Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Epigenetic regulation of endothelial-cell-mediated vascular repair Fraineau S, Palii CG, Allan DS, Brand M 2015 FEBS J Researchers Other
Épreuves prétransfusionnelles Lane D 2017 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Erroneous HbA1c results in a patient with elevated HbC and HbF Adekanmbi J, Higgins T, Rodriguez-Capote K, Thomas D, Winterstein J, Dixon T, Gifford JL, Krause R, Venner AA, Clarke G, Estey MP 2016 Clinica Chimica Acta Health care providers Clinical research
Eryptosis in health and disease: A paradigm shift towards understanding the (patho)physiological implications of programmed cell death of erythrocytes Qadri SM, Bissinger R, Solh Z, Oldenborg PA 2017 Blood Rev Researchers Basic research
Erythrocyte saturation with IgG is required for inducing antibody-mediated immune suppression and impacts both erythrocyte clearance and antigen-modulation mechanisms Cruz-Leal Y, Marjoram D, Lazarus AH 2018 J Immunol Researchers Basic research
E-selectin mediated adhesion and migration of endothelial colony forming cells is enhanced by SDF-1alpha/CXCR4 Sun J, Li Y, Graziani GM, Filion L, Allan DS 2013 PLoS One Researchers Basic research
Establishment of the first International Repository for Transfusion-Relevant Bacteria Reference Strains: ISBT Working Party Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases (WP-TTID), Subgroup on Bacteria Stormer M, Arroyo A, Brachert J, Carrero H, Devine D, Epstein JS, Gabriel C, Gelber C, Goodrich R, Hanschmann KM, Heath DG, Jacobs MR, Keil S, de Korte D, Lambrecht B, Lee CK, Marcelis J, Marschner S, McDonald C, McGuane S, McKee M, Muller TH, Muthivhi T, Pettersson A, Radziwon P, Ramirez-Arcos S, Reesink HW, Rojo J, Rood I, Schmidt M, Schneider CK, Seifried E, Sicker U, Wendel S, Wood EM, Yomtovian RA, Montag T 2012 Vox Sang Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Estimating and interpreting the pharmacokinetic profiles of individual patients with hemophilia A or B using a population pharmacokinetic approach: communication from the SSC of the ISTH Iorio A, Blanchette V, Blatny J, Collins P, Fischer K, Neufeld E 2017 J Thromb Haemost Health care providers Clinical research
Evaluating appropriate red blood cell transfusions: a quality audit at 10 Ontario hospitals to determine the optimal measure for assessing appropriateness Spradbrow J, Cohen R, Lin Y, Armali C, Collins A, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Lieberman L, Pavenski K, Pendergrast J, Webert K, Callum J 2016 Transfusion Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Evaluating Health Care Policy Decisions: Canadian Blood Services in Atlantic Canada Blake JT, Rogerson M, Harris D 2013 Operations Research and Health Care Policy Other New or improved product or process
Evaluating mesenchymal stem cell therapy for sepsis with preclinical meta-analyses prior to initiating a first-in-human trial Lalu MM, Sullivan KJ, Mei SHJ, Moher D, Straus A, Fergusson DA, Stewart DJ, Jazi M, MacLeod M, Winston B, Marshall J, Hutton B, Walley KR, McIntyre L 2016 eLife Researchers Clinical research
Evaluating the "family veto" of consent for organ donation Toews M, Caulfield T 2016 CMAJ Health care providers Other
Evaluating the 4-hour and 30-minute rules: effects of room temperature exposure on red blood cell quality and bacterial growth Ramirez-Arcos S, Mastronardi C, Perkins H, Kou Y, Turner T, Mastronardi E, Hansen A, Yi QL, McLaughlin N, Kahwash E, Lin Y, Acker J 2013 Transfusion Regulators New or improved product or process
Evaluating the role of IL-11, a novel cytokine in the IL-6 family, in a mouse model of spinal cord injury Cho N, Nguyen DH, Satkunendrarajah K, Branch DR, Fehlings MG 2012 J Neuroinflammation Researchers Basic research
