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Blood's First Edition Papers: Last updated December 4, 2009 [View by date] Transplantation other Lymphoid Neoplasia Immunobiology Myeloid Neoplasia Hematopoiesis and Stem Cells Gene Therapy Clinical Trials and Observations Transfusion Medicine Thrombosis and Hemostasis Vascular Biology Red Cells, Iron and Erythropoiesis Phagocytes, Granulocytes and Myelopoiesis Platelets and Thrombopoiesis To see an article, click its [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link. Transplantation Marcello Rotta, Barry E. Storer, Rainer F. Storb, Paul J. Martin, Shelly Heimfeld, Amanda Peffer, David G. Maloney, H. Joachim Deeg, Brenda M. Sandmaier, Frederick R. Appelbaum, and Marco Mielcarek Donor statin treatment protects against severe acute graft-versus-host disease after related allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 4, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-240358 [Abstract] [PDF]   Ryan M. Kelly, Emily M. Goren, Patricia A. Taylor, Scott N. Mueller, Heather E. Stefanski, Mark J. Osborn, Hamish S. Scott, Elena A. Komarova, Andrei V. Gudkov, Georg A. Hollander, and Bruce R. Blazar Short-term inhibition of p53 combined with keratinocyte growth factor improves thymic epithelial cell recovery and enhances T-cell reconstitution aftermurine bone marrow transplantation Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 4, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-223198 [Abstract] [PDF]   Roberto Rodriguez, Ryotaro Nakamura, Joycelynne M. Palmer, Pablo Parker, Sepideh Shayani, Auyaporn Nademanee, David Snyder, Vinod Pullarkat, Neil Kogut, Joseph Rosenthal, Eileen Smith, Chatchada Karanes, Margaret O'Donnell, Amrita Y. Krishnan, David Senitzer, and Stephen J. Forman A phase II pilot study of tacrolimus/sirolimus GVHD prophylaxis for sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplant using three conditioning regimens Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 19, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-207563 [Abstract] [PDF]   Tomomi Toubai, Chelsea Malter, Isao Tawara, Chen Liu, Evelyn Nieves, Kathleen Lowler, Yaping Sun, and Pavan Reddy Immunization with host type CD8+ dendritic cells reduces experimental acute GVHD in an IL-10 dependent manner Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 18, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-229708 [Abstract] [PDF]   Amanda Waterstrat, Ying Liang, Carol F. Swiderski, Brent J. Shelton, and Gary Van Zant Congenic interval of CD45 / Ly-5 congenic mice contains multiple genes that may influence hematopoietic stem cell engraftment Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 9, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-03-143370 [Abstract] [PDF]   Pietro Sodani, Antonella Isgro, Javid Gaziev, Paola Polchi, Katia Paciaroni, Marco Marziali, Maria Domenica Simone, Andrea Roveda, Aldo Montuoro, Cecilia Alfieri, Gioia De Angelis, Cristiano Gallucci, Buket Erer, Giancarlo Isacchi, Francesco Zinno, Gaspare Adorno, Alessandro Lanti, Lawrence Faulkner, Manuela Testi, Marco Andreani, and Guido Lucarelli Purified T-depleted, CD34+ peripheral blood and bone marrow cell transplantation from haploidentical mother to child with thalassemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 6, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-218982 [Abstract] [PDF]   Sujith Samarasinghe, Christoph Mancao, Martin Pule, Niga Nawroly, Helen Karlsson, Jennifer Brewin, Peter Openshaw, H. Bobby Gaspar, Paul Veys, and Persis J. Amrolia Functional characterization of alloreactive T-cells identifies CD25 and CD71 as optimal targets for a clinically applicable allodepletion strategy Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 4, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-235895 [Abstract] [PDF]   Christoph Bucher, Lisa Jasperson, Christine Vogtenhuber, Emily Goren, Meghan Munger, Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, Pallavur Sivakumar, and Bruce R. Blazar IL-21 blockade reduces graft-versus-host-disease mortality by supporting inducible T regulatory cell generation Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-221135 [Abstract] [PDF]   Jonathan A Gutman, Cameron J Turtle, Thomas J Manley, Shelly Heimfeld, Irwin D Bernstein, Stanley R Riddell, and Colleen Delaney Single unit dominance following double unit umbilical cord blood transplantation coincides with a specific CD8+ T cell response against the non-engrafted unit Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 12, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-228999 [Abstract] [PDF]   Kate A Markey, Angela C Burman, Tatjana Banovic, Rachel D Kuns, Neil C Raffelt, Vanessa Rowe, Stuart D Olver, Alistair LJ Don, Edward S Morris, Allison R Pettit, Yana A Wilson, Renee J Robb, Louise M Randall, Heinrich Korner, Christian R Engwerda, Andrew D Clouston, Kelli PA MacDonald, and Geoffrey R Hill Soluble lymphotoxin is an important effector molecule in GVHD and GVL Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online September 29, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-01-199927 [Abstract] [PDF]   Wahid Boukouaci, Marc Busson, Regis Peffault de Latour, Vanderson Rocha, Caroline Suberbielle, Djaouida Bengoufa, Nicolas Dulphy, Philippe Haas, Catherine Scieux, Habiba Amroun, Eliane Gluckman, Rajagopal Krishnamoorthy, Antoine Toubert, Dominique Charron, Gerard Socie, and Ryad Tamouza MICA-129 genotype, soluble MICA and anti-MICA antibodies as biomarkers of chronic graft versus host disease Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online September 28, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-217430 [Abstract] [PDF]   John M. Pagel, Theodore A. Gooley, Joseph Rajendran, Darrell R. Fisher, Wendy A. Wilson, Brenda M. Sandmaier, Dana C. Matthews, H. Joachim Deeg, Ajay K. Gopal, Paul J. Martin, Rainer F. Storb, Oliver W. Press, and Frederick R. Appelbaum Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation after conditioning with 131I-anti-CD45 antibody plus fludarabine and low-dose total body irradiation for elderly patients with advanced acute myeloid leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online September 28, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-213298 [Abstract] [PDF]   other Marcello Rotta, Barry E. Storer, Rainer F. Storb, Paul J. Martin, Shelly Heimfeld, Amanda Peffer, David G. Maloney, H. Joachim Deeg, Brenda M. Sandmaier, Frederick R. Appelbaum, and Marco Mielcarek Donor statin treatment protects against severe acute graft-versus-host disease after related allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 4, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-240358 [Abstract] [PDF]   Ryan M. Kelly, Emily M. Goren, Patricia A. Taylor, Scott N. Mueller, Heather E. Stefanski, Mark J. Osborn, Hamish S. Scott, Elena A. Komarova, Andrei V. Gudkov, Georg A. Hollander, and Bruce R. Blazar Short-term inhibition of p53 combined with keratinocyte growth factor improves thymic epithelial cell recovery and enhances T-cell reconstitution aftermurine bone marrow transplantation Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 4, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-223198 [Abstract] [PDF]   Ronald W. Stam, Monique L. Den Boer, Pauline Schneider, Jasper de Boer, Jill Hagelstein, Maria G. Valsecchi, Paola de Lorenzo, Stephen E. Sallan, Hugh J.M. Brady, Scott A. Armstrong, and Rob Pieters Association of high-level MCL-1 expression with in vitro and in vivo prednisone resistance in MLL-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 4, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-02-205963 [Abstract] [PDF]   Katia Basso, Masumichi Saito, Pavel Sumazin, Adam A. Margolin, Kai Wang, Wei-Keat Lim, Yukiko Kitagawa, Christof Schneider, Mariano J. Alvarez, Andrea Califano, and Riccardo Dalla-Favera Integrated biochemical and computational approach identifies BCL6 direct target genes controlling multiple pathways in normal