Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Enhancing the pro-inflammatory anti-cancer T cell response via biomanufactured, secretome-based, immunotherapeutics Yang X, Kang N, Toyofuku WM, Scott MD 2018 Immunobiology View Researchers Basic research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Plaquettes Jenkins C 2018 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Rate and appropriateness of polypharmacy in older patients with hemophilia compared with age-matched controls Mannucci PM, Nobili A, Marchesini E, Oliovecchio E, Cortesi L, Coppola A, Santagostino E, Radossi P, Castaman G, Valdrè L, Santoro C, Tagliaferri A, Ettorre C, Zanon E, Barillari G, Cantori I, Caimi TM, Sottilotta G, Peyvandi F, Iorio A 2018 Haemophilia View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk of exposure to Zika virus and impact on cord blood banking and adult unrelated donors in hematopoietic cell transplantation: the Canadian Blood Services experience Adams Z, Morris G, Campbell T, Mostert K, Dibdin N, Fearon M, Elmoazzen H, Mercer D, Young K, Allan D 2018 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant View Blood operators Clinical research
Devices to Reduce the Volume of Blood Taken for Laboratory Testing in ICU Patients: A Systematic Review Siegal DM, Manning N, Jackson Chornenki NL, Hillis CM, Heddle NM 2018 J Intensive Care Med View Researchers New or improved product or process
Splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia: down but not out Chaturvedi S, Arnold DM, McCrae KR 2018 Blood View Health care providers Clinical research
Cancer and platelet crosstalk: opportunities and challenges for aspirin and other antiplatelet agents Xu XR, Yousef GM, Ni H 2018 Blood View Health care providers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche : Une façon nouvelle d'évaluer la qualité des globules rouges Acker J 2018 Blood.ca website View Researchers Clinical research
Differential diagnoses for sepsis?induced disseminated intravascular coagulation: communication from the SSC of the ISTH Iba T, Levy J, Wada H, Thachil J, E. Warkentin T, Levi M, Subcommittee on Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation 2018 J Thromb Haemost View Other Benchmarking and standard setting
Fibronectin modulates formation of PF4/heparin complexes and is a potential factor for reducing risk of developing HIT Krauel K, Preuße P, Warkentin TE, Trabhardt C, Brandt S, Jensch I, Mandelkow M, Hammer E, Hammerschmidt S, Greinacher A 2018 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Surveillance Report 2017 O'Brien S 2018 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Blood coagulation dissected Pryzdial ELG, Lee FMH, Lin BH, Carter RLR, Tegegn TZ, Belletrutti MJ 2018 Transfus Apher Sci View Health care providers Other
Anti-RhD reduces levels of detectable RhD antigen following anti-RhD infusion Sullivan HC, Arthur CM, Thompson L, Patel SR, Stowell SR, Hendrickson JE, Lazarus AH 2018 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Plasma components Jenkins C 2018 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: Novel mechanisms of miscarriage learned from placental pathology in animal models Yougbare I, Zdravic D, Ni H 2018 J Pediatr Pediatr Med View Researchers Basic research
Pathogen inactivation strategies to improve blood safety: Let's not throw pathogen-reduced platelets out with their bath water Devine DV 2018 JAMA Oncol View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Red blood cell antibody induced anemia causes differential degrees of tissue hypoxia in kidney and brain Mistry N, Mazer CD, Sled JG, Lazarus AH, Cahill LS, Solish M, Zhou Y-Q, Romanova N, Hare AG, Doctor A, Fisher JA, Brunt KR, Simpson JA, Hare GMT 2018 Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol View Researchers Basic research
Red cell supernatant effects on endothelial cell function and innate immune activation is influenced by donor age and sex Kipkeu BJ, Almizraq R, Branch DR, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2018 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Platelet protein GPIba plays an important role in regulating platelet-mediated production of thrombopoietin by the liver Ni H 2018 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Troubles de l'hémostase et angioedéme héréditaire Poon MC, Goodyear MD, Rydz N, Lee A 2018 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Other
Window to the Unknown: Using Storytelling to Identify Learning Needs for the Intrinsic Competencies Within an Online Needs Assessment Tseng EK, Jo D, Shih AW, De Wit K, Chan TM 2018 AEM Educ Train View Researchers Education research
The Massive Online Needs Assessment (MONA) to inform the development of an emergency haematology educational blog series Chan TM, Jo D, Shih AW, Bhagirath VC, Castellucci LA, Yeh C, Thoma B, Tseng EK, de Wit K 2018 Perspect Med Educ View Health care providers Education research
Effect of liposome treatment on hemorheology and metabolic profile of human red blood cells during hypothermic storage Da Silveira Cavalcante L, Acker J, Holovati J 2018 Biopreserv Biobank View Researchers Basic research
Pathophysiology of immune thrombocytopenia Li J, Sullivan JA, Ni H 2018 Curr Opin Hematol View Researchers Other
Importance du fer chez les donneurs de sang total : la perspective canadienne Pambrun C, Goldman M 2018 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
Concentré de recherche : Plasma : c'est dans la poche Sheffield W, Jenkins C 2018 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research
Neutropenia and monocytopenia in recurrent anaphylactoid reactions after red blood cell transfusions in a woman with immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency and anti-IgA Warkentin TE, Morin P-A, Heddle NM 2018 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
