Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Aging, chronic inflammation, and platelet hyperactivity Ma W, Karakas D, Chen ZY, Ni H 2020 Ann Blood View Researchers Basic research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Cellules progénitrices hématopoïétiques de sang de cordon ombilical Jenkins C 2020 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A crosswalk tabular review on methods and outcomes from randomized clinical trials using pathogen reduced platelets Rebulla P, Garban F, van der Meer PF, Heddle NM, McCullough J 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Platelet autoantibodies in the bone marrow of patients with immune thrombocytopenia Shrestha S, Nazy I, Smith JW, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2020 Blood Adv View Health care providers Clinical research
SARS in Canada: Lessons learned for the blood operator Devine DV 2020 Transfus Med View Blood operators Other
Update on newer approaches to prevent or treat COVID-19 infection: What we all need the most right now!! Seghatchian J, Acker JP, Putter JS 2020 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers New or improved product or process
Blood loss from laboratory testing, anemia, and red blood cell transfusion in the intensive care unit: a retrospective study Jackson Chornenki NL, James TE, Barty R, Liu Y, Rochwerg B, Heddle NM, Siegal DM 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Increased cytotoxic potential of CD8(+) T cells in immune thrombocytopenia Vrbensky JR, Arnold DM, Kelton JG, Smith JW, Jaffer AM, Larché M, Clare R, Ivetic N, Nazy I 2020 Br J Haematol View Researchers Basic research
Pharmacy hydroxyurea education materials for patients with sickle cell disease: An environmental scan and assessment of accuracy Cervi A, Diamantouros A, Azzam M, Lane SJ, Sapru H, Verhovsek M 2020 Pediatr Blood Cancer View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Acquired coagulation disorders Warkentin T 2020 Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 6th edn View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with spontaneous heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome after total knee arthroplasty Hwang SR, Wang Y, Weil EL, Padmanabhan A, Warkentin TE, Pruthi RK 2020 Platelets View Health care providers Clinical research
Inhibition of in vitro Ebola infection by anti-parasitic quinoline derivatives Goyal S, Binnington B, McCarthy SDS, Desmaële D, Férrié L, Figadère B, Loiseau PM, Branch DR 2020 F1000Research View Researchers Basic research
Risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by transfusion: A literature review Leblanc J-F, Germain M, Delage G, O'Brien S, Drews SJ, Lewin A 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Barriers and enablers to source plasma donation by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men under revised eligibility criteria: protocol for a multiple stakeholder feasibility study Vesnaver E, Goldman M, O’Brien S, MacPherson P, Butler-Foster T, Lapierre D, Otis J, Devine DV, Germain M, Rosser A, MacDonagh R, Randall T, Osbourne-Sorrell W, Clement-Thorne B, Al-Bakri TB, Rubini KA, Hill NE, Presseau J 2020 Health Res Policy Syst View Researchers MSM research
Colloid Transfusion, Natural Anticoagulant Depletion, and Symmetric Peripheral Gangrene Warkentin TE, Ning S, Lim W 2020 N Engl J Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Guidance for the procurement of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: differences between high- and low-middle-income countries Bloch EM, Goel R, Wendel S, Burnouf T, Al-Riyami AZ, Ang AL, DeAngelis V, Dumont LJ, Land K, Lee CK, Oreh A, Patidar G, Spitalnik SL, Vermeulen M, Hindawi S, Van den Berg K, Tiberghien P, Vrielink H, Young P, Devine D, So-Osman C 2020 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Limitations of the particle immunofiltration assay test for diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Warkentin TE, Cook RJ, Greinacher A 2020 Am J Hematol View Health care providers New or improved product or process
TACO-BEL-3: a feasibility study and a retrospective audit of diuretics for patients receiving blood transfusion at ten hospitals Khandelwal A, Lin Y, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Al Moosawi M, Armali C, Arnold D, Callum J, Dallas KL, Lieberman L, Pavenski K, Rioux-Massé B, Shehata N, Shih AW, Pendergrast J 2020 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Coagulation factor VIIa binds to herpes simplex virus 1-encoded glycoprotein C forming a factor X-enhanced tenase complex oriented on membranes Lin BH, Sutherland MR, Rosell FI, Morrissey JH, Pryzdial ELG 2020 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Approach to red blood cell antibody testing during pregnancy: Answers to commonly asked questions Minuk L, Clarke G, Lieberman L 2020 Can Fam Physician View Health care providers Clinical research
Fetal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: a systematic review of impact of HLA-DRB3*01:01 on fetal/neonatal outcome Kjeldsen-Kragh J, Fergusson DA, Kjaer M, Lieberman L, Greinacher A, Murphy MF, Bussel J, Bakchoul T, Corke S, Bertrand G, Oepkes D, Baker JM, Hume H, Massey E, Kaplan C, Arnold DM, Baidya S, Ryan G, Savoia HF, Landry D, Shehata N 2020 Blood Adv View Health care providers Clinical research
L’exploration des frontières de l’hémolyse associée aux IgIV Pendergrast J, Branch D 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Pre-transfusion Testing Duncan J 2020 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Stabilization of Lipid Membranes through Partitioning of the Blood Bag Plasticizer Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) Bider R-C, Lluka T, Himbert S, Khondker A, Qadri SM, Sheffield WP, Rheinstädter MC 2020 Langmuir View Researchers Basic research
