Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
[Influence of Anticoagulants on Detection of ITP Platelet-Specific Autoantibodies and Relationship of Autoantibody Types with Glucocorticoid Efficacy] Chen Y, Ge J, Ruan M, Zhu L-Y, Zeng Q-S, Xia R-X, Ni H 2015 Zhongguo shi yan xue ye xue za zhi View Researchers Basic research
Population pharmacokinetics of two recombinant human coagulation factor preparations in patients with hemophilia A Hua BL, Chelle P, Yeung C, Gu J, Zhao YQ, Iorio A 2019 Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi View Researchers Clinical research
[Study on the relationship of platelet specific-autoantibodies with therapeutic outcomes by dexamethasone in immune thrombocytopenia purpura] Chen Y, Ge J, Ruan M, Zhu L, Xie Y, Xia R, Ni H, Zeng Q 2015 Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi View Researchers Clinical 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
Hemolytic anemia due to passenger lymphocyte syndrome in solid malignancy patients treated with allogeneic natural killer cell products Skeate R, Singh C, Cooley S, Geller M, Northouse J, Welbig J, Slungaard A, Miller J, McKenna D 2013 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Incidence of gammopathies in long-term plasmapheresis donors at Canadian Blood Services Palmer DS, Scalia V, O'Toole J, Welch C, Yi Q, Goldman M 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
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
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
New RHCE variant alleles encoding the D– – phenotype Ochoa-Garay G, Moulds JM, Cote J, Kresie L, Garaizar A, Goