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Takubo T, Kumura T, Nakamae H, Aoyama Y, Koh KR, Ohta K, Yamane T, Hino M, Kanashima H, Kamitani T, Ohta T, Kuwajima S, Tatsumi N. Urinary trypsin inhibitor levels in the urine of patients with haematological malignancies. Haematologia (Budap) 2003; 31:267-72. [PMID: 11855791 DOI: 10.1163/15685590152763836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The urinary trypsin inhibitor (UTI) levels in the urine of patients with various haematological malignancies were determined, using automated latex agglutination immunoturbidimetry. The mean UTI levels in urine in acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and multiple myeloma groups were significantly elevated, compared with the normal control group. It was found that the UTI level in urine changed from an elevated value to a normal value with haematological improvement by chemotherapy in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome included in a previous study. These results suggest tha
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- T Takubo
- Clinical Hematology and Clinical Diagnostics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Japan.
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Takubo T, Kumura T, Kanashima H, Nakao T, Nakamae H, Aoyama Y, Yamamura R, Ohta T, Koh KR, Ohta K, Yamane T, Hino M, Kamitani T, Tatsumi N. Analysis of IL-18 bioactivity and IL-18 mRNA in three patients with adult T-cell leukaemia, acute mixed lineage leukaemia, and acute lymphocytic leukaemia accompanied with high serum IL-18 levels. Haematologia (Budap) 2003; 31:231-5. [PMID: 11855785 DOI: 10.1163/15685590152763773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Interleukin-18 (IL-18) bioactivity in sera and IL-18 mRNA expression in leukaemia cells of three patients with adult T-cell leukaemia (ATL), acute mixed lineage leukaemia (AMLL) and acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL) accompanied with high serum IL-18 levels have been analysed. There was little serum IL-18 bioactivity in the three patients with ATL, AMLL and ALL, while IL-18 mRNA expression was detected in leukaemia cells of all three patients.
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- T Takubo
- Clinical Hematology and Clinical Diagnostics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Japan.
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Takubo T, Fujino H, Hino M, Yamane T, Ohta K, Koh KR, Kumura T, Hashimoto S, Nakao T, Nakamae H, Aoyama Y, Nishiki S, Kinoshita Y, Kamitani T, Tatsumi N, Hojo S, Fujita J. Expression of KL-6 antigen on leukemia cells of a patient with chronic myelocytic leukemia in blastic phase. Haematologia (Budap) 2002; 31:173-6. [PMID: 11583030 DOI: 10.1163/15685590152492990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
MESH Headings
- Antigens/blood
- Antigens/genetics
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- Biomarkers, Tumor/blood
- Blast Crisis/diagnosis
- Blast Crisis/immunology
- Blast Crisis/pathology
- Bone Marrow Cells/immunology
- Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism
- Bone Marrow Cells/pathology
- Glycoproteins/blood
- Glycoproteins/genetics
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/immunology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Monocytes/immunology
- Monocytes/metabolism
- Monocytes/pathology
- Mucin-1
- Mucins
- RNA, Messenger/blood
- RNA, Neoplasm/blood
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Affiliation(s)
- T Takubo
- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
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Kato N, Yukioka H, Yoshida G, Kurita S, Hirakawa K, Koh KR. Superior mesenteric vein thrombosis presented transient false positivity for lupus anticoagulant under heparin treatment. Eur J Emerg Med 2002; 9:67-70. [PMID: 11989502 DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200203000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A 24-year-old Japanese man was admitted because of massive haematemesis and melaena with persistent abdominal pain. Markedly bloody ascites and severely oedematous small intestine were recognized, and angiography then revealed superior mesenteric vein thrombosis. After resection of the necrotic small intestine, continuous intravenous infusion of heparin and urokinase was performed. This patient had no familial or personal history of thrombosis. On the 15th day after operation, an initial search for lupus anticoagulant revealed that the prothrombin time (PT) ratio and dilute activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) were positive under heparin treatment, without evidence of rheumatic or connective tissue disease. Thrombocytopenia was observed with a nearly normocellular bone marrow. A follow-up examination 1 year later still revealed an increased aPTT. However, all tests for antiphospholipid antibodies had been negative including dilute aPTT for about 2 years since the 15th day after operation. These findings suggest that, in this patient, superior mesenteric vein thrombosis has not been associated with primary antiphospholipid syndrome but is probably idiopathic. Positive tests for lupus anticoagulant in the initial period may be unreliable due to heparin treatment.
