Our Research Publications

Updated August 2024

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
ResearchUnit: United we stand, divided we fall: using monoclonal antibody combinations to improve drug effectiveness Lazarus A 2016 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Stability of Thawed Apheresis Fresh-Frozen Plasma Stored for up to 120 Hours at 1° C to 6° C Sheffield WP, Bhakta V, Yi Q-L, Jenkins C 2016 J Blood Transfus View Researchers Basic research
Temperature stability of Poly-[hemoglobin-superoxide dismutase-catalase-carbonic anhydrase] in the form of a solution or in the lyophilized form during storage at -80°C, 4°C, 25°C and 37°C or pasteurization at 70°C Bian Y, Guo C, Chang T 2016 Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion thresholds and other strategies for guiding allogeneic red blood cell transfusion Carson JL, Stanworth SJ, Roubinian N, Fergusson DA, Triulzi D, Doree C, Hebert PC 2016 Cochrane Database Syst Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Validation of administrative database codes for acute kidney injury in kidney transplant recipients Molnar AO, van Walraven C, McArthur E, Fergusson D, Garg AX, Knoll G 2016 Can J Kidney Health Dis View Regulators New or improved product or process
Effect of texture of platelet bags on bacterial and platelet adhesion Hadjesfandiari N, Schubert P, Fallah Toosi S, Chen Z, Culibrk B, Ramirez-Arcos S, Devine DV, Brooks DE 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic 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 View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Platelets, immune-mediated thrombocytopenias, and fetal hemorrhage Xu XR, Gallant RC, Ni H 2016 Thromb Res View Researchers Basic research
Protein translation occurs in platelet concentrates despite riboflavin/UV light pathogen inactivation treatment Schubert P, Culibrk B, Karwal S, Goodrich RP, Devine DV 2016 Proteomics Clin Appl View Researchers Basic research
Triplets with neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to antibodies against human platelet antigen 1a Solh Z, Breakey V, Murthy P, Smith JW, Arnold DM 2016 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Eltrombopag after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation in a case of poor graft function and systematic review of the literature Dyba J, Tinmouth A, Bredeson C, Matthews J, Allan DS 2016 Transfus Med View Researchers Clinical research
Small molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors mitigate red blood cell lysis during freezing, transient warming and thawing Briard JG, Poisson JS, Turner TR, Capicciotti CJ, Acker JP, Ben RN 2016 Sci Rep View Researchers New or improved product or process
Association of blood donor age and sex with recipient survival after red blood cell transfusion Chassé M, Tinmouth A, English SW, Acker JP, Wilson K, Knoll G, Shehata N, Van Walraven C, Forster A, Ramsay T, McIntyre L, Fergusson DA 2016 JAMA Intern Med View Health care providers Clinical research
c-SRC protein tyrosine kinase regulates early HIV-1 infection post-entry McCarthy SDS, Sakac D, Neschadim A, Branch DR 2016 AIDS View Researchers Basic 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 View Health care providers Clinical research
Platelet transfusion, alloimmunization, and management of platelet refractoriness Zeller M 2016 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Testosterone-dependent sex differences in red blood cell hemolysis in storage, stress, and disease Kanias T, Sinchar D, Osei-Hwedieh D, Baust JJ, Jordan A, Zimring JC, Waterman HR, de Wolski KS, Acker JP, Gladwin MT 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Compatibility of Lactated Ringer's Solution human blood products containing red blood cells: a systematic review protocol Wolfe D, English S, Fergusson D, Kanji S, Lalu M, Mendis N, Tinmouth A, McIntyre L 2016 OHRI Publications View Researchers Clinical research
Seroprevalence of Babesia microti infection in Canadian blood donors O'Brien SF, Delage G, Scalia V, Lindsay R, Bernier F, Dubuc S, Germain M, Pilot G, Yi Q-L, Fearon MA 2016 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Thrombolysis by chemically modified coagulation factor Xa Pryzdial ELG, Meixner SC, Talbot K, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Baylis JR, Lee FMH, Kastrup CJ, Sheffield WP 2016 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Determining recruiting strategies for an adult stem cell registry Blake JT, McTaggart K, Killeen D 2016 Oper Res Health Care View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Fibronectin maintains the balance between hemostasis and thrombosis Wang Y, Ni H 2016 Cell Mol Life Sci View Researchers Basic research
Management of immune-mediated thrombocytopenia Arnold DM, Nazi I, Smith JW, Warkentin TE 2016 Rossi's Principles of Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Clinical research
Pathogen Inactivation Technologies: The Advent of Pathogen-Reduced Blood Components to Reduce Blood Safety Risk Devine DV, Schubert P 2016 Hematol Oncol Clin North Am View Blood operators Other
Small molecule phagocytosis inhibitors for immune cytopenias Neschadim A, Kotra LP, Branch DR 2016 Autoimmun Rev View Researchers Basic research
