• Issue

    British Journal of Haematology: Volume 203, Issue 2

    145-335, e71-e86
    October 2023

Issue Information

Free Access

Issue Information

  • Pages: 145-147
  • First Published: 04 October 2023

HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY - CLINICAL

HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY - BIOLOGY

Prognostic impact of FLT3-ITD mutation on NPM1+ acute myeloid leukaemia patients and related molecular mechanisms

  • Pages: 212-223
  • First Published: 25 August 2023
Prognostic impact of FLT3-ITD mutation on NPM1+ acute myeloid leukaemia patients and related molecular mechanisms

Due to mutations in exon 12 of NPM1, the C-terminal nuclear localization signal (NoLs) is disrupted, leading to the formation of a novel nuclear export signal (NES). Exportin 1 interacts with NPM1c+ carrying NES and facilitates its transportation into the cytoplasm. The FLT3-ITD mutation leads to elevated expression of BCAT1, subsequently upregulating the expression of the MYC gene, thereby exerting biological functions that promote the occurrence and development of AML.

Open Access

Focal adhesion kinase activation by calcium-dependent calpain is involved in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cell aggressiveness

  • Pages: 224-236
  • First Published: 26 July 2023
Focal adhesion kinase activation by calcium-dependent calpain is involved in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cell aggressiveness

In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the activation of B-cell receptor and other signalling pathways promote the activation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and its subsequent calpain-mediated cleavage following calcium (Ca2+) mobilization. FAK activation, together with HS1 and cortactin, two essential cytoskeletal proteins, lead to an aggressive phenotype in CLL. These effects can be attenuated by Defactinib, a selective active FAK inhibitor.

Open Access

ETS1 phosphorylation at threonine 38 is associated with the cell of origin of diffuse large B cell lymphoma and sustains the growth of tumour cells

  • Pages: 244-254
  • First Published: 16 August 2023
ETS1 phosphorylation at threonine 38 is associated with the cell of origin of diffuse large B cell lymphoma and sustains the growth of tumour cells

ETS1 phosphorylation at threonine 38 isa marker for ETS1 activation, regulated by MEK. p-ETS1 is detected in activated B cell-like (ABC) diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) , not in germinal centre B-cell-like (GCB) DLBCL cell lines and, accordingly, it is more common in ABC than GCB DLBCL diagnostic biopsies. Removal of the phosphorylation of ETS1 at threonine 38 affects the growth and the BCR-mediated transcriptome program in DLBCL cell lines.

TRANSPLANTATION

PLATELETS, THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Obesity is associated with poor outcomes of corticosteroid treatment in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia

  • Pages: 295-303
  • First Published: 24 July 2023
Obesity is associated with poor outcomes of corticosteroid treatment in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia

Maximum platelet count changes from baseline during initial response assessment. (A) Waterfall plot shows maximum platelet count changes. Each column represents an individual patient. (B) Median platelet count changes were calculated for each group. Patients in the obese group showed the least change in platelet count (median count × 10^9/L, underweight vs. normal. vs. overweight vs. obese: 86.5 vs. 91.0 vs. 76.0 vs. 41.0, p = 0.006).

HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES

Open Access

Association of haemolysis markers, blood viscosity and microcirculation function with organ damage in sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa (the BIOCADRE study)

  • Pages: 319-326
  • First Published: 15 August 2023
Association of haemolysis markers, blood viscosity and microcirculation function with organ damage in sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa (the BIOCADRE study)

A case-control study nested in the CADRE multinational African cohort was conducted in Bamako and Dakar in 235 patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) to test multiple biological and functional markers as potential markers of six different SCA-related chronic organ damage.