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- N Kato
- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
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Aoyama Y, Yamane T, Hino M, Ohta K, Nakamae H, Yamamura R, Koh KR, Takubo T, Inoue T, Tatsumi Y, Tatsumi N. Blastic NK-cell lymphoma/leukemia with T-cell receptor gamma rearrangement. Ann Hematol 2001; 80:752-4. [PMID: 11797118 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-001-0380-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2001] [Accepted: 08/22/2001] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A 79-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital with dyspnea in June 1999. Physical examination revealed general exanthema, hepatosplenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy. Increased numbers of abnormal cells were observed in peripheral blood; these cells were of lymphoblastic morphology with high nuclear/cytoplasm ratios and few azurophilic granules. Immunophenotypic analysis revealed positivity for CD2, CD4, CD56, and HLA-DR, and negativity for CD3, CD13, CD16, CD33, CD34, and T cell receptor (TCR). On genotypic analysis, TCRgamma chain was rearranged, but neither the TCRbeta chain nor TCRdelta chain. Despite an initial good response to chemotherapy the disease relapsed in the early stage, and the patient died 6 months after diagnosis.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Biopsy
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- C-Reactive Protein/analysis
- Cell Nucleus/pathology
- Cytoplasm/pathology
- Erythema/pathology
- Fatal Outcome
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- HLA-DR Antigens/analysis
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/blood
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology
- Leukemia, Lymphoid/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Lymphoid/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphoid/pathology
- Male
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/analysis
- Skin/pathology
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Affiliation(s)
- Y Aoyama
- Department of Clinical Hematology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 545-8586 Japan
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Takubo T, Kumura T, Nakao T, Nakamae H, Aoyama Y, Kinoshita Y, Koh KR, Ohta K, Yamane T, Hino M, Kamitani T, Tatsumi N. Expression of human interleukin-18 antigen in leukemia cells in a patient with acute mixed lineage leukemia. Haematologia (Budap) 2001; 31:69-71. [PMID: 11345407 DOI: 10.1163/15685590151092733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- T Takubo
- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
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Takubo T, Kumura T, Nakao T, Nakamae H, Aoyama Y, Nishiki S, Kinoshita Y, Koh KR, Ohta K, Yamane T, Hino M, Kamitani T, Tatsumi N. Serum KL-6 levels in haematologic malignancies and their clinical application. Haematologia (Budap) 2001; 31:61-7. [PMID: 11345406 DOI: 10.1163/15685590151092724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- T Takubo
- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
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Fujino H, Ohta K, Taniue J, Nagao N, Hino M, Yamane T, Koh KR, Takeoka Y, Hirose A, Aoyama Y, Nakamae H, Terada Y, Takubo T, Tatsumi N, Taniue A. Primary refractoriness to platelet transfusion caused by Nak(a) antibody alone. Vox Sang 2001; 81:42-4. [PMID: 11520415 DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2001.00048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Anti-Nak(a), a platelet-specific antibody, occasionally causes platelet-transfusion refractoriness (PTR) together with human leucocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies. Anti-Nak(a) usually appears after frequent platelet transfusions or pregnancy. We report the first case of PTR caused by anti-Nak(a) alone. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 19-year-old male patient with testicular tumour showed PTR when receiving his first transfusion of platelets. Screening for platelet antigens and platelet antibodies revealed that he had type I CD36 (Nak(a)) deficiency and that anti-Nak(a), but not anti-HLA, was present before he received his first transfusion. RESULTS The transfusion of Nak(a)-negative, but HLA non-selected, platelets was effective in raising the platelet count. CONCLUSION Clinically significant Nak(a) antibody was present as naturally occurring antibody in a platelet glycoprotein IV (CD36)-negative non-transfused male patient.
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- H Fujino
- Clinical Hematology and Clinical Diagnostics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Japan
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Aoyama Y, Yamane T, Hino M, Ota K, Hasegawa T, Sakamoto C, Nakamae H, Yamamura R, Koh KR, Takubo T, Inoue T, Tsubaki K, Tatsumi N. Nodal gamma/delta T cell lymphoma in complete remission following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from an HLA-matched unrelated donor. Acta Haematol 2001; 105:49-52. [PMID: 11340254 DOI: 10.1159/000046533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Gamma/delta T cell lymphoma is very rare, and usually occurs as an extranodal tumor. We describe the case of a 16-year-old Japanese man with an unusual nodal gamma/delta T cell lymphoma with generalized lymphadenopathy and bone marrow involvement. No tumor involvement was observed in the liver, spleen, or nasal cavity. Examination for surface antigens on lymphoma cells revealed a unique phenotype, positive for CD3 and T cell receptor (TCR) gamma/delta, but negative for CD2. Genotypic analysis revealed the tumor to be of monoclonal origin and characterized by TCR gamma-chain gene rearrangement, but there was no rearrangement of the TCR beta-chain gene. Our patient's tumor responded to combination chemotherapy and subsequent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from an HLA-matched unrelated donor. He has remained well and free of disease for 35 months.
