The incidence and severity of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHDJ after allogeneic transplantation using peripheral blood progenitor cells mobilized by granulocyte colonystimulating factor (G-CSF) appear t o be no worse than those after bone marrow transplantation, despite the presence of large numbers of T cells in the donor infusion. Experimental studies have shown that type-l T cells (sec...

The Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (Jak-Stat) pathway stands as a paradigm of how diverse extracellular signals can elicit rapid changes in gene expression in specific target cells. This pathway is widely used by members of the cytokine receptor superfamily, including those for the clinically important cytokines granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF), erythr...

All trans retinoic acid (ATRA), a differentiation inducer for human myeloid NB4 cells, induced accumulation of lipid droplet as determined by positivity of Nile Red and Oil Red O in this cell line. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), although not having detectable effect by itself, exerted the additive effects on lipid droplet formation in NB4 cells when combined with ATRA. mRNA anal...

Mice lacking granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) were generated by targeted disruption of the G-CSF gene in embryonal stem cells. G-CSF-deficient mice (genotype GCSF-/-) are viable, fertile, and superficially healthy, but have a chronic neutropenia. Peripheral blood neutrophil levels were 20% to 30% of wild-type mice (genotype G-CSF+/ +) and mice heterozygousfor the null mutation had ...

BACKGROUND Clozapine is the treatment of choice in drug-resistant schizophrenia. Lamotrigine is a mood stabiliser recommended as combined treatment strategy in clozapine-resistant patients. There are cases of late-onset agranulocytosis reported in literature. Some are associated with clozapine or lamotrigine, others with the combination of both. CASE REPORT The article presents a case of rapi...

A 73-year-old woman with a 10-year history of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) had severe aortic regurgitation (AR) and an ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) with a maximum diameter of 55 mm. By retrograde cerebral perfusion (RCP) in the patient under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA), we replaced the ascending aorta graft and aortic valve. After surgery, we periodically administer...