Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Determining the inventory impact of extended shelf life platelets with a network simulation model Blake J 2017 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Greinacher A, Warkentin T 2017 Practical Transfusion Medicine, 5th Edition View Health care providers Clinical research
Integrin PSI domain has endogenous thiol isomerase function and is a novel target for anti-platelet therapy Zhu G, Zhang Q, Reddy EC, Carrim N, Chen Y, Xu XR, Xu M, Wang Y, Hou Y, Ma L, Li Y, Rui M, Petruzziello T, Lavalle C, Stratton TW, Lei X, Reheman A, Chen P, Zhu C, Wilkins JA, Hynes RO, Freedman J, Ni H 2017 Blood View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Designing a new and improved drug to dissolve blood clots Pryzdial E 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Épreuves prétransfusionnelles Lane D 2017 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Surveillance report 2016 O'Brien SF 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Benchmarking and standard setting
Warm-reactive (immunoglobulin G) autoantibodies and laboratory testing best practices: review of the literature and survey of current practice Ziman A, Cohn C, Carey PM, Dunbar NM, Fung MK, Greinacher A, Stanworth S, Heddle NM, Delaney M 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Concentré de recherche: Amélioration des résultats pour les patients présentant des troubles auto-immuns de la fonction plaquettaire Arnold D 2017 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research
Dengue virus replication by platelets Pryzdial ELG, Sutherland MR, Simon AY 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
DJ-1/PARK7 Impairs Bacterial Clearance in Sepsis Amatullah H, Shan Y, Beauchamp BL, Gali PL, Gupta S, Maron-Gutierrez T, Speck ER, Fox-Robichaud AE, Tsang JLY, Mei SHJ, Mak TW, Rocco PRM, Semple JW, Zhang H, Hu P, Marshall JC, Stewart DJ, Harper M-E, Liaw PC, Liles WC, dos Santos CC, Canadian Critical Care Translational Biology Group (CCCTBG) 2017 Am J Respir Crit Care Med View Researchers Basic research
Identification of potential protein quality markers in pathogen inactivated and gamma-irradiated red cell concentrates Chen D, Schubert P, Devine DV 2017 Proteomics Clin Appl View Researchers Basic research
Immunocamouflaged RBC for alloimmunized patients Scott M, Toyofuku W, Yang X, Raj M, Kang N 2017 Transfusion Medicine and Scientific Developments View Researchers Basic research
Target plasma factor levels for personalized treatment in haemophilia: a Delphi consensus statement Iorio A, Iserman E, Blanchette V, Dolan G, Escuriola Ettingshausen C, Hermans C, Negrier C, Oldenburg J, Reininger A, Rodriguez-Merchan C, Spannagl M, Valentino LA, Young G, Steinitz-Trost KN, Gringeri A 2017 Haemophilia View Health care providers Clinical research
Utilisation des produits sanguins CMV négatifs Ryan J 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Endothelial-Specific Deletion of Autophagy Related 7 (ATG7) Attenuates Arterial Thrombosis in Mice Yau JW, Singh KK, Hou Y, Lei X, Ramadan A, Quan A, Teoh H, Kuebler WM, Al-Omran M, Yanagawa B, Ni H, Verma S 2017 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg View Researchers Basic research
Experiences with semi-routine production of riboflavin and UV-B pathogen-inactivated platelet concentrates in three blood centres van der Meer PF, Couture C, Hervig T, Kruit G, Devine DV, de Korte D, Kerkhoffs JL 2017 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Moonlighting glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is required for efficient hepatitis C virus and dengue virus infections in human Huh-7.5.1 cells Raj M, Langley M, McArthur SJ, Jean F 2017 J Gen Virol View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Where is the blood going? Understanding red blood cell utilization to inform policies Zeller M, Heddle N, Devine D 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Other
The clinical significance of platelet microparticle-associated microRNAs Provost P 2017 Clin Chem Lab Med View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion-related immunomodulation: review of the literature and implications for pediatric critical illness Muszynski JA, Spinella PC, Cholette JM, Acker JP, Hall MW, Juffermans NP, Kelly DP, Blumberg N, Nicol K, Liedel J, Doctor A, Remy KE, Tucci M, Lacroix J, Norris PJ, for the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Audit of provincial IVIG Request Forms and efficacy documentation in four Ontario tertiary care centres Shih AW, Jamula E, Diep C, Lin Y, Armali C, Heddle NM, Traore A, Doherty J, Shah N, Hillis CM 2017 Transfus Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Low-dose antithymocyte globulin for graft-versus-host-disease prophylaxis in matched unrelated allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Bryant A, Mallick R, Huebsch L, Allan D, Atkins H, Anstee G, Sabloff M, Scrivens N, Maze D, Bredeson C, Kekre N 2017 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant View Health care providers Clinical research
Nanoformulated water-soluble paclitaxel to enhance drug efficacy and reduce hemolysis side effect Gu W, Chen J, Patra P, Yang X, Gu Q, Wei L, Acker J, Kong B 2017 J Biomater Appl View Researchers Basic research
