Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Article	Citations
Apheresis and Covid-19	36
Back to basics on assessment of extracellular vesicle activity states, using modern captured based assays, combined with innovative IFC and proteomics, that might become tomorrow’s realities	32
Analysis of fresh frozen plasma utilization indications in children: An audit of a tertiary care hospital in Turkey	28
Editorial Board	25
Guest editor’s bio	16
An overview of apheresis activities in Israel 2022	16
The practical use of artificial intelligence in Transfusion Medicine and Apheresis	14
Are we donating iron? Impact of apheresis on ferritin	14
Successful use of therapeutic plasma exchange for the management of acute lung transplant rejection secondary to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy	14
Extracorporeal photopheresis in steroid-refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease: A retrospective multicenter study	14
Relationship between mutations in severe hemophilia A and risk of inhibitor development: A large single-center study	14
Replacement fluids in apheresis	13
Focus on: Prognostic scores to predict stem cell mobilization	13
Real-world evidence on effectiveness and safety of granulocyte transfusion (GT) during pre-engraftment phase in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: A single-centre study from north India, wit	13
A serological and molecular study on a case of Rh blood group mosaicism	12
Nephrolithiasis in two patients on iron chelation therapy: A case report	12
Process capability indexes: Trends and developments in the manufacturing of blood components	12
Transfusion Safety Officers in the United States: Survey of characteristics and approaches to implementation	11
The effect of mobilizing large numbers of CD34 + cells (super-mobilizers) on the engraftment and survival in patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation	11
Therapeutic plasma exchange for neonatal hepatic failure	11
Use of therapeutic apheresis methods during pregnancy	10
Sex discrepancies in blood donation: Implications for red blood cell characteristics and transfusion efficacy	10
Yogyakarta and the WAA:2024	10
Editorial Board	10
How to begin using social media for transfusion medicine education	10

Association of HLA-DRB1 alleles with anti-D alloimmunization in RhD negative pregnant women in India	9
Under the hood: The molecular biology driving gene therapy for the treatment of sickle cell disease	9
Update on the measurement of "soluble angiotensin converting enzyme 2" in plasma and its emerging significance as a novel biomarker of cardiovascular and kidney diseases: A concise commentary	9
Effects of prophylactic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion with extended antigen matching on alloimmunization in patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)	9
Red Ribbon Club inculcation of positive deviance approach to promote blood donation among undergraduate medical college students	9
Is it necessary to give calcium infusion during the exchange transfusion in newborns?	9
The Polish adaptation of the blood donation fears inventory	8
Motivators, barriers and communication channels for blood donation in relation to students at a university in Spain	8
Examining participant representation by sex, race, ethnicity and age in United States blood donation and blood transfusion clinical trials	8
Preparedness and activities of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 convalescent plasma bank in the Veneto region (Italy): An organizational model for future emergencies	8
Does immunohistochemical staining predict mobilization success in multiple myeloma patients?	8
Comparison of in-vitro and in-vivo parameters of whole blood derived random donor platelets (RDP) after over-night hold with RDP prepared after 2-h hold: Single centre report from India	8
Intermediate-dose cyclophosphamide and bortezomib for PBSC mobilization in multiple myeloma	8
A rare report of H-partially deficient, non-secretor phenotype from India. An Ah like the rèunion and unlike a Para Bombay-Clarifying misinterpretations.	8
Impact on cytokine accumulation in 35-day preserved whole blood due to resin adsorption	8
Assessment of the impact of pathogen reduction technologies on the neutralizing activity of COVID-19 convalescent plasma.	8
Transfusion safety: Is there a difference between reported reactions in low-to-middle income and high-income countries?	8
CAR-T cells, the first pharmaceutical cell therapy	7
The impact of apheresis on blood clotting components and its effect on clotting mechanisms	7
How to manage poor mobilisers	7
Guest Editorial	7
Disrupted balance: The impact of apheresis on calcium and magnesium metabolism	7
The blood transfusion service of Ukraine	7
Blood donors, iron deficiency and supplementation options – Will clinical trials help moving forward?	7
Role of the AB0 blood group in COVID-19 infection and complications: A population-based study	7
ABO antibody titer performance characteristics and correlates between two automated platforms	7
Revisiting reference intervals in transfusion medicine: Innovations and challenges in current practice	7
Blood, organ and bone marrow donation: Reporting on the attitudes, related to socio-emotional determinants, among nursing students in Greece	7
Apheresis and COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU)	7
Optimizing of the isolation of hematopoietic stem cell in bone marrow transplantation in children	6
Should timing be considered before abandoning convalescent plasma in covid-19? Results from the Turkish experience	6
Identifying the possible causes of recurrent leukodepletion filter blockage in whole blood donations	6
Plasma exchange in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis	6
Case report of anti-f(ce) antibody identified with unknown autoantibody from ABO discrepancy in a patient with liver cell carcinoma	6
Treatment with plasma exchange of a pregnant woman with anti-PP1Pk alloimmunization: A case report	6
Autoimmune complications of COVID-19 and potential consequences for long-lasting disease syndromes	6
Metabolomics comparison of cord and peripheral blood-derived serum eye drops for the treatment of dry eye disease	6
Remodelling whole blood processing through automation and pathogen reduction technology at the Luxembourg Red Cross	6
Efficiency and safety of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor combined with plerixafor for autologous peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell mobilization in light chain amyloidosis	6
Editorial Board	6
Connectivity in transfusion medicine: Challenges, benefits, and goals	6
WITHDRAWN: The risks of low hemoglobin deferral in a large retrospective cohort of plasmapheresis donors and the influence factors of return for a subsequent donation in China	6
What should be the optimal dose of post-transplantation cyclophosphamide for GVHD prophylaxis in allogeneic stem cell transplantation?	6
A case of psoriasis successfully treated by extracorporeal photopheresis during COVID-19 pandemic	6
Editorial commentary	6
Findings in the Immuno-hematology workshop during the International Congress of the WAA 2024 in Indonesia	6
Plerixafor in autologous stem cell transplantation: Does it affect engraftment kinetics?	6
Guest Editor’s Bio	6
Gynecological bleeding in women with congenital bleeding disorders: A comprehensive cohort from Iran	6
Assessment of serum iron stores in regular plateletpheresis donors	6

Molecular basis of DEL phenotype in the Indian population: Insights from next-generation sequencing analysis of two cases	5
Patient blood management and blood conservation – Complimentary concepts and solutions for blood establishments and clinical services in South Africa and beyond	5
People, places and things: The new WAA board	5
Lipid modification induced by lipoprotein apheresis could mirrored mid-regional-pro-adrenomedullin plasma levels?	5
Expression of biofilm-associated genes in Staphylococcus aureus during storage of platelet concentrates	5
Editorial Board	5
Is pathogen reduction an acceptable alternative to irradiation for risk mitigation of transfusion-associated graft versus host disease?	5
What’s happening CAR T cell immunotherapy	5
Considerations on risk mitigating strategies for bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates – The Dutch perspective	5
A global gathering for the future of apheresis: The 15th ISFA World Congress and 4th TSFA National Congress in Bangkok, Thailand	5
Management of factor XI deficiency in oncological liver and colorectal surgery by therapeutic plasma exchange: A case report	5
Plasmapheresis can improve clinical outcomes in patients with therapy resistant benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis: A case report	5
Etoposide + cytarabine + pegfilgrastim versus cyclophosphamide + G-CSF for stem cell mobilization in patients with poorly mobilized multiple myeloma and lymphoma	5
ABO group-based strategy for inventory management of methylene blue-treated thawed plasma in a blood bank	5
Transfusion support for patients with sickle cell disease	5
Hematological toxicities of immune checkpoint inhibitors and the impact of blood transfusion and its microbiome on therapeutic efficacy and recipient’s safety and survival outcome:A systematic narrati	5
Retrospective analysis of direct antiglobulin test positivity at tertiary academic hospital over 10 years	5
An invite for evidence-based insights and expert viewpoints on blood donor recruitment and retention	5
Enhancing clinical insight: Implementing validated questionnaires for comprehensive assessment of clinician expertise in transfusion medicine practices	5
Biographies of the guest editors for the theme papers on graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)	5
Factors affecting the development of hypokalemia during apheresis in healthy donors	5
Treatment of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease with extracorporeal photopheresis: Update of best practice recommendations from Italian Society of Hemapheresis and Cell Manipulation (SIdEM) a	5
Comparative study on the effects of saline and lactated ringer's solution as washing solutions for red blood cell transfusions	5
Platelet function testing: Update on determinant variables and permissive windows using a platelet-count-based device	5
Plasma lipemia: When the blood donor becomes a patient	5
Therapeutic apheresis in ANCA Associated Vasculitis: Current status of Pexivas	5
Correlation between blood parameters in the early and later stages of pregnancy: A retrospective study	5
Overview on novel strategies and current guidelines for hematopoietic stem cell mobilisation and collection	5
Platelet and extracellular vesicles in COVID-19 infection and its vaccines	5
Pancytopenia in a newborn due to maternal piperacillin and human leukocyte antigen antibodies	5
Mechanism of TLR4 mediated immune effect in transfusion-induced acute lung injury based on Slit2/Robo4 signaling pathway	5
New WAA Member: The Spanish Apheresis Group 2.	5
The number of apheresis procedures to treat immune-mediated neurological diseases is on the rise	5
Is CONUT score a predictor of morbidity in patients with adult transfusion dependent beta thalassemia?	5
Opportunities to Share Information	4
Convalescent plasma therapy in B-cell-depleted and B-cell sufficient patients with life-threatening COVID-19 – A case series	4
Biographies of the guest editors for this issue's theme papers on stem cell mobilization and transplantation from a Turkish perspective	4
Nurses perspective of apheresis in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients	4
Mobilization and collection of CD34 + cells in patients with globin disorders: Providing the starting material to manufacturers of autologous gene therapies	4
Dynamics of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in repeat convalescent plasma donors	4
Genetic analysis of non-severe hemophilia A phenotype with A discrepancy between one-stage and chromogenic factor VIII activity assays	4
Considerations on the number of plasma donations per donor per year: Pro	4
Plasma exchange and COVID 19	4
Analyses of registry data of patients with anti-GBM and antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibody-associated (ANCA) vasculitis treated with or without therapeutic apheresis	4
Role of Thromboelastogram in monitoring the activation of the coagulation pathway and assessing the associated risk factors for hypercoagulable state in transfusion dependent thalassemia patients	4
Predictors of poor haematopoietic stem cell mobilisation in patients with haematological malignancies at a South African centre	4
Effectiveness of hemoperfusion (HP) in hemodialysis (HD) patients with Covid-19 infection	4
The RhCcEe phenotype incompatibility in Chinese and presence of DEL in serologically D–, C/E+ individuals	4
Overlap Stevens Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis developed due to the use of toxic-dose vinblastine in case of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis(Letterer-Siwe)	4
Serology and molecular genetic analysis of two unrelated individuals with the same novel CisAB blood type	4
Clinical use of CAR T-cells in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia	4
Is minimizing iatrogenic blood loss the next frontier in transfusion medicine?	4
Advancement of blood donor factors in RBC and blood component therapy using modern practices and methodologies: How to make multifactorial clinical decisions amid growing complexity	4
Selection of the mobilization regimen in lymphoma patients: A retrospective cohort study	4
Blood use and alloimmunization in myelodysplastic syndrome patients: A study of a hospital transfusion experience	4
Impact of peri-operative red blood cell transfusions for treatment of anemia on acute rejection in renal transplant recipients	4
Blood donor notification rate in a blood bank in Veracruz, Mexico	4
SARS-Coronavirus-2 seroprevalence in asymptomatic healthy blood donors: Indicator of community spread	4
Acquired methemoglobinemia: A systematic review of reported cases	4
International forum: WAA meets in Yogaykarta	4
Editorial comments: Looking for some innovative diagnostic or developmental research studies that might influence our laboratory and clinical decision-making	4
Editorial Board	4
Deferral due to low hemoglobin and predictors of permanence in the blood donation system of repeat female blood donors	4
A new risk predictive scoring system of vasovagal reactions in patients with preoperative autologous blood donation	4
Therapeutic apheresis in renal transplantation: An update	4
The effect of G-CSF used after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on engraftment times and platelet suspension replacement numbers	4
Immunohematological challenges in COVID infected patients	4
Investigating the production of platelet lysate obtained from low volume Cord Blood Units: Focus on growth factor content and regenerative potential	3
Biliary atresia: graft-versus-host disease with maternal microchimerism as an etiopathogenesis	3
Prevalence of hemorrhagic ovarian cysts in patients with rare inherited bleeding disorders	3
An independent reader system that parallels critical steps of full automation capability for immunohematology testing	3
The demographic and serological characteristics of COVID-19 convalescent plasma donors: Identification of basic criteria for optimal donor selection	3
Blood banking: the situation in Ghana	3
High titers of anti-A1 and anti-B antibodies among Peruvian group O platelet donors	3
Education in transfusion medicine – What is preferred?	3
Decreased levels of ferritin, mild thrombocytosis, and increased erythropoietin are sequential events among frequent plateletpheresis donors: Implication for a ferritin screen	3
Spanish registry of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (REPTT): Data evidence and new developments	3
Blood banking in the United Republic of Tanzania	3
GMP in donor centres	3
Blood transfusion in autoimmune rheumatic diseases	3

Refractory delayed-onset heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) without thrombosis, treated with intravenous immunoglobulin	3
Transforming care: Patient insights on neurology-led peripheral plasma exchange service	3
Successful autologous peripheral blood stem cell collection using large volume leukapheresis in patients with very low or undetectable peripheral blood CD34+ progenitor cells	3
Guest Editor’s Bio #1 Dr. F. Altuntas	3
Analysis of ABO grouping discrepancies among patients from a tertiary hospital in Korea	3
Why do RhD negative pregnant women still become anti-D immunized despite prophylaxis with anti-D immunoglobulin?	3
Effects of continuous negative pressure suction combined with autologous platelet-rich gel on the levels of CRP, IL-6, wound healing and length of stay in clients with diabetic foot	3
Editorial commentary	3
Editorial by Chair of the Scientific Program Committee	3
Mother-newborn ABO group discrepancy caused by a rare BW.17 variant	3
CFNAs of RBCs affect the release of inflammatory factors through the expression of CaMKIV in macrophages	3
Biographies of the guest editors for this issue's theme papers on current platelet transfusion practices around the world	3
Whole blood derived covid convalescent plasma: A practical experience from India	3
A comparison of cyclophosphamide at different dose levels for stem cell mobilization in multiple myeloma	3
Analysis of apheresis outcomes in a cohort of Chilean patients treated with autologous stem cell transplantation: A single center real-world experience	3
Platelet inventory management with demand and supply uncertainty and variable pricing considerations	3
Genotype-phenotype analyses of Iranian patients with hemophilia B (Leyden -) and hemophilia B (Leyden +): A single-center study	3
Insight into hazards and control of transfusion-transmitted infections in Egypt: A narrative review	3
Quality control perspectives: Weak signal detection to prevent clinical sensitivity failures in donor screening	3
Can transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GvHD) be prevented with leukoreduction alone?	3
Blood banking in Thailand 2023	3
SARS-CoV-2 variants inactivation of plasma units using a riboflavin and ultraviolet light-based photochemical treatment	3
Transregional autologous serum eye drop provision by a large German Red Cross Blood Donation Service	3
Determination of optimum levels of binding antibody units (BAU) of new quantitative chemiluminescent immuno-assay (CLIA) in COVID-19 vaccinated volunteer blood donors	3
Alirocumab in lipoprotein apheresis: A synergy for patients with high-Lp(a)	3
A non-parametric framework for evaluating total analytical error in in vitro diagnostic medical devices in transfusion medicine	3
Is there any revival of the use of plasma therapy or neutralizing convalescent antibody therapy to treat SARS-CoV-2 variants and are we rethinking preparedness plans?	3
Transfusion outcomes and clinical safety of ABO-nonidentical platelets transfusion: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease, transfusion-associated hyperkalemia, and potassium filtration: advancing safety and sufficiency of the blood supply	3
The effect of therapeutic plasma exchange on management of HELLP Syndrome: The report of 47 patients	3
Blood banking: The situation in ROMANIA	3
Filgrastim alone versus cyclophosphamide and filgrastim for mobilization in multiple myeloma patients	3
Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction following ABO-mismatched platelet transfusion: Two case reports	3
Regenerative effect of expired platelet concentrates in human therapy: An update	3
Assessment of apheresis platelets during 5 days of storage: A National Cancer Institute, Cairo University experience	3
Immune-mediated platelet transfusion refractoriness in a severely thrombocytopenic patient with myelodysplastic syndrome successfully treated with romiplostim	3
The prevalence and pattern of alloimmunization in patients with sickle cell disease in Abuja, Nigeria	3
A study on diagnostic performance of different immunohematological diagnostic tests in assessing the prevalence of ABO Hemolytic Disease of Newborn in the antenatal O group mothers and their neonatal	3
Update of data from the world apheresis association (WAA) registry	3
Detection of anti-B antibodies in a patient with A1B blood group: A case report and literature review	3
Guest Editorial	3
Spotlights on the latest opinions on identification, prevention, and management of newer CoV-2 variants: A roundup appraisal on innovative ideas and designer vaccines for Omicron	3
Use of Therapeutic Apheresis methods in ICU	3
In situ and in vitro evaluation of two antiseptics for blood bank based on chlorhexidine gluconate/isopropyl alcohol and povidone-iodine	3
Functions of the endothelium and its role in hematopoietic cell transplantation	3
Use of face mask by blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impact on donor hemoglobin concentration: A bane or a boon	2
