Hematology Week

Infectious Disease - Serum albumin level linked to HFRS severity

Inflammation - Macrophages oxidize ECM; LPS, IgG increases effect, dexamethasone lowers it

Kidney Transplantation - Daclizumab can slowly replace cyclosporine therapy; avoids long-term renal damage

Leukemia Animal Models - Murine model of megakaryocytic myeloproliferative syndrome developed

Leukemia Therapy - BACH2 expression can augment the cytotoxic effects of anticancer agents

Leukemia Therapy - Loss of post-SCT immune VZV control and leukemia relapse may be linked

Leukemia Therapy - Use of immunoregulatory cells in stem cell transplantation reviewed

Malaria Pathogenesis -  P. falciparum uses erythrocyte vesicle transport system for protein transport

Multiple Myeloma Therapy - High-dose VAD with auto-SCT effective for acute MM patients

Multiple Sclerosis - CD8+ T cells in MS types are correlated to adverse MRI lesion load features

Neurological Disease - Serum anti-Fas antibody levels aren't specific for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuromuscular Disease - Lack of dysferlin gives high MHC-I, macrophage; no cytotoxic T cells in muscle

Pediatric Hemodialysis - Novel pre-dialysis treatment normalizes blood prime pH and electrolyte levels

Prognostic Modeling - Immunosuppressive therapy response in myelodysplastic syndrome is predictable

Protein Folding - The lipocalin superfamily has conserved residues involved in protein folding

Psychology - Atopic dermatitis can be caused by psychological stress; immunity is altered

Rheumatology - French studies on early arthritis provide risk factors as well as clinical data

Semen Granulocytes - Male accessory gland inflammation can be detected through leukocytospermia

Stem-Cell Research - Cell fusion: an alternative to stem-cell plasticity?

Stem-Cell Research - Emu-GFP-3'LCR transgene forces B lineage expression

Stem-Cell Research - Mesenchymal stem cells can differentiate into neuron-like cells in vitro

Stem-Cell Research - Thrombopoietin stimulates Hoxb4 expression by primitive hematopoietic cells

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Cytomegalovirus prophylaxis for allo-SCT recipients reviewed

Stem-Cell Transplantation - First case of DLI-linked nephrotic syndrome described

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Late post-SCT diversification of CMV-specific CD8 cells possible

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Safety and efficacy of nonmyeloablative SCT reviewed

Transfusion Medicine - Antibody screens for Mongoloid populations should include Di(a) panel cells

Transplant Medicine - Acute liver rejection occurs most often if early steriods are not used

Transplant Medicine - Serial serum protein electrophoresis can be used to monitor PTLD following transplantation

West Nile Risk - West Nile virus can cause death, no IgM, in bone marrow transplant recipients