Editorials and Perspectives:

Irene Roberts, Mariane de Montalembert

Sickle cell disease as a paradigm of immigration hematology: new challenges for hematologists in Europe
Haematologica 2007 92: 865-871. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franco Locatelli, Rita Maccario, Francesco Frassoni

Mesenchymal stromal cells, from indifferent spectators to principal actors. Are we going to witness a revolution in the scenario of allograft and immune-mediated disorders?
Haematologica 2007 92: 872-877. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pier Mannuccio Mannucci

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and the hemolytic uremic syndrome: much progress and many remaining issues
Haematologica 2007 92: 878-880. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Papers:

Hematopoiesis:

Claudia Prevosto, Marta Zancolli, Paolo Canevali, Maria Raffaella Zocchi, Alessandro Poggi

Generation of CD4⁺ or CD8⁺ regulatory T cells upon mesenchymal stem cell-lymphocyte interaction
Haematologica 2007 92: 881-888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Jie Ma, Mingxia Shi, Jing Li, Bin Chen, Honglan Wang, Bingzong Li, Jianli Hu, Ying Cao, Baijun Fang, Robert Chunhua Zhao

Senescence-unrelated impediment of osteogenesis from Flk1⁺ bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells induced by total body irradiation and its contribution to long-term bone and hematopoietic injury
Haematologica 2007 92: 889-896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mingxia Shi, Jing Li, Lianming Liao, Bin Chen, Bingzong Li, Lei Chen, Hairong Jia, Robert Chunhua Zhao

Regulation of CXCR4 expression in human mesenchymal stem cells by cytokine treatment: role in homing efficiency in NOD/SCID mice
Haematologica 2007 92: 897-904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Red Cell Disorders:

Paul Telfer, Pietro Coen, Subarna Chakravorty, Olu Wilkey, Jane Evans, Heather Newell, Beverley Smalling, Roger Amos, Adrian Stephens, David Rogers, Fenella Kirkham

Clinical outcomes in children with sickle cell disease living in England: a neonatal cohort in East London
Haematologica 2007 92: 905-912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malignant Lymphomas:

Tom Feys, Bruce Poppe, Katleen De Preter, Nadine Van Roy, Bruno Verhasselt, Pascale De Paepe, Anne De Paepe, Frank Speleman

A detailed inventory of DNA copy number alterations in four commonly used Hodgkin’s lymphoma cell lines
Haematologica 2007 92: 913-920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Yuanping Zhou, Hongtao Ye, Jose I. Martin-Subero, Stefan Gesk, Rifat Hamoudi, Yong-Jie Lu, Rubin Wang, Janet Shipley, Reiner Siebert, Peter G. Isaacson, Ahmet Dogan, Ming-Qing Du

The pattern of genomic gains in salivary gland MALT lymphomas
Haematologica 2007 92: 921-927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Multiple Myeloma:

Pieter Sonneveld, Bronno van der Holt, Christine M. Segeren, Edo Vellenga, Alexandra J. Croockewit, Gregor E.G. Verhoef, Jan J. Cornelissen, Martijn R. Schaafsma, Marinus H.J. van Oers, Pierre W. Wijermans, Petra H.M. Westveer, Henk M. Lokhorst

Intermediate-dose melphalan compared with myeloablative treatment in multiple myeloma: long-term follow-up of the Dutch Cooperative Group HOVON 24 trial
Haematologica 2007 92: 928-935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Platelets:

Karen K. Swisher, John T. Doan, Sara K. Vesely, Hau C. Kwaan, Benjamin Kim, Bernhard Lämmle, Johanna A. Kremer Hovinga, James N. George

Pancreatitis preceding acute episodes of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome: report of five patients with a systematic review of published reports
Haematologica 2007 92: 936-943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Disorders of Hemostasis:

Augusto B. Federici, Giancarlo Castaman, Massimo Franchini, Massimo Morfini, Ezio Zanon, Antonio Coppola, Annarita Tagliaferri, Elio Boeri, Maria Gabriella Mazzucconi, Gina Rossetti, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci

Clinical use of Haemate^® P in inherited von Willebrand’s disease: a cohort study on 100 Italian patients
Haematologica 2007 92: 944-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stem Cell Transplantation:

Martino Introna, Gianmaria Borleri, Elena Conti, Marta Franceschetti, Anna Maria Barbui, Raewyn Broady, Erica Dander, Giuseppe Gaipa, Giovanna D’Amico, Ettore Biagi, Matteo Parma, Enrico M. Pogliani, Orietta Spinelli, Donatella Baronciani, Anna Grassi, Josée Golay, Tiziano Barbui, Andrea Biondi, Alessandro Rambaldi

Repeated infusions of donor-derived cytokine-induced killer cells in patients relapsing after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a phase I study
Haematologica 2007 92: 952-959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Progress in Hematology:

Christine F. Skibola, John D. Curry, Alexandra Nieters

Genetic susceptibility to lymphoma
Haematologica 2007 92: 960-969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Brief Reports:

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia:

Martin C. Müller, Giuseppe Saglio, Feng Lin, Heike Pfeifer, Richard D. Press, Raymond R. Tubbs, Peter Paschka, Enrico Gottardi, Steven G. O’Brien, Oliver G. Ottmann, Hubertus Stockinger, Lothar Wieczorek, Kirsten Merx, Heiko König, Uwe Schwindel, Rüdiger Hehlmann, Andreas Hochhaus

An international study to standardize the detection and quantitation of BCR-ABL transcripts from stabilized peripheral blood preparations by quantitative RT-PCR
Haematologica 2007 92: 970-973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Myelodysplastic Syndromes:

Ulrich Germing, Corinna Strupp, Sabine Knipp, Andrea Kuendgen, Aristoteles Giagounidis, Barbara Hildebrandt, Carlo Aul, Rainer Haas, Norbert Gattermann, John M. Bennett

