Hydroxyurea responses and fetal hemoglobin induction in β-thalassemia/HbE patients' peripheral blood erythroid cell culture

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 164-169

  Watanapokasin, Ramida ^a   Sanmund, Duangmanee ^b   Winichagoon, Pranee ^b   Muta, Koichiro ^c   Fucharoen, Suthat ^b  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

thalassemia HbE; G A globin mRNA; Fetal hemoglobin; Hydroxyurea; Primary erythroid cell liquid culture system; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN MESSENGER RNA; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F; HYDROXYUREA;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CODON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 31744445922     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-005-0049-1     Document Type: Article

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