Our Research Publications

Updated August 2024

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Platelet microparticles are internalized in neutrophils via the concerted activity of 12-lipoxygenase and secreted phospholipase A2-IIA Duchez AC, Boudreau LH, Naika GS, Bollinger J, Belleannee C, Cloutier N, Laffont B, Mendoza-Villarroel RE, Levesque T, Rollet-Labelle E, Rousseau M, Allaeys I, Tremblay JJ, Poubelle PE, Lambeau G, Pouliot M, Provost P, Soulet D, Gelb MH, Boilard E 2015 PNAS View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion Patterns in All Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and in Those Who Die in Hospital: A Descriptive Analysis Shehata N, Forster AJ, Lawrence N, Ducharme R, Fergusson DA, Chassé M, Rothwell DM, Hébert PC, Tinmouth AT, Wilson K 2015 PLoS One View Health care providers Clinical research
Further evidence that paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria is a disorder of defective cell membrane lipid rafts Ratajczak MZ, Borkowska S, Mierzejewska K, Kucia M, Mendek-Czajkowska E, Suszynska M, Sharma VA, Deptala A, Song W, Platzbecker U, Larratt L, Janowska-Wieczorek A, Maciejewski J, Ratajczak J 2015 J Cell Mol Med View Researchers Basic research
A systematic review of definitions and reporting of bleeding outcome measures in haemophilia Chai-Adisaksopha C, Hillis C, Thabane L, Iorio A 2015 Haemophilia View Health care providers Clinical research
Alloimmune Red Blood Cell Antibodies: Prevalence and Pathogenicity in a Canadian Prenatal Population Zwingerman R, Jain V, Hannon J, Zwingerman N, Clarke G 2015 J Obstet Gynaecol Can View Health care providers Clinical research
Desialylation is a mechanism of Fc-independent platelet clearance and a therapeutic target in immune thrombocytopenia Li J, van der Wal DE, Zhu G, Xu M, Yougbare I, Ma L, Vadasz B, Carrim N, Grozovsky R, Ruan M, Zhu L, Zeng Q, Tao L, Zhai Z-m, Peng J, Hou M, Leytin V, Freedman J, Hoffmeister KM, Ni H 2015 Nat Commun View Researchers Basic research
Improved Prediction of CD34+ Cell Yield before Peripheral Blood Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Collection Using a Modified Target Value–Tailored Approach Sheppard D, Tay J, Palmer D, Xenocostas A, Doulaverakis C, Huebsch L, McDiarmid S, Tinmouth A, Mallick R, Martin L, Birch P, Hamelin L, Allan D, Bredeson C 2015 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Plasma and Plasma Protein Product Transfusion: A Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation Symposium Zeller MP, Al-Habsi KS, Golder M, Walsh GM, Sheffield WP 2015 Transfus Med Rev View Health care providers Other
Reduced deformability of parasitized red blood cells as a biomarker for anti-malarial drug efficacy Deng X, Duffy SP, Myrand-Lapierre M-E, Matthews K, Santoso AT, Du Y-L, Ryan KS, Ma H 2015 Malar J View Researchers New or improved product or process
A monoclonal antibody with anti-D–like activity in murine immune thrombocytopenia requires Fc domain function for immune thrombocytopenia ameliorative effects Yu X, Menard M, Seabright G, Crispin M, Lazarus AH 2015 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Bleeding complications from the direct oral anticoagulants Sholzberg M, Pavenski K, Shehata N, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Lin Y 2015 BMC Hematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Costs and benefits of non-invasive fetal RhD determination Teitelbaum L, Metcalfe A, Clarke G, Parboosingh JS, Wilson RD, Johnson JM 2015 Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Developing Educational Resources to Advance Umbilical Cord Blood Banking and Research: A Canadian Perspective Pereira Beak C, Chargé SB, Isasi R, Knoppers BM 2015 J Obstet Gynaecol Can View Other Other
