Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) World Impact Survey (I-WISh): Impact of ITP on health-related quality of life Cooper N, Kruse A, Kruse C, Watson S, Morgan M, Provan D, Ghanima W, Arnold DM, Tomiyama Y, Santoro C, Michel M, Laborde S, Lovrencic B, Hou M, Bailey T, Taylor-Stokes G, Haenig J, Bussel JB 2021 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
An open-source python library for detection of known and novel Kell, Duffy and Kidd variants from exome sequencing Montemayor C, Simone A, Long J, Montemayor O, Delvadia B, Rivera R, Lewis KL, Shahsavari S, Gandla D, Dura K, Krishnan US, Wendzel NC, Elavia N, Grissom S, Karagianni P, Bueno M, Loy D, Cacanindin R, McLaughlin S, Tynuv M, Brunker PAR, Roback J, Adams S, Smith H, Biesecker L, Klein HG 2021 Vox Sang View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Transfusion-related Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection: A multicenter prospective cohort study among pediatric recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplants (TREASuRE study) Enok Bonong PR, Buteau C, Delage G, Tanner JE, Lacroix J, Duval M, Laporte L, Tucci M, Robitaille N, Spinella PC, Cuvelier G, Vercauteren S, Lewis V, Fearon M, Drews SJ, Alfieri C, Trottier H 2021 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Editorial on Thaler et al. long-term follow-up after successful treatment of vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia. Thromb Res 2021 in press Warkentin TE, Pai M 2021 Thromb Res View Researchers Clinical research
Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus CI/BAC/25/13/W, Isolated from Contaminated Platelet Concentrates in England Paredes C, Chi SI, Flint A, Weedmark K, McDonald C, Bearne J, Ramirez-Arcos S, Pagotto F 2021 Microbiol Resour Announc View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Response to ‘Adverse cardiac outcomes in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors’ Leong D, Hillis C, Aghel N, Pond G, Seow H 2021 Heart View Researchers Clinical research
Performance characteristics of platelet autoantibody testing for the diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia using strict clinical criteria Gabe C, Sirotich E, Li N, Ivetic N, Nazy I, Smith J, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2021 Br J Haematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Transfusion of a platelet pool contaminated with exotoxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus: a case report Chi SI, Kumaran D, Zeller M, Ramirez-Arcos S 2021 Ann Blood View Researchers Clinical research
Comparison of single subject and population-based pharmacokinetics for optimizing prophylaxis with simoctocog alfa in patients with haemophilia A Astermark J, Olsson A, Chelle P, Täckström K, Walger M, Magnusson M, Iorio A 2021 Haemophilia View Researchers Clinical research
American Society of Hematology 2021 guidelines on the use of anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis in patients with COVID-19 Cuker A, Tseng EK, Nieuwlaat R, Angchaisuksiri P, Blair C, Dane K, Davila J, DeSancho MT, Diuguid D, Griffin DO, Kahn SR, Klok FA, Lee AI, Neumann I, Pai A, Pai M, Righini M, Sanfilippo KM, Siegal D, Skara M, Touri K, E AA, Bou Akl I, Boulos M, Brignardello-Petersen R, Charide R, Chan M, Dearness K, Darzi AJ, Kolb P, Colunga-Lozano LE, Mansour R, Morgano GP, Morsi RZ, Noori A, Piggott T, Qiu Y, Roldan Y, Schünemann F, Stevens A, Solo K, Ventresca M, Wiercioch W, Mustafa RA, Schünemann HJ 2021 Blood Adv View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Culot globulaire partiellement déleucocyté (PD) Jenkins C 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Current and Future Perspectives for the Cryopreservation of Cord Blood Stem Cells Jahan S, Kaushal R, Pasha R, Pineault N 2021 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers New or improved product or process
SCAR: The high-prevalence antigen 013.008 in the Scianna blood group system Srivastava K, Albasri J, Alsuhaibani OM, Aljasem HA, Bueno MU, Antonacci T, Branch DR, Denomme GA, Flegel WA 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Recognizing, managing and reporting vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia Sholzberg M, Arnold DM, Laupacis A 2021 CMAJ View Health care providers Clinical research
