Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
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
Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia after COVID-19 vaccination: Description of a series of 39 cases in Brazil Mouta Nunes de Oliveira P, Mendes-de-Almeida DP, Bertollo Gomes Porto V, Crespo Cordeiro C, Vitiello Teixeira G, Saraiva Pedro R, Roberto Gomes Takey P, Kegele Lignani L, Reis Xavier J, Cardoso Doria da Gama V, Amorim Filho L, Emoingt Furtado B, Santa Maria A, Dahrug Barros T, Neves Waite Freitas L, Dos Santos Pereira T, Lima Abreu D, Bernardes Ramos M, Gabe C, Arnold D, William Smith J, Nazy I, Lourdes de Sousa Maia M 2022 Vaccine View Health care providers Clinical research
Chapter 17. Troubles de l’hémostase et angiœdème héréditaire Poon MC, Goodyear D, Rydz N, Lee A 2022 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Rejuvenated and safe: Freeze-dried plasma for the 21st century Sheffield WP, V. Devine D 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Sexual issues in people with haemophilia: Awareness and strategies for overcoming communication barriers Blamey G, Van Tassel B, Sagermann E, Stain AM, Waterhouse L, Iorio A 2022 Haemophilia View Researchers Ethical, legal and social implications research
Clinical Practice Guidelines From the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB): COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Estcourt LJ, Cohn CS, Pagano MB, Iannizzi C, Kreuzberger N, Skoetz N, Allen ES, Bloch EM, Beaudoin G, Casadevall A, Devine DV, Foroutan F, Gniadek TJ, Goel R, Gorlin J, Grossman BJ, Joyner MJ, Metcalf RA, Raval JS, Rice TW, Shaz BH, Vassallo RR, Winters JL, Tobian AAR 2022 Ann Intern Med View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
How do we decide how representative our donors are for public health surveillance? O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Lewin A, Russell A, Davison K, Goldman M, International Society for Blood Transfusion Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Disease Working Party Surveillance Risk Assessment Policy Sub-group 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
GRADE guidance 35: update on rating imprecision for assessing contextualized certainty of evidence and making decisions Schünemann HJ, Neumann I, Hultcrantz M, Brignardello-Petersen R, Zeng L, Murad MH, Izcovich A, Morgano GP, Baldeh T, Santesso N, Cuello CG, Mbuagbaw L, Guyatt G, Wiercioch W, Piggott T, De Beer H, Vinceti M, Mathioudakis AG, Mayer MG, Mustafa R, Filippini T, Iorio A, Nieuwlaat R, Marcucci M, Coello PA, Bonovas S, Piovani D, Tomlinson G, Akl EA 2022 J Clin Epidemiol View Researchers Clinical research
Cold-stored platelets are effective in an in vitro model of massive transfusion protocol assessed by rotational thromboelastometry Zhao HQ, Serrano K, Culibrk B, Chen Z, Devine DV 2022 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Déclaration des réactions transfusionnelles indésirables Yan M 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The impact of extended half-life factor concentrates on patient reported health outcome measures in persons with hemophilia A and hemophilia B Sun HL, Yang M, Poon MC, Lee A, Robinson KS, Sholzberg M, Wu J, Iorio A, Blanchette V, Carcao M, Klaassen RJ, Jackson S 2021 Res Pract Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Implementation of measures to reduce vasovagal reactions: Donor participation and results Goldman M, Uzicanin S, Marquis-Boyle L, O'Brien SF 2021 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Combined preoperative plasma exchange and red blood cell exchange transfusion in a renal transplant patient with protein S deficiency and hemoglobin SC disease Cook O, Cervi A, Laureano M, Gangji AS, Verhovsek M 2021 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche: Suggestion concernant le mécanisme en jeu dans la thrombocytopénie thrombotique induite par le vaccin Batarfi K 2021 Blood.ca website View Researchers Clinical research
Could antigen loss be a potential mechanism to explain antibody-mediated immune suppression? Cruz-Leal Y, Lazarus AH 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Industry, experts and the role of the ‘invisible college’ in the dissemination of non-invasive prenatal testing in the US Holloway K, Miller FA, Simms N 2021 Soc Sci Med View Researchers Ethical, legal and social implications research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Cellules progénitrices hématopoïétiques de sang de cordon ombilical Stewart T 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Improving Medical Education in Hematology and Transfusion Medicine in Canada: Standards and Limitations Laureano M, Mithoowani S, Tseng E, Zeller M 2021 Adv Med Educ Pract View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Chapter 16: Preoperative autologous donation Foster T, Yan M 2021 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Meta-Analysis of Risk of Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Following ChAdOx1-S Recombinant Vaccine Chan BT, Bobos P, Odutayo A, Pai M 2021 medRxiv View Researchers Clinical research
The Effect of Sex-Mismatched Red Blood Cell Transfusion on Endothelial Cell Activation in Critically Ill Patients Alshalani A, van Manen L, Boshuizen M, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP 2021 Transfus Med Hemotherapy View Researchers Clinical research
