Search Results - "Chen, Luke"
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Confronting the controversy: interleukin-6 and the COVID-19 cytokine storm syndrome
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-10-2020)“…The concept of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related cytokine storm syndrome (COVID-CSS) emerged early in the severe acute respiratory syndrome…”
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Hemophagocytic syndromes (HPS) including Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review
Published in Blood reviews (01-11-2016)“…Abstract Most knowledge of hemophagocytic syndromes (HPS) including hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is derived from pediatric studies; literature on…”
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IgG4-related disease: what a hematologist needs to know
Published in Haematologica (Roma) (01-03-2019)“…IgG4-related disease is a fibro-inflammatory condition that can affect nearly any organ system. Common presentations include major salivary and lacrimal gland…”
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Clinical utility of soluble interleukin-2 receptor in hemophagocytic syndromes: a systematic scoping review
Published in Annals of hematology (01-08-2017)“…The serum-soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2r) level is considered an important diagnostic test and disease marker in hemophagocytic…”
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Innovations in genomics for undiagnosed diseases: vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic (VEXAS) syndrome
Published in Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) (11-04-2022)“…Stubbins et al illustrate the power of genomics to affect clinical diagnostics and practice with the newly discovered vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked,…”
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Weathering the COVID-19 storm: Lessons from hematologic cytokine syndromes
Published in Blood reviews (01-01-2021)“…A subset of patients with severe COVID-19 develop profound inflammation and multi-organ dysfunction consistent with a “Cytokine Storm Syndrome” (CSS). In this…”
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TAFRO subtype of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease in a 22-year-old man
Published in Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) (04-11-2024)“…A 22-year-old man presented to the emergency department with symptoms of fatigue, abdominal pain, constipation, and difficulty breathing. He had gained weight…”
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Tocilizumab for hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Published in Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) (12-04-2021)“…Afra et al present several facts about the effectiveness of tocilizumab for patients with COVID-19. Among other things, tocilizumab is an immunomodulatory drug…”
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VEXAS syndrome in a female patient with constitutional 45,X (Turner syndrome)
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COVID-19, haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, and infection-induced cytokine storm syndromes
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (01-07-2022)“…Recent research in COVID-19 cytokine storm syndrome and Castleman disease has expanded the concept of pathological immune activation and established important…”
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Treatment of lymphocyte‐variant hypereosinophilic syndrome (L‐HES): what to consider after confirming the elusive diagnosis
Published in British journal of haematology (01-12-2021)“…Summary Lymphocyte‐variant hypereosinophilic syndrome (L‐HES) is a rare disease driven by immunophenotypically aberrant T cells producing eosinophilopoetic…”
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Ruxolitinib as adjunctive therapy for secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A case series
Published in European journal of haematology (01-05-2021)“…Introduction Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a cytokine storm syndrome associated with mortality rates of up to 88%. Standard therapy with…”
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Extreme hyperferritinaemia, soluble interleukin‐2 receptor, and haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
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Amelioration of COVID‐19‐related cytokine storm syndrome: parallels to chimeric antigen receptor‐T cell cytokine release syndrome
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Enhanced terminal room disinfection and acquisition and infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile (the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection study): a cluster-randomised, multicentre, crossover study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (25-02-2017)“…Summary Background Patients admitted to hospital can acquire multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile from inadequately disinfected…”
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Goodbye etoposide? Taking the leap to ruxolitinib in haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Published in British journal of haematology (27-10-2024)“…Fang et al. report a retrospective analysis of paediatric patients with haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) associated with autoimmune/autoinflammatory…”
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Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic (VEXAS) syndrome: fevers, myalgia, arthralgia, auricular chondritis, and erythema nodosum
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (14-08-2021)“…After 3 years of follow-up, repeated blood tests showed an increasing macrocytosis and persistent cytopenias: the patient's white blood cell count was 6 × 109…”
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Metastatic seminoma masquerading as sarcoidosis
Published in The lancet oncology (01-08-2023)“…Blood tests showed hypercalcaemia (2·73 mmol/L; normal 2·10–2·60) and elevated angiotensin converting enzyme (139·4 U/L; normal <79·1) and creatinine (224…”
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Soluble interleukin-2 receptor is a sensitive diagnostic test in adult HLH
Published in Blood advances (12-12-2017)“…Serum soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2r) is an important disease marker in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), but there are no published data on…”
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Mass spectrometry in IgG4-related disease diagnosis
Published in Scientific reports (31-01-2024)“…We compared liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) against Binding Site immunonephelometry (BSIN) with regards to these methods’ abilities…”
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