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- Y Aoyama
- Department of Clinical Hematology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8586, Japan
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Takeoka Y, Hino M, Oiso N, Nishi S, Koh KR, Yamane T, Ohta K, Nakamae H, Aoyama Y, Hirose A, Fujino H, Takubo T, Inoue T, Tatsumi N. Virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome due to rubella virus and varicella-zoster virus dual infection in patient with adult idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Ann Hematol 2001; 80:361-4. [PMID: 11475151 DOI: 10.1007/s002770000282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A 26-year-old woman with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was admitted to our hospital because of fever and rash. Blood tests revealed thrombocytopenia, liver dysfunction, coagulopathy, and hyperferritinemia. Bone marrow examination revealed many atypical lymphocytes and some histiocytes with hemophagocytosis. On admission she was diagnosed with rubella virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome (VHAS), but on laboratory examination, she was seropositive for varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-IgM as well as rubella virus-IgM. She was therefore diagnosed with dual infection by rubella virus and VZV. Her simultaneous rubella virus and VZV infection may have been related to the VAHS pathogenesis. She was treated with prednisolone and gamma globulin therapy and recovered completely.
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- Y Takeoka
- Department of Clinical Hematology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan
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Takubo T, Kumura T, Nakao T, Nakamae H, Aoyama Y, Nishiki S, Kinoshita Y, Koh KR, Ohta K, Yamane T, Hino M, Kamitani T, Tatsumi N. Comparative study on complete remission rate and overall survival in three groups classified based on the serum interleukin-18 level in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients. Acta Haematol 2001; 104:220-2. [PMID: 11279316 DOI: 10.1159/000046520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- T Takubo
- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
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Takubo T, Yamane T, Hino M, Ohta K, Koh KR, Tatsumi N. Clinical significance of simultaneous measurement of reticulated platelets and large platelets in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Haematologia (Budap) 2001; 30:183-92. [PMID: 11128111 DOI: 10.1163/156855900300109189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Frequencies of reticulated platelets (RP) and large platelets (LP) among circulating platelets can now be simultaneously determined using the R-3000 automated reticulocyte counter (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan) equipped with special software. We measured frequencies of RP and LP in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP. acute type n = 5; chronic type n = 39), and healthy normal controls (n = 20). In ITP patients, the platelet-associated IgG (PAIgG) level was also determined. Both RP and LP were significantly higher in chronic ITP patients than those in normal volunteers, and interestingly, the LP in acute ITP was significantly lower than that in chronic ITP although there was no significant difference in RP between acute and chronic ITP. Furthermore, we analyzed the changes in both RP and LP during the clinical course of ITP to monitor the therapeutic effect in 2 patients. An elevation of RP with a steep slope prior to a decrease in the platelet count level was observed. The RP significantly correlated with the PAIgG level. Simultaneous measurement of RP and LP may be helpful for the diagnosis of chronic ITP, for the differentiation of acute from chronic type and for the control of the efficacy of management in ITP, since RP seems to reflect the disease activity of ITP.
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- T Takubo
- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
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Takubo T, Kumura T, Nakao T, Nakamae H, Aoyama Y, Nishiki S, Kinoshita Y, Koh KR, Ohta K, Yamane T, Hino M, Kamitani T, Tatsumi N. Clinical usefulness of combined measurements of serum soluble transferrin receptor levels and serum interleukin-18 levels at determination of serum KL-6 levels in haematologic malignancies. Acta Haematol 2001; 104:141-3. [PMID: 11154993 DOI: 10.1159/000039750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
MESH Headings
- Adult
- Antigens/blood
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- Biomarkers, Tumor/blood
- Chronic Disease
- Glycoproteins/blood
- Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell/blood
- Hodgkin Disease/blood
- Humans
- Interleukin-18/blood
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/blood
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/blood
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/blood
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/blood
- Mucin-1
- Mucins
- Multiple Myeloma/blood
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/blood
- Myeloproliferative Disorders/blood
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/blood
- Receptors, Transferrin/blood
- Solubility
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- T Takubo
- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
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Ohta K, Yamane T, Hino M, Koh KR, Nakao T, Akahori M, Kanashima H, Sakamoto E, Hagihara K, Takubo T, Tatsumi N. [Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction method for monitoring of fungal infection in compromised hosts]. Jpn J Antibiot 2001; 54:103-11. [PMID: 11392680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Diagnosis of fungal infections in compromised hosts has been difficult because of insufficient sensitivity and specificity of conventional methods such as culturing and serum testing. Therefore, antifungal agents are usually started in febrile patients who are resistant to antibiotics even if these monitoring tests were negative. In this study, therefore, in order to increase the reliability of these monitoring, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods for detection of blood fungus were also performed in compromised hosts including 14 patients with hematological malignancies and one with solid tumor who were undergoing chemotherapies. From these patients, total of 56 peripheral blood samples was collected periodically, irrespective of the presence of infectious signs. At each time point of venopuncture, status of the patient was allocated to one of the followings: A, receiving an intravenous antifungal therapy because of sustaining fever which had not responded to prior antibiotic therapies and also positive for culturing and/or serum beta-D-glucan tests; B, receiving an additional intravenous antifungal therapy but negative for culturing and serum-tests; C, febrile but not yet receiving any intravenous fungal therapy; D, afebrile status. During the study, 10 blood samples from 3 patients were allocated in group A, and one sample of them was positive while remaining 9 were all negative for PCR. Six samples from 4 patients were in group B, and one was PCR positive while remaining 5 were negative. Fifteen samples from 7 patients were in group C, and 3 were positive and 12 were negative for PCR. Twenty-five samples were in group D, and 5 were positive and 20 were negative for PCR. Thus, the results from fungal PCR in these patients were in some case showed discrepancies from those expected from the clinical course and/or conventional monitoring tests. Further evaluation of fungal PCR may gain insight into the more precise diagnosis of fungal infection in these patients.
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- K Ohta
- Department of Clinical Hematology, Osaka City University Medical School
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Yamane T, Hino M, Ohta K, Koh KR, Nakamae H, Aoyama Y, Ota T, Kishida T, Mugitani A, Sannomiya Y, Kamitani T, Takubo T, Tatsumi N. [High-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2000; 27:1547-55. [PMID: 11016000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Findings for 41 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) treated with high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) and/or autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) are reported. Two of the 41 patients were treated with HDC alone without PBSCT. At transplant, 20 patients were in complete remission, while 19 had resistant NHL and had failed to achieve a complete remission (CR) after several courses of conventional chemotherapy. The conditioning regimens used were mainly ACE (cytarabine, cyclophosphamide, etoposide) and MEAC (MCNU, etoposide, cytarabine, cyclophosphamide). The treatment-related mortality rate was 4.9%. Two patients treated with MEAC died from intractable congestive heart failure. Nine of the 19 patients with resistant NHL achieved CR, and at a median follow-up of 26 months (range, 3 to 93 months) the estimated two-year disease-free survival rate for these patients was 44.4%. Four patients in CR at present were in partial remission before HDC and PBSCT. Fifteen of the 20 patients in CR before HDC were transplanted in first CR and 5 in 2nd CR. At a median follow-up of 49 months (range, 3 to 96 months), the estimated 3-year DFS for the group of all patients was 73.7%. Five relapses occurred between 5 and 35 months post-transplantation. In conclusion, HDC and PBSCT as induction therapy was only effective for patients with resistant NHL who responded to conventional chemotherapy, and may improve the survival of patients in CR as consolidation therapy.
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- T Yamane
- Dept. of Clinical Hematology, Osaka City University
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Takeoka Y, Yamane T, Koh KR, Ohta K, Nakamae H, Aoyama Y, Hirose A, Fujino Y, Inoue T, Hino M, Tatsumi N. [Mycosis fungoides terminating in acute myelocytic leukemia]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2000; 41:755-60. [PMID: 11070939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
Abstract
A 57-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with suspected leukemia in September 1999. In 1990, systemic erythema had occurred, and mycosis fungoides (MF) had been diagnosed by skin biopsy. Interferon-gamma therapy had not been effective, and the erythema had disappeared after treatment with psoralen and ultraviolet A (PUVA) therapy (1.46 J/cm2). The patient had subsequently done well with a course of topical steroids. On admission this time, the WBC count was 1,600/microliter with 6% blasts. The total nucleated cell count in a bone marrow aspirate was 43.1 x 10(4)/microliter, of which 86.2% were peroxidase-positive blasts. Acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) was diagnosed. Chromosomal analysis demonstrated abnormalities of 48, XX, +4, +8, +add(10)(p11), add(11)(q23) in 10 of 20 cells, and 51, idem, +6, +8, +21, +mar in 8 cells with mixed-lineage leukemia gene rearrangement. Therapies (radiation, chemotherapy and PUVA) for MF, and the altered immune response seen in patients with this disease, especially in the more advanced stages, collectively termed cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), suggest that such patients may be at increased risk of a second primary malignancy. To our knowledge, AML has been reported in 8 MF patients including the present one. Attention should be given to the possibility of MF terminating in AML.
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- Y Takeoka
- Department of Clinical Hematology, Osaka City University Medical School
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Hino M, Suzuki K, Yamane T, Sakai N, Kubota H, Koh KR, Ohta K, Hato F, Kitagawa S, Tatsumi N. Ex vivo expansion of mature human neutrophils with normal functions from purified peripheral blood CD34+ haematopoietic progenitor cells. Br J Haematol 2000; 109:314-21. [PMID: 10848817 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02054.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Purified CD34+ haematopoietic progenitor cells were cultivated with stem cell factor, interleukin 3 (IL-3), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and granulocyte CSF (G-CSF) for 7 d, and thereafter non-adherent cells were divided into two groups. Cells in one group (group A) were further cultivated for 7 d with four cytokines, and cells in the other group (group B) were further cultivated for 7 d with G-CSF alone. On day 14, 220-fold and 130-fold increases in the numbers of non-adherent cells were achieved for groups A and B respectively. These cell preparations contained 65% granulocytes for group A and 95% granulocytes for group B. These cells gained the ability to respond effectively with chemotaxis, phagocytosis and superoxide (O2-) release. Cells in group B were appropriately primed by G-CSF, GM-CSF, tumour necrosis factor alpha and IL-1beta for enhanced release of O2 -. The responsiveness of these cells was identical to that of peripheral blood neutrophils, indicating that cells in group B may be in the resting state. In contrast, cells in group A were not primed by these cytokines for enhanced release of O2- and released a large amount of O2- spontaneously, indicating that cells in group A may be in the activated state. These findings indicate that mature neutrophils with normal functions were expanded ex vivo in group B and suggest that these cells could be used for possible autologous neutrophil transfusion to prevent bacterial infections during severe neutropenia after cytotoxic chemotherapy.
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- M Hino
- Departments of Clinical Haematology and Physiology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-5-7, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8586, Japan.
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Ohta K, Yamane T, Koh KR, Ohta T, Nakamae H, Takubo T, Hino M, Tatsumi N. An effective method for recovering CD34 positive progenitor cells from peripheral blood stem cell apheresis products cryopreserved with simplified method. Osaka City Med J 1999; 45:139-48. [PMID: 10730080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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The use of small volume collection chamber (SVCC) during peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) apheresis, combined with simplified cryopreservation without rate-controlled freezing, have successfully been applied to clinical PBSC transplantation following myeloablative chemotherapies. However, the method to effectively select CD34+ progenitor cells from frozen apheresis products obtained with these simplified methods has not been reported. For this goal, after washing the thawed apheresis products with medium containing Dnase I, two different approaches to purify CD34+ progenitor cells from washed WBCs were compared. In method I, CD34+ cells were purified on the same day using immunomagnetic method. In method II, the cells after wash were cultured for overnight in RPMI-1640/10% FCS containing SCF and IL-3, followed by enrichment of CD34+ cells as in method I on the next day. In both methods, CD34+ cells were recovered with high viability. However, subsequent liquid culture revealed that the cells obtained from method II have clearly higher growth potential compared with the cells from method I. In addition, these CD34+ cells from method II well-tolerated to further refreeze and thaw. Thus, allowing to "rest" overnight after thaw may be critical for processing of the simply cryopreserved apheresis products as in method II.
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- K Ohta
- Department of Clinical Hematology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan. kenohta.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
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Koh KR, Yamane T, Ohta K, Hino M, Takubo T, Tatsumi N. Pathophysiological significance of simultaneous measurement of reticulated platelets, large platelets and serum thrombopoietin in non-neoplastic thrombocytopenic disorders. Eur J Haematol 1999; 63:295-301. [PMID: 10580560 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1999.tb01131.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An automated reticulocyte counter using flowcytometric analysis, the R-3000 (Sysmex Inc. Kobe, Japan), has recently been modified to determine reticulated platelets (RPs) and large platelets (LPs). We measured frequencies of RPs, LPs in total platelet count and serum thrombopoietin concentration comprehensively in non-neoplastic thrombocytopenic patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP, n = 23), aplastic anemia (AA, n = 21), liver cirrhosis (LC, n= 17), and hematologically normal subjects (control, n = 151). ITP was characterized as high frequencies of both RP and LP, AA as high RP frequency and elevated thrombopoietin concentration, and LC as no difference compared with control. Interestingly, the frequency of RP appeared to depend on total platelet count rather than the cause of thrombocytopenia, while the frequency of LP appeared to depend much less on total platelet count. Furthermore, significant positive correlations were observed between frequencies of RP and LP in control, ITP and LC subjects, in whom bone marrow stem cells are intrinsically normal. However, there was no such correlation in AA patients with stem cell deficiency, suggesting that this correlation might be a useful new parameter for detecting qualitatively abnormal platelets. Measurement of RP and LP is thus useful for elucidating the pathophysiology of thrombocytopenic disorders.
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- K R Koh
- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
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Takubo T, Yamane Y, Hino M, Hashimoto S, Koh KR, Sakamoto C, Kamitani T, Tatsumi N, Hikawa A. The value of serum soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) determination in hematological malignancies. Haematologia (Budap) 1999; 29:259-60. [PMID: 10069451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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- T Takubo
- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
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Hashimoto S, Hiyoshi M, Hino M, Yamane T, Ota T, Koh KR, Tagawa S, Tatsumi N. [Chronic myelogenous leukemia expressing two bcr-abl chimeric mRNA; a case report]. Rinsho Ketsueki 1997; 38:72-4. [PMID: 9028165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) expresses two types of bcr-abl chimeric mRNA. One is b3a2 type in which bcr exon 3 binds to abl exon 2, the other is b2a2 type that bcr exon 2 binds to abl exon 2. Either bcr-abl is normally expressed, but both types of bcr-abl mRNA can be expressed at the same time in a patient. We report here a rare case of CML expressing two types of bcr-abl mRNA and discuss the possibility that this double expression would help to monitor the clinical course of CML.
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- S Hashimoto
- Department of Clinical Hematology, Osaka City University Medical School
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Hiyoshi M, Koh KR, Yamane T, Tatsumi N. Acute non-lymphoblastic leukaemia with t(16;21): case report with a review of the literature. Clin Lab Haematol 1995; 17:243-6. [PMID: 8719898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A rare case of acute non-lymphoblastic leukaemia with chromosomal t(16;21)(p11;q22) translocation was studied at the molecular level. Most of the previous reports about the translocation have been described at a karyotypic level. Blast cells of this patient expressed the TLS-ERG chimeric mRNA. The clinical, morphological, karyotypic, and immunohistochemical aspects of this leukaemia are also presented with a review of the literature.
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- M Hiyoshi
- Division of Structural Studies, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Hiyoshi M, Yamane T, Hirai M, Tagawa S, Hattori H, Nakao Y, Yasui Y, Koh KR, Hino M, Tatsumi N. Establishment and characterization of IRTA17 and IRTA21, two novel acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia cell lines with t(16;21) translocation. Br J Haematol 1995; 90:417-24. [PMID: 7794765 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1995.tb05168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The t(16;21)(p11;q22) translocation is an infrequent chromosomal abnormality, but seems specific to acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia (ANLL). We established two cell lines with t(16;21)(p11;q22) from the bone marrow of a patient with ANL in relapse. Their morphological, karyotypic, immunohistochemical and genetic features are examined. Although both cell lines show monocytoid features morphologically, they express only CD13 (My7) and CD34, and neither expressed monocytoid or lymphoid markers. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction showed that both cell lines expressed a similar TLS-ERG chimaeric mRNA as a result of the t(16;21)(p11;q22) translocation. As far as we know, there is no report of a leukaemia cell line with t(16;21). These cell lines represent a useful tool for leukaemia research.
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- M Hiyoshi
- Division of Structural Studies, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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