Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Dengue virus replication by platelets Pryzdial ELG, Sutherland MR, Simon AY 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic research
DJ-1/PARK7 Impairs Bacterial Clearance in Sepsis Amatullah H, Shan Y, Beauchamp BL, Gali PL, Gupta S, Maron-Gutierrez T, Speck ER, Fox-Robichaud AE, Tsang JLY, Mei SHJ, Mak TW, Rocco PRM, Semple JW, Zhang H, Hu P, Marshall JC, Stewart DJ, Harper M-E, Liaw PC, Liles WC, dos Santos CC, Canadian Critical Care Translational Biology Group (CCCTBG) 2017 Am J Respir Crit Care Med View Researchers Basic research
Identification of potential protein quality markers in pathogen inactivated and gamma-irradiated red cell concentrates Chen D, Schubert P, Devine DV 2017 Proteomics Clin Appl View Researchers Basic research
Surveillance report 2016 O'Brien SF 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Benchmarking and standard setting
Warm-reactive (immunoglobulin G) autoantibodies and laboratory testing best practices: review of the literature and survey of current practice Ziman A, Cohn C, Carey PM, Dunbar NM, Fung MK, Greinacher A, Stanworth S, Heddle NM, Delaney M 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
The unique immunological features of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Staibano P, Arnold DM, Bowdish DM, Nazy I 2017 Br J Haematol View Health care providers Basic research
Endothelial-Specific Deletion of Autophagy Related 7 (ATG7) Attenuates Arterial Thrombosis in Mice Yau JW, Singh KK, Hou Y, Lei X, Ramadan A, Quan A, Teoh H, Kuebler WM, Al-Omran M, Yanagawa B, Ni H, Verma S 2017 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg View 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 View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Immunocamouflaged RBC for alloimmunized patients Scott M, Toyofuku W, Yang X, Raj M, Kang N 2017 Transfusion Medicine and Scientific Developments View Researchers Basic research
Target plasma factor levels for personalized treatment in haemophilia: a Delphi consensus statement Iorio A, Iserman E, Blanchette V, Dolan G, Escuriola Ettingshausen C, Hermans C, Negrier C, Oldenburg J, Reininger A, Rodriguez-Merchan C, Spannagl M, Valentino LA, Young G, Steinitz-Trost KN, Gringeri A 2017 Haemophilia View Health care providers Clinical research
Utilisation des produits sanguins CMV négatifs Ryan J 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Red blood cell storage and in-hospital mortality: a secondary analysis of the INFORM randomised controlled trial Cook RJ, Heddle NM, Lee KA, Arnold DM, Crowther MA, Devereaux PJ, Ellis M, Figueroa P, Kurz A, Roxby D, Sessler DI, Sharon Y, Sobieraj-Teague M, Warkentin TE, Webert KE, Barty R, Liu Y, Eikelboom JW 2017 Lancet Haematol View Health care providers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: How do bacteria behave during platelet production? Ramirez-Arcos S 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Restrictive or liberal red-cell transfusion for cardiac surgery Mazer CD, Whitlock RP, Fergusson DA, Hall J, Belley-Cote E, Connolly K, Khanykin B, Gregory AJ, de Medicis E, McGuinness S, Royse A, Carrier FM, Young PJ, Villar JC, Grocott HP, Seeberger MD, Fremes S, Lellouche F, Syed S, Byrne K, Bagshaw SM, Hwang NC, Mehta C, Painter TW, Royse C, Verma S, Hare GMT, Cohen A, Thorpe KE, Juni P, Shehata N 2017 N Engl J Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Septic transfusion case caused by a platelet pool with visible clotting due to contamination with Staphylococcus aureus Loza-Correa M, Kou Y, Taha M, Kalab M, Ronholm J, Schlievert PM, Cahill MP, Skeate R, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Ramirez-Arcos S 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Suicidal death of erythrocytes in cancer and its chemotherapy: A potential target in the treatment of tumor-associated anemia Lang E, Bissinger R, Qadri SM, Lang F 2017 Int J Cancer View Researchers Basic research
Vox Sanguinis International Forum on donor notification and counselling strategies for markers of transfusion?transmissible infections: Summary Sharma R, Lozano M, Fearon M, Bigham M, Djoudi R, Gallian P, Woimant G, Lee C, Leung J, Tsoi W 2017 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Audit of provincial IVIG Request Forms and efficacy documentation in four Ontario tertiary care centres Shih AW, Jamula E, Diep C, Lin Y, Armali C, Heddle NM, Traore A, Doherty J, Shah N, Hillis CM 2017 Transfus Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Moonlighting glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is required for efficient hepatitis C virus and dengue virus infections in human Huh-7.5.1 cells Raj M, Langley M, McArthur SJ, Jean F 2017 J Gen Virol View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Where is the blood going? Understanding red blood cell utilization to inform policies Zeller M, Heddle N, Devine D 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Other
The clinical significance of platelet microparticle-associated microRNAs Provost P 2017 Clin Chem Lab Med View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion-related immunomodulation: review of the literature and implications for pediatric critical illness Muszynski JA, Spinella PC, Cholette JM, Acker JP, Hall MW, Juffermans NP, Kelly DP, Blumberg N, Nicol K, Liedel J, Doctor A, Remy KE, Tucci M, Lacroix J, Norris PJ, for the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Quality control of apheresis platelets: a multicentre study to evaluate factors that can influence pH measurement Germain M, Grégoire Y, Vassallo RR, Acker JP, Cardigan R, de Korte D, Irving DO, Bégué S, on behalf of the BEST Collaborative 2017 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
The relationship of CD34+ dosage and platelet recovery following high dose chemotherapy and autologous CD34+ reinfusion in multiple myeloma Martin RMG, Ricci MJ, Foley R, Mian HS 2017 Transfus Apher Sci View Health care providers Clinical research
