Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Sort descending Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
An epidemiologic cohort study reviewing the practice of blood product transfusions among a population of pediatric oncology patients Lieberman L, Liu Y, Portwine C, Barty RL, Heddle NM 2014 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Enhanced Pathogenicity of biofilm-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from platelet preparations Hodgson SD, Greco-Stewart V, Jimenez CS, Sifri CD, Brassinga AKC, Ramirez-Arcos S 2014 Transfusion Blood operators Basic research
Stability of relevant plasma protein activities in cryosupernatant plasma units during refrigerated storage for up to 5 days postthaw Bhakta V, Jenkins C, Ramirez-Arcos S, Sheffield WP 2014 Transfusion Blood operators New or improved product or process
Autologous stem cell transplantation for stiff person syndrome: two cases from the Ottawa blood and marrow transplant program Sanders S, Bredeson C, Pringle CE, Martin L, Allan D, Bence-Bruckler I, Hamelin L, Hopkins HS, Sabloff M, Sheppard D, Tay J, Huebsch L, Atkins HL 2014 JAMA Neurol Health care providers Clinical research
Levofloxacin for BK virus prophylaxis following kidney transplantation: a randomized clinical trial Knoll GA, Humar A, Fergusson D, Johnston O, House AA, Kim SJ, Ramsay T, Chasse M, Pang X, Zaltzman J, Cockfield S, Cantarovich M, Karpinski M, Lebel L, Gill JS 2014 JAMA Health care providers Clinical research
Osmotic parameters of red blood cells from umbilical cord blood Zhurova M, McGann LE, Acker JP 2014 Cryobiology Researchers Basic research
Physician registration for deceased organ donation Li AH, Dixon S, Prakash V, Kim SJ, Knoll GA, Lam NN, Garg AX 2014 JAMA Health care providers Other
A fresh look at measuring quality in blood components Devine DV, Chen D 2014 ISBT Sci Ser Blood operators Other
Alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor M358R reduces thrombin generation when displayed on the surface of cells expressing tissue factor Gierczak RF, Pepler L, Bhagirath V, Liaw PC, Sheffield WP 2014 Thromb Res Researchers Basic research
Designing ice recrystallization inhibitors: from antifreeze (glyco)proteins to small molecules Balcerzak AK, Capicciotti CJ, Briard JG, Ben RN 2014 RSC Adv Researchers Basic research
Iron deficiency in Canadian blood donors Goldman M, Uzicanin S, Scalia V, O'Brien SF 2014 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Regulatory decisions pertaining to aprotinin may be putting patients at risk Hebert PC, Fergusson DA, Hutton B, Mazer CD, Fremes S, Blajchman M, MacAdams C, Wells G, Robblee J, Bussieres J, Teoh K 2014 CMAJ Regulators Other
ResearchUnit: Plasma Fibronectin: Keeping the Delicate Balance between Bleeding and Clotting Ni H 2014 Blood.ca website Other Other
Acute hemolysis after intravenous immunoglobulin amid host factors of ABO-mismatched bone marrow transplantation, inflammation, and activated mononuclear phagocytes Michelis FV, Branch DR, Scovell I, Bloch E, Pendergrast J, Lipton JH, Cserti-Gazdewich CM 2014 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
CD44 antibody-mediated amelioration of murine immune thrombocytopenia (ITP): mouse background determines the effect of FcgammaRIIb genetic disruption Crow AR, Amash A, Lazarus AH 2014 Transfusion Researchers Basic research
Enhancement of biological reactions on cell surfaces via macromolecular crowding Chapanian R, Kwan DH, Constantinescu I, Shaikh FA, Rossi NA, Withers SG, Kizhakkedathu JN 2014 Nat Commun Researchers Basic research
Novel treatments for immune thrombocytopenia Shih A, Nazi I, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2014 Presse Med Health care providers Clinical research
Prevention of Thrombogenesis from Whole Human Blood on Plastic Polymer by Ultrathin Monoethylene Glycol Silane Adlayer Fedorov K, Blaszykowski C, Sheikh S, Reheman A, Romaschin A, Ni H, Thompson M 2014 Langmuir Researchers Basic research
A 13-question approach to resolving serological discrepancies in the transfusion medicine laboratory Yudin J, Heddle NM 2014 Lab Med Health care providers Clinical research
Changing trends in blood transfusion: an analysis of 244,013 hospitalizations Shehata N, Forster A, Lawrence N, Rothwell DM, Fergusson D, Tinmouth A, Wilson K 2014 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Effect of sirolimus on malignancy and survival after kidney transplantation: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data Knoll GA, Kokolo MB, Mallick R, Beck A, Buenaventura CD, Ducharme R, Barsoum R, Bernasconi C, Blydt-Hansen TD, Ekberg H, Felipe CR, Firth J, Gallon L, Gelens M, Glotz D, Gossmann J, Guba M, Morsy AA, Salgo R, Scheuermann EH, Tedesco-Silva H, Vitko S, Watson C, Fergusson DA 2014 BMJ Health care providers Clinical research
Microfluidic analysis of red blood cell deformability Guo Q, Duffy SP, Matthews K, Santoso AT, Scott MD, Ma H 2014 J Biomech Researchers Basic research
Osmotic tolerance limits of red blood cells from umbilical cord blood Zhurova M, Lusianti RE, Higgins AZ, Acker JP 2014 Cryobiology Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: How do Special Forces Operations access quality blood products for military personnel? Acker JP 2014 Blood.ca website Other Other
A generic modelling framework to evaluate network blood management policies: The Canadian Blood Services experience Blake JT, Hardy M 2014 Oper Res Health Care Blood operators New or improved product or process
Evaluation of selective screening of donors for antibody to Trypanosoma cruzi: seroprevalence of donors who answer no to risk questions O'Brien SF, Scalia V, Goldman M, Fan W, Yi QL, Huang M, Ndao M, Fearon MA 2014 Transfusion Blood operators New or improved product or process
Hemoglobin Area and Time Index Above 90 g/L are Associated with Improved 6-Month Functional Outcomes in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Griesdale DE, Sekhon MS, Menon DK, Lavinio A, Donnelly J, Robba C, Sekhon IS, Taylor A, Henderson WR, Turgeon AF, Gupta AK 2014 Neurocrit Care Health care providers Clinical research
Predicting kidney transplantation outcomes using proteinuria ascertained from spot urine samples versus timed urine collections Talreja H, Akbari A, White CA, Ramsay TO, Hiremath S, Knoll G 2014 Am J Kidney Dis Health care providers Clinical research
Synthesis and evaluation of linear CuAAC-oligomerized antifreeze neo-glycopeptides van der Wal S, Capicciotti CJ, Rontogianni S, Ben RN, Liskamp RMJ 2014 MedChemComm Researchers Basic research
Whole blood treated with riboflavin and ultraviolet light: quality assessment of all blood components produced by the buffy coat method Schubert P, Culibrk B, Karwal S, Serrano K, Levin E, Bu D, Bhakta V, Sheffield WP, Goodrich RP, Devine DV 2014 Transfusion Researchers Basic research
Association of autoantibody specificity and response to intravenous immunoglobulin G therapy in immune thrombocytopenia: a multicentre cohort study Peng J, Ma SH, Liu J, Hou Y, Liu XM, Niu T, Xu RR, Guo CS, Wang XM, Cheng YF, Ni H, Hou M 2014 J Thromb Haemost Health care providers Clinical research
c-Src and Pyk2 protein tyrosine kinases play protective roles in early HIV-1 infection of CD4+ T cell lines McCarthy SDS, Jung D, Sakac D, Branch DR 2014 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Researchers Basic research
Prevention of transfusion-transmitted cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection: Standards of care Lieberman L, Devine DV, Reesink HW, Panzer S, Wong J, Raison T, Benson S, Pink J, Leitner GC, Horvath M, Compernolle V, Scuracchio PSP, Wendel S, Delage G, Nahirniak S, Dongfu X, Krusius T, Juvonen E, Sainio S, Cazenave JP, Guntz P, Kientz D, Andreu G, Morel P, Seifried E, Hourfar K, Lin CK, O'Riordan J, Raspollini E, Villa S, Rebulla P, Flanagan P, Teo D, Lam S, Ang AL, Lozano M, Sauleda S, Cid J, Perreira A, Ekermo B, Niederhauser C, Waldvogel S, Fontana S, Desborough MJ, Pawson R, Li M, Kamel H, Busch M, Qu L, Triulzi D 2014 Vox Sang Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
