PhD Hans Deckmyn (Professor in Chemistry), PhD Karen Vanhoorelbeke (Research Fellow), MD, PhD Kathelijne Peerlinck (Associate Professor in Medicine)
{"title":"5 Inhibitory and activating human antiplatelet antibodies","authors":"PhD Hans Deckmyn (Professor in Chemistry), PhD Karen Vanhoorelbeke (Research Fellow), MD, PhD Kathelijne Peerlinck (Associate Professor in Medicine)","doi":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80053-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80053-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Platelets are essential for the maintenance of haemostasis and, on the other hand, play a pivotal role in the formation of a thrombus. It is clear that reduced platelet activity will result in a bleeding tendency, whereas stimulation of platelets can lead to thrombosis.</p><p>Human antiplatelet antibodies may not only result in thrombocytopenia, but they have also been found either to inhibit or activate platelets. Inhibition by antibodies of the function of different receptors on platelets, such as collagen receptors, the glycoprotein (GP) Ib/IX (acquired Bernard-Soulier syndrome) or the GPIIb/IIIa complex (acquired Glanzmann's thrombasthenia), results in a haemorrhagic disorder very similar to the situation where the respective receptors are absent.</p><p>On the other hand, reports have described a number of antibodies that activate platelets. The mechanism by which they do so varies and can involve interaction with the Fc receptor present on platelets, activation of the complement system or direct activation by binding to a signal-transducing antigen.</p><p>Although the presence of such antibodies is expected to aggravate the problems due to the frequently occurring immune thrombocytopenia, treatment of these patients essentially relies on classical immunosuppressive therapy. In the case of activating antibodies, antithrombotic measures, such as anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents, can be envisaged.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77029,"journal":{"name":"Bailliere's clinical haematology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 343-359"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80053-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20970133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhD Jean Amiral (Scientific Director), MD, PhD Dominique Meyer (Professor)
{"title":"12 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: diagnostic tests and biological mechanisms","authors":"PhD Jean Amiral (Scientific Director), MD, PhD Dominique Meyer (Professor)","doi":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80060-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80060-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The discovery of the role of PF4 in the development and pathogenicity of heparin-dependent antibodies which trigger heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), a rare but severe adverse effect of heparin therapy, has allowed us to revisit the diagnosis of this complication and the pathological mechanisms involved. In this review, diagnostic tests available for confirmation or prediction of HIT are analysed, and new diagnostic strategies are discussed. Factors involved in the development of the heparin-dependent immune response in some heparin-treated patients are then presented. Lastly, it is hypothesized that the presence of antibodies is a risk factor for HIT. The mechanisms which contribute to the development of complications and the role of additional risk factors, including the patient's clinical state and the type of heparin used, are discussed (<span>Magnani, 1993</span>).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77029,"journal":{"name":"Bailliere's clinical haematology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 447-460"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80060-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20969448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"6 Immune thrombocytopenic purpura in adults: clinical aspects","authors":"MD Shmuel Gillis (Senior Physician), MD Amiram Eldor (Head)","doi":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80054-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80054-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a relatively common immune-mediated disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia due to clearance of opsonized platelets by the reticuloendothelial system. The acute form, more common in children, is a self-limiting, often post-viral disease. In contrast, the adult form is typically a chronic disorder, which initially responds to corticosteroids. Splenectomy offers a 70% chance of cure. Major progress has been achieved in the elucidation of the immune pathology in ITP, and we review contemporary advances in the treatment of chronic ITP. Practical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of various aspects of ITP were established in 1996 by the American Society of Hematology. Since these recommendations will most probably substantially influence patient care, they are discussed in detail. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated ITP is a common problem in countries with a high prevalence of HIV infection. The pathogenesis of this subtype probably differs from that of classic ITP, and is considered separately.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77029,"journal":{"name":"Bailliere's clinical haematology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 361-372"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80054-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20970134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MD, PhD Albert E.G. Kr von dem Borne (Professor of Clinical Hematology and Immunohematology) , Claudia Folman (Doctorate Student) , Gabor E. Linthorst (Medical Student), MD Leendert Porcelijn (Head of the Laboratory of Platelet and Leukocyte Serology), Sonja van den Oudenrijn (Doctorate Student), MD, PhD Ellen van der Schoot (Head of the Immunocytology Laboratory), MD, PhD Masja de Haas (Senior Scientist)