Insights on trends in the management of metrological analysis of devices in blood and transfusion medicine services: Verification based on their fitness for purpose and suitability for their respectiv	2
Therapeutic plasma exchange in the management of acute complications of sickle cell disease: A single centre experience	2
Editorial Note on the Contribution from the Spanish Apheresis Group (GEA)	2
Impact of therapeutic plasma exchange on intact protein S, apolipoproteins, and thrombin generation	2
Editorial Board	2
Genotype pattern of factor V and XIII abnormalities in the Iranian population: A meta-analysis	2
Trends of Infectious Disease Markers Among Healthy Blood Donors In Northern India: A Ten Year Study	2
Characteristics and causes of pre-donation deferrals at a Chinese blood center	2
The Italian registry of therapeutic apheresis enters the information system of transfusion services - SISTRA	2
Bacterial contamination of platelets concentrates in a lower middle-income country: Data from a single tertiary care hospital	2
Breast milk induced immune haemolytic disease of newborn due to anti-c: A case report	2
Study on the antigens and antibodies of Mur and Mia blood groups in southern China	2
Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stromal cells transfusion in a critically Ill infant diagnosed with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A case report	2
The impact of diabetes mellitus on hematopoietic stem cell mobilization, a-single center cohort study	2
A case of Bickerstaff encephalitis with overlapping Gullian Barre syndrome in a pediatric patient treated with therapeutic plasma exchange	2
Immunoadsorption and covid 19 pandemic	2
Efficacy of Ruxolitinib in the management of chronic GVHD	2
Survival among children and adults treated with granulocyte transfusions: Twenty years’ experience at a Brazilian blood center	2
Editorial Board	2
Analysis of peripheral stem cell mobilization research progress (2000–2023) based on bibliometric data	2
International forum: The WAA next Congress	2
Effect of an assessment of fibrin-based rotational thromboelastometry on blood transfusion and clinical outcomes in cardiovascular surgery: A cohort study	2
Hemolytic anemia and plasma exchange	2
Relapse and beyond: Navigating the long-term clinical impacts of immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura	2
Editorial Board	2
Book review	2
Quantification of hepatitis C virus in viremic blood donors in Iran: Need to reinforce post-donation follow up	2
Do cord blood CD34 cells stay the same or change after expansion: A comprehensive analysis of gene expression results before and after seven days of cell culture	2
Molecular and clinical profile of rare bleeding disorders: A single-center retrospective study	2
Analysis and clinical significance of peripheral blood routine changes of platelet donors with ultra-high frequency donation	2
Effects of multiple apheresis platelet donations for the iron nutrition condition and platelet parameters of blood donors in China: A meta-analysis study	2
Convalescent plasma regulation: A message in a bottle to the societies and regulatory authorities outside the US	2
Alloanti-D induction in a rare RhD variant (DBT-2) case: Insights from serological and molecular biological testing	2
The effect of agitating buffy coats on platelet quality before soft spin	2
A comparative analysis of factors influencing haemoglobin content in RBC units	2
Novel approaches for hematopoietic stem cell mobilisation and collection need to be assessed for qualification and validation to accomplish the proper requirements of their intended purpose	2
Screening of subclinical functional hemoglobin and red blood cell abnormalities among blood donors of Fayoum University Hospital in Egypt: Are RET-He, and IRF useful screening tools?	2
Editorial: An all-round appraisal of the latest viewpoints on “Acute Thrombotic Coagulability” and an update on the “inflammation-conditioned” profiles of platelets in sepsis patients	2
Editorial commentary – Perspectives on quality assurance in transfusion medicine, from the bedside to the bench to the bedside: A lesson to be learned from a leading expert on enhancing optimal care o	2
Biosketch: Vanitha Rambiritch (B Tech Biomed Tech; MPhil-HPE)	2
When should I use filgrastim after autologous transplantation in MM patients?	2
Alterations in trace elements and cation profiles in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients	2
Editorial Board	2
Variable impact of graft CD3+ cell content on graft versus host disease in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: Is the role of donor CD3+ cells overestimated?	2
A targeted survey on teachers’ perception of training/education for blood donation in high school students: An invited case report for enhancing and retention of dedicated donors in Portugal	2
Lessons learned from the use of convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 and specific considerations for immunocompromised patients	2
Evaluation of hematologic factors and bilirubin following exchange transfusion in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia	2
Efficacy of allogeneic platelet growth factors in actinic cystitis: The resolution of trouble?	2
Decreased rate of blood donors with high ABO antibody titers in Japan and the underlying factors: Comparisons between 2010 and 2021	2