A benchmarking program to reduce red blood cell outdating: implementation, evaluation, and a conceptual framework Barty RL, Gagliardi K, Owens W, Lauzon D, Scheuermann S, Liu Y, Wang G, Pai M, Heddle NM 2015 Transfusion Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Aggregates in platelet concentrates van der Meer PF, Dumont LJ, Lozano M, Bondar N, Wong J, Ismay S, Pink J, Nussbaumer W, Coene J, Feys HB, Compernolle V, Devine DV, Howe D, Lin CK, Sun J, Ringwald J, Strasser EF, Eckstein R, Seltsam A, Perseghin P, Proserpio P, Wakamoto S, Akino M, Takamoto S, Tadokoro K, Teo D, Shu PH, Chua SS, Jimenez-Marco T, Lozano M, Cid J, Castro E, Munoz I, Gulliksson H, Sandgren P, Thomas S, Petrik J, McColl K, Kamel H, Dugger J, Sweeney JD, Gorlin JB, Sutor LJ, Heath D, Sayers MH 2015 Vox Sang Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Anti-A and anti-B: what are they and where do they come from? Branch DR 2015 Transfusion Researchers Other
Chapter 33: Synthesis of N-(4-Methoxybenzyl)-2-(α-d-glucopyranosyl) acetamide Roy R, Vidal S, Briard JG, Shiao TC, Ben RN 2015 Carbohydrate Chemistry: Proven Synthetic Methods, Volume 3 Researchers Basic research
Dissociation of SERPINE1 mRNA from the translational repressor proteins Ago2 and TIA-1 upon platelet activation Corduan A, Ple H, Laffont B, Wallon T, Plante I, Landry P, Provost P 2015 Thromb Haemost Researchers Basic research
Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIg) Utilization in Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP): A Multi-Center, Retrospective Review Hsia C, Liu Y, Eckert K, Monga N, Elia-Pacitti J, Heddle NM 2015 Drugs Real World Outcomes Health care providers Clinical research
Red blood cell transfusion and mortality effect in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol English SW, Chassé M, Turgeon AF, Tinmouth A, Boutin A, Pagliarello G, Fergusson D, McIntyre L 2015 Syst Rev Researchers Clinical research
Evaluation of the appropriateness of frozen plasma usage after introduction of prothrombin complex concentrates: a retrospective study Shih AW, Kolesar E, Ning S, Manning N, Arnold DM, Crowther MA 2015 Vox Sang Health care providers New or improved product or process
Hemoglobin C in a patient with sickle cell anemia: Transfusion-acquired SC disease Estey MP, Capote KR, Barakauskas VE, Clarke G, Higgins T 2015 Clin Biochem Health care providers Clinical research
New cancers after autotransplantations for multiple myeloma Mahindra A, Raval G, Mehta P, Brazauskas R, Zhang MJ, Zhong X, Bird JM, Freytes CO, Hale GA, Herzig R, Holmberg LA, Kamble RT, Kumar S, Lazarus HM, Majhail NS, Marks DI, Moreb JS, Olsson R, Saber W, Savani BN, Schiller GJ, Tay J, Vogl DT, Waller EK, Wiernik PH, Wirk B, Lonial S, Krishnan AY, Dispenzieri A, Brandenburg NA, Gale RP, Hari PN 2015 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant Health care providers Clinical research
Risk infection to spare bleeding? The quandary of splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia Zeller M, Arnold DM 2015 Am J Hematol Health care providers Clinical research
A novel nanobiotherapeutic poly-[hemoglobin-superoxide dismutase-catalase-carbonic anhydrase] with no cardiac toxicity for the resuscitation of a rat model with 90 minutes of sustained severe hemorrhagic shock with loss of 2/3 blood volume Bian Y, Chang TM 2015 Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol Researchers Basic research
CD8+ T cells are predominantly protective and required for effective steroid therapy in murine models of immune thrombocytopenia Ma L, Simpson E, Li J, Xuan M, Xu M, Baker L, Shi Y, Yougbaré I, Wang X, Zhu G, Chen P, Prudhomme GJ, Lazarus AH, Freedman J, Ni H 2015 Blood Researchers Basic research
Platelet transfusion: a systematic review of the clinical evidence Kumar A, Mhaskar R, Grossman BJ, Kaufman RM, Tobian AA, Kleinman S, Gernsheimer T, Tinmouth AT, Djulbegovic B 2015 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: Breakthrough brings universal blood a step closer to reality Withers SG, Kizhakkedathu J 2015 Blood.ca website Other Other
Storage duration and other measures of quality of red blood cells for transfusion Spinella PC, Acker J 2015 JAMA Blood operators Other
A biochemical network can control formation of a synthetic material by sensing numerous specific stimuli Hun Yeon J, Chan KYT, Wong T-C, Chan K, Sutherland MR, Ismagilov RF, Pryzdial ELG, Kastrup CJ 2015 Sci Rep Researchers Basic research