Mesenchymal stem cells are immunoregulation cells. IL-22 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of immune thrombocytopenia. However, the effects of mesenchymal stem cells on IL-22 production in patients with immune thrombocytopenia remain unclear. Flow cytometry analyzed immunophenotypes of mesenchymal stem cells; differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells was observed by oil red O and Aliz...

A four-year-old, male Cocker Spaniel was presented for investigation of pelvic limb stiffness. There was palpable effusion of both tarsi, and analysis of synovial fluid from these joints indicated previous haemorrhage. After further investigation a diagnosis of idiopathic immune-mediated thrombocytopenia was made. The dog responded to treatment with prednisolone and azathioprine. To the authors...

Oxaliplatin is a third-generation platinum derivative used for metastatic or advanced colorectal cancer treatment. Although myelosuppression is the most common cause of oxaliplatin-induced thrombocytopenia, rare cases of oxaliplatin-induced immune-mediated thrombocytopenia are reported. We report a case of a 57-year-old woman with colon cancer who developed gum bleeding and petechiae after oxal...

UNLABELLED Corticosteroids as initial therapy for primary immune thrombocytopenia achieve a low rate of sustained remission. METHODS We prospectively evaluated the efficacy, safety, and response duration of low-dose rituximab plus high-dose dexamethasone as frontline therapy in newly diagnosed primary immune thrombocytopenia patients. One cycle of dexamethasone, 40 mg/d/intravenously for four...

Although various haematologic abnormalities are known to occur with tuberculosis, association of immune thrombocytopenia with tuberculosis is uncommon. We report a case of retroperitoneal lymph node tuberculosis who presented with ITP. A 76 year old female was admitted to our hospital with oral mucosal bleed and petechial lesions over extremities and abdomen. A diagnosis of immune thrombocytope...

We report a case of a 15-year-old boy with autoimmune hepatitis lacking common serologic markers and normal gammaglobulinemia associated with immune thrombocytopenia and family history of psoriasis. He presented to our department with a 4-year history of a cervical posterior lymphadenopathy and recent petechiae. Previous laboratory results 6 months before already showed hepatocellular injury. A...

l)ocvtopenia both in animals and humans. 4 Evidence was subsequently presented, using the fluorescent antibody technique, that platelet antibody could often l)C found in the bone marrow, selectively attached to the surface of the megakaryocytes.5 ’ The hypothesis that in immune thrombocytopenia an antibody-mediated injury to the niegakaryocytes can, in part, be responsible for the low platelet ...