Maternal anti-platelet beta-3 integrins impair angiogenesis and cause intracranial hemorrhage Yougbaré I, Lang S, Yang H, Chen P, Zhao X, Tai W-S, Zdravic D, Vadasz B, Li C, Piran S, Marshall A, Zhu G, Tiller H, Killie MK, Boyd S, Leong-Poi H, Wen X-Y, Skogen B, Adamson SL, Freedman J, Ni H 2015 J Clin Invest View Researchers Basic research
[Influence of Anticoagulants on Detection of ITP Platelet-Specific Autoantibodies and Relationship of Autoantibody Types with Glucocorticoid Efficacy] Chen Y, Ge J, Ruan M, Zhu L-Y, Zeng Q-S, Xia R-X, Ni H 2015 Zhongguo shi yan xue ye xue za zhi View Researchers Basic research
Differences in rat and human erythrocytes following blood component manufacturing: the effect of additive solutions da Silveira Cavalcante L, Acker JP, Holovati J 2015 Transfus Med Hemother View Blood operators Basic research
Intermittent bacteremia detected in an asymptomatic apheresis platelet donor with repeat positive culture for Escherichia coli: a case report Ramirez-Arcos S, Alport T, Goldman M 2015 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
Platelets and platelet alloantigens: lessons from human patients and animal models of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia Vadasz B, Chen P, Yougbare I, Zdravic D, Li J, Li C, Carrim N, Ni H 2015 Genes Dis View Researchers Other
Virtual screen for repurposing approved and experimental drugs for candidate inhibitors of EBOLA virus infection Veljkovic V, Loiseau PM, Figadere B, Glisic S, Veljkovic N, Perovic VR, Cavanaugh DP, Branch DR 2015 F1000Res View Researchers Basic research
A clinical governance framework for blood services Williamson LM, Benjamin RJ, Devine DV, Katz LM, Pink J, for the Alliance of Blood Operators Medical Directors Group 2015 Vox Sang View Blood operators Other
A systematic review of preclinical studies on the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stromal cell-derived microvesicles Akyurekli C, Le Y, Richardson RB, Fergusson D, Tay J, Allan DS 2015 Stem Cell Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of a Type 2 Blood Group A Tetrasaccharide and Development of High-throughput Assays Enables a Platform for Screening Blood Group Antigen-cleaving Enzymes Kwan DH, Ernst S, Kotzler MP, Withers SG 2015 Glycobiology View Researchers Basic research
Does Age of Blood Matter? It Depends Hebert PC, Tinmouth A 2015 Am J Respir Crit Care Med View Health care providers Other
Evaluation and Management of Proteinuria After Kidney Transplantation Tsampalieros A, Knoll GA 2015 Transplantation View Health care providers Clinical research
Haematological problems in obstetrics Rodger M, Sheppard D, Gandara E, Tinmouth A 2015 Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol View Health care providers Other
Public Perceptions of Pathogen Reduction Technology in the Canadian Donor Blood Supply Gray N, Newbold KB, Lane SJ, Heddle NM, Webert K, Eyles J 2015 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators Other
The efficacy and safety of heparin in patients with sepsis: a systematic review and metaanalysis Zarychanski R, Abou-Setta AM, Kanji S, Turgeon AF, Kumar A, Houston DS, Rimmer E, Houston BL, McIntyre L, Fox-Robichaud AE, Hebert P, Cook DJ, Fergusson DA 2015 Crit Care Med View Health care providers Clinical research
The prevalence of anti-K in Canadian prenatal patients Goldman M, Lane D, Webert K, Fallis R 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Western immunoblotting as a new tool for investigating direct antiglobulin test-negative autoimmune hemolytic anemias Bloch EM, Sakac D, Branch HA, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Pendergrast J, Pavenski K, Branch DR 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
A Mother and Newborn with Brown Blood Estey MP, Clarke G, Sia W, Toor E, Higgins TN 2015 Clin Chem View Health care providers Clinical research
Bleeding complications in immune thrombocytopenia Arnold DM 2015 Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program View Health care providers Clinical research