Vox Sanguinis International Forum on Donor Incentives: Summary Zeller MP, Ellingham D, Devine D, Lozano M, Lewis P, Zhiburt E, van der Linde L, Goldman M, Nakamura A, Inoue S, Takikawa M, Nakajima K, Turek P, Rehacek V, Sakashita AM, Kutner JM, Karim FA, Hindawi S, Jayasekara SBA, Merz EM, Gross S, Woimant G, Djoudi R, Byabazaire KD, Irving DO, Abdrakhmanova S, Khalykova A, Yilmaz S, Oruc NE, Huaynalaya IP, Ramirez LAS, Chuhriiev A 2020 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Defocused Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy in Media of Different Optical Properties for Biomedical Applications Using a Commercial Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy Device Vardaki MZ, Devine DV, Serrano K, Simantiris N, Blades MW, Piret JM, Turner RFB 2020 Appl Spectrosc View Researchers New or improved product or process
IgG3 anti-Kell allotypic variation results in differential antigen binding and phagocytosis Cen SY, Holton MB, Binnington B, Denomme GA, Howie HL, Lebedev JN, Zimring JC, Branch DR 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Venous limb gangrene and pulseless electrical activity (PEA) cardiac arrest during management of deep-vein thrombosis and progressive limb ischemic necrosis following vascular surgery Avram AT, Blostein MD, Hirsch AM, Warkentin TE 2020 Am J Hematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Canada's MSM Research Program - producing and mobilizing knowledge Chargé S, Haw J 2020 Transfusion Today Researchers MSM research
Emerging use of machine learning and advanced technologies to assess red cell quality Sebastian JA, Kolios MC, Acker JP 2020 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers New or improved product or process
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in adults: Second-line and subsequent therapies George J, Arnold D 2020 UptoDate View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Objective assessment of stored blood quality by deep learning Doan M, Sebastian JA, Caicedo JC, Siegert S, Roch A, Turner TR, Mykhailova O, Pinto RN, McQuin C, Goodman A, Parsons MJ, Wolkenhauer O, Hennig H, Singh S, Wilson A, Acker JP, Rees P, Kolios MC, Carpenter AE 2020 PLoS Pathog View Researchers New or improved product or process
Research Unit: Machine learning throws away the buckets to better understand red blood cell quality Acker JP 2020 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion septic reactions involving platelet concentrates contaminated with Citrobacter koseri Ramirez-Arcos S 2020 Ann Blood View Researchers Clinical research
Critical developments of 2018: A review of the literature from selected topics in transfusion. A committee report from the AABB's Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee Cohn CS, Allen ES, Cushing MM, Dunbar NM, Friedman DF, Goel R, Harm SK, Heddle N, Hopkins CK, Klapper E, Perumbeti A, Ramsey G, Raval JS, Schwartz J, Shaz BH, Spinella PC, Pagano MB 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Modulating the T Lymphocyte Immune Response via Secretome Produced miRNA: From Tolerance Induction to the Enhancement of the Anticancer Response Scott M, Wang D, Toyofuku W, Yang X 2019 Cells of the Immune System View Researchers Basic research
A retrospective study of the added value of parallel titers compared with serial titers Lin Y, Cohen R, Buckstein J, Callum J, Lieberman L 2019 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Using population-wide administrative and laboratory data to estimate type- and subtype-specific influenza vaccine effectiveness: a surveillance protocol Scott AN, Buchan SA, Kwong JC, Drews SJ, Simmonds KA, Svenson LW 2019 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Acquired Thrombocytopenia Warkentin TE, Mithoowani S, Arnold DM 2019 Concise Guide to Hematology View Other Other
Changing the deferral for men who have sex with men - an improved model to estimate HIV residual risk Davison KL, Gregoire Y, Germain M, Custer B, O'Brien SF, Steele WR, Pillonel J, Seed CR 2019 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Ironing out frequent blood donation Devine DV 2019 Lancet Haematol View Researchers New or improved product or process
Système Diego : l’anticorps anti-Wra Meunier D, Peng S, Clarke G 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Trombocitopenia Fetal Neonatal Aloimune: Informacao ao paciente International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2019 ICTMG.org website View Other Other
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (Chap. 26). Warkentin TE 2019 Consultative Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Fourth Edition View Other Benchmarking and standard setting
Bonnes pratiques en matière de transfusion de plaquettes Romans R 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Platelet clinical best practices Romans R 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Surveillance Report 2018 O'Brien S 2019 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Safety of blood donation by individuals over age 70 and their contribution to the blood supply in five developed countries: a BEST Collaborative group study Goldman M, Germain M, Gregoire Y, Vassallo RR, Kamel H, Bravo M, Irving DO, Di Angelantonio E, Steele WR, O'Brien SF, for the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative (BEST) Investigators 2019 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
45 - Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia Kaplan C, Bertrand G, Ni H 2019 Platelets (Fourth Edition) View Researchers New or improved product or process
Translating red cell "omics" into new perspectives in transfusion medicine: mining the gems in the data mountains Spitalnik SL, Devine DV 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Other