{"title":"10 Thrombopoietin and its receptor: structure, function and role in the regulation of platelet production","authors":"MD, PhD Albert E.G. Kr von dem Borne (Professor of Clinical Hematology and Immunohematology) , Claudia Folman (Doctorate Student) , Gabor E. Linthorst (Medical Student), MD Leendert Porcelijn (Head of the Laboratory of Platelet and Leukocyte Serology), Sonja van den Oudenrijn (Doctorate Student), MD, PhD Ellen van der Schoot (Head of the Immunocytology Laboratory), MD, PhD Masja de Haas (Senior Scientist)","doi":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80058-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80058-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although thrombopoietin (Tpo) was already described in the early sixties, it took more than 30 years before it was cloned. It became possible after the recognition and cloning of its receptor, Mpl. In the past few years new information about Tpo and Mpl has accumulated rapidly. Structure, biosynthesis and tissue expression have been elucidated. The central role of Tpo in the regulation of megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet production has become clear, as has the way in which this is accomplished. Tpo appears to be an important growth factor for haematopoietic stem cells as well. Thus, it may become one of the most important factors in stem cell transplantation. Finally, the signal transduction mechanisms involved and the way in which Tpo affects platelets and their precursors functionally have been studied in detail.</p><p>The cloning and characterization of thrombopoietin and its receptor Mpl is one of the most important advances in the haematology of the nineties.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77029,"journal":{"name":"Bailliere's clinical haematology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 409-426"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80058-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20969446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MD, PhD N.C.A.J. van de Kar (Resident in Pediatrics), MD, PhD L.A.H. Monnens (Professor in Pediatric Nephrology)
{"title":"15 The haemolytic-uraemic syndrome in childhood","authors":"MD, PhD N.C.A.J. van de Kar (Resident in Pediatrics), MD, PhD L.A.H. Monnens (Professor in Pediatric Nephrology)","doi":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80063-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80063-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) is a clinical syndrome characterized by acute haemolytic anaemia with fragmented erythocytes, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure. It is one of the leading causes of acute renal failure in childhood. HUS in children can be divided into the so-called typical, diarrhoea-associated HUS, and atypical HUS, which is not preceded by acute gastroenteritis. Infection with verocytotoxin-producing <em>Escherichia coli</em> is the main cause of diarrhoea-associated HUS. In this chapter the pathogenesis of diarrhoea-associated HUS and the role of verocytotoxin-producing <em>Escherichia coli</em> in this form of HUS is emphasized.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77029,"journal":{"name":"Bailliere's clinical haematology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 497-507"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80063-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20969451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MD Paul Knöbl (Associate Professor), MD Klaus Lechner (Professor of Medicine and Head)
{"title":"2 Acquired factor V inhibitors","authors":"MD Paul Knöbl (Associate Professor), MD Klaus Lechner (Professor of Medicine and Head)","doi":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80050-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80050-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>One hundred and five cases of factor V inhibitors were published between 1955 and 1997. According to pathogenesis, factor V inhibitor patients can be divided into five groups: patients exposed to bovine thrombin; patients after surgery without exposure to bovine proteins; miscellaneous associated conditions; ‘idiopathic’ inhibitors; inhibitors in congenital factor V deficiency. The clinical and biochemical properties are described. The overall prognosis of factor V inhibitors is good, but there are differences among the five groups with the best prognosis in patients exposed to bovine thrombin and the worst prognosis in ‘idiopathic’ inhibitors. Only a few treatment options are available. Immunoadsorption and plasmapheresis seem to be the most effective methods for therapy of acute bleeding. Many inhibitors disappear spontaneously and it is uncertain whether an immunosuppressive treatment hastens the disappearance of the inhibitor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77029,"journal":{"name":"Bailliere's clinical haematology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 305-318"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80050-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20970130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"7 Immune thrombocytopenic purpura in pregnancy","authors":"MD, PhD G.C.M.L. Christiaens (Gynaecologist)","doi":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80055-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80055-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Of all pregnant women 1.2% have platelet counts below 100×10<sup>9</sup>/l. Only a small proportion of these have immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). ITP is caused by antibodies directed against one's own platelets and may affect the mother as well as the fetus. No cases with documented intrauterine fetal bleeding have been reported. The most critical time for the fetus is usually a few days after birth. Hitherto the patient's history has been the best predictor of maternal and neonatal complications. Diagnostic cordocentesis entails a considerable risk and is to be discouraged in most situations. Intrauterine transfusions are effective only for a very limited period. There is no evidence that caesarean section protects the thrombocytopenic infant from intracranial haemorrhage. We therefore recommend restricting caesarean section to obstetric indications and to situations with proven fetal thrombocytopenia and enhanced obstetric risk. The safe cut-off level has yet to be ascertained. It is mandatory to control the newborn's platelet count during the first three days of life.