An international investigation into AB plasma administration in hospitals: how many AB plasma units were infused? The HABSWIN study Zeller MP, Barty R, Dunbar NM, Elahie A, Flanagan P, Garritsen H, Kutner JM, Pagano MB, Poglod R, Rogers TS, Staves J, van Wordragen-Vlaswinkel M, Zwaginga JJ, Murphy MF, Heddle NM, Yazer MH 2018 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Label-free assessment of red blood cell storage lesions by deep learning Doan M, Sebastian JA, Pinto PN, McQuin C, Goodman A, Wolkenhauer O, Parsons MJ, Acker JP, Rees P, Hennig H, Kolios MC, Carpenter AE 2018 bioRxiv View Researchers New or improved product or process
Transfusion-associated circulatory overload prevention: a retrospective observational study of diuretic use Lin Y, Cohen R, Armali C, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Lieberman L, Pendergrast J 2018 Vox Sang View Researchers Clinical research
Blood manufacturing methods affect red blood cell product characteristics and immunomodulatory activity of red blood cell products and charactersitics of extracellular vesicles. Almizraq RJ, Norris PJ, Inglis H, Menocha S, Wirtz MR, Juffermans N, Pandey S, Spinella PC, Acker JP, Muszynski JA 2018 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
Albumin Clarke G, Yan M 2018 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
McMaster RARE-Best practices clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and management of the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome Legault K, Schunemann H, Hillis C, Yeung C, Akl EA, Carrier M, Cervera R, Crowther M, Dentali F, Erkan D, Espinosa G, Khamashta M, Meerpohl JJ, Moffat K, O'Brien S, Pengo V, Rand JH, Rodriguez Pinto I, Thom L, Iorio A 2018 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Designing the blood supply chain: how much, how and where? Osorio AF, Brailsford SC, Smith HK, Blake J 2018 Vox Sang View Other New or improved product or process
Timing of gamma irradiation and blood donor sex influences in vitro characteristics of red blood cells de Korte D, Thibault L, Handke W, Harm SK, Morrison A, Fitzpatrick A, Marks DC, Yi QL, Acker JP 2018 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Two-year follow-up of donors in a large national study of ferritin testing Goldman M, Uzicanin S, Osmond L, Yi Q-L, Scalia V, O'Brien SF 2018 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Protocol for a phase III, non-inferiority, randomised comparison of a new fibrinogen concentrate versus cryoprecipitate for treating acquired hypofibrinogenaemia in bleeding cardiac surgical patients: the FIBRES trial Karkouti K, Callum J, Rao V, Heddle N, Farkouh ME, Crowther MA, Scales DC 2018 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Investigations for fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: communication from the SSC of the ISTH Petermann R, Bakchoul T, Curtis BR, Mullier F, Miyata S, Arnold DM, Subcommittee on platelet immunology 2018 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Transfusion de plaquettes, l'allo-immunisation et la prise en charge de l'état réfractaire aux plaquettes Zeller M, Petraszko T 2018 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Other
Tailored frequency-escalated primary prophylaxis for severe haemophilia A: results of the 16-year Canadian Hemophilia Prophylaxis Study longitudinal cohort Feldman BM, Rivard GE, Babyn P, Wu JKM, Steele M, Poon M-C, Card RT, Israels SJ, Laferriere N, Gill K, Chan AK, Carcao M, Klaassen RJ, Cloutier S, Price VE, Dover S, Blanchette VS 2018 Lancet Haematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Composants plasmatiques Jenkins C 2018 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The effect of unmeasurable endogenous plasma factor activity levels on factor VIII dosing in patients with severe hemophilia A McEneny-King A, Chelle P, Iorio A, Edginton AN 2018 Thromb Res View Health care providers Clinical research
A Retrospective Chart Review of Transfusion Practices in the Palliative Care Unit Setting Sirianni G, Perri G, Callum J, Gardner S, Berall A, Selby D 2018 Am J Hosp Palliat Care View Researchers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: Improving the usefulness of a laboratory tool to match donors and patients Acker J, Branch D 2018 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Chloride and other electrolyte concentrations in commonly available 5% albumin products Lai AT, Zeller MP, Millen T, Kavsak P, Szczeklik W, Elahie A, Alhazzani W, D'Aragon F, Jaeschke R, Lamontagne F, Karachi T, Cook D, Meade M, Rochwerg B, on behalf of The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group 2018 Crit Care Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Rapport de surveillance 2017 O'Brien S 2018 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Red blood cells, still vital after all these years: Commentary on Canadian Blood Services' International Symposium 2017 Qadri SM, Donkor DA, Yan M, Ning S, Branch DR, Seghatchian J, Sheffield WP 2018 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Other
Megakaryocyte apoptosis in immune thrombocytopenia Vrbensky JR, Nazy I, Toltl LJ, Ross C, Ivetic N, Smith JW, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2018 Platelets View Researchers Basic research
ABO zygosity, but not secretor or Fc receptor status, is a significant risk factor for IVIG-associated hemolysis Branch DR, Hellberg Å, Bruggeman CW, Storry JR, Sakac D, Blacquiere M, Tong TN, Burke-Murphy E, Binnington B, Parmar N, Riden LS, Willie K, Armali C, Aziz J, Lieberman L, Laroche V, Callum J, Lin Y, Shehata N, Pavenski K, Lau W, Hannach B, Kuijpers TW, Olsson ML, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Pendergrast J 2018 Blood View Health care providers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche: Un modèle de changement : prédiction de l'impact d'améliorations à  l'échelle du système Blake J 2018 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research