Evaluation and Management of Proteinuria After Kidney Transplantation Tsampalieros A, Knoll GA 2015 Transplantation Health care providers Clinical research
Evaluation of a universal point-of-issue assay for bacterial detection in buffy coat platelet components Ramirez-Arcos S, Kou Y, Perkins H 2014 Vox Sang Blood operators New or improved product or process
Evaluation of CONSORT compliance in TRANSFUSION Jaffer AM, Wang G, Barty RL, Shih AW 2015 Transfusion Researchers Other
Evaluation of overnight hold of whole blood at room temperature before component processing: effect of red blood cell (RBC) additive solutions on in vitro RBC measures van der Meer PF, Cancelas JA, Cardigan R, Devine DV, Gulliksson H, Sparrow RL, Vassallo RR, de Wildt-Eggen J, Baumann-Baretti B, Hess JR, for the BC 2011 Transfusion 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
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
Evaluation of the BacT/ALERT 3D system for the implementation of in-house quality control sterility testing at Canadian Blood Services Mastronardi C, Perkins H, Derksen P, denAdmirant M, Ramirez-Arcos S 2010 Clin Chem Lab Med Blood operators New or improved product or process
Evaluation of the sterility testing process of hematopoietic stem cells at Canadian Blood Services Mastronardi C, Yang L, Halpenny M, Toye B, Ramirez-Arcos S 2012 Transfusion Blood operators New or improved product or process
Evidence for a novel mechanism independent of myocardial iron in beta-thalassemia cardiac pathogenesis Stoyanova E, Cloutier G, Felfly H, Lemsaddek W, Ah-Son N, Trudel M 2012 PLoS One Researchers Basic research
Experiences with semi-routine production of riboflavin and UV-B pathogen-inactivated platelet concentrates in three blood centres van der Meer PF, Couture C, Hervig T, Kruit G, Devine DV, de Korte D, Kerkhoffs JL 2017 Vox Sang Blood operators New or improved product or process
Expert approaches to common bleeding and thrombotic problems, part II Hayward CP, Webert KE 2013 Semin Thromb Hemost Health care providers Other
Expert approaches to common bleeding and thrombotic problems-part I Hayward CP, Webert KE 2012 Semin Thromb Hemost Health care providers Other
Exploratory studies on the age of transfused blood and in-hospital mortality in patients with cardiovascular diagnoses Heddle NM, Eikelboom J, Liu Y, Barty R, Cook RJ 2015 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Exploring donor and product factors and their impact on red cell post-transfusion outcomes Ning S, Heddle NM, Acker JP 2018 Transfus Med Rev Health care providers Clinical research
Exploring resource allocation and alternate clinic accessibility landscapes for improved blood donor turnout Paez A, Esita J, Newbold KB, Heddle NM, Blake JT 2013 Appl Geogr Blood operators New or improved product or process
Exploring some intersections between pharmacokinetics, factor VIII measurement and human morphometrics - impact of recent advances in haemophilia study design on our understanding of optimal haemophilia treatment Iorio A, Edginton AN 2017 Haemophilia Researchers Clinical research
Exposure to ABO-nonidentical blood associated with increased in-hospital mortality in patients with group A blood Pai M, Cook R, Barty R, Eikelboom J, Lee KA, Heddle N 2016 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
Expression screening of bacterial libraries of recombinant alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor variants for candidates with thrombin inhibitory capacity Bhakta V, Gierczak RF, Sheffield WP 2013 J Biotechnol Researchers Basic research
Extended storage and glucose exhaustion are associated with apoptotic changes in platelets stored in additive solution Johnson L, Schubert P, Tan S, Devine DV, Marks DC 2015 Transfusion Researchers Basic research
