Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Severe platelet desialylation in a patient with glycoprotein Ib/IX antibody-mediated immune thrombocytopenia and fatal pulmonary hemorrhage Li J, Callum JL, Lin Y, Zhou Y, Zhu G, Ni H 2014 Haematologica View Researchers Clinical research
The effects of lysine analogs during pelvic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis Breau RH, Kokolo MB, Punjani N, Cagiannos I, Beck A, Niznick N, Buenaventura C, Cowan J, Knoll G, Momoli F, Morash C, Ruzicka M, Schachkina S, Tinmouth A, Xie HY, Fergusson DA 2014 Transfus Med Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
A 13-question approach to resolving serological discrepancies in the transfusion medicine laboratory Yudin J, Heddle NM 2014 Lab Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Changing trends in blood transfusion: an analysis of 244,013 hospitalizations Shehata N, Forster A, Lawrence N, Rothwell DM, Fergusson D, Tinmouth A, Wilson K 2014 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Effect of sirolimus on malignancy and survival after kidney transplantation: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data Knoll GA, Kokolo MB, Mallick R, Beck A, Buenaventura CD, Ducharme R, Barsoum R, Bernasconi C, Blydt-Hansen TD, Ekberg H, Felipe CR, Firth J, Gallon L, Gelens M, Glotz D, Gossmann J, Guba M, Morsy AA, Salgo R, Scheuermann EH, Tedesco-Silva H, Vitko S, Watson C, Fergusson DA 2014 BMJ View Health care providers Clinical research
Microfluidic analysis of red blood cell deformability Guo Q, Duffy SP, Matthews K, Santoso AT, Scott MD, Ma H 2014 J Biomech View Researchers Basic research
Osmotic tolerance limits of red blood cells from umbilical cord blood Zhurova M, Lusianti RE, Higgins AZ, Acker JP 2014 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: How do Special Forces Operations access quality blood products for military personnel? Acker JP 2014 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Quality of red blood cells washed using an automated cell processor with and without irradiation Hansen AL, Turner TR, Yi QL, Acker JP 2014 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
ResearchUnit: Red cell irradiation - time for a change? Serrano K 2014 Blood.ca website View Other Other
TAILS N-terminomics of human platelets reveals pervasive metalloproteinase-dependent proteolytic processing in storage Prudova A, Serrano K, Eckhard U, Fortelny N, Devine DV, Overall CM 2014 Blood View Researchers Basic research
The fibrinogen but not the Factor VIII content of transfused plasma determines its effectiveness at reducing bleeding in coagulopathic mice Eltringham-Smith LJ, Lei X, Reheman A, Lambourne MD, Pryzdial EL, Ni H, Sheffield WP 2014 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
The size-dependent efficacy and biocompatibility of hyperbranched polyglycerol in peritoneal dialysis Du C, Mendelson AA, Guan Q, Chapanian R, Chafeeva I, da Roza G, Kizhakkedathu JN 2014 Biomaterials View Researchers Basic research
A generic modelling framework to evaluate network blood management policies: The Canadian Blood Services experience Blake JT, Hardy M 2014 Oper Res Health Care View 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 View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Hemoglobin Area and Time Index Above 90 g/L are Associated with Improved 6-Month Functional Outcomes in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Griesdale DE, Sekhon MS, Menon DK, Lavinio A, Donnelly J, Robba C, Sekhon IS, Taylor A, Henderson WR, Turgeon AF, Gupta AK 2014 Neurocrit Care View Health care providers Clinical research
Predicting kidney transplantation outcomes using proteinuria ascertained from spot urine samples versus timed urine collections Talreja H, Akbari A, White CA, Ramsay TO, Hiremath S, Knoll G 2014 Am J Kidney Dis View Health care providers Clinical research
Synthesis and evaluation of linear CuAAC-oligomerized antifreeze neo-glycopeptides van der Wal S, Capicciotti CJ, Rontogianni S, Ben RN, Liskamp RMJ 2014 MedChemComm View Researchers Basic research
Whole blood treated with riboflavin and ultraviolet light: quality assessment of all blood components produced by the buffy coat method Schubert P, Culibrk B, Karwal S, Serrano K, Levin E, Bu D, Bhakta V, Sheffield WP, Goodrich RP, Devine DV 2014 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Association of autoantibody specificity and response to intravenous immunoglobulin G therapy in immune thrombocytopenia: a multicentre cohort study Peng J, Ma SH, Liu J, Hou Y, Liu XM, Niu T, Xu RR, Guo CS, Wang XM, Cheng YF, Ni H, Hou M 2014 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
c-Src and Pyk2 protein tyrosine kinases play protective roles in early HIV-1 infection of CD4+ T cell lines McCarthy SDS, Jung D, Sakac D, Branch DR 2014 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr View Researchers Basic research
Prevention of transfusion-transmitted cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection: Standards of care Lieberman L, Devine DV, Reesink HW, Panzer S, Wong J, Raison T, Benson S, Pink J, Leitner GC, Horvath M, Compernolle V, Scuracchio PSP, Wendel S, Delage G, Nahirniak S, Dongfu X, Krusius T, Juvonen E, Sainio S, Cazenave JP, Guntz P, Kientz D, Andreu G, Morel P, Seifried E, Hourfar K, Lin CK, O'Riordan J, Raspollini E, Villa S, Rebulla P, Flanagan P, Teo D, Lam S, Ang AL, Lozano M, Sauleda S, Cid J, Perreira A, Ekermo B, Niederhauser C, Waldvogel S, Fontana S, Desborough MJ, Pawson R, Li M, Kamel H, Busch M, Qu L, Triulzi D 2014 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
The effects of rejuvenation during hypothermic storage on red blood cell membrane remodeling Kurach JDR, Almizraq R, Bicalho B, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2014 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Implementation and public acceptability: lessons from food irradiation and how they might apply to pathogen reduction in blood products Heddle NM, Lane SJ, Sholapur N, Arnold E, Newbold B, Eyles J, Webert KE 2014 Vox Sang View Blood operators Other
Plant food anthocyanins inhibit platelet granule secretion in hypercholesterolaemia: Involving the signalling pathway of PI3K–Akt Song F, Zhu Y, Shi Z, Tian J, Deng X, Ren J, Andrews MC, Ni H, Ling W, Yang Y 2014 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Surveillance Report 2012 O'Brien SF 2014 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Research opportunities in optimizing storage of red blood cell products Wagner SJ, Glynn SA, Welniak LA, NHLBI Working Group on Strategies to Optimize Red Blood Cell Products 2014 Transfusion View Researchers Other
ResearchUnit: Research into TRALI therapies gene therapy results that are a TAD interesting! Semple J 2014 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Risk of serious gastrointestinal bleeding in living kidney donors Thomas SM, Lam NN, Huang A, Nash DM, Prasad GV, Knoll GA, Koval JJ, Lentine KL, Kim SJ, Alam A, Lok CE, Treleaven DJ, Garg AX 2014 Clin Transplant View Health care providers Clinical research
A Guide to Reporting Adverse Transfusion Events Canadian Blood Services 2014 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
Iron status in Canadian Blood Services Donors Goldman M 2014 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Clinical research
Missed opportunities for prevention of perinatal transmission of hepatitis B: a retrospective cohort study van Schalkwyk J, Nourmoussavi M, Massey A, Gustafson R, Brodkin E, Petric M, Krajden M, Dobson S, Buxton J, Bigham M, Pick N, Schreiber R, Sherlock CH, Money D, Yoshida EM 2014 Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol View Health care providers Clinical research
Within-individual mean corpuscular volume variation Cembrowski G, Topping K, Clarke G 2014 Arch Pathol Lab Med View Health care providers Other
Segments from red blood cell units should not be used for quality testing Kurach JDR, Hansen AL, Turner TR, Jenkins C, Acker JP 2014 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Structure-activity relationships of pyrazole derivatives as potential therapeutics for immune thrombocytopenias Purohit MK, Chakka SK, Scovell I, Neschadim A, Bello AM, Salum N, Katsman Y, Bareau MC, Branch DR, Kotra LP 2014 Bioorg Med Chem View Researchers Basic research
Coinfusion of dextrose-containing fluids and red blood cells does not adversely affect in vitro red blood cell quality Keir AK, Hansen AL, Callum J, Jankov RP, Acker JP 2014 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Hope for the Best, but Prepare for the Worst Blake J, Nemergut EC 2014 Anesth Analg View Researchers New or improved product or process
Perioperative transfusion-related acute lung injury: The Canadian Blood Services experience Alam A, Huang M, Yi Q-L, Lin Y, Hannach B 2014 Transfus Apher Sci View Health care providers Other
Therapeutic Apheresis Pavenski K 2014 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Short daily versus conventional hemodialysis for hypertensive patients: a randomized cross-over study Zimmerman DL, Ruzicka M, Hebert P, Fergusson D, Touyz RM, Burns KD 2014 PLoS One View Health care providers Clinical research
Understanding why patients with immune thrombocytopenia are deeply divided on splenectomy Wang KK, Charles C, Heddle NM, Arnold E, Molnar L, Arnold DM 2014 Health Expect View Health care providers Clinical research
Polymer brush-based approaches for the development of infection-resistant surfaces Hadjesfandiari N, Yu K, Mei Y, Kizhakkedathu JN 2014 J Mater Chem B Mater Biol Med View Researchers Basic research
Proteome changes in platelets after pathogen inactivation - an interlaboratory consensus Prudent M, D'Alessandro A, Cazenave JP, Devine DV, Gachet C, Greinacher A, Lion N, Schubert P, Steil L, Thiele T, Tissot J-D, Volker U, Zolla L 2014 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Basic research
Red blood cell transfusion in patients with traumatic brain injury: a systematic review protocol Boutin A, Chasse M, Shemilt M, Lauzier F, Moore L, Zarychanski R, Lacroix J, Fergusson DA, Desjardins P, Turgeon AF 2014 Syst Rev View Researchers Other
Surveillance Report 2013 O'Brien SF 2014 Blood.ca website View Other Other
The Platelet as a physiological objection in the circulation Marshall AH, Wang Y, Reheman A, Chen P, Zhu G, Ni H 2014 Pathobiology of human disease: a dynamic encyclopedia of disease mechanisms View Researchers Basic research
Biofilm-forming skin microflora bacteria are resistant to the bactericidal action of disinfectants used during blood donation Taha M, Kalab M, Yi QL, Landry C, Greco-Stewart V, Brassinga AK, Sifri CD, Ramirez-Arcos S 2014 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Emergency Transfusion Young D 2014 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Management of infants born with severe neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: the role of platelet transfusions and intravenous immunoglobulin Bakchoul T, Bassler D, Heckmann M, Thiele T, Kiefel V, Gross I, Arnold DM, Ditomasso J, Smith JW, Paes B, Greinacher A 2014 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Relaxin receptor antagonist AT-001 synergizes with docetaxel in androgen-independent prostate xenografts Neschadim A, Pritzker LB, Pritzker KP, Branch DR, Summerlee AJ, Trachtenberg J, Silvertown JD 2014 Endocr Relat Cancer View Researchers Basic research