TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 18, Issue 9 (September 2004)
Commentary |
Original Manuscripts |
Bio-Technical Methods Section (BTS) |
Spotlight Correspondence |
Correspondence |
Erratum |
Corrigendum
Leading Article
Circulating myeloid and lymphoid precursor dendritic cells are clonally involved in myelodysplastic syndromes FREE
L Ma, M Delforge, V Van Duppen, G Verhoef, B Emanuel, M Boogaerts, A Hagemeijer and P Vandenberghe
Leukemia 18: 1451-1456; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403430
Commentary
Arsenic trioxide: expanding roles for an ancient drug? FREE
F Ravandi
Leukemia 18: 1457-1459; advance online publication, July 22, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403419
Original Manuscripts
Treatment intensity significantly influencing fibrosis in bone marrow independently of the cytogenetic response: meta-analysis of the long-term results from two prospective controlled trials on chronic myeloid leukemia FREE
G Buesche, M Freund, R Hehlmann, A Georgii, A Ganser, H Hecker, H Heimpel, C Fonatsch, B Heinze, M Pfirrmann, S Holgado, A Schmeil, A Tobler, J Hasford, T Buhr, H-H Kreipe and the German CML Study Group
Leukemia 18: 1460-1467; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403451
BCR-ABL transcripts are early predictors for hematological relapse in chronic myeloid leukemia after hematopoietic cell transplantation with reduced intensity conditioning FREE
T Lange, M Deininger, R Brand, U Hegenbart, H Al-Ali, R Krahl, W Poenisch, L Uharek, S Leiblein, C Gentilini, E Petersdorf, R F Storb and D Niederwieser
Leukemia 18: 1468-1475; advance online publication, July 8, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403425
An update: 12-year follow-up of patients with hairy cell leukemia following treatment with 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine FREE
U Jehn, R Bartl, H Dietzfelbinger, T Haferlach and V Heinemann
Leukemia 18: 1476-1481; advance online publication, July 1, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403418
Transplantation studies in C3-deficient animals reveal a novel role of the third complement component (C3) in engraftment of bone marrow cells FREE
M Z Ratajczak, R Reca, M Wysoczynski, M Kucia, J T Baran, D J Allendorf, J Ratajczak and G D Ross
Leukemia 18: 1482-1490; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403446
In situ leukemic plasmacytoid dendritic cells pattern of chemokine receptors expression and in vitro migratory response FREE
N Bendriss-Vermare, L Chaperot, M Peoc'h, B Vanbervliet, M-C Jacob, F Briere, J-C Bensa, C Caux and J Plumas
Leukemia 18: 1491-1498; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403452
Mutational and expression analysis of the chromosome 12p candidate tumor suppressor genes in pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia FREE
A Montpetit, J Larose, G Boily, S Langlois, N Trudel and D Sinnett
Leukemia 18: 1499-1504; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403441
Hematological defects in the oc/oc mouse, a model of infantile malignant osteopetrosis FREE
C Blin-Wakkach, A Wakkach, P M Sexton, N Rochet and G F Carle
Leukemia 18: 1505-1511; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403449
Clinical characteristics and factors predicting evolution of asymptomatic IgM monoclonal gammopathies and IgM-related disorders FREE
E Morra, C Cesana, C Klersy, L Barbarano, M Varettoni, L Cavanna, B Canesi, E Tresoldi, S Miqueleiz, P Bernuzzi, A M Nosari and M Lazzarino on behalf of the HOST (Hematology/Oncology Studies and Trials) Group
Leukemia 18: 1512-1517; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403442
A clinical and pharmacological study of arsenic trioxide in advanced multiple myeloma patients FREE
P Rousselot, J Larghero, B Arnulf, J Poupon, B Royer, A Tibi, I Madelaine-Chambrin, P Cimerman, S Chevret, O Hermine, H Dombret, J Claude Brouet and J Paul Fermand
Leukemia 18: 1518-1521; advance online publication, July 22, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403424
Bio-Technical Methods Section (BTS)
A diagnostic biochip for the comprehensive analysis of MLL translocations in acute leukemia FREE
N Maroc, A Morel, E Beillard, A L de La Chapelle, X Fund, M-J Mozziconacci, M Dupont, J-M Cayuela, J Gabert, A Koki, V Fert and F Hermitte
Leukemia 18: 1522-1530; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403439
Validation of BIOMED-2 multiplex PCR tubes for detection of TCRB gene rearrangements in T-cell malignancies FREE