External validation of a risk assessment model for venous thromboembolism in the hospitalised acutely-ill medical patient (VTE-VALOURR) Mahan CE, Liu Y, Turpie AG, Vu JT, Heddle N, Cook RJ, Dairkee U, Spyropoulos AC 2014 Thromb Haemost Health care providers Clinical research
Extracellular histones identified in crocodile blood inhibit in-vitro HIV-1 infection Kozlowski HN, Lai ET, Havugimana PC, White C, Emili A, Sakac D, Binnington B, Neschadim A, McCarthy SD, Branch DR 2016 AIDS Researchers Basic research
Extracellular matrix proteins in the regulation of thrombus formation Wang Y, Gallant RC, Ni H 2016 Curr Opin Hematol Researchers Basic research
Extracellular vesicle characteristics in stored red blood cell concentrates are influenced by the method of detection Almizraq RJ, Seghatchian J, Holovati JL, Acker JP 2017 Transfus Apher Sci Researchers Basic research
Extracellular vesicles in transfusion-related immunomodulation and the role of blood component manufacturing Almizraq RJ, Seghatchian J, Acker JP 2016 Transfusion and Apheresis Science Researchers Basic research
Factor XIa-specific aptamers Sheffield WP, Donkor DA 2017 European Patent Office Industry New or improved product or process
Factor XIIIa-dependent retention of red blood cells in clots is mediated by fibrin ?-chain crosslinking Byrnes JR, Duval C, Wang Y, Hansen CE, Ahn B, Mooberry MJ, Clark MA, Johnsen JM, Lord ST, Lam W, Meijers JCM, Ni H, Ariens RAS, Wolberg AS 2015 Blood Researchers Basic research
Fanconi anemia proteins and their interacting partners: a molecular puzzle Kaddar T, Carreau M 2012 Anemia Researchers Basic research
Fanconi anemia proteins interact with CtBP1 and modulate the expression of the Wnt antagonist Dickkopf-1 Huard CC, Tremblay CS, Helsper K, Delisle MC, Schindler D, Levesque G, Carreau M 2013 Blood Researchers Basic research
Fast Facts: Opt-out Consent for Organ Donation Toews M 2017 Canadian National Transplant Research Program Fast Policy Facts Other Other
Fatal false-negative transfusion infection involving a buffy coat platelet pool contaminated with biofilm-positive Staphylococcus epidermidis: a case report Kou Y, Pagotto F, Hannach B, Ramirez-Arcos S 2015 Transfusion Health care providers Clinical research
FcgRIIa proteolysis as a diagnostic biomarker for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Nazi I, Arnold DM, Smith JW, Horsewood P, Moore JC, Warkentin TE, Crowther MA, Kelton JG 2013 J Thromb Haemost Researchers Basic research
Fc-independent immune thrombocytopenia via mechanomolecular signaling in platelets Quach ME, Dragovich MA, Chen W, Syed AK, Cao W, Liang X, Deng W, De Meyer SF, Zhu G, Peng J, Ni H, Bennett CM, Hou M, Ware J, Deckmyn H, Zhang XF, Li R 2018 Blood Researchers Basic research
Fc-independent phagocytosis: Implications for IVIG and other therapies in immune-mediated thrombocytopenia Li J, van der Wal DE, Zhu L, Vadasz B, Simpson EK, Li C, Webster ML, Zhu G, Lang S, Chen P, Zeng Q, Ni H 2013 Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets Researchers Other
Feasibility and transport of packed red blood cells into Special Forces operational conditions Boscarino C, Tien H, Acker J, Callum J, Hansen AL, Engels P, Glassberg E, Nathens A, Beckett A 2014 J Trauma Acute Care Surg Other New or improved product or process
Febrile and allergic transfusion reactions Fung MK, Heddle NM 2013 Practical Transfusion Medicine, 4th edition Health care providers Clinical research
Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia Zdravic D, Yougbare I, Vadasz B, Li C, Marshall AH, Chen P, Kjeldsen-Kragh J, Ni H 2016 Semin Fetal Neonatal Med Researchers Basic research