Anti-inflammatory activity of CD44 antibodies in murine immune thrombocytopenia is mediated by Fc? receptor inhibition Norris PAA, Kaur G, Khan R, Zhu G, Ni H, Lazarus AH 2021 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Impact of COVID-19 on blood donation in Canada Khandelwal A 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) Gupta A, Yan M 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Newer formulations of intravenous iron: a review of their chemistry and key safety aspects – hypersensitivity, hypophosphatemia, and cardiovascular safety Blumenstein I, Shanbhag S, Langguth P, Kalra PA, Zoller H, Lim W 2021 Expert Opin Drug Saf View Researchers Basic research
International Forum on the Management of Major Haemorrhage: Summary Green L, Stanworth S, McQuilten Z, Lin V, Tucker H, Jackson B, Badawi M, Hindawi S, Chaurasia R, Patidar G, Pandey HC, Fasola F, Miyata S, Matsumoto M, Matsushita T, Rahimi-Levene N, Peer V, Pavenski K, Callum J, Thompson T, Murphy M, Staves J, Maegele M, Abeyakoon C, Rushford K, Wood E, Nuñez MA, Mellado S, Saa E, Triyono T, Pratomo B, Apelseth TO, Dunbar N 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Reply to: Concerns about estimating relative risk of death associated with convalescent plasma for COVID-19 Bégin P, Callum J, Cook R, Jamula E, Liu Y, Finzi A, Arnold DM 2022 Nat Med View Researchers Clinical research
Removing the men who have sex with men blood donation deferral: Informing risk models using Canadian public health surveillance data Caffrey N, Goldman M, Lewin A, Grégoire Y, Yi QL, O’Brien SF 2022 Transfus Clin Biol View Researchers MSM research
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Vancouver public school staff in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional study Goldfarb DM, Mâsse LC, Watts AW, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Bosman ES, Barakauskas VE, Choi A, Dhillon N, Irvine MA, Reicherz F, O’Reilly C, Sediqi S, Xu RY, Razzaghian HR, Sadarangani M, Coombs D, O’Brien SF, Lavoie PM 2022 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Doxorubicin-Induced Platelet Activation and Clearance Relieved by Salvianolic Acid Compound: Novel Mechanism and Potential Therapy for Chemotherapy-Associated Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia Ma W, Rousseau Z, Slavkovic S, Shen C, Yousef GM, Ni H 2022 Pharmaceuticals View Researchers Basic research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Plaquettes Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Pathogen Reduced Platelet Concentrates Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
International Forum on Gender Identification and Blood Collection: Summary Pandey S, Gorlin JB, Townsend M, Van Buren N, Leung JNS, Lee CK, van den Hurk K, Casamitjana N, Valles R, Alonso E, Miller YM, Richard P, Woimant G, Tiberghien P, Zhiburt E, Butler-Foster T, Goldman M, Nissen-Meyer LSH, Espinosa A, Kamel H, Bravo M, Filho LA, Pecego M, Germain M, Rabusseau I, Shinar E, Raz H, Choudhury N, Bhatnagar N, Hurt K, Lopez M, Reik RA, Nie Y, Hung Y, Pheello L, Dunbar N 2022 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: Whole blood: longer holding times before leukoreduction may be a safe to explore option Chen ZY 2022 Blood.ca website View Regulators New or improved product or process
Spotlight on animal models of acute traumatic coagulopathy: An update Ask A, Eltringham-Smith L, Bhakta V, Donkor DA, Pryzdial ELG, Sheffield WP 2022 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Basic research
A naturally present autoantibody to senescent red blood cells? Badior KE, Bloch EM, Branch DR 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Opposing roles of CLK SR kinases in controlling HIV-1 gene expression and latency Dahal S, Clayton K, Been T, Fernet-Brochu R, Ocando AV, Balachandran A, Poirier M, Maldonado RK, Shkreta L, Boligan KF, Guvenc F, Rahman F, Branch D, Bell B, Chabot B, Gray-Owen SD, Parent LJ, Cochrane A 2022 Retrovirology View Researchers Basic research