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia in the light of the WHO proposals
Haematologica 2007 92: 974-977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lymphoproliferative Disorders:

Koji Nagafuji, Atsushi Nonami, Takashi Kumano, Yoshikane Kikushige, Goichi Yoshimoto, Katsuto Takenaka, Kazuya Shimoda, Shouichi Ohga, Masaki Yasukawa, Hisanori Horiuchi, Eiichi Ishii, Mine Harada

Perforin gene mutations in adult-onset hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Haematologica 2007 92: 978-981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Disorders of Hemostasis:

Karin Kurnik, Wolfhart Kreuz, Sylvia Horneff, Christine Düring, Rosemarie Schobess, Christoph Bidlingmaier, Carmen Escuriola Ettingshausen, Anne Krümpel, Nadia Bogdanova, Ulrike Nowak-Göttl

Effects of the factor V G1691A mutation and the factor II G20210A variant on the clinical expression of severe hemophilia A in children – results of a multicenter study
Haematologica 2007 92: 982-985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stem Cell Transplantation:

Antonio Galmes, Antonio Gutiérrez, Antonia Sampol, Mariana Canaro, Miguel Morey, Julio Iglesias, Nuria Matamoros, María Antonia Duran, Andrés Novo, María Dolores Bea, Pilar Galán, Josep Balansat, Jordi Martínez, Joan Bargay, Joan Besalduch

Long-term hematologic reconstitution and clinical evaluation of autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation after cryopreservation of cells with 5% and 10% dimethylsulfoxide at –80°C in a mechanical freezer
Haematologica 2007 92: 986-989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Red Cell Disorders:

Leonilde Pagano, Assunta Viola, Gennaro Fioretti, Massimiliano Ammirabile, Paolo Ricchi, Luciano Prossomariti

Neapolis (CD 126 ß⁺ GTGGGG): a result of a screening in Campania, a region in Southern Italy
Haematologica 2007 92: 990-991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valeh Hadavi, Amir Hossein Taromchi, Mahdi Malekpour, Behjat Gholami, Hai-Yang Law, Navid Almadani, Fariba Afroozan, Farhad Sahebjam, Parisa Pajouh, Roxana Kariminejad, Mohammad Hassan Kariminejad, Azita Azarkeivan, Maryam Jafroodi, Ahmad Tamaddoni, Helene Puehringer, Christian Oberkanins, Hossein Najmabadi

Elucidating the spectrum of -thalassemia mutations in Iran
Haematologica 2007 92: 992-993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia:

Vikram Mathews, Maria Thomas, Vivi M Srivastava, Biju George, Alok Srivastava, Mammen Chandy

Impact of FLT3 mutations and secondary cytogenetic changes on the outcome of patients with newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with a single agent arsenic trioxide regimen
Haematologica 2007 92: 994-995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Myeloid Leukmia:

Mark A. Dawson, Sharon Avery, Zoe K. McQuilten, Michael J. Bailey, Jake Shortt, Mark N. Polizzotto, Erica M. Wood, Merrole F. Cole-Sinclair

Blood transfusion requirements for patients undergoing chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia how much is enough?
Haematologica 2007 92: 996-997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malignant Lymphomas:

Zdravko Mitroviç, Igor Aurer, Ivo Radman, Radmila Ajdukoviç, Jadranka Sertiç, Boris Labar

FCRIIIA and FCRIIA polymorphisms are not associated with response to rituximab and CHOP in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Haematologica 2007 92: 998-999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Multiple Myeloma:

Veselina Goranova-Marinova, Stefan Goranov, Pavel Pavlov, Todorka Tzvetkova

Serum levels of OPG, RANKL and RANKL/OPG ratios in newly-diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma. Clinical correlations
Haematologica 2007 92: 1000-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Disorders of Hemostasis:

Giridhara Rao Jayandharan, Auro Viswabandya, Sukesh C. Nair, Mammen Chandy, Alok Srivastava

Molecular basis of hereditary factor VII deficiency in India: five novel mutations including a double missense mutation (Ala191Glu; Trp364Cys) in 11 unrelated patients
Haematologica 2007 92: 1002-1003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stem Cell Transplantation:

Mohamad Mohty, Odile Avinens, Catherine Faucher, Patrice Viens, Didier Blaise, Jean-Francois Eliaou

Predictive factors and impact of full donor T-cell chimerism after reduced intensity conditioning allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Haematologica 2007 92: 1004-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Practical Procedures:

Ronit Lavi, Jacob M. Rowe, Irit Avivi

Traumatic vs. atraumatic 22 G needle for therapeutic and diagnostic lumbar puncture in the hematologic patient: a prospective clinical trial
Haematologica 2007 92: 1007-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Online Only Articles:

E Weber, S.R. Knowles, S Berger, S Weber

Rapid desensitization for chlorambucil drug fever
Haematologica 2007 92: e77. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthieu Mahévas, Sylvain Audia, Victoire De Lastours, Marc Michel, Bernard Bonotte, Bertrand Godeau

Neutropenia in Felty’s syndrome successfully treated with hydroxychloroquine
Haematologica 2007 92: e78-e79. [Full Text] [PDF]  

François M Petit, Marylise Hébert, Vincent Gajdos, Alix Mollet-Boudjemline, Philippe Labrune

Comments on Seven novel mutations of the UGT1A1 gene in patients with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia by D’Apolito et al.
Haematologica 2007 92: e80. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosangela Invernizzi, Gabriella Carnevale Maffè, Erica Travaglino, Elisabetta Pagani, Carla Pieresca

Nodular lesions of the liver in multiple myeloma
Haematologica 2007 92: e81. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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