germinal-center B cells Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 3, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-227017 [Abstract] [PDF]   Bernd Jahrsdorfer, Angelika Vollmer, Sue E. Blackwell, Julia Maier, Kai Sontheimer, Thamara Beyer, Birgit Mandel, Oleg Lunov, Kyrylo Tron, G. Ulrich Nienhaus, Thomas Simmet, Klaus-Michael Debatin, George J. Weiner, and Dorit Fabricius Granzyme B produced by human plasmacytoid dendritic cells suppresses T cell expansion Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 3, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-235382 [Abstract] [PDF]   Anna Frenzel, Verena Labi, Waldemar Chmelewskij, Christian Ploner, Stephan Geley, Heidelinde Fiegl, Alexandar Tzankov, and Andreas Villunger Suppression of B cell lymphomagenesis by theBH3-only proteins Bmf and Bad Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 3, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-212670 [Abstract] [PDF]   Farrukh T. Awan, Rosa Lapalombella, Rossana Trotta, Jonathan P. Butchar, Bo Yu, Don M. Benson Jr., Julie M. Roda, Carolyn Cheney, Xiaokui Mo, Amy Lehman, Jeffrey Jones, Joseph Flynn, David Jarjoura, John R. Desjarlais, Susheela Tridandapani, Michael A. Caligiuri, Natarajan Muthusamy, and John C. Byrd CD19 targeting of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with a novel Fc-domain engineered monoclonal antibody Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 2, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-229039 [Abstract] [PDF]   Daniel Nowak, Seishi Ogawa, Markus Muschen, Motohiro Kato, Norihiko Kawamata, Antonie Meixel, Verena Nowak, Han S. Kim, Sharon Kang, Ronald Paquette, Mi-Sook Chang, Nils H. Thoennissen, Maximilian Mossner, Wolf-Karsten Hofmann, Alexander Kohlmann, Tamara Weiss, Torsten Haferlach, Claudia Haferlach, and H. Phillip Koeffler SNP array analysis of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) resistant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) identifies heterogeneous secondary genomic alterations Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 2, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-210377 [Abstract] [PDF]   Zhangfa Song, Jianwei Wang, Luis Miguel Guachalla, Grzegorz Terszowskif, Hans-Reimer Rodewald, Zhenyu Ju, and K. Lenhard Rudolph Alterations of the systemic environment are the primary cause of impaired B- and T-lymphopoiesis in telomere dysfunctional mice Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 2, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-237230 [Abstract] [PDF]   Daniel A. Zlotoff, Arivazhagan Sambandam, Theodore D. Logan, J. Jeremiah Bell, Benjamin A. Schwarz, and Avinash Bhandoola CCR7 and CCR9 together recruit hematopoietic progenitors to the adult thymus Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 1, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-237784 [Abstract] [PDF]   Cyril Fauriat, Eric O. Long, Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, and Yenan T. Bryceson Regulation of human NK cell cytokine and chemokine productionby target cell recognition Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 1, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-238469 [Abstract] [PDF]   Elizabeth M. Kang, Uimook Choi, Narda Theobald, Gilda Linton, Debra A. Long Priel, Doug Kuhns, and Harry L. Malech Retrovirus gene therapy for X-linked chronic granulomatous disease can achieve stable long term correction of oxidase activity in peripheral blood neutrophils Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 1, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-222760 [Abstract] [PDF]   Francesca Pellicano, Daniela Cilloni, G. Vignir Helgason, Francesca Messa, Cristina Panuzzo, Francesca Arruga, Enrico Bracco, Elaine Allan, Brian J.P. Huntly, Tessa L. Holyoake, and Giuseppe Saglio FOXO transcription factor activity is partially retained in quiescent CML stem cells and induced by tyrosine kinase inhibitors in CML progenitor cells Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 1, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-226621 [Abstract] [PDF]   Antonio Palumbo, Sara Bringhen, Benedetto Bruno, Antonietta Pia Falcone, Anna Marina Liberati, Mariella Grasso, Roberto Ria, Fancesco Pisani, Clotilde Cangialosi, Tommaso Caravita, Anna Levi, Giovanna Meloni, Andrea Nozza, Patrizia Pregno, Attilio Gabbas, Vincenzo Callea, Manuela Rizzo, Luciana Annino, Valerio De Stefano, Pellegrino Musto, Ileana Baldi, Federica Cavallo, Maria Teresa Petrucci, Massimo Massaia, and Mario Boccadoro Melphalan 200 mg/m2 versus Melphalan 100 mg/m2 in newly diagnosed myeloma patients: a prospective, multi-center phase III study Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 1, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-09-241737 [Abstract] [PDF]   James J. Driscoll, Dheeraj Pelluru, Konstantinos Lefkimmiatis, Mariateresa Fulciniti, Rao H. Prabhala, Philip R. Greipp, Bart Barlogie, Yu-Tzu Tai, Kenneth C. Anderson, John D. Shaughnessy Jr., Christina M. Annunziata, and Nikhil C. Munshi The sumoylation pathway is dysregulated in multiple myeloma and is associated with adverse patient outcome Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-211045 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figure]   Matthias Canault, Daniel Duerschmied, Alexander Brill, Lucia Stefanini, Daphne Schatzberg, Stephen M. Cifuni, Wolfgang Bergmeier, and Denisa D. Wagner p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation during platelet storage: consequences for platelet recovery and hemostatic function in vivo Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-211706 [Abstract] [PDF]   Yenlin Huang, Aurelien de Reynies, Laurence de Leval, Bouchra Ghazi, Nadine Martin-Garcia, Marion Travert, Jacques Bosq, Josette Briere, Barbara Petit, Emilie Thomas, Paul Coppo, Teresa Marafioti, Jean-Francois Emile, Marie-Helene Delfau-Larue, Christian Schmitt, and Philippe Gaulard Gene expression profiling identifies emerging oncogenic pathways operating in extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal-type Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-221275 [Abstract] [PDF]   Jacob H. Rand, Xiao-Xuan Wu, Anthony S. Quinn, Anthony W. Ashton, Pojen P. Chen, James J. Hathcock, Harry A.M. Andree, and Douglas J. Taatjes Hydroxychloroquine protects the annexin A5 anticoagulant shield from disruption by antiphospholipid antibodies: evidence for a novel effect for an old antimalarial drug Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-213520 [Abstract] [PDF]   Camilla Norrmen, Wouter Vandevelde, Annelii Ny, Pipsa Saharinen, Massimiliano Gentile, Guttorm Haraldsen, Pauli Puolakkainen, Eugene Lukanidin, Mieke Dewerchin, Kari Alitalo, and Tatiana V. Petrova Liprin β1 is highly expressed in lymphatic vasculature and is important for lymphatic vessel integrity Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-212274 [Abstract] [PDF]   Arie J Stangou, Nicholas R Banner, Bruce M Hendry, Mohamed Rela, Bernard Portmann, Julia Wendon, Mark Monaghan, Philip MacCarthy, Muriel Buxton-Thomas, Christopher J Mathias, Juris J Liepnieks, John O'Grady, Nigel D Heaton, and Merrill D Benson Hereditary fibrinogen A -chain amyloidosis: phenotypic characterization of a systemic disease and the role of liver transplantation Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-223792 [Abstract] [PDF]   Rekha Pal, Sara A. Monaghan, Andrea Cortese Hassett, Markus Y. Mapara, Peter Schafer, G. David Roodman, Margaret V. Ragni, Lynn Moscinski, Alan List, and Suzanne Lentzsch Immunomodulatory derivatives (IMiDs) induce PU.1 downregulation, myeloid maturation arrest, and neutropenia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 25, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-221077 [Abstract] [PDF]   Kei Tamura, Shuuji Mawaribuchi, Shin Yoshimoto, Tadayoshi Shiba, Nobuhiko Takamatsu, and Michihiko Ito TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand1 (TRAIL1) enhances the transition of red blood cells from the larval to adult type during metamorphosis in Xenopus Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 25, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-218966 [Abstract] [PDF]   Lili Milani, Anders Lundmark, Anna Kiialainen, Jessica Nordlund, Trond Flaegstad, Erik Forestier, Mats Heyman, Gudmundur Jonmundsson, Jukka Kanerva, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Stefan Soderhall, Mats G Gustafsson, Gudmar Lonnerholm, and Ann-Christine Syvanen DNA methylation for subtype classification and prediction of treatment outcome in patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 25, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-214668 [Abstract] [PDF]   Eva Maria Murga Penas, Evelyne Callet-Bauchu, Hongtao Ye, Sophie Gazzo, Francoise Berger, Georgia Schilling, Nadine Albert-Konetzny, Eik Vettorazzi, Gilles Salles, Iwona Wlodarska, Ming-Qing Du, Carsten Bokemeyer, and Judith Dierlamm The t(14;18)(q32;q21)/IGH-MALT1 translocation in MALT lymphomas contains templated nucleotide insertions and a major breakpoint region similar to follicular and mantle cell lymphoma Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 25, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-236265 [Abstract] [PDF]   Daniel R. Crooks, Manik C. Ghosh, Ronald G. Haller, Wing-Hang Tong, and Tracey A. Rouault Post-translational stability of the heme biosynthetic enzyme ferrochelatase is dependent on iron availability and intact iron-sulfur cluster assembly machinery Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 25, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-09-243105 [Abstract] [PDF]   Yukihiko Ebisuno, Koko Katagiri, Tomoya Katakai, Yoshihiro Ueda, Tomomi Nemoto, Hiroyuki Inada, Junichi Nabekura, Takaharu Okada, Reiji Kannagi, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Masayuki Miyasaka, Nancy Hogg, and Tatsuo Kinashi Rap1 controls lymphocyte adhesion cascades and interstitial migration within lymph nodes in RAPL-dependent and -independent manners Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 25, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-211979 [Abstract] [PDF]   Katrien Devreese, Kathelijne Peerlinck, and Marc F. Hoylaerts Thrombotic risk assessment in the antiphospholipid syndrome requires more than the quantification of lupus anticoagulants Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 25, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-09-244426 [Abstract] [PDF]   Ren Liu, Xiuqing Li, Anil Tulpule, Yue Zhou, Jeffrey S. Scehnet, Shaobing Zhang, Jong-Soo Lee, Preet M. Chaudhary, Jae Jung, and Parkash S. Gill KSHV induced notch components render endothelial and mural cell characteristics and cell survival Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 24, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-236745 [Abstract] [PDF]   David F. Bishop, Xiaoye Schneider-Yin, Sonia Clavero, Han-Wook Yoo, Elisabeth I. Minder, and Robert J. Desnick Congenital erythropoietic porphyria: a novel uroporphyrinogen III synthase branchpoint mutation reveals underlying wild-type alternatively-spliced transcripts Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 24, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-218016 [Abstract] [PDF]   B. Laurent, V. Randrianarison-Huetz, V. Marechal, P. Mayeux, I. Dusanter-Fourt, and D. Dumenil High Mobility Group protein HMGB2 regulates human erythroid differentiation through trans-activation of Gfi-1B transcription Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 24, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-230094 [Abstract] [PDF]   Rachel T. McGrath, Thomas A.J. McKinnon, Barry Byrne, Richard O' Kennedy, Virginie Terraube, Emily McRae, Roger J.S. Preston, Mike A. Laffan, and James S. O'Donnell Expression of terminal 2-6 linked sialic acid on von Willebrand factor specifically enhances proteolysis by ADAMTS13 Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 24, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-09-241547 [Abstract] [PDF]   Ghyath Maarof, Laurence Bouchet-Delbos, Helene Gary-Gouy, Ingrid Durand-Gasselin, Roman Krzysiek, and Ali Dalloul Interleukin-24 inhibits the plasma cell differentiation program in human germinal center B cells Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 24, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-220251 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]   Libi Hertzberg, Elena Vendramini, Ithamar Ganmore, Giovanni Cazzaniga, Maike Schmitz, Jane Chalker, Ruth Shiloh, Ilaria Iacobucci, Chen Shochat, Sharon Zeligson, Gunnar Cario, Martin Stanulla, Sabine Strehl, Lisa J Russell, Christine J Harrison, Beat Bornhauser, Akinori Yoda, Gideon Rechavi, Dani Bercovich, Arndt Borkhardt, Helena Kempski, Geertruy te Kronnie, Jean-Pierre Bourquin, Eytan Domany, and Shai Izraeli Down syndrome acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a highly heterogeneous disease in which aberrant expression of CRLF2 is associated with mutated JAK2: a report from the iBFM Study Group Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 24, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-235408 [Abstract] [PDF]   Rosa Lapalombella, Leslie Andritsos, Qing Liu, Sarah E. May, Rebekah Browning, Lan V. Pham, Kristie A. Blum, William Blum, Asha Ramanunni, Chelsey A. Raymond, Lisa L. Smith, Amy Lehman, Xiaokui Mo, David Jarjoura, Ching-Shih Chen, Richard Ford Jr, Christoph Rader, Natarajan Muthusamy, Amy J. Johnson, and John C. Byrd Lenalidomide treatment promotes CD154 expression on CLL cells and enhances production of antibodies by normal B Cells through a PI3-kinase dependent pathway Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 24, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-09-242438 [Abstract] [PDF]   James C. Mulloy, Jose A. Cancelas, Marie-Dominique Filippi, Theodosia A. Kalfa, Fukun Guo, and Yi Zheng Rho GTPases in hematopoiesis and hemopathies Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 24, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-09-198127 [Abstract] [PDF]   Ying-Wei Lin, Zanna M. Beharry, Elizabeth G. Hill, Jin H. Song, Wenxue Wang, Zuping Xia, Zhenhua Zhang, Peter D. Aplan, Jon C. Aster, Charles D. Smith, and Andrew S. Kraft A small molecule inhibitor of Pim protein kinases blocks the growth of precursor T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 23, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-233445 [Abstract] [PDF]   Jun-ichi Suehiro, Takao Hamakubo, Tatsuhiko Kodama, William C. Aird, and Takashi Minami Vascular endothelial growth factor activation of endothelial cells is mediated by early growth response-3 Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 23, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-233478 [Abstract] [PDF]   Kristopher A. Sarosiek, Raquel Malumbres, Hovav Nechushtan, Andrew J. Gentles, Eli Avisar, and Izidore S. Lossos Novel IL-21 signaling pathway upregulates c-Myc and induces apoptosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-239996 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]   Sonja Loges, Thomas Schmidt, Marc Tjwa, Katie Van Geyte, Dirk Lievens, Esther Lutgens, Davy Vanhoutte, Delphine Borgel, Stephane Plaisance, Marc Hoylaerts, Aernout Luttun, Mieke Dewerchin, Bart Jonckx, and Peter Carmeliet Malignant cells fuel tumor growth by educating infiltrating leukocytes to produce the mitogen Gas6 Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-228684 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Methods, Table, and Figures]   Tiziano Barbui, Alessandra Carobbio, Francisco Cervantes, Alessandro M. Vannucchi, Paola Guglielmelli, Elisabetta Antonioli, Alberto Alvarez-Larran, Alessandro Rambaldi, Guido Finazzi, and Giovanni Barosi Thrombosis in primary myelofibrosis: incidence and risk factors Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-238956 [Abstract] [PDF]   Larysa Sautina, Yuri Sautin, Elaine Beem, Zhuo Zhou, Anna Schuler, Jennafer Brennan, Sergey I. Zharikov, YanPeng Diao, Jorg Bungert, and Mark S. Segal Induction of nitric oxide by erythropoietin is mediated by the β common receptor and requires interaction with VEGF receptor 2 Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-216432 [Abstract] [PDF]   Norbert Lubenow, Peter Hinz, Simone Thomaschewski, Theresia Lietz, Michael Vogler, Andrea Ladwig, Michael Junger, Matthias Nauck, Sebastian Schellong, Kathrin Wander, Georg Engel, Axel Ekkernkamp, and Andreas Greinacher The severity of trauma determines the immune response to PF4/heparin and the frequency of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-231506 [Abstract] [PDF]   Rashade A. H. Haynes II, Evan Ware, Christopher Premanandan, Bevin Zimmerman, Lianbo Yu, Andrew J. Phipps, and Michael D. Lairmore Cyclosporine-induced immune suppression alters establishment of HTLV-1 infection in a rabbit model Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-230912 [Abstract] [PDF]   Ulrich Y. Schaff, Neha Dixit, Emily Procyk, Itsukyo Yamayoshi, Tiffany Tse, and Scott I. Simon Orai1 regulates intracellular calcium, arrest, and shape polarization during neutrophil recruitment in shear flow Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-224659 [Abstract] [PDF]   Aldo M. Roccaro, Antonio Sacco, Emanuel N. Husu, Costas Pitsillides, Steven Vesole, Abdel Kareem Azab, Feda Azab, Molly Melhem, Hai T. Ngo, Phong Quang, Patricia Maiso, Judith Runnels, Mei-Chih Liang, Kwok-Kin Wong, Charles Lin, and Irene M. Ghobrial Dual targeting of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway as an anti-tumor strategy in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 19, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-235747 [Abstract] [PDF]   Estefania Ugarte-Berzal, Javier Redondo-Munoz, Pilar Eroles, Mercedes Hernandez del Cerro, Jose A. Garcia-Marco, Maria Jose Terol, and Angeles Garcia-Pardo VEGF/VEGFR2 interaction downregulates matrix metalloproteinase-9 via STAT1 activation and inhibits B chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell migration Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 19, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-239426 [Abstract] [PDF]   Kouichi Furugaki, Katerina Pokorna, Carole le Pogam, Masayuki Aoki, Murielle Reboul, Veronique Bajzik, Patricia Krief, Anne Janin, Maria-Elena Noguera, Robert West, Dominique Charron, Christine Chomienne, Marika Pla, Helene Moins-Teisserenc, and Rose Ann Padua DNA vaccination with all-trans retinoic acid treatment induces long term survival and elicits specific immune responses requiring CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell activation in an acute promyelocytic leukemia mouse model Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 19, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-08-109009 [Abstract] [PDF]   Roberto Rodriguez, Ryotaro Nakamura, Joycelynne M. Palmer, Pablo Parker, Sepideh Shayani, Auyaporn Nademanee, David Snyder, Vinod Pullarkat, Neil Kogut, Joseph Rosenthal, Eileen Smith, Chatchada Karanes, Margaret O'Donnell, Amrita Y. Krishnan, David Senitzer, and Stephen J. Forman A phase II pilot study of tacrolimus/sirolimus GVHD prophylaxis for sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplant using three conditioning regimens Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 19, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-207563 [Abstract] [PDF]   Nicholas Di Bella, Raymond Taetle, Kathryn Kolibaba, Thomas Boyd, Robert Raju, David Barrera, Ernest W Cochran Jr., Philip Y Dien, Roger Lyons, Peter J Schlegel, Svetislava J Vukelja, Julie Boston, Kristi A Boehm, Yunfei Wang, and Lina Asmar Results of a phase II study of bortezomib in patients with relapsed or refractory indolent lymphoma Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 19, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-233155 [Abstract] [PDF]   Susanne Saussele, Michael Lauseker, Alois Gratwohl, Dietrich W. Beelen, Donald Bunjes, Rainer Schwerdtfeger, Hans-Jochem Kolb, Anthony D. Ho, Christiane Falge, Ernst Holler, Gunter Schlimok, Axel R. 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Qiu, Xiaoxi Lu, Bernd B. Zeisig, Zhigui Ma, Xun Cai, Saijuan Chen, Hinrich Gronemeyer, David J. Tweardy, Chi Wai Eric So, and Shuo Dong Leukemic transformation by the APL fusion protein PRKAR1A-RAR critically depends on recruitment of RXR Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 17, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-232652 [Abstract] [PDF]   Vanessa J. Craig, Isabelle Arnold, Christiane Gerke, Minh Q. Huynh, Thomas Wundisch, Andreas Neubauer, Christoph Renner, Stanley Falkow, and Anne Mueller Gastric MALT lymphoma B cells express polyreactive, somatically mutated immunoglobulins Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 17, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-228015 [Abstract] [PDF]   Jonathan W. Friedberg, Jeff Sharman, John Sweetenham, Patrick B. Johnston, Julie M. Vose, Ann LaCasce, Julia Schaefer-Cutillo, Sven De Vos, Rajni Sinha, John P. Leonard, Larry D. Cripe, Stephanie A. Gregory, Michael P. Sterba, Ann M. Lowe, Ronald Levy, and Margaret A. Shipp Inhibition of Syk with fostamatinib disodium has significant clinical activity in non Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 17, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-236471 [Abstract] [PDF]   Arpita S. 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Pals Targeting EXT-1 reveals a crucial role for heparan sulfate in the growth of multiple myeloma Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 13, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-02-204396 [Abstract] [PDF]   Alan K Burnett, Robert K Hills, Claire Green, Sarah Jenkinson, Kenneth Koo, Yashma Patel, Carol Guy, Amanda Gilkes, Donald W Milligan, Anthony H Goldstone, Archibald G Prentice, Keith Wheatley, David C Linch, and Rosemary E Gale The impact on outcome of the addition of all-trans retinoic acid to intensive chemotherapy in younger patients with non-acute promyelocytic acute myeloid leukemia: overall results and results in genotypic subgroups defined by mutations in NPM1, FLT3 and CEBPA Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 12, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-236588 [Abstract] [PDF]   Won-Woo Lee, Seong Wook Kang, Jihoon Choi, Seung-Hyun Lee, Kamini Shah, Elizabeth E. Eynon, Richard A. 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Randolph Comparison of gene expression profiles between human and mouse monocyte subsets Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 12, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-235028 [Abstract] [PDF]   Maria Luigia Randi, Anna Maria Brunati, Margherita Scapin, Martina Frasson, Renzo Deana, Elisa Magrin, Fabrizio Fabris, and Arianna Donella-Deana Src tyrosine kinase pre-activation is associated with platelet hypersensitivity in essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 12, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-12-196535 [Abstract] [PDF]   Graziella Curtale, Franca Citarella, Claudia Carissimi, Marina Goldoni, Nicoletta Carucci, Valerio Fulci, Debora Franceschini, Francesca Meloni, Vincenzo Barnaba, and Giuseppe Macino An emerging player in the adaptive immune response: microRNA-146a is a modulator of IL-2 expression and AICD in T lymphocytes Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 12, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-225987 [Abstract] [PDF]   Hongjie Wang, Ying Liu, Zong-Yi Li, Xiaolong Fan, Akseli Hemminki, and Andre Lieber A recombinant adenovirus type 35 fiber knob protein sensitizes lymphoma cells to rituximab therapy Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 12, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-222463 [Abstract] [PDF]   Jennifer F. A. Swisher, Nicholas Burton, Silvia Bacot, Stefanie N. Vogel, and Gerald M. Feldman Annexin A2 tetramer activates human and murine macrophages through TLR4 Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 12, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-226944 [Abstract] [PDF]   Xiaoming Feng, Gregory C. Ippolito, Lifeng Tian, Karla Wiehagen, Soyoung Oh, Arivazhagan Sambandam, Jessica Willen, Ralph M. Bunte, Shanna D. Maika, June V. Harriss, Andrew J. Caton, Avinash Bhandoola, Philip W. Tucker, and Hui Hu Foxp1 is an essential transcriptional regulator for the generation of quiescent naive T cells during thymocyte development Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 12, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-232694 [Abstract] [PDF]   Jeffrey D. Ahlers and Igor M. 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Stevenson The normal IGHV1-69-derived B-cell repertoire contains "stereotypic" patterns characteristic of unmutated CLL Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 3, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-225813 [Abstract] [PDF]   Murielle Roussel, Philippe Moreau, Anne Huynh, Jean-Yves Mary, Clotaire Danho, Denis Caillot, Cyrille Hulin, Christophe Fruchart, Gerald Marit, Brigitte Pegourie, Pascal Lenain, Carla Araujo, Brigitte Kolb, Edouard Randriamalala, Bruno Royer, Anne-Marie Stoppa, Mammoun Dib, Veronique Dorvaux, Laurent Garderet, Claire Mathiot, Herve Avet-Loiseau, Jean-Luc Harousseau, and Michel Attal Bortezomib and high dose melphalan as conditioning regimen before autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with de novo multiple myeloma: a phase II study of the Intergroupe Francophone du Myelome (IFM) Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 2, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-229658 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Appendix]   Ashley N Mays, Neil Osheroff, Yuanyuan Xiao, Joseph L Wiemels, Carolyn A Felix, Jo Ann W Byl, Kandeepan Saravanamuttu, Andrew Peniket, Robert Corser, Cherry Chang, Christine Hoyle, Anne N Parker, Syed K Hasan, Francesco Lo-Coco, Ellen Solomon, and David Grimwade Evidence for direct involvement of epirubicin in the formation of chromosomal translocations in t(15;17) therapy-related acute promyelocytic leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 2, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-235051 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]   Scott E. 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Crowther The new oral anticoagulants Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-09-241851 [Abstract] [PDF]   Anna Kalota and Alan M. Gewirtz A prototype nonpeptidyl, hydrazone class, thrombopoietin receptor agonist, SB-559457, is toxic to primary human myeloid leukemia cells Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-227751 [Abstract] [PDF]   Audrey Varin, Subhankar Mukhopadhyay, Georges Herbein, and Siamon Gordon Alternative activation of macrophages by IL-4 impairs phagocytosis of pathogens but potentiates microbial-induced signalling and cytokine secretion Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-236711 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]   Jun Yang, Xin Liu, Susan B. Nyland, Ranran Zhang, Lindsay K. Ryland, Kathleen Broeg, Kendall Thomas Baab, Nancy Ruth Jarbadan, Rosalyn Irby, and Thomas P. Loughran Jr. Platelet-derived growth factor mediates survival of leukemic large granular lymphocytes via an autocrine regulatory pathway Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-223719 [Abstract] [PDF]   Helen E Heslop, Karen S Slobod, Martin A Pule, Gregory A Hale, Alexandra Rousseau, Colton A Smith, Catherine M Bollard, Hao Liu, Meng-Fen Wu, Richard J Rochester, Persis J Amrolia, Julia L Hurwitz, Malcolm K Brenner, and Cliona M Rooney Long term outcome of EBV specific T-cell infusions to prevent or treat EBV-related lymphoproliferative disease in transplant recipients Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-239186 [Abstract] [PDF]   Sebastian J. Saur, Veena Sangkhae, Amy E. Geddis, Kenneth Kaushansky, and Ian S. Hitchcock Ubiquitination and degradation of the thrombopoietin receptor c-Mpl Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-227033 [Abstract] [PDF]   H. Dohner, E. H. Estey, S. Amadori, F. R. Appelbaum, T. Buchner, A. K. Burnett, H. Dombret, P. Fenaux, D. Grimwade, R. A. Larson, F. Lo Coco, T. Naoe, D. Niederwieser, G. J. Ossenkoppele, M. A. Sanz, J. Sierra, M. S. Tallman, B. Lowenberg, and C. D. Bloomfield Diagnosis and management of acute myeloid leukemia in adults: recommendations from an international expert panel,on behalf of the European LeukemiaNet Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-235358 [Abstract] [PDF]   Huining Kang, I-Ming Chen, Carla S. Wilson, Edward J. Bedrick, Richard C. Harvey, Susan R. Atlas, Meenakshi Devidas, Charles G. Mullighan, Xuefei Wang, Maurice Murphy, Kerem Ar, Walker Wharton, Michael J. Borowitz, W. Paul Bowman, Deepa Bhojwani, William L. Carroll, Bruce Matthew Camitta, Gregory H. Reaman, Malcolm A. Smith, James R. Downing, Stephen P. Hunger, and Cheryl L. Willman Gene expression classifiers for relapse-free survival and minimal residual disease improve risk classification and outcome prediction in pediatric B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-218560 [Abstract] [PDF]   Esther Carreras, Sean Turner, Mark Barton Frank, Nicholas Knowlton, Jeanette Osban, Michael Centola, Chae Gyu Park, Amie Simmons, Jose Alberola-Ila, and Susan Kovats Estrogen receptor signaling promotes dendritic cell differentiation by increasing expression of the transcription factor IRF4 Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-236935 [Abstract] [PDF]   Keguo Li, Yannick Blum, Anjali Verma, Zhong Liu, Kallal Pramanik, Noah R. Leigh, Chang Z. Chun, Ganesh V. Samant, Baofeng Zhao, Maija K. Garnaas, Mark A. Horswill, Stephen A. Stanhope, Paula E. North, Robert Q. Miao, George A. Wilkinson, Markus Affolter, and Ramani Ramchandran A non-coding antisense RNA in tie-1 locus regulates tie-1 function in vivo Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-09-242180 [Abstract] [PDF]   H M Lokhorst, B van der Holt, S Zweegman, E Vellenga, S Croockewit, M H van Oers, P von dem Borne, P Wijermans, R Schaafsma, O de Weerdt, S Wittebol, Michel Delforge, H Berenschot, G M Bos, K S Jie, H Sinnege, M van Marwijk-Kooy, P Joosten, M C Minnema, R Ammerlaan, and P Sonneveld A randomized phase III study on the effect of thalidomide combined with Adriamycin, dexamethasone (TAD), and high-dose melphalan, followed by thalidomide maintenance in patients with multiple myeloma Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-222539 [Abstract] [PDF]   Susan Branford, Junia V Melo, and Timothy P. Hughes Selecting optimal second-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia patients after imatinib failure - does the BCR-ABL mutation status really matter? 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Bochkov, Karl Stuhlmeier, Otto Majdic, Gerhard J. Zlabinger, Christian Seiser, and Johannes Stockl Epigenetic regulation of dendritic cell differentiation and function by oxidized phospholipids Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 28, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-11-191429 [Abstract] [PDF]   C. L. Fisher, N. Pineault, C. Brookes, C. D. Helgason, H. Ohta, C. Bodner, J. L. Hess, R. K. Humphries, and H. W. Brock Loss-of-function Additional sex combs-like1 mutations disrupt hematopoiesis but do not cause severe myelodysplasia or leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 27, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-230698 [Abstract] [PDF]   Aaron Yun Chen, Elizabeth Yan Zhang, Wuxiang Guan, Fang Cheng, Steve Kleiboeker, Thomas M. Yankee, and Jianming Qiu The small 11kDa non-structural protein of human parvovirus B19 plays a key role in inducing apoptosis during B19 virus infection of primary erythroid progenitor cells Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 27, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-215756 [Abstract] [PDF]   Connie Duckers, Paolo Simioni, Luca Spiezia, Claudia Radu, Paolo Dabrilli, Sabrina Gavasso, Jan Rosing, and Elisabetta Castoldi Residual platelet factor V ensures thrombin generation in patients with severe congenital factor V deficiency and mild bleeding symptoms Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 27, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-237719 [Abstract] [PDF]   Elina Kivi, Kati Elima, Kristiina Aalto, Yvonne Nymalm, Kaisa Auvinen, Erkki Koivunen, Diana M. Otto, Paul R. Crocker, Tiina A. Salminen, Marko Salmi, and Sirpa Jalkanen Human Siglec-10 can bind to vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) and generate enzymatic products Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 27, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-219253 [Abstract] [PDF]   A. Keith Stewart, Paul G. Richardson, and Jesus F. San-Miguel How I treat multiple myeloma in younger patients Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 27, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-204651 [Abstract] [PDF]   Fumio Nakahara, Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto, Yukiko Komeno, Naoko Kato, Tomoyuki Uchida, Kyoko Haraguchi, Keiki Kumano, Yuka Harada, Hironori Harada, Jiro Kitaura, Seishi Ogawa, Mineo Kurokawa, Toshio Kitamura, and Shigeru Chiba Hes1 immortalizes committed progenitors and plays a role in blast crisis transition in chronic myelogenous leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 27, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-222836 [Abstract] [PDF]   Iain Moore, Lisa Strain, Isabel Pappworth, David Kavanagh, Paul N Barlow, Andew P Herbert, Christoph Q Schmidt, Scott J Staniforth, Lucy V Holmes, Roy Ward, Lynn Morgan, Tim H J Goodship, and Kevin J Marchbank Association of factor H autoantibodies with deletions of CFHR1, CFHR3, CFHR4 and with mutations in CFH, CFI, CD46, and C3 in patients with atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 27, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-221549 [Abstract] [PDF]   Patrycja Sroczynska, Christophe Lancrin, Valerie Kouskoff, and Georges Lacaud The differential activities of Runx1 promoters define milestones during embryonic hematopoiesis Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 26, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-222307 [Abstract] [PDF]   Dominique J.P.M. Stumpel, Pauline Schneider, Eddy H.J. van Roon, Judith M. Boer, Paola de Lorenzo, Maria G. Valsecchi, Renee X. de Menezes, Rob Pieters, and Ronald W. Stam Specific promoter methylation identifies different subgroups of MLL-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia, influences clinical outcome, and provides therapeutic options Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 23, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-227660 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Results, Methods, Tables, and Figures]   Kim L. Rice, Itsaso Hormaeche, Sergei Doulatov, Jared M. Flatow, David Grimwade, Ken I. Mills, Magdalena Leiva, Julien Ablain, Charuta Ambardekar, Melanie J. McConnell, John E. Dick, and Jonathan D. Licht Comprehensive genomic screens identify a role for PLZF-RAR as a positive regulator of cell proliferation via direct regulation of c-MYC Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 23, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-206524 [Abstract] [PDF]   Roberto M. Lemoli, Valentina Salvestrini, Elisa Bianchi, Francesco Bertolini, Miriam Fogli, Marilina Amabile, Agostino Tafuri, Simona Salati, Roberta Zini, Nicoletta Testoni, Cristina Rabascio, Lara Rossi, Ines Martin-Padura, Fausto Castagnetti, Paola Marighetti, Giovanni Martinelli, Michele Baccarani, Sergio Ferrari, and Rossella Manfredini Molecular and functional analysis of the stem cell compartment of chronic myelogenous leukemia reveals the presence of a CD34- cell population with intrinsic resistance to imatinib Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 23, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-08-176016 [Abstract] [PDF]   Przemyslaw Juszczynski, Linfeng Chen, Evan O'Donnell, Jose M. Polo, Stella M. Ranuncolo, Riccardo Dalla-Favera, Ari Melnick, and Margaret A. Shipp BCL6 regulates tonic BCR signaling in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas by repressing the SYK phosphatase, PTPROt Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 23, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-02-204362 [Abstract] [PDF]   Cindy Banh, Celine Fugere, and Laurent Brossay Immunoregulatory functions of KLRG1 cadherin interactions are dependent on forward and reverse signaling Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 23, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-228353 [Abstract] [PDF]   Yacine Boulaftali, Frederic Adam, Laurence Venisse, Veronique Ollivier, Benjamin Richard, Sabrina Taieb, Denis Monard, Remi Favier, Marie-Christine Alessi, Marijke Bryckaert, Veronique Arocas, Martine Jandrot-Perrus, and Marie-Christine Bouton Anticoagulant and antithrombotic properties of platelet protease nexin-1 Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 23, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-217240 [Abstract] [PDF]   Bob Meek, Silvie Cloosen, Chiara Borsotti, Catharina H.M.J. Van Elssen, Joris Vanderlocht, Melanie C.A. Schnijderberg, Marjolein W.M. van der Poel, Bas Leewis, Reinout Hesselink, Markus G. Manz, Yoshimoto Katsura, Hiroshi Kawamoto, Wilfred T.V. Germeraad, and Gerard M.J. Bos In vitro differentiated T/NK cell progenitors derived from human CD34+ cells mature in the thymus Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 23, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-223990 [Abstract] [PDF]   Ye Ding, Yuka Harada, Jun Imagawa, Akiro Kimura, and Hironori Harada AML1/RUNX1 point mutation possibly promotes leukemic transformation in myeloproliferative neoplasms Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 22, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-223982 [Abstract] [PDF]   John G Gribben How I treat CLL upfront Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 22, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-207126 [Abstract] [PDF]   Karl J. Aichberger, Karoline V. 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Pickl, Christian Sillaber, and Peter Valent Identification of pro-apoptotic Bim as a tumor suppressorin neoplastic mast cells: role of KIT D816V and effects of various targeted drugs Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 22, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-08-175190 [Abstract] [PDF]   Jitka Malcikova, Jana Smardova, Ludmila Rocnova, Boris Tichy, Petr Kuglik, Vladimira Vranova, Sona Cejkova, Miluse Svitakova, Hana Skuhrova Francova, Yvona Brychtova, Michael Doubek, Martin Brejcha, Martin Klabusay, Jiri Mayer, Sarka Pospisilova, and Martin Trbusek Monoallelic and biallelic inactivation of TP53 gene in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: selection, impact on survival and response to DNA damage Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 22, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-234708 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figure]   Ramiro Garzon, Catherine E.A. Heaphy, Violaine Havelange, Muller Fabbri, Stefano Volinia, Twee Tsao, Nicola Zanesi, Steven M. Kornblau, Guido Marcucci, George A. Calin, Michael Andreeff, and Carlo M. Croce MicroRNA 29b functions in acute myeloid leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 22, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-211938 [Abstract] [PDF]   Julie Lacombe, Sabine Herblot, Shanti Rojas-Sutterlin, Andre Haman, Stephane Barakat, Norman N. Iscove, Guy Sauvageau, and Trang Hoang Scl regulates the quiescence and the long-term competence of hematopoietic stem cells Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 22, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-01-201384 [Abstract] [PDF]   Scott M. Vanderwerf, Johanna Svahn, Susan Olson, R. Keaney Rathbun, Christina Harrington, Jane Yates, Winifred Keeble, David C. Anderson, Praveen Anur, Noemi F. Pereira, Daniela V. Pilonetto, Ricardo Pasquini, and Grover C. Bagby TLR8-dependent TNF over-expression in Fanconi anemia group C cells Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 22, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-222414 [Abstract] [PDF]   Michel Jourdan, Anouk Caraux, John De Vos, Genevieve Fiol, Marion Larroque, Chantal Cognot, Caroline Bret, Christophe Duperray, Dirk Hose, and Bernard Klein An in vitro model of differentiation of memory B cells into plasmablasts and plasma cells including detailed phenotypic and molecular characterization Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 21, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-235960 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Methods, Tables, and Figures]   Thomas H. Chase, Bonnie L. Lyons, Roderick T. Bronson, Oded Foreman, Leah Rae Donahue, Lisa M. Burzenski, Bruce Gott, Priscilla Lane, Belinda Harris, Uta Ceglarek, Joachim Thiery, Henning Wittenburg, Jonathan N. Thon, Joseph E. Italiano Jr, Kenneth R. Johnson, and Leonard D. Shultz The mouse mutation "thrombocytopenia and cardiomyopathy" (trac) disrupts Abcg5: a spontaneous single gene model for human hereditary phytosterolemia/sitosterolemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 21, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-219808 [Abstract] [PDF]   Marta Lionetti, Marta Biasiolo, Luca Agnelli, Katia Todoerti, Laura Mosca, Sonia Fabris, Gabriele Sales, Giorgio Lambertenghi Deliliers, Silvio Bicciato, Luigia Lombardi, Stefania Bortoluzzi, and Antonino Neri Identification of microRNA expression patterns and definition of a microRNA/mRNA regulatory network in distinct molecular groups of multiple myeloma Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 21, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-237495 [Abstract] [PDF]   Drew Provan, Roberto Stasi, Adrian C. Newland, Victor S. Blanchette, Paula Bolton-Maggs, James B. Bussel, Beng H. Chong, Douglas B. Cines, Terry B. Gernsheimer, Bertrand Godeau, John Grainger, Ian Greer, Beverley J. Hunt, Paul A. Imbach, Gordon Lyons, Robert McMillan, Francesco Rodeghiero, Miguel A. Sanz, Michael Tarantino, Shirley Watson, Joan Young, and David J. Kuter International consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 21, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-225565 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Appendices]   Michael R. Grever How I treat hairy cell leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-195370 [Abstract] [PDF]   Christiane L. Belele, Milton A. English, Jagman Chahal, Anthony Burnetti, Steven M. Finckbeiner, Gretchen Gibney, Martha Kirby, Raman Sood, and Paul Liu Differential requirement for Gata1 DNA binding and transactivation between primitive and definitive stages of hematopoiesis in zebrafish Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-224709 [Abstract] [PDF]   Ronen Ben-Ami, Russell E. Lewis, Konstantinos Leventakos, and Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis Aspergillus fumigatus inhibits angiogenesis through the production of gliotoxin and other secondary metabolites Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-231209 [Abstract] [PDF]   Christoph Bucher, Lisa Jasperson, Christine Vogtenhuber, Emily Goren, Meghan Munger, Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, Pallavur Sivakumar, and Bruce R. Blazar IL-21 blockade reduces graft-versus-host-disease mortality by supporting inducible T regulatory cell generation Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-221135 [Abstract] [PDF]   Franck E. Nicolini, Michael J. Mauro, Giovanni Martinelli, Dong-Wook Kim, Simona Soverini, Martin C. Muller, Andreas Hochhaus, Jorge Cortes, Charles Chuah, Inge H. Dufva, Jane F. Apperley, Fumiharu Yagasaki, Jay D. Pearson, Senaka Peter, Cesar Sanz Rodriguez, Claude Preudhomme, Francis Giles, John M. Goldman, and Wei Zhou Epidemiological study on survival of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients with BCR-ABL T315I mutation Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-219410 [Abstract] [PDF]   John C. Byrd, Thomas J. Kipps, Ian W. Flinn, Januaro Castro, Thomas S. Lin, William Wierda, Nyla Heerema, James Woodworth, Steve Hughes, Shabnam Tangri, Sarah Harris, Dee Wynne, Arturo Molina, Bryan Leigh, and Susan O'Brien Phase 1/2 study of lumiliximab combined with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-237727 [Abstract] [PDF]   Pier M. Mannucci, Roger E.G. Schutgens, Elena Santagostino, and Evelien P. Mauser-Bunschoten How I treat age-related morbidities in elderly persons with hemophilia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 20, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-215665 [Abstract] [PDF]   Shannon K. McWeeney, Lucy C. Pemberton, Marc M. Loriaux, Kristina Vartanian, Stephanie G. Willis, Gregory Yochum, Beth Wilmot, Yaron Turpaz, Raji Pillai, Brian J. Druker, Jennifer L. Snead, Mary MacPartlin, Stephen G. O'Brien, Junia V. Melo, Thoralf Lange, Christina A. Harrington, and Michael W. Deininger A gene expression signature of CD34+ cells to predict major cytogenetic response in chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia patients treated with imatinib Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 16, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-210732 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figures]   Faten Bougaten, Cathy Quemener, Sabrina Kellouche, Benyoussef Naimi, Marie-Pierre Podgorniak, Guy Millot, Eric E Gabison, Fabien Calvo, Christine Dosquet, Celeste Lebbe, Suzanne Menashi, and Samia Mourah EMMPRIN promotes angiogenesis through HIF-2 mediated regulation of soluble VEGF isoforms and their receptor VEGFR-2 Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 16, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-217380 [Abstract] [PDF]   Anne-Marit Sponaas, Ana Paula Freitas do Rosario, Cecile Voisine, Beatris Mastelic, Joanne Thompson, Sandra Koernig, William Jarra, Laurent Renia, Marjorie Mauduit, Alexandre Potocnik, and Jean Langhorne Migrating monocytes recruited to the spleen play an important role in control of blood stage malaria Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 16, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-217489 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figures]   Lijuan Chen, Siqing Wang, Yiming Zhou, Xiaosong Wu, Igor Entin, Joshua Epstein, Shmuel Yaccoby, Wei Xiong, Bart Barlogie, John D. 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Jansen Chemokine induction by all-trans retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide in acute promyelocytic leukemia - triggering the differentiation syndrome Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 14, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-02-204834 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables and Figures]   Daniel Corcos, Michael J. Osborn, Louise S. Matheson, Fatima Santos, Xiangang Zou, Jennifer A. Smith, Geoff Morgan, Amanda Hutchings, Maureen Hamon, David Oxley, and Marianne Bruggemann Immunoglobulin aggregation leading to Russell body formation is prevented by the antibody light chain Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 12, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-234864 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figure]   Lesleigh S. Abbott, Mariana Deevska, Conrad V. Fernandez, David Dix, Victoria E. Price, Hao Wang, Louise Parker, Margaret Yhap, Colleen Fitzgerald, Dorothy R. Barnard, and Jason N. 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Armstrong, and Rob Pieters Association of high-level MCL-1 expression with in vitro and in vivo prednisone resistance in MLL-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 4, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-02-205963 [Abstract] [PDF]   Anna Frenzel, Verena Labi, Waldemar Chmelewskij, Christian Ploner, Stephan Geley, Heidelinde Fiegl, Alexandar Tzankov, and Andreas Villunger Suppression of B cell lymphomagenesis by theBH3-only proteins Bmf and Bad Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 3, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-212670 [Abstract] [PDF]   Farrukh T. Awan, Rosa Lapalombella, Rossana Trotta, Jonathan P. Butchar, Bo Yu, Don M. Benson Jr., Julie M. Roda, Carolyn Cheney, Xiaokui Mo, Amy Lehman, Jeffrey Jones, Joseph Flynn, David Jarjoura, John R. Desjarlais, Susheela Tridandapani, Michael A. Caligiuri, Natarajan Muthusamy, and John C. Byrd CD19 targeting of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with a novel Fc-domain engineered monoclonal antibody Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 2, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-229039 [Abstract] [PDF]   James J. Driscoll, Dheeraj Pelluru, Konstantinos Lefkimmiatis, Mariateresa Fulciniti, Rao H. Prabhala, Philip R. Greipp, Bart Barlogie, Yu-Tzu Tai, Kenneth C. Anderson, John D. Shaughnessy Jr., Christina M. Annunziata, and Nikhil C. Munshi The sumoylation pathway is dysregulated in multiple myeloma and is associated with adverse patient outcome Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-03-211045 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental Table and Figure]   Yenlin Huang, Aurelien de Reynies, Laurence de Leval, Bouchra Ghazi, Nadine Martin-Garcia, Marion Travert, Jacques Bosq, Josette Briere, Barbara Petit, Emilie Thomas, Paul Coppo, Teresa Marafioti, Jean-Francois Emile, Marie-Helene Delfau-Larue, Christian Schmitt, and Philippe Gaulard Gene expression profiling identifies emerging oncogenic pathways operating in extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal-type Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 30, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-221275 [Abstract] [PDF]   Rekha Pal, Sara A. Monaghan, Andrea Cortese Hassett, Markus Y. Mapara, Peter Schafer, G. David Roodman, Margaret V. Ragni, Lynn Moscinski, Alan List, and Suzanne Lentzsch Immunomodulatory derivatives (IMiDs) induce PU.1 downregulation, myeloid maturation arrest, and neutropenia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 25, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-05-221077 [Abstract] [PDF]   Lili Milani, Anders Lundmark, Anna Kiialainen, Jessica Nordlund, Trond Flaegstad, Erik Forestier, Mats Heyman, Gudmundur Jonmundsson, Jukka Kanerva, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Stefan Soderhall, Mats G Gustafsson, Gudmar Lonnerholm, and Ann-Christine Syvanen DNA methylation for subtype classification and prediction of treatment outcome in patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 25, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-04-214668 [Abstract] [PDF]   Eva Maria Murga Penas, Evelyne Callet-Bauchu, Hongtao Ye, Sophie Gazzo, Francoise Berger, Georgia Schilling, Nadine Albert-Konetzny, Eik Vettorazzi, Gilles Salles, Iwona Wlodarska, Ming-Qing Du, Carsten Bokemeyer, and Judith Dierlamm The t(14;18)(q32;q21)/IGH-MALT1 translocation in MALT lymphomas contains templated nucleotide insertions and a major breakpoint region similar to follicular and mantle cell lymphoma Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 25, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-236265 [Abstract] [PDF]   Libi Hertzberg, Elena Vendramini, Ithamar Ganmore, Giovanni Cazzaniga, Maike Schmitz, Jane Chalker, Ruth Shiloh, Ilaria Iacobucci, Chen Shochat, Sharon Zeligson, Gunnar Cario, Martin Stanulla, Sabine Strehl, Lisa J Russell, Christine J Harrison, Beat Bornhauser, Akinori Yoda, Gideon Rechavi, Dani Bercovich, Arndt Borkhardt, Helena Kempski, Geertruy te Kronnie, Jean-Pierre Bourquin, Eytan Domany, and Shai Izraeli Down syndrome acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a highly heterogeneous disease in which aberrant expression of CRLF2 is associated with mutated JAK2: a report from the iBFM Study Group Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 24, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-235408 [Abstract] [PDF]   Rosa Lapalombella, Leslie Andritsos, Qing Liu, Sarah E. May, Rebekah Browning, Lan V. Pham, Kristie A. Blum, William Blum, Asha Ramanunni, Chelsey A. Raymond, Lisa L. Smith, Amy Lehman, Xiaokui Mo, David Jarjoura, Ching-Shih Chen, Richard Ford Jr, Christoph Rader, Natarajan Muthusamy, Amy J. Johnson, and John C. Byrd Lenalidomide treatment promotes CD154 expression on CLL cells and enhances production of antibodies by normal B Cells through a PI3-kinase dependent pathway Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 24, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-09-242438 [Abstract] [PDF]   Ying-Wei Lin, Zanna M. Beharry, Elizabeth G. Hill, Jin H. Song, Wenxue Wang, Zuping Xia, Zhenhua Zhang, Peter D. Aplan, Jon C. Aster, Charles D. Smith, and Andrew S. Kraft A small molecule inhibitor of Pim protein kinases blocks the growth of precursor T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 23, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-233445 [Abstract] [PDF]   Kristopher A. 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Ghobrial Dual targeting of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway as an anti-tumor strategy in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 19, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-235747 [Abstract] [PDF]   Estefania Ugarte-Berzal, Javier Redondo-Munoz, Pilar Eroles, Mercedes Hernandez del Cerro, Jose A. Garcia-Marco, Maria Jose Terol, and Angeles Garcia-Pardo VEGF/VEGFR2 interaction downregulates matrix metalloproteinase-9 via STAT1 activation and inhibits B chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell migration Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 19, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-239426 [Abstract] [PDF]   Nicholas Di Bella, Raymond Taetle, Kathryn Kolibaba, Thomas Boyd, Robert Raju, David Barrera, Ernest W Cochran Jr., Philip Y Dien, Roger Lyons, Peter J Schlegel, Svetislava J Vukelja, Julie Boston, Kristi A Boehm, Yunfei Wang, and Lina Asmar Results of a phase II study of bortezomib in patients with relapsed or refractory indolent lymphoma Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 19, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-08-233155 [Abstract] [PDF]   Javeed Iqbal, Dennis D Weisenburger, Timothy C Greiner, Julie M Vose, Timothy McKeithan, Can Kucuk, Huimin Geng, Karen Deffenbacher, Lynette Smith, Karen Dybkaer, Shigeo Nakamura, Masao Seto, Jan Delabie, Francoise Berger, Florence Loong, Wing Y Au, Young-Hyeh Ko, Ivy Sng, James Olen Armitage, and Wing C Chan Molecular signatures to improve diagnosis in peripheral T-cell lymphoma and prognostication in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online November 18, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-227579 [Abstract] [PDF]   Vanessa J. 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Weiner Depletion of the C3 component of complement enhances the ability of rituximab-coated target cells to activate human NK cells and improves the efficacy of monoclonal antibody therapy in an in vivo model Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 5, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-01-200469 [Abstract] [PDF]   Immunobiology Katia Basso, Masumichi Saito, Pavel Sumazin, Adam A. Margolin, Kai Wang, Wei-Keat Lim, Yukiko Kitagawa, Christof Schneider, Mariano J. Alvarez, Andrea Califano, and Riccardo Dalla-Favera Integrated biochemical and computational approach identifies BCL6 direct target genes controlling multiple pathways in normal germinal-center B cells Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 3, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-06-227017 [Abstract] [PDF]   Bernd Jahrsdorfer, Angelika Vollmer, Sue E. Blackwell, Julia Maier, Kai Sontheimer, Thamara Beyer, Birgit Mandel, Oleg Lunov, Kyrylo Tron, G. Ulrich Nienhaus, Thomas Simmet, Klaus-Michael Debatin, George J. 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