A data-driven approach to determine daily platelet order quantities at hospitals Mirjalili M, Abouee-Mehrizi H, Barty R, Heddle NM, Sarhangian V 2022 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Chapitre 5. Concentrés pour les troubles de l’hémostase et l’angiœdème héréditaire Poon MC, Goodyear D, Rydz N, Lee A 2022 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 beta and gamma variants to plasma collected from Canadian blood donors during the spring of 2020 Drews SJ, Abe KT, Hu Q, Samson R, Gingras A-C, Colwill K, Rathod B, Wang J, Fazel-Zarandi M, Yi Q-L, Robinson A, Wood H, Tuite A, Fisman D, Evans DH, Lin Y-CJ, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Epidemiology of Hospitalized Patients with Babesiosis, United States, 2010-2016 Bloch EM, Day JR, Krause PJ, Kjemtrup A, O'Brien SF, Tobian AAR, Goel R 2022 Emerg Infect Dis View Health care providers Clinical research
Bacterial contamination of blood components Bloch EM, Benjamin RJ, Ramirez-Arcos S 2022 Rossi's Principles of Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Closed system processing variables affect post-thaw quality characteristics of cryopreserved red cell concentrates Howell A, Turner TR, Hansen A, Lautner LJ, Yi Q, Acker JP 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Development and validation of a sensitive flow cytometric method for determining CECs in RBC products Li W, Acker JP 2022 Clin Chim Acta View Researchers New or improved product or process
Canadian blood suppliers: An expanding role in public health surveillance? O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Lewin A, Osiowy C, Drebot MA, Renaud C 2022 Can Commun Dis Rep View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Minimal impact of anticoagulant on in vitro whole blood quality throughout a 35-day cold-storage regardless of leukoreduction timing Schubert P, Culibrk B, Bhakta V, Closas T, Sheffield WP, Devine DV, McTaggart K 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Novel contact–kinin inhibitor sylvestin targets thromboinflammation and ameliorates ischemic stroke Zhang Z, Shen C, Fang M, Han Y, Long C, Liu W, Yang M, Liu M, Zhang D, Cao Q, Chen X, Fang Y, Lu Q, Hou Z, Li Y, Liu Z, Lei X, Ni H, Lai R 2022 Cell Mol Life Sci View Researchers Basic research
Bacterial contamination of platelet components Ramirez-Arcos S, McDonald C, ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Disease Bacterial Working Party Bacterial Subgroup 2022 Ann Blood View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Behaviour based screening questions and potential donation loss using the “for the assessment of individualised risk” screening criteria: A Canadian perspective Caffrey N, Goldman M, Lewin A, Osmond L, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfus Med View Researchers MSM research
Screening for high-risk sexual behavior in Canada Goldman M, Caffrey N, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
FAQ: Whole blood, leukocytes reduced (LrWB) at Canadian Blood Services Mack J 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Cellules progénitrices hématopiétiques de sang de cordon omilical Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Platelets Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Persistently elevated complement alternative pathway biomarkers in COVID-19 correlate with hypoxemia and predict in-hospital mortality Leatherdale A, Stukas S, Lei V, West HE, Campbell CJ, Hoiland RL, Cooper J, Wellington CL, Sekhon MS, Pryzdial ELG, Conway EM 2022 Med Microbiol Immunol View Health care providers Clinical research
In Vitro Effect of Methamphetamine on Proliferation, Differentiation and Apoptosis of Adipose Tissue Stem Cells: In vitro Effect of Methamphetamine Anari L, Mehrabani D, Nasiri M, Zare S, Jamhiri I, Acker J 2022 J Pharm Sci View Researchers Basic research
Characterization of CD41(+) cells in the lymph node Dai L, Uehara M, Li X, LaBarre BA, Banouni N, Ichimura T, Lee-Sundlov MM, Kasinath V, Sullivan JA, Ni H, Barone F, Giannini S, Bahmani B, Sage PT, Patsopoulos NA, Tsokos GC, Bromberg JS, Hoffmeister K, Jiang L, Abdi R 2022 Front Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Chapter 10. Transfusion reactions Laureano M, Khandelwal A, Yan M 2022 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting