Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
The impact of increasing the upper age limit of donation on the eligible blood donor population in Canada Fan W, Yi QL, Xi G, Goldman M, Germain M, O'Brien SF 2012 Transfus Med View Blood operators New or improved product or process
The platelet "sugar high" in diabetes Ni H 2012 Blood View Researchers Other
A prospective study measuring the development of antibodies against platelet factor 4-heparin in healthy males after exposure to heparins Kelton JG, Warkentin TE, Moore JC, Arnold DM, Nazi I, Arepally GM, Roach JM, Fier I 2012 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Changes in coagulation factor activity and content of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in frozen plasma units during refrigerated storage for up to five days after thawing Sheffield WP, Bhakta V, Mastronardi C, Ramirez-Arcos S, Howe D, Jenkins C 2012 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Impact of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) on Laboratory Services Patel SN, Gubbay JB, Bastien N, Booth T, Charest H, Chernesky M, Couillard M, Drews S, Garceau R, Gubbay J, Guercio S, Fearon M, Fonseca K, Hatchette T, Horsman G, Larke B, Li Y, Majury A, Ouellette O, Petric M, Ratnam S, Sevenhuysen C, Van Caeseele P 2012 National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases: Evidence Reviews on Pandemic H1N1 View Health care providers Other
Selective testing for Trypanosoma cruzi: the first year after implementation at Canadian Blood Services O'Brien SF, Scalia V, Goldman M, Fan W, Yi QL, Dines IR, Huang M, Ndao M, Fearon MA 2012 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Relative efficacy of steroid therapy in immune thrombocytopenia mediated by anti-platelet GPIIbIIIa versus GPIb? antibodies Zeng Q, Zhu L, Tao L, Bao J, Yang M, Simpson EK, Li C, van der Wal DE, Chen P, Spring CM, Wang M, Zhang L, Ruan C, Hou M, Xia R, Ni H 2012 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
The expanding family of bone marrow homing factors for hematopoietic stem cells: stromal derived factor 1 is not the only player in the game Ratajczak MZ, Kim C, Janowska-Wieczorek A, Ratajczak J 2012 ScientificWorldJournal View Researchers Basic research
The role of complement in the trafficking of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells Janowska-Wieczorek A, Marquez-Curtis LA, Shirvaikar N, Ratajczak MZ 2012 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound-mediated stimulation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell viability, proliferation and differentiation in vitro Xu P, Gul-Uludag H, Ang WT, Yang X, Huang M, Marquez-Curtis L, McGann L, Janowska-Wieczorek A, Xing J, Swanson E, Chen J 2012 Biotechnol Lett View Researchers Basic research
Platelet antibodies and fetal growth: maternal antibodies against fetal platelet antigen 1a are strongly associated with reduced birthweight in boys Tiller H, Killie MK, Husebekk A, Skogen B, Ni H, Kjeldsen-Kragh J, Olan P 2012 Acta Obstet Gyn Scan View Health care providers Clinical research
Riboflavin and ultraviolet light treatment potentiates vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein Ser-239 phosphorylation in platelet concentrates during storage Schubert P, Culibrk B, Coupland D, Scammell K, Gyongyossy-Issa M, Devine DV 2012 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Donor motivation in Xi'an, China: comparison with Canadian donors O'Brien SF, Shao ZJ, Osmond L, Yi QL, Li CY, An QX 2012 Vox Sang View Blood operators Other
Herpesviruses enhance fibrin clot lysis Gershom ES, Vanden Hoek AL, Meixner SC, Sutherland MR, Pryzdial EL 2012 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Kruppel-like factor 1 (KLF1), KLF2, and Myc control a regulatory network essential for embryonic erythropoiesis Pang CJ, Lemsaddek W, Alhashem YN, Bondzi C, Redmond LC, Ah-Son N, Dumur CI, Archer KJ, Haar JL, Lloyd JA, Trudel M 2012 Mol Cell Biol View Researchers Basic research
Measures to prevent transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) Reesink HW, Lee J, Keller A, Dennington P, Pink J, Holdsworth R, Schennach H, Goldman M, Petraszko T, Sun J, Meng Y, Qian K, Rehacek V, Turek P, Krusius T, Juvonen E, Tiberghien P, Legrand D, Semana G, Muller JY, Bux J, Reil A, Lin CK, Daly H, McSweeney E, Porretti L, Greppi N, Rebulla P, Okazaki H, Sanchez-Guerrero SA, Baptista-Gonzalez HA, Martinez-Murillo C, Guerra-Marquez A, Rodriguez-Moyado H, Middelburg RA, Wiersum-Osselton JC, Brand A, van Tilburg C, Dinesh D, Dagger J, Dunn P, Brojer E, Letowska M, Maslanka K, Lachert E, Uhrynowska M, Zhiburt E, Palfi M, Berlin G, Frey BM, Puig Rovira L, Muniz-Diaz E, Castro E, Chapman C, Green A, Massey E, Win N, Williamson L, Silliman CC, Chaffin DJ, Ambruso DR, Blumberg N, Tomasulo P, Land KJ, Norris PJ, Illoh OC, Davey RJ, Benjamin RJ, Eder AF, McLaughlin L, Kleinman S, Panzer S 2012 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Serratia marcescens strains implicated in adverse transfusion reactions form biofilms in platelet concentrates and demonstrate reduced detection by automated culture Greco-Stewart VS, Brown EE, Parr C, Kalab M, Jacobs MR, Yomtovian RA, Ramirez-Arcos SM 2012 Vox Sang View Blood operators Basic research
Lessons learned from Trypanosoma cruzi test implementation Menitove JE, Leach-Bennett J, Sher G 2012 Transfusion View Blood operators Other
Mouse background and IVIG dosage are critical in establishing the role of inhibitory Fcgamma receptor for the amelioration of experimental ITP Leontyev D, Katsman Y, Branch DR 2012 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Optimization of platelet concentrate quality: Application of proteomic technologies to donor management Schubert P, Culibrk B, Karwal S, Slichter SJ, Devine DV 2012 J Proteomics View Blood operators Basic research
Platelets in Thrombosis and Hemostasis: Old Topic with New Mechanisms Wang Y, Andrews M, Yang Y, Lang S, Jin JW, Cameron-Vendrig A, Zhu G, Reheman A, Ni H 2012 Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets View Health care providers Basic research
Quality of Red Blood Cells Isolated from Umbilical Cord Blood Stored at Room Temperature Zhurova M, Akabutu J, Acker J 2012 J Blood Transfus View Researchers New or improved product or process
A flow cytometric method for platelet counting in platelet concentrates van der Meer PF, Karssing-van Leeuwen W, Kurtz J, Spengler H-P, Blair A, Devine D, Harrison P, Lambrecht B, VandenBroeke T, de Wildt J, de Korte D, on behalf of the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion C 2012 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization and Homing after Transplantation: The Role of MMP-2, MMP-9, and MT1-MMP Shirvaikar N, Marquez-Curtis LA, Janowska-Wieczorek A 2012 Biochem Res Int View Researchers Basic research
Sialylation-independent mechanism involved in the amelioration of murine immune thrombocytopenia using intravenous gammaglobulin Leontyev D, Katsman Y, Ma XZ, Miescher S, Kasermann F, Branch DR 2012 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Towards a prophylactic treatment of HPA-related foetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia Kjeldsen-Kragh J, Ni H, Skogen B 2012 Curr Opin Hematol View Researchers Other
PEGylation prevents bacteria-induced platelet activation and biofilm formation in platelet concentrates Greco CA, Maurer-Spurej E, Scott MD, Kalab M, Nakane N, Rami­rez-Arcos SM 2011 Vox Sang View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion science: integration of proteomics with blood banking Schubert P, Devine DV 2011 Rev Mex Med Tran View Blood operators Other
Impact of sample volume and handling time during analysis on the in vitro quality measurements of platelet concentrates held in syringes Schubert P, Culibrk B, Coupland D, Levin E, Devine DV 2011 Int J Lab Hematol View Blood operators New or improved product or process
The effect of liposome treatment on the quality of hypothermically stored red blood cells Stadnick H, Stoll C, Wolkers WF, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2011 Biopreserv Biobank View Researchers New or improved product or process
Antimicrobial activity of flavonoids from Piper lanceaefolium and other Colombian medicinal plants against antibiotic susceptible and resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Ruddock PS, Charland M, Ramirez S, Lopez A, Neil Towers GH, Arnason JT, Liao M, Dillon JA 2011 Sex Transm Dis View Researchers Basic research
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 View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Platelet concentrates from fresh or overnight-stored blood, an international study Dijkstra-Tiekstra MJ, van der Meer PF, Cardigan R, Devine D, Prowse C, Sandgren P, de Wildt-Eggen J, for the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion C 2011 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Coagulation factor content of plasma produced from whole blood stored for 24 hours at ambient temperature: results from an international multicenter BEST Collaborative study Cardigan R, Van der Meer PF, Pergande C, Cookson P, Baumann-Baretti B, Cancelas JA, Devine D, Gulliksson H, Vassallo R, de Wildt-Eggen J 2011 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Label-free and noninvasive optical detection of the distribution of nanometer-size mitochondria in single cells Su X, Qiu Y, Marquez-Curtis L, Gupta M, Capjack CE, Rozmus W, Janowska-Wieczorek A, Tsui YY 2011 J Biomed Opt View Researchers New or improved product or process
Anthocyanin Extract from Black Rice Significantly Ameliorates Platelet Hyperactivity and Hypertriglyceridemia in Dyslipidemic Rats Induced by High Fat Diets Yang Y, Andrews MC, Hu Y, Wang D, Qin Y, Zhu Y, Ni H, Ling W 2011 J Agric Food Chem View Researchers Basic research
Human Neutrophil Peptides Mediate Endothelial-Monocyte Interaction, Foam Cell Formation, and Platelet Activation Quinn KL, Henriques M, Tabuchi A, Han B, Yang H, Cheng W-E, Tole S, Yu H, Luo A, Charbonney E, Tullis E, Lazarus A, Robinson LA, Ni H, Peterson BR, Kuebler WM, Slutsky AS, Zhang H 2011 Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol View Researchers Basic research
Lipoprotein enrichment in orange insoluble particulate matter reproducibly appearing in cryoprecipitate Sheffield WP, Bhakta V, Trigatti B, Jenkins C 2011 Vox Sang View Blood operators Basic research
Can natural antibodies to VIP or VIP-like HIV-1 glycoprotein facilitate prevention and supportive treatment of breast cancer? Veljkovic M, Branch DR, Dopsaj V, Veljkovic V, Veljkovic N, Glisic S, Colombatti A 2011 Med Hypotheses View Researchers Basic research
Neuropeptide Receptors: Novel Targets for HIV/AIDS Therapeutics Branch DR 2011 Pharmaceuticals View Researchers Basic research
Role of G protein-coupled vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors in HIV integration Branch DR 2011 Future Virol View Researchers Basic research
Comparison of methods for the purification of alpha-1 acid glycoprotein from human plasma McCurdy TR, Bhakta V, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Gataiance S, Fox-Robichaud AE, Sheffield WP 2011 J Biomed Biotechnol View Researchers Basic research
Hyaluronic acid and thrombin upregulate MT1-MMP through PI3K and Rac-1 signaling and prime the homing-related responses of cord blood hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells Shirvaikar N, Marquez-Curtis LA, Ratajczak MZ, Janowska-Wieczorek A 2011 Stem Cells Dev View Researchers Basic research
Liposomes alter thermal phase behavior and composition of red blood cell membranes Stoll C, Stadnick H, Kollas O, Holovati JL, Glasmacher B, Acker JP, Wolkers WF 2011 Biochim Biophys Acta View Researchers Basic research
Retention of thrombin inhibitory activity by recombinant serpins expressed as integral membrane proteins tethered to the surface of mammalian cells Gierczak RF, Sutherland JS, Bhakta V, Toltl LJ, Liaw PC, Sheffield WP 2011 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Immunity against a therapeutic xenoprotein/Fc construct delivered by gene transfer is reduced through binding to the inhibitory receptor Fc?RIIb Liang Y, Qiu H, Glinka Y, Lazarus AH, Ni H, Prud'homme GJ, Wang Q 2011 J Gene Med View Researchers Basic research
The maternal immune response to fetal platelet GPIb? causes frequent miscarriage in mice that can be prevented by intravenous IgG and anti-FcRn therapies Li C, Piran S, Chen P, Lang S, Zarpellon A, Jin JW, Zhu G, Reheman A, van der Wal DE, Simpson EK, Ni R, Gross PL, Ware J, Ruggeri ZM, Freedman J, Ni H 2011 J Clin Invest View Researchers Basic research
Eadie-Hofstee analysis of red blood cell deformability Stadnick H, Onell R, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2011 Clin Hemorheol Microcirc View Researchers Basic research
The Ins and Outs of Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Studies to Improve Transplantation Outcomes Marquez-Curtis LA, Turner AR, Sridharan S, Ratajczak MZ, Janowska-Wieczorek A 2011 Stem Cell Rev View Researchers Basic research
Liposomes composed of unsaturated lipids for membrane modification of human erythrocytes Stoll C, Holovati JL, Acker JP, Wolkers WF 2011 Mol Membr Biol View Researchers Basic research