J Droese, A W Langerak, P J T A Groenen, M Brüggemann, P Neumann, I L M Wolvers-Tettero, M C van Altena, M Kneba and J J M van Dongen
Leukemia 18: 1531-1538; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403428
Spotlight Correspondence
Imatinib induces a cytogenetic response in blast crisis or interferon failure chronic myeloid leukemia patients with e19a2 BCR-ABL transcripts FREE
J-J Lee, H-J Kim, Y-J Kim, S Lee, J-Y Hwang, Y-L Kim and D-W Kim
Leukemia 18: 1539-1540; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403454
Correspondence
Graft-versus-myeloma: are durable responses a clinical reality following donor lymphocyte infusion? FREE
K Peggs and S Mackinnon
Leukemia 18: 1541-1542; advance online publication, July 8, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403432
Response to "Graft-versus-myeloma: are durable responses a clinical reality following donor lymphocyte infusion?" by Peggs et al FREE
F A Ayuk, A R Zander and N Kröger
Leukemia 18: 1542-1543; advance online publication, July 8, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403433
Susceptibility of malignant plasma cells to HA-1H specific lysis suggests a role for the minor histocompatibility antigen HA-1 in the graft-versus-myeloma effect FREE
P A Holloway, N Kaldenhoven, M van Dijk, A C Bloem, W de Lau, R van der Zee, B Kircher-Eibl, T Mutis and H M Lokhorst
Leukemia 18: 1543-1545; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403445
A novel partner gene CIP29 containing a SAP domain with MLL identified in infantile myelomonocytic leukemia FREE
Y Hashii, J Y Kim, A Sawada, S Tokimasa, F Hiroyuki, H Ohta, K Makiko, Y Takihara, K Ozono and J Hara
Leukemia 18: 1546-1548; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403450
Myeloid antigen positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia with the Philadelphia translocation and a jumping translocation of 1q in a child FREE
K D Montgomery, S S Winter, J D Frost, D Hardekopf, K Holt, M L Graham and K Foucar
Leukemia 18: 1548-1550; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403436
The use of housekeeping genes for real-time PCR-based quantification of fusion gene transcripts in acute myeloid leukemia FREE
M Weisser, T Haferlach, C Schoch, W Hiddemann and S Schnittger
Leukemia 18: 1551-1553; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403438
Screening for G-CSF receptor mutations in patients with secondary myeloid or lymphoid transformation of severe congenital neutropenia. A report from the French neutropenia register FREE
B Cassinat, C Bellanné-Chantelot, A Notz-Carrère, M L Menot, C Vaury, M Micheau, B Bader-Meunier, Y Perel, T Leblanc, J Donadieu, C Chomienne and le Groupe d'Etude des Neutropénies
Leukemia 18: 1553-1555; advance online publication, July 29, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403431
Osteoprotegerin serum levels in multiple myeloma and MGUS patients compared with age- and sex-matched healthy controls FREE
A Corso, A Dovio, C Rusconi, M L Sartori, C Klersy, M Varettoni, S Mangiacavalli, P Zappasodi, M Ventura, A Angeli and M Lazzarino
Leukemia 18: 1555-1557; advance online publication, July 8, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403429
Remission of adult acute lymphocytic leukaemia with Alemtuzumab FREE
J P Laporte, F Isnard, L Garderet, L Fouillard and N-C Gorin
Leukemia 18: 1557-1558; advance online publication, July 1, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403422
Expression of the MN1–TEL fusion protein in the human UCSD/AML1 leukemic cell line FREE
V Della Valle, L Guglielmi, M Busson, E C Zwarthoff, R Berger and O A Bernard
Leukemia 18: 1558-1560; advance online publication, July 1, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403420
Acute promyelocytic leukemia in a patient with multiple sclerosis following treatment with mitoxantrone FREE
A V Novoselac, S Reddy and J Sanmugarajah
Leukemia 18: 1561-1562; advance online publication, June 24, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403417
Erratum
The paternal chromosome 9 and the maternal chromosome 22 are preferentially rearranged in chronic myeloid leukaemia FREE
R Olicio, M B Rivero and H N Seuánez
Leukemia 18: 1563; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403455
Corrigendum
Analysis of IgH translocations, chromosome 13q14 and 17p13.1(p53) deletions by fluorescence in situ hybridization in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia: a single center study of 22 cases FREE
H Chang, S Samiee, D Li, B Patterson, C I Chen and A Keith Stewart
Leukemia 18: 1564; doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403456