Platelet MicroRNAs: An Overview Dahiya N, Sarachana T, Vu L, Becker KG, Wood WH, Zhang Y, Atreya CD 2015 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Basic research
Splitting versus lumping: reconsidering the definition of transfusion-related acute lung injury Webert KE 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
[Study on the relationship of platelet specific-autoantibodies with therapeutic outcomes by dexamethasone in immune thrombocytopenia purpura] Chen Y, Ge J, Ruan M, Zhu L, Xie Y, Xia R, Ni H, Zeng Q 2015 Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi View Researchers Clinical research
Advances in umbilical cord blood stem cell expansion and clinical translation Pineault N, Abu-Khader A 2015 Exp Hematol View Researchers Other
Angiogenesis and bleeding disorders in FNAIT Yougbare I, Zdravic D, Ni H 2015 Oncotarget View Researchers Clinical research
Mesenchymal stromal cells derived from various tissues: Biological, clinical and cryopreservation aspects Marquez-Curtis LA, Janowska-Wieczorek A, McGann LE, Elliott JAW 2015 Cryobiology View Researchers Other
Mortality outcomes in patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Chai-Adisaksopha C, Hillis C, Isayama T, Lim W, Iorio A, Crowther M 2015 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Progress in RNAi-mediated Molecular Therapy of Acute and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Landry B, Valencia-Serna J, Gul-Uludag H, Jiang X, Janowska-Wieczorek A, Brandwein J, Uludag H 2015 Mol Ther Nucleic Acids View Researchers Other
A Comparative Study of McFarland Turbidity Standards and the Densimat Photometer to Determine Bacterial Cell Density Zapata A, Ramirez-Arcos S 2015 Curr Microbiol View Blood operators New or improved product or process
HbM methaemoglobinaemia as a rare case of early neonatal benign cyanosis Elboraee MS, Clarke G, Belletrutti MJ, Escoredo S 2015 BMJ Case Reports View Health care providers Clinical research
Low-dose decitabine promotes megakaryocyte maturation and platelet production in healthy controls and immune thrombocytopenia Zhou H, Hou Y, Liu X, Qiu J, Feng Q, Wang Y, Zhang X, Min Y, Shao L, Liu X, Li G, Li L, Yang L, Xu S, Ni H, Peng J, Hou M 2015 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Plasma transfusion trials and tribulations Shih A, Arnold DM 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: Novel discovery reveals new diagnostic markers and treatment targets for bleeding disorder Ni H 2015 Blood.ca website View Other Other
C-reactive protein enhances murine antibody-mediated transfusion-related acute lung injury Kapur R, Kim M, Shanmugabhavananthan S, Liu J, Li Y, Semple JW 2015 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Exploratory studies on the age of transfused blood and in-hospital mortality in patients with cardiovascular diagnoses Heddle NM, Eikelboom J, Liu Y, Barty R, Cook RJ 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Nouvelle cuisine: platelets served with inflammation Kapur R, Zufferey A, Boilard E, Semple JW 2015 J Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Peanut and fish allergy due to platelet transfusion in a child Ching JC, Lau W, Hannach B, Upton JE 2015 CMAJ View Health care providers Clinical research
2015 proceedings of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's State of the Science in Transfusion Medicine symposium Spitalnik SL, Triulzi D, Devine DV, Dzik WH, Eder AF, Gernsheimer T, Josephson CD, Kor DJ, Luban NLC, Roubinian NH, Mondoro T, Welniak LA, Zou S, Glynn S, for the State of the Science in Transfusion Medicine Working G 2015 Transfusion View Other Other
Differential Expression Analysis by RNA-Seq Reveals Perturbations in the Platelet mRNA Transcriptome Triggered by Pathogen Reduction Systems Osman A, Hitzler WE, Ameur A, Provost P 2015 PLoS One View Researchers Basic research