Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Implementation of pathogen inactivation technology: How to make the best decisions? Devine DV 2017 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
ResearchUnit: Improving outcomes for patients with autoimmune platelet disorders Arnold D 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Clinical research
Thrombotic microangiopathies: a general approach to diagnosis and management Arnold D, Patriquin C, Nazy I 2017 CMAJ View Health care providers Clinical research
Two novel ABCG2 alleles resulting in a Jr (a-) phenotype Berardi P, Cote J, Vege S, Aeschlimann J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Westhoff CM 2017 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Vox Sanguinis International Forum on provision of granulocytes for transfusion and their clinical use Morton S, Stanworth S, Lozano M, Harrison SJ, Hong FS, Dennington P, McQuilten Z, Worel N, Compernolle V, Kutner JM, Yokoyama APH, Nahirniak S, Germain M, Hume H, Robitaille N, Wilson A, Tinmouth A, Massey E, Boulat C, Woimant G, Tiberghien P, Schulze TJ, Bux J, Pierelli L, Ballester C, Netelenbos T, West KA, Conry?Cantilena C, Eder A, Haley NR, Yazer M, Triulzi D 2017 Vox Sang View Blood operators Clinical research
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
A highly purified form of staphylococcal protein A alleviates murine immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Kapur R, Catalina MD, Aslam R, Speck ER, Francovitch RF, Semple JW 2017 Br J Haematol View Researchers Basic research
Alternative methods of blood donor skin disinfection Ramirez-Arcos S, Taha M, Kou Y, Goldman M 2017 Blood.ca website View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Circular of Information for the use of human blood components: Red Blood Cells, Leukocytes Reduced (LR) Jenkins C 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Mitigation of the threat posed to transfusion by donors traveling to Zika-affected areas: a Canadian risk-based approach Germain M, Delage G, O'Brien SF, Grégoire Y, Fearon M, Devine D 2017 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
Pathogen inactivation treatment of plasma and platelet concentrates and their predicted functionality in massive transfusion protocols Arbaeen AF, Schubert P, Serrano K, Carter CJ, Culibrk B, Devine DV 2017 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
T Regulatory Cells and Dendritic Cells Protect Against Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury via IL-10 Kapur R, Kim M, Aslam R, McVey MJ, Tabuchi A, Luo A, Liu J, Li Y, Shanmugabhavananthan S, Speck ER 2017 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Using Raman spectroscopy to assess hemoglobin oxygenation in red blood cell concentrate: an objective proxy for morphological index to gauge the quality of stored blood? Atkins CG, Schulze HG, Chen D, Devine DV, Blades MW, Turner RF 2017 Analyst View Researchers New or improved product or process
Red blood cell membrane water permeability increases with length of ex vivo storage Alshalani A, Acker JP 2017 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
Residual risk of bacterial contamination of platelets: six years of experience with sterility testing Ramirez-Arcos S, DiFranco C, McIntyre T, Goldman M 2017 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Selection and characterization of a DNA aptamer inhibiting coagulation factor XIa Donkor DA, Bhakta V, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Stafford AR, Weitz JI, Sheffield WP 2017 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Virus-Platelet Associations Pryzdial ELG, Lin BH, Sutherland MR 2017 Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic Disorders: Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics: an Update View Researchers Basic research
An international survey on the role of the hospital transfusion committee Yazer MH, Lozano M, Fung M, Kutner J, Murphy MF, Oveland Apelseth T, Poglod R, Selleng K, Tinmouth A, Wendel S, Yahalom V, on behalf of the BEST Collaborative 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Blood and clots quizlet 5: Should I screen my patient for occult cancer after unprovoked VTE? Tseng E, Shih A, de Wit K, Chan T 2017 CanadiEM website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Cell-based therapy using umbilical cord blood for novel indications in regenerative therapy and immune modulation: an updated systematic scoping review of the literature Rizk M, Aziz J, Shorr R, Allan DS 2017 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant View Researchers Clinical research
Early gamma-irradiation and subsequent storage of red cells in SAG?M additive solution potentiate energy imbalance, microvesiculation and susceptibility to stress?induced apoptotic cell death Qadri S, Chen D, Schubert P, Devine D, Sheffield W 2017 Vox Sang View Researchers Basic research
Enlargement of the WHO international repository for platelet transfusion-relevant bacteria reference strains Spindler-Raffel E, Benjamin RJ, McDonald CP, Ramirez-Arcos S, Aplin K, Bekeredjian-Ding I, de Korte D, Gabriel C, Gathof B, Hanschmann KM, Hourfar K, Ingram C, Jacobs MR, Keil SD, Kou Y, Lambrecht B, Marcelis J, Mukhtar Z, Nagumo H, Niekerk T, Rojo J, Marschner S, Satake M, Seltsam A, Seifried E, Sharafat S, Stormer M, Sussner S, Wagner SJ, Yomtovian R 2017 Vox Sang View Regulators Benchmarking and standard setting
From Development to Implementation: Adjusting the Hematocrit of Deglycerolized Red Cell Concentrates to Meet Regulatory Standards Turner T, Hansen A, Kurach J, Acker JP 2017 Transfus Med Hemother View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Large scale studies assessing anti-factor VIII antibody development in previously untreated haemophilia A: what has been learned, what to believe and how to learn more Iorio A, Fischer K, Makris M 2017 Br J Haematol View Researchers Clinical research
