Molecular Hematology

Drew Provan MD FRCP FRCPath Senior Lecturer, Centre for Haematology, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK John G. Gribben MD DSc FMedSci Professor, Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine, Institute of Cancer, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, UK

List of Contributors. Foreword. Preface. Abbreviations. 1 Beginnings: The Molecular Pathology of Hemoglobin (David Weatherall). 2 Molecular cytogenetics and array based genomic analysis (Debra M. Lillington, Silvana Debernardi & Bryan D. Young). 3 Stem Cells (Eyal C. Attar & David T. Scadden). 4 The Genetics of Acute Myeloid Leukemias (Carolyn J. Owen & Jude Fitzgibbon). 5 Secondary myelodysplasia/acute myelogenous leukemia assessment of risk (John G. Gribben). 6 Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Hematologic Malignancies (Drew Provan). 7 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (Alfonso Quintas-Cardama, Jorge Cortes, Hagop Kantarjian, Susan O Brien). 8 Myelodysplastic Syndromes (M. Mansour Ceesay, Wendy Ingram, Ghulam J Mufti). 9 Myeloproliferative Disorders (Anthony J. Bench, George S. Vassiliou & Anthony R. Green). 10 Lymphoma Genetics (Anthony G. Letai & John G. Gribben). 11 The Molecular Biology of Multiple Myeloma (Wee Joo Chng and P. Leif Bergsagel). 12 The Molecular Basis of Anemia (Lucio Luzzatto & Anastasios Karadimitris). 13 Anemia of chronic disease (Tomas Ganz). 14 Molecular Basis of Iron Metabolism (Nancy C. Andrews and Tomas Ganz). 15 Hemoglobinopathies due to Structural Mutations (D. Mark Layton and Ronald L. Nagel). 16 Molecular Pathogenesis of Malaria (David Roberts). 17 Molecular Coagulation and Thrombophilia (Bjorn Dahlback & Andreas Hillarp). 18 The Molecular Basis of Hemophilia (Paul L. F. Giangrande). 19 The Molecular basis of von Willebrand Disease (Luciano Baronciani and Pier Mannuccio Mannucci). 20 Platelet Disorders (Kenneth J. Clemetson). 21 The Molecular Basis of Blood Cell Alloantigens (Willem H. Ouwehand & Cristina Navarrete). 22 Functions of Blood Group Antigens (Marilyn J. Telen). 23 Autoimmune hematologic disorders (Drew Provan, John W. Semple & Adrian C. Newland). 24 Hematopoietic Growth Factors: A 40 Year Journey from Crude Activities to Therapeutic Proteins (Graham Molineux and Stephen J. Szilvassy). 25 Molecular Therapeutics in Hematology: Gene Therapy (Jeffrey A. Medin). 26 Pharmacogenomics (Leo Kager and William E. Evans). 27 Gene expression profiling in the study of lymphoid malignancies (Ulf Klein & Riccardo Dalla-Favera). 28 An Introduction to Molecular Biology (Paul Moss). 29 Cancer stem cells (David C. Taussig and Dominique Bonnet). 30 Molecular basis of transplant (Francesco Dazzi). Index.