Development of standard definitions for surveillance of complications related to blood donation Goldman M, Land K, Robillard P, Wiersum-Osselton J 2016 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Laboratory management of perinatal patients with apparently "new" anti-D Hannon J, Clarke G 2016 Immunohematology View Researchers Basic research
Mechanistic properties of intravenous immunoglobulin in murine immune thrombocytopenia: support for Fc?RIIB falls by the wayside Crow AR, Lazarus AH 2016 Semin Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Molecular immunohematology at Canadian Blood Services: red cell antigen genotyping Goldman M, Hannaford K, Hannon J, Berardi P 2016 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
O-aryl-glycoside ice recrystallization inhibitors as novel cryoprotectants: A structure-function study Capicciotti CJ, Mancini RS, Turner TR, Koyama T, Alteen MG, Doshi M, Inada T, Acker JP, Ben RN 2016 ACS Omega View Researchers Basic research
Rationale and design of platelet transfusions in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: the PATH pilot study Tay J, Allan D, Beattie S, Bredeson C, Fergusson D, Maze D, Sabloff M, Thavorn K, Tinmouth A 2016 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Routine nucleic acid testing of blood donations fails to detect all human immunodeficiency virus–positive blood donors Fearon M, Scalia V, Lane D, Bigham M, Hawes G, O'Brien S, Kadkhoda K 2016 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Value of MMA crossmatch? Tong TN, Cserti-Gazdewich CM, Branch DR 2016 Transfus Med View Researchers Basic research
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 View Researchers Clinical research
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor activation attenuates platelet aggregation and thrombosis Cameron-Vendrig A, Reheman A, Siraj MA, Xu XR, Wang Y, Lei X, Afroze T, Shikatani E, El-Mounayri O, Noyan H, Weissleder R, Ni H, Husain M 2016 Diabetes View Researchers Basic research
Multicountry survey of emergency and critical care medicine physicians' fluid resuscitation practices for adult patients with early septic shock McIntyre L, Rowe BH, Walsh TS, Gray A, Arabi Y, Perner A, Gordon A, Marshall J, Cook D, Fox-Robichaud A, Bagshaw SM, Green R, Schweitzer I, Turgeon A, Zarychanski R, English S, Chassé M, Stiell I, Fergusson D 2016 BMJ Open View Health care providers Clinical research
Outbreak of acute hepatitis B virus infection associated with exposure to acupuncture Rempel S, Murti M, Buxton J, Stephens W, Watterson M, Andonov A, Fung C, Ramler G, Bigham M, Lem M 2016 Canada Communicable Disease Report View Health care providers Clinical research
Revealing the diversity of extracellular vesicles using high-dimensional flow cytometry analyses Marcoux G, Duchez A-C, Cloutier N, Provost P, Nigrovic PA, Boilard E 2016 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
A study protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating clinical effects of platelet transfusion products: the Pathogen Reduction Evaluation and Predictive Analytical Rating Score (PREPAReS) trial Ypma PF, van der Meer PF, Heddle NM, van Hilten JA, Stijnen T, Middelburg RA, Hervig T, van der Bom JG, Brand A, Kerkhoffs JL 2016 BMJ Open View Researchers 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
Immunoablation and autologous haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation for aggressive multiple sclerosis: a multicentre single-group phase 2 trial Atkins HL, Bowman M, Allan D, Anstee G, Arnold DL, Bar-Or A, Bence-Bruckler I, Birch P, Bredeson C, Chen J, Fergusson D, Halpenny M, Hamelin L, Huebsch L, Hutton B, Laneuville P, Lapierre Y, Lee H, Martin L, McDiarmid S, O'Connor P, Ramsay T, Sabloff M, Walker L, Freedman MS 2016 Lancet View Researchers Clinical research
Small-molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors improve the post-thaw function of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells Briard JG, Jahan S, Chandran P, Allan D, Pineault N, Ben RN 2016 ACS Omega View Researchers Basic research
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
Comments on: Bernardo et al. 2016 (Blood)Working together to block alloimmunization Stowell SR 2016 Blood View Researchers Basic research
How do I interpret a confidence interval? O'Brien SF, Yi QL 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Other
Rationale and Design of the Informing Fresh versus Old Red Cell Management (INFORM) Trial: An International Pragmatic Randomized Trial Eikelboom JW, Cook RJ, Barty R, Liu Y, Arnold DM, Crowther MA, Devereaux PJ, Ellis M, Figueroa P, Gallus A, Hirsh J, Kurz A, Roxby D, Sessler DI, Sharon Y, Sobieraj-Teague M, Warkentin TE, Webert KE, Heddle NM 2016 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: Data mining 2: digging for deeper understanding of donors and transfusion outcome Fergusson DA, Acker J 2016 Blood.ca website View Other Other
The M358R variant of α1-proteinase inhibitor inhibits coagulation factor VIIa Sheffield WP, Bhakta V 2016 Biochem Biophys Res Commun View Researchers Basic research
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