p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase regulates mitochondrial function and microvesicle release in riboflavin- and ultraviolet light–treated apheresis platelet concentrates Chen Z, Schubert P, Bakkour S, Culibrk B, Busch MP, Devine DV 2017 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Natural killers: when cells go wrong Ni H 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Survey for bacterial testing of platelet components in Latin America Ramirez-Arcos S, McDonald CP, Benjamin RJ, for the ISBT Working Party Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Bacterial Subgroup 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Blood: the basics Chargé S, Hodgkinson KM 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
Concentré de recherche: Cellules tueuses naturelles : quand les cellule perdent le nord! Ni H 2017 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research
Do we know if we deplete or treat the donor's iron? Goldman M, Van den Burg P 2017 Transfusion Today View Health care providers Clinical research
Immunogenicity of murine mPEG-red blood cells and the risk of anti-PEG antibodies in human blood donors Le Y, Toyofuku WM, Scott MD 2017 Exp Hematol View Researchers Basic research
IVIG regulates the survival of human but not mouse neutrophils Schneider C, Wicki S, Graeter S, Timcheva TM, Keller CW, Quast I, Leontyev D, Djoumerska-Alexieva IK, Kasermann F, Jakob SM, Peyta D, Branch D, Cummings J, Kaufmann T, Simon H, Von Gunten S 2017 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Mature murine megakaryocytes present antigen-MHC class I molecules to T cells and transfer them to platelets Zufferey A, Speck ER, Machlus KR, Aslam R, Guo L, McVey MJ, Kim M, Kapur R, Boilard E, Italiano JE, Jr., Semple JW 2017 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
Paying it forward: Why we need YOU to give blood Callum J 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
The immune-stimulation capacity of liposome-treated red blood cells da Silveira Cavalcante L, Branch DR, Duong TT, Yeung RSM, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2017 J Liposome Res View Researchers Basic research
The Stem Cell Club - spearheading stem cell donor recruitment at medical schools across Canada Parmar S, Rikhraj K, Hartsook S, Afford M, Longmuir C, Brar R, Ladd A, Thatcher A, Cuperfain A, Tigert A, Arora N, Suppiah R, Mcintosh S, Devito V, Leigh J, Yu J, Naidu A, Wang G, Sedra S, Hanna Y, Aziz D, Winquist L, Cheon S, Fingrut W 2017 2017 CFMS Annual Review View Health care providers Other
Hepatitis E in Canadian blood donors Fearon MA, O'Brien SF, Delage G, Scalia V, Bernier F, Bigham M, Weger S, Prabhu S, Andonov A 2017 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
Impact of osteoblast maturation on their paracrine growth enhancing activity on cord blood progenitors Alsheikh M, Abu?Khader A, Michalicka M, Pasha R, Pineault N 2017 Eur J Haematol View Researchers Basic research
Red blood cell membrane water permeability increases with length of ex vivo storage Alshalani A, Acker JP 2017 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
Residual risk of bacterial contamination of platelets: six years of experience with sterility testing Ramirez-Arcos S, DiFranco C, McIntyre T, Goldman M 2017 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Selection and characterization of a DNA aptamer inhibiting coagulation factor XIa Donkor DA, Bhakta V, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Stafford AR, Weitz JI, Sheffield WP 2017 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Virus-Platelet Associations Pryzdial ELG, Lin BH, Sutherland MR 2017 Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic Disorders: Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics: an Update View Researchers Basic research
Eryptosis in health and disease: A paradigm shift towards understanding the (patho)physiological implications of programmed cell death of erythrocytes Qadri SM, Bissinger R, Solh Z, Oldenborg PA 2017 Blood Rev View Researchers Basic research
Microparticles as biomarkers of lung disease - enumeration in biological fluids using lipid bilayer microspheres McVey MJ, Spring C, Semple JW, Maishan M, Kuebler WM 2016 Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol View Researchers Basic research
QSAR accelerated discovery of potent ice recrystallization inhibitors Briard JG, Fernandez M, De Luna P, Woo TK, Ben RN 2016 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Blood-Borne Pathogens - A Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation Symposium Walsh GM, Shih AW, Solh Z, Golder M, Schubert P, Fearon M, Sheffield WP 2016 Transfus Med Rev View Health care providers Other
Design and Implementation of a Competency-Based Transfusion Medicine Training Program in Canada Zeller MP, Sherbino J, Whitman L, Skeate R, Arnold DM 2016 Transfus Med Rev View Health care providers Other
Efficacy and safety of regenerative cell therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension in animal models: a preclinical systematic review protocol Suen CM, Zhai A, Lalu MM, Welsh C, Levac BM, Fergusson D, McIntyre L, Stewart DJ 2016 Syst Rev View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion reactions: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment Delaney M, Wendel S, Bercovitz RS, Cid J, Cohn C, Dunbar NM, Apelseth TO, Popovsky M, Stanworth SJ, Tinmouth A, Van De Watering L, Waters JH, Yazer M, Ziman A 2016 Lancet View Health care providers Clinical research
Assessing the efficacy of a single-unit red blood cell transfusion policy at a multisite transfusion service using a computerized retrospective audit Covello TPC, Quinn JG, Kumar-Misir A, Watson S, Almohammadi M, Crocker BD, Conrad DM, Tennankore K, Sadek I, Kahwash E, Cheng CK 2016 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators Clinical research
Donor iron policy: from research to practice O'Brien SF 2016 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process