TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 40, Issue 9 (November (1) 2007)
Review
Has stem cell transplantation come of age in the treatment of sickle cell disease? FREE
S Shenoy
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 813-821; advance online publication, August 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705779
Original Articles
Donor Selection
Selective recruitment of stem cell donors with rare human leukocyte antigen phenotypes FREE
A H Schmidt, A Stahr, D Baier, S Schumacher, G Ehninger and C Rutt
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 823-830; advance online publication, August 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705832
Cell Procurement
Recovery, viability and clinical toxicity of thawed and washed haematopoietic progenitor cells: analysis of 952 autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantations FREE
E Foïs, M Desmartin, S Benhamida, F Xavier, V Vanneaux, D Rea, J-P Fermand, B Arnulf, N Mounier, M Ertault, J-P Lotz, L Galicier, E Raffoux, M Benbunan, J-P Marolleau and J Larghero
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 831-835; advance online publication, August 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705830
Cord Blood Stem Cells
Optimum storage conditions for cord blood-derived hematopoietic progenitor cells prior to isolation FREE
A Moldenhauer, J Wolf, G Habermann, G Genter, H Kiesewetter and A Salama
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 837-842; advance online publication, September 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705831
Allografting
Reduced-intensity conditioning for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with fludarabine and melphalan is associated with durable disease control in myelodysplastic syndrome FREE
R Nakamura, R Rodriguez, J Palmer, A Stein, A Naing, N Tsai, K Chang, M L Slovak, R Bhatia, R Spielberger, N Kogut, V Pullarkat, M Kirschbaum, S J Forman and M R O'Donnell
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 843-850; advance online publication, August 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705801
Autografting
Failure to achieve a threshold dose of CD34+CD110+ progenitor cells in the graft predicts delayed platelet engraftment after autologous stem cell transplantation FREE
M M Sartor, F Garvin, V Antonenas, K F Bradstock and D J Gottlieb
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 851-857; advance online publication, August 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705818
Post-Transplant Events
Six cases of leprosy associated with allogeneic hematopoietic SCT FREE
F Pieroni, A B P L Stracieri, D A Moraes, E J A Paton, F P Saggioro, G M N Barros, J C Barros, M C B Oliveira, M A Coutinho, N S Castro, A C Vigoritto, P Trabasso, C A Souza, M P de Souza, M A Mauad, V A R Colturato, B P Simões, N P Foss and J C Voltarelli
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 859-863; advance online publication, August 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705824
Evaluation of intervention strategy based on CMV-specific immune responses after allogeneic SCT FREE
G Avetisyan, J Aschan, H Hägglund, O Ringdén and P Ljungman
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 865-869; advance online publication, August 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705825
Hair follicle: a reliable source of recipient origin after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation FREE
Y C Hong, H M Liu, P S Chen, Y J Chen, J Y Lyou, H Y Hu, M F Yi, J S Lin and C-H Tzeng
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 871-874; advance online publication, August 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705823
Graft-versus-Host Disease
Risk factors for acute graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: retrospective analysis of 73 patients who received cyclosporin A FREE
N Izumi, T Furukawa, N Sato, K Okazuka, N Tsukada, T Abe, T Yano, T Kurasaki, M Masuko, K Toba, M Takahashi and Y Aizawa
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 875-880; advance online publication, August 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705834
Pre-Clinical Studies
Interleukin-7 induced facilitation of immunological reconstitution of sublethally irradiated mice following treatment with alloreactive spleen cells in a murine model of B-cell leukemia/lymphoma (BCL1) FREE
A Abdul-Hai, L Weiss, A Ben-Yehuda, D Ergas, M Y Shapira and S Slavin
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 881-889; advance online publication, August 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705819
The effect of high-dose thiotepa, alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, on a murine B-cell leukemia model simulating autologous stem cell transplantation FREE
A Abdul-Hai, L Weiss, D Ergas, I B Resnick, S Slavin and M Y Shapira
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 891-896; advance online publication, September 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705838
Psychosocial Study
Health status and quality of life in long-term survivors of childhood leukaemia: the impact of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation FREE
G Michel, P Bordigoni, M-C Simeoni, C Curtillet, S Hoxha, S Robitail, I Thuret, S Pall-Kondolff, H Chambost, D Orbicini and P Auquier
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 897-904; advance online publication, August 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705821
Letters to the Editor
Sustained complete remission of refractory enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma following reduced-intensity unrelated cord blood transplantation FREE
K Chonabayashi, T Kondo, Y Tanaka, T Ichinohe, T Ishikawa and T Uchiyama
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 905-906; advance online publication, August 20, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705828
Association of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients FREE
N M Reddy, M A Sullivan, T E Hahn, M Battiwalla, S L Smiley and P L McCarthy
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 907-909; advance online publication, August 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705833
High-unbound mycophenolic acid concentrations in an infant on peritoneal dialysis following hematopoietic cell transplant FREE
P A Jacobson, N Rydhom, J Huang, K S Baker and M R Verneris
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 911-912; advance online publication, August 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705837
Late death after unrelated-BMT for dyskeratosis congenita following conditioning with alemtuzumab, fludarabine and melphalan FREE
K Amarasinghe, C Dalley, I Dokal, A Laurie, V Gupta and J Marsh
Bone Marrow Transplant 40: 913-914; advance online publication, August 27, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705839