Transfusion d'urgence Trudeau J 2017 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Use of a Monocyte Monolayer Assay to Evaluate Fc gamma Receptor-mediated Phagocytosis Tong T, Branch D 2017 J Vis Exp View Researchers Basic research
Blood: the basics Chargé S, Hodgkinson KM 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
Concentré de recherche: Cellules tueuses naturelles : quand les cellule perdent le nord! Ni H 2017 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research
Do we know if we deplete or treat the donor's iron? Goldman M, Van den Burg P 2017 Transfusion Today View Health care providers Clinical research
Low-dose antithymocyte globulin for graft-versus-host-disease prophylaxis in matched unrelated allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Bryant A, Mallick R, Huebsch L, Allan D, Atkins H, Anstee G, Sabloff M, Scrivens N, Maze D, Bredeson C, Kekre N 2017 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant View Health care providers Clinical research
Nanoformulated water-soluble paclitaxel to enhance drug efficacy and reduce hemolysis side effect Gu W, Chen J, Patra P, Yang X, Gu Q, Wei L, Acker J, Kong B 2017 J Biomater Appl View Researchers Basic research
p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase regulates mitochondrial function and microvesicle release in riboflavin- and ultraviolet light–treated apheresis platelet concentrates Chen Z, Schubert P, Bakkour S, Culibrk B, Busch MP, Devine DV 2017 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Natural killers: when cells go wrong Ni H 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Survey for bacterial testing of platelet components in Latin America Ramirez-Arcos S, McDonald CP, Benjamin RJ, for the ISBT Working Party Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Bacterial Subgroup 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators New or improved product or process
ResearchUnit: An immune cell secretion may protect patients from transfusion-related lung injury Semple J 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Hepatitis E in Canadian blood donors Fearon MA, O'Brien SF, Delage G, Scalia V, Bernier F, Bigham M, Weger S, Prabhu S, Andonov A 2017 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
Immunogenicity of murine mPEG-red blood cells and the risk of anti-PEG antibodies in human blood donors Le Y, Toyofuku WM, Scott MD 2017 Exp Hematol View Researchers Basic research
IVIG regulates the survival of human but not mouse neutrophils Schneider C, Wicki S, Graeter S, Timcheva TM, Keller CW, Quast I, Leontyev D, Djoumerska-Alexieva IK, Kasermann F, Jakob SM, Peyta D, Branch D, Cummings J, Kaufmann T, Simon H, Von Gunten S 2017 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Mature murine megakaryocytes present antigen-MHC class I molecules to T cells and transfer them to platelets Zufferey A, Speck ER, Machlus KR, Aslam R, Guo L, McVey MJ, Kim M, Kapur R, Boilard E, Italiano JE, Jr., Semple JW 2017 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
Paying it forward: Why we need YOU to give blood Callum J 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
The immune-stimulation capacity of liposome-treated red blood cells da Silveira Cavalcante L, Branch DR, Duong TT, Yeung RSM, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2017 J Liposome Res View Researchers Basic research
The Stem Cell Club - spearheading stem cell donor recruitment at medical schools across Canada Parmar S, Rikhraj K, Hartsook S, Afford M, Longmuir C, Brar R, Ladd A, Thatcher A, Cuperfain A, Tigert A, Arora N, Suppiah R, Mcintosh S, Devito V, Leigh J, Yu J, Naidu A, Wang G, Sedra S, Hanna Y, Aziz D, Winquist L, Cheon S, Fingrut W 2017 2017 CFMS Annual Review View Health care providers Other
Restrictive versus liberal red blood cell transfusion strategies for people with haematological malignancies treated with intensive chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or both, with or without haematopoietic stem cell support Estcourt LJ, Malouf R, Trivella M, Fergusson DA, Hopewell S, Murphy MF 2017 Cochrane Database Syst Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Serological best practices: Anti-M Clarke G, Cote J, Lane D 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Supernatant reduction of stored gamma?irradiated red blood cells minimizes potentially harmful substances present in transfusion aliquots for neonates Serrano K, Pambrun C, Levin E, Devine DV 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
The perioperative anticoagulant use for surgery evaluation (PAUSE) study for patients on a direct oral anticoagulant who need an elective surgery or procedure: design and rationale Douketis JD, Spyropoulos AC, Anderson JM, Arnold DM, Bates SM, Blostein M, Carrier M, Caprini JA, Clark NP, Coppens M, Dentali F, Duncan J, Gross PL, Kassis J, Kowalski S, Lee AY, Le Gal G, Le Templier G, Li N, MacKay E, Shah V, Shivakumar S, Solymoss S, Spencer FA, Syed S, Tafur AJ, Vanassche T, Thiele T, Wu C, Yeo E, Schulman S 2017 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Vox Sanguinis International Forum on platelet cryopreservation Cohn CS, Dumont LJ, Lozano M, Marks DC, Johnson L, Ismay S, Bondar N, T'Sas F, Yokoyama APH, Kutner JM, Acker JP, Bohonek M, Sailliol A, Martinaud C, Poglod R, Antoniewicz-Papis J, Lachert E, Pun PBL, Lu J, Cid J, Guijarro F, Puig L, Gerber B, Alberio L, Schanz U, Buser A, Noorman F, Zoodsma M, van der Meer PF, de Korte D, Wagner S, O'Neill M 2017 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
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 View Researchers Basic research
Impact of osteoblast maturation on their paracrine growth enhancing activity on cord blood progenitors Alsheikh M, Abu?Khader A, Michalicka M, Pasha R, Pineault N 2017 Eur J Haematol View Researchers Basic research
Red blood cell membrane water permeability increases with length of ex vivo storage Alshalani A, Acker JP 2017 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research