Khera, Eric P. Smith, Christopher J. Lindsell, Peter J. Ciraolo, Mary B. Palascak, and Clinton H. Joiner Blood 2008 112: 4284-4291. Prepublished online August 11, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-04-154112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   Immunoassay for human serum hepcidin Tomas Ganz, Gordana Olbina, Domenico Girelli, Elizabeta Nemeth, and Mark Westerman Blood 2008 112: 4292-4297. Prepublished online August 8, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-02-139915 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]   Targeted deletion of -adducin results in absent β- and -adducin, compensated hemolytic anemia, and lethal hydrocephalus in mice Raymond F. Robledo, Steven L. Ciciotte, Babette Gwynn, Kenneth E. Sahr, Diana M. Gilligan, Narla Mohandas, and Luanne L. Peters Blood 2008 112: 4298-4307. Prepublished online August 22, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-05-156000 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   hem6: an ENU-induced recessive hypochromic microcytic anemia mutation in the mouse Meng Tian, Dean R. Campagna, Lanette S. Woodward, Monica J. Justice, and Mark D. Fleming Blood 2008 112: 4308-4313. Prepublished online September 9, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-09-111500 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables and Figure]   Brief report  G6PD deficiency, absence of -thalassemia, and hemolytic rate at baseline are significant independent risk factors for abnormally high cerebral velocities in patients with sickle cell anemia Françoise Bernaudin, Suzanne Verlhac, Sylvie Chevret, Martine Torres, Lena Coic, Cécile Arnaud, Annie Kamdem, Isabelle Hau, Maria Grazia Neonato, and Christophe Delacourt Blood 2008 112: 4314-4317. Prepublished online September 4, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-03-143891 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Appendix]   TRANSPLANTATION: Results of the Cord Blood Transplantation Study (COBLT): clinical outcomes of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation in pediatric patients with hematologic malignancies Joanne Kurtzberg, Vinod K. Prasad, Shelly L. Carter, John E. Wagner, Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe, Donna Wall, Neena Kapoor, Eva C. Guinan, Stephen A. Feig, Elizabeth L. Wagner, and Nancy A. Kernan, on behalf of the COBLT Steering Committee Blood 2008 112: 4318-4327. Prepublished online August 21, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-06-098020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Appendix]   Protection from graft-versus-host disease with a novel B7 binding site–specific mouse anti–mouse CD28 monoclonal antibody Niklas Beyersdorf, Xin Ding, Gregor Blank, Kevin M. Dennehy, Thomas Kerkau, and Thomas Hünig Blood 2008 112: 4328-4336. Prepublished online September 9, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-03-146662 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]   Common variants in NLRP2 and NLRP3 genes are strong prognostic factors for the outcome of HLA-identical sibling allogeneic stem cell transplantation Miquel Granell, Álvaro Urbano-Ispizua, Aina Pons, Juan Ignacio Aróstegui, Bernat Gel, Alfons Navarro, Sonia Jansa, Rosa Artells, Anna Gaya, Carme Talarn, Francesc Fernández-Avilés, Carmen Martínez, Montserrat Rovira, Enric Carreras, Ciril Rozman, Manel Juan, Jordi Yagüe, Emili Montserrat, and Mariano Monzó Blood 2008 112: 4337-4342. Prepublished online September 4, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-12-129247 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]   Angiogenesis alteration by defibrotide: implications for its mechanism of action in severe hepatic veno-occlusive disease Luba Benimetskaya, Sijian Wu, Anatoliy M. Voskresenskiy, Cinara Echart, Jin-Feng Zhou, Joongho Shin, Massimo Iacobelli, Paul Richardson, Kanyalakshmi Ayyanar, and C. A. Stein Blood 2008 112: 4343-4352. Prepublished online August 18, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-04-149682 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]   CORRESPONDENCE: Can BAFF promoter polymorphism be a predisposing condition for HCV-related mixed cryoglobulinemia? Carlo Giannini, Laura Gragnani, Alessia Piluso, Patrizio Caini, Antonio Petrarca, Monica Monti, Giacomo Laffi, and Anna Linda Zignego Blood 2008 112: 4353-4354. [Full Text] [PDF]   Complement activation impacts B-cell depletion by both type I and type II CD20 monoclonal antibodies Frank J. Beurskens, Sigrid R. Ruuls, Patrick J. Engelberts, Tom Vink, Wendy J. Mackus, Jan G. J. van de Winkel, and Paul W. H. I. Parren Blood 2008 112: 4354-4355. [Full Text] [PDF]   Response: Superior B cell–depleting activity of type II anti-CD20 mAb is not due to activation of complement Stephen A. Beers, Mark S. Cragg, and Martin J. Glennie Blood 2008 112: 4355-4356. [Full Text] [PDF]   Congenital JAK2V617F polycythemia vera: where does the genotype-phenotype diversity end? Kevin Kelly, Corrina McMahon, Stephen Langabeer, Hassan Eliwan, Aengus O'Marcaigh, and Owen P. Smith Blood 2008 112: 4356-4357. [Full Text] [PDF]   Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, monoclonal immunoglobulin specific for HCV core protein, and plasma-cell malignancy Edith Bigot-Corbel, Michelle Gassin, Isabelle Corre, Didier Le Carrer, Odile Delaroche, and Sylvie Hermouet Blood 2008 112: 4357-4358. [Full Text] [PDF]   Regression of HIV-related diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in response to antiviral therapy alone Jennifer E. Amengual, Xinmin Zhang, Sherif Ibrahim, and Lawrence B. Gardner Blood 2008 112: 4359-4360. [Full Text] [PDF]   To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. 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