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Plasma components Jenkins C 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A decision integration strategy for short-term demand forecasting and ordering for red blood cell components Li N, Chiang F, Down DG, Heddle NM 2021 Oper Res Health Care View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Potentially clinically significant anti-Dib identified by monocyte monolayer assay before transfusion Branch DR, Holton MB, Ison T, Cote J, Dube C, Lau W 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Serotonin-release assay-positive but platelet factor 4-dependent enzyme-immunoassay negative: HIT or not HIT? Warkentin TE, Smythe MA, Ali MA, Aslam N, Sheppard JI, Smith JW, Moore JC, Arnold DM, Nazy I 2021 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
Non-invasive monitoring of red blood cells during cold storage using handheld Raman spectroscopy Vardaki MZ, Schulze HG, Serrano K, Blades MW, Devine DV, Turner RFB 2021 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Lessons from vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia Kelton JG, Arnold DM, Nazy I 2021 Nat Rev Immunol View Researchers Clinical research
Chapitre 6: Sélection des donneurs, dépistage des maladies transmissibles et réduction des agents pathogènes Drews S, Khandelwal A, Goldman M, Devine D 2021 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Dupilumab, severe asthma airway responses, and SARS-CoV-2 serology Bhalla A, Mukherjee M, Radford K, Nazy I, Kjarsgaard M, Bowdish DME, Nair P 2021 Allergy View Health care providers Basic research
Quality of evidence-based guidelines for platelet transfusion and use: A systematic review Al-Riyami AZ, Jug R, La Rocca U, Keshavarz H, Landry D, Shehata N, Stanworth SJ, Nahirniak S 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Themed issue – focusing on donor assessment, motivation and vigilance O’Brien SF, Ullum H, Seed CR 2021 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
Adverse reactions reporting Yan M 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Factor product utilization and health outcomes in patients with haemophilia A and B on extended half-life concentrates: A Canadian observational study of real-world outcomes Sun H, Yang M, Poon M-C, Lee A, Robinson KS, Sholzberg M, Wu J, Iorio A, Blanchette V, Carcao M, Klaassen RJ, Jackson S 2021 Haemophilia View Researchers Clinical research
Challenging the 30-min rule for thawed plasma Ramirez-Arcos S, Howell A, Bearne J, Bhakta V, Bower L, Cardigan R, Girard M, Kou Y, McDonald C, Nolin M-È, Sawicka D, Sheffield W 2021 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
What constitutes the most cautious approach for a pregnant person with weak D type 4.0? Lieberman L, Flegel W, Bodnar M, Clarke G, Hannon J 2021 CMAJ Open View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
How do I think about blood donor eligibility criteria for medical conditions? Goldman M 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: A proposed mechanism for vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia Batarfi K 2021 Blood.ca website View Researchers Clinical research
ABO blood group and COVID-19: a review on behalf of the ISBT COVID-19 working group Goel R, Bloch EM, Pirenne F, Al-Riyami AZ, Crowe E, Dau L, Land K, Townsend M, Jecko T, Rahimi-Levene N, Patidar G, Josephson CD, Arora S, Vermeulen M, Vrielink H, Montemayor C, Oreh A, Hindawi S, van den Berg K, Serrano K, So – Osman C, Wood E, Devine DV, Spitalnik SL, the ISBT COVID-19 Working Group 2021 Vox Sang View Researchers Clinical research
Evaluating the appropriateness of platelet transfusions compared with evidence-based platelet guidelines: An audit of platelet transfusions at 57 hospitals Hill-Strathy M, Pinkerton PH, Thompson TA, Wendt A, Collins A, Cohen R, WO BC, Cameron T, Lin Y, Lau W, Lieberman L, Callum J 2021 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk analysis of transfusion of cryoprecipitate without consideration of ABO group Hadjesfandiari N, Levin E, Serrano K, Yi Q-L, Devine DV 2021 Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells (HPC) Cord Blood Stewart T 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Clotting factor concentrates for preventing bleeding and bleeding-related complications in previously treated individuals with haemophilia A or B Olasupo OO, Lowe MS, Krishan A, Collins P, Iorio A, Matino D 2021 Cochrane Database Syst Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Platelets Jenkins C 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
FcgammaRI and FcgammaRIII on splenic macrophages mediate phagocytosis of anti-glycoprotein IIb/IIIa autoantibody-opsonized platelets in immune thrombocytopenia Norris PAA, Segel GB, Burack WR, Sachs UJ, Lissenberg-Thunnissen SN, Vidarsson G, Bayat B, Cserti-Gazdewich CM, Callum J, Lin Y, Branch D, Kapur R, Semple JW, Lazarus AH 2021 Haematologica View Researchers Basic research
Pragmatic, double-blind, randomised trial evaluating the impact of red blood cell donor sex on recipient mortality in an academic hospital population: the innovative Trial Assessing Donor Sex (iTADS) protocol Fergusson DA, Chassé M, Tinmouth A, Acker JP, English S, Forster AJ, Hawken S, Shehata N, Thavorn K, Wilson K, Tuttle A, Perelman I, Cober N, Maddison H, Tokessy M 2021 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
DNA Mediated Blood Coagulation: Extracellular DNA Accelerates Fibrinogen Polymerization By Thrombin Independent of Contact Pathway Vappala S, Straus S, Pryzdial EL, Conway E, Kizhakkedathu J 2021 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Reconstituted cryopreserved platelets synthesize proteins during short-term storage and packaging a defined subset into microvesicles Schubert P, Johnson L, Culibrk B, Chen Z, Tan S, Marks DC, Devine DV 2021 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Major clinical trial finds convalescent plasma does not help patients with COVID-19 Modi D 2021 Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network December 2021 Newsletter View Health care providers Clinical research