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77029,"journal":{"name":"Bailliere's clinical haematology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 373-380"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80055-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20970135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"14 Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: diagnosis, pathogenesis and modern therapy","authors":"MD Amiram Eldor (Professor of Hematology)","doi":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80062-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80062-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is an uncommon multisystem disorder, sometimes associated with predisposing conditions such as pregnancy, cancer, exposure to certain drugs, bone marrow transplantation and HIV-1 infection. An abnormal interaction between the vascular endothelium and platelets which occurs in certain organs leads to thrombosis, endothelial proliferation, minimal inflammation and micro-angiopathic haemolysis. Recent studies suggest that endothelial cell perturbation and apoptosis caused by an as yet unknown plasma factor(s) may lead to the release of abnormal von Willebrand factor which facilitates the deposition of platelet microthrombi. Exchange transfusions of plasma or plasma-cryosupernatant remain the cornerstone of the treatment of TTP along with corticosteroids, platelet inhibitor drugs, vincristine and splenectomy. In most cases remissions can be attained, and cures are now common—although approximately one-half of the patients will relapse. While relapses are usually milder, they still carry a significant mortality and preventive therapies are not always effective.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77029,"journal":{"name":"Bailliere's clinical haematology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 475-495"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80062-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20969450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MD Leendert Porcelijn (Head of the Laboratory of Platelet and Leukocyte Serology, Department of Experimental Immunohematology), MD, PhD Albert E.G. Kr von dem Borne (Professor of Clinical Hematology and Immunohematology)
{"title":"4 Immune-mediated thrombocytopenias: basic and immunological aspects","authors":"MD Leendert Porcelijn (Head of the Laboratory of Platelet and Leukocyte Serology, Department of Experimental Immunohematology), MD, PhD Albert E.G. Kr von dem Borne (Professor of Clinical Hematology and Immunohematology)","doi":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80052-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80052-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Acute idiopathic or autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) is a disorder found mainly in children, usually preceded by a viral infection, with a higher incidence in the autumn and winter. The platelet-specific autoantibodies in acute childhood AITP are more often of the IgM class. Chronic AITP occurs mostly in adults. The platelet immunofluorescence test (PIFT) detects platelet-specific autoantibodies with a sensitivity of 65–75%. The autoantibodies in chronic AITP are classified as IgG in 95%, IgM in 26% and IgA in 4% of cases. The antibodies are usually bound to platelets and are detectable as free circulating antibodies in about 40%. AITP in pregnancy may cause neonatal AITP by autoantibodies of the IgG class which pass the placenta barrier. The rare neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (NAITP) are caused by IgG alloantibodies against HPA-1a in 75–90%, HPA1b in 3–5%, HPA 3a in 4–5%, HPA5b in 6–19% and against private platelet antigens in 3%. To confirm the diagnosis of NAITP requires extensive serological testing of the child, and the parents have to be typed for the important platelet-specific antigens by PIFT, monoclonal antibody immobilisation of platelet antigens (MAIPA) and/or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) techniques. Three mechanisms of drug-induced thrombocytopenias are described. Platelets of both the donor and the patient are destroyed in post-transfusion thrombocytopenic purpura (PTP) but PTP does not occur again if incompatible platelets are re-administered.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77029,"journal":{"name":"Bailliere's clinical haematology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 331-341"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80052-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20970132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MRCPsych Jonathan Flint (Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow), PhD Rosalind M. Harding (University Research Lecturer, Faculty of Clinical Medicine), MA, DPhil Anthony J. Boyce (University Reader in Human Population Biology), MA, PhD John B. Clegg (Professor of Molecular Medicine)
{"title":"1 The population genetics of the haemoglobinopathies","authors":"MRCPsych Jonathan Flint (Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow), PhD Rosalind M. Harding (University Research Lecturer, Faculty of Clinical Medicine), MA, DPhil Anthony J. Boyce (University Reader in Human Population Biology), MA, PhD John B. Clegg (Professor of Molecular Medicine)","doi":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80069-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80069-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The haemoglobinopathies are the commonest single-gene disorders known, almost certainly because of the protection they provide against malaria, as attested by a number of observations. The geographical distributions of malaria and haemoglobinopathies largely overlap, and microepidemiological surveys confirm the close relationship between them. For two of the commonest disorders, haemoglobin S and α<sup>+</sup>-thalassaemia, there is also good clinical evidence for protection against malaria morbidity. However, not all the evidence appears to support this view. In some parts of the world malaria and haemoglobinopathies are not, and never have been, coexistent. It is also difficult to explain why the majority of haemoglobinopathies appear to be recent mutations and are regionally specific. Here we argue that these apparent inconsistencies in the malaria hypothesis are the result of processes such as genetic drift and migration and of demographic changes that have occurred during the past 10 000 years. When these factors are taken into account, selection by malaria remains the force responsible for the prevalence of the haemoglobinopathies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77029,"journal":{"name":"Bailliere's clinical haematology","volume":"11 1","pages":"Pages 1-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80069-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21714469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}