Fast Facts: Opt-out Consent for Organ Donation Toews M 2017 Canadian National Transplant Research Program Fast Policy Facts View Other Other
Group O RBCs: where is universal donor blood being used Barty RL, Pai M, Liu Y, Arnold DM, Cook RJ, Zeller MP, Heddle NM 2017 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment of spleen cells from patients with immune thrombocytopenia significantly increases the percentage of myeloid-derived suppressor cells Aslam R, Burack WR, Segel GB, McVey M, Spence SA, Semple JW 2017 Br J Haematol View Researchers Basic research
Plant-based food cyanidin-3-glucoside modulates human platelet glycoprotein vi signaling and inhibits platelet activation and thrombus formation Yao Y, Chen Y, Adili R, McKeown T, Chen P, Zhu G, Li D, Ling W, Ni H, Yang Y 2017 J Nutr View Researchers Basic research
Proteomic analysis of red blood cells from donors exhibiting high hemolysis demonstrates a reduction in membrane?associated proteins involved in the oxidative response Chen D, Schubert P, Devine DV 2017 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Red cell transfusion-associated hemolysis in cardiac surgery: an observational cohort study Karkouti K, Callum J, Acker JP, Yip P, Rao V 2017 Anesth Analg View Researchers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: It's a numbers game: improving cord blood stem cell transplantation success Pineault N 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Vox Sanguinis international forum on provision of granulocytes for transfusion and their clinical use: summary Morton S, Stanworth S, Lozano M, Harrison S, Hong F, Dennington P, McQuilten Z, Worel N, Compernolle V, Kutner J, Yokoyama A, Nahirniak S, Germain M, Hume H, Robitaille N, Wilson A, Tinmouth A, Massey E, Boulat C, Woimant G, Tiberghien P, Schulze T, Bux J, Pierelli L, Ballester C, Netelenbos T, West K, Conry-Cantilena C, Eder A, Haley N, Yazer M, Triulzi D 2017 Vox Sang View Blood operators Clinical research
Risks and trends of red blood cell transfusion in obstetric patients: a retrospective study of 45,213 deliveries using administrative data Shehata N, Chassé M, Colas JA, Murphy M, Forster AJ, Malinowski AK, Ducharme R, Fergusson DA, Tinmouth A, Wilson K 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Spontaneous HIT syndrome post-knee replacement surgery with delayed recovery of thrombocytopenia: a case report and literature review Poudel DR, Ghimire S, Dhital R, Forman DA, Warkentin TE 2017 Platelets View Health care providers Clinical research
The Stem Cell Club: a model for unrelated stem cell donor recruitment Fingrut W, Parmar S, Cuperfain A, Rikhraj K, Charman E, Ptak E, Kahlon M, Graham A, Luong S, Wang YG, Yu J, Arora N, Suppiah R, Li EW, Lee A, Welsh C, Benzaquen M, Thatcher A, Baharmand I, Ladd A, Petraszko T, Allan D, Messner H 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Acetylsalicyclic acid for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic diseases Webert K, Kelton J 2016 Aspirin and related drugs View Health care providers Clinical research
Applications of Liposomes in Biopreservation Da Silveira Cavalcante L, Holovati J, Acker J 2016 Multiscale technologies for cryomedicine: implementation from nano to macroscale View Researchers Basic research
Manufacturing method affects mitochondrial DNA release and extracellular vesicle composition in stored red blood cells Bakkour S, Acker JP, Chafets DM, Inglis HC, Norris PJ, Lee TH, Busch MP 2016 Vox Sang View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion of fresher vs older red blood cells in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis Alexander PE, Barty R, Fei Y, Vandvik PO, Pai M, Siemieniuk RA, Heddle NM, Blumberg N, McLeod SL, Liu J, Eikelboom JW, Guyatt GH 2016 Blood View Researchers Clinical research
Using simulation for strategic blood supply chain design in the Canadian prairies Blake J, McTaggart K 2016 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on SIMULTECH View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Red blood cell processing methods and in-hospital mortality: a transfusion registry cohort study Heddle NM, Arnold DM, Acker JP, Liu Y, Barty RL, Eikelboom JW, Webert KE, Hsia CC, O'Brien SF, Cook RJ 2016 Lancet Haematol View Researchers Clinical research
Transfusion-transmitted malaria: is hope around the corner? O'Brien SF 2016 Lancet View Researchers Other
Comments on: Bernardo et al. 2016 (Blood)Working together to block alloimmunization Stowell SR 2016 Blood View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Data mining: digging for deeper understanding of blood components and transfusion outcomes Heddle NM, Acker JP 2016 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition for protein-protein coupling in the formation of a bis-hemoglobin as a copper-free oxygen carrier Singh S, Dubinsky-Davidchik IS, Kluger R 2016 Org Biomol Chem View Researchers Basic research
Quality and Safety of Blood Products Ramirez-Arcos S, Marks DC, Acker JP, Sheffield WP 2016 J Blood Transfus View Researchers Other
ResearchUnit: Older blood as good as new: no harmful effects of storage time before transfusion Heddle N 2016 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Alleviation of gram-negative bacterial lung inflammation by targeting HECTD2 Kapur R, Semple JW 2016 Ann Transl Med View Researchers Basic research
Dengue virus persists and replicates during storage of platelet and red blood cell units Sutherland MR, Simon AY, Serrano K, Schubert P, Acker JP, Pryzdial ELG 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research