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We retrospectively investigated C reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) in a cohort of 142 patients with myelofibrosis [101 primary (PMF); 41 secondary (SMF)] and compared it to hematological and clinical parameters. Among other associations, higher CAR was significantly associated with higher
BACKGROUND
Primary and secondary myelofibrosis (PMF and SMF) are malignant diseases of hematopoietic stem cell characterized by the neoplastic myeloproliferation and a strong inflammatory milieu. The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) integrates information on albumin and absolute lymphocyte count
We retrospectively investigated a cohort of 176 myelofibrosis patients (128 primary-PMF; 48 secondary-SMF) from five hematology centers. The presence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) was determined in addition to other clinical characteristics. CKD was present in 26.1% of MF patients and was
In four patients with untreated primary myelofibrosis, the peripheral-blood cell growth in agar culture (frequency of clusters and colonies) was studied. As cell sources, were used either the buffy coat or the fractions obtained from an albumin discontinuous density gradient, prepared according to
OBJECTIVE
Transferrin saturation (TSAT) 20% or less is considered to represent functional iron deficiency in the context of malignant disease, phenomenon mediated through inflammatory changes of iron homeostasis. We aimed to investigate clinical and prognostic significance of low TSAT in patients
BACKGROUND
In the COMFORT (COntrolled MyeloFibrosis Study with ORal JAK Inhibitor Therapy)-I study, the Janus kinase (JAK)1/JAK2 inhibitor ruxolitinib provided significant reductions in splenomegaly, improvements in myelofibrosis (MF)-related symptoms, and a survival advantage relative to placebo in
A cell separation method using immunoglobulin (Ig)-coated plates, originally devised for murine spleen cells, was modified and adapted for enrichment (and depletion) of cellular subpopulations from human peripheral blood. For the direct separation of B and T cells, F(ab')2 fragments of anti-human Ig
The phase III COMFORT (Controlled Myelofibrosis Study With Oral JAK inhibitor Treatment)-I and COMFORT-II trials in patients with intermediate-2 or high-risk myelofibrosis (MF) showed that ruxolitinib was superior to placebo and best available therapy, respectively, for improvements in spleen
Recently, the association of granulocytic fragments on blood smear with leukoerythroblastosis in sepsis has been identified in nine patients. Granulocytic fragments were identified by both light and electron microscopy as well as cytochemistry. Leukoerythroblastosis is a poorly defined, uncommon
Neutrophil granule subsets and dynamics were studied in 4 patients with polycythemia vera/myelofibrosis and 2 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Alkaline phosphatase, a marker for the membrane of secretory vesicles (the most readily mobilizable pool of intracellular membranes in
Hypocalcemia is seen in patients with leukemia and is usually due to renal impairment or to low serum albumin concentrations. Four patients are reported who had hypocalcemia but without these usual explanations. One patient had chronic lymphatic leukemia and overwhelming infections which led to
The temperature dependence of the apparent water diffusional exchange through erythrocyte membranes in cases of policitemia vera, chronic granulocytic leukemia and primary myelofibrosis was measured by using a nuclear magnetic resonance method in the presence of Mn2+. The thermal transition shifted
To examine the effectiveness of 22-oxacalcitriol (OCT) injection on the improvement of severe osteitis fibrosa, we studied 10 hemodialyzed patients (age, 59 +/- 12 years). The initial OCT dose was 5 microg and was administered three times weekly at the end of each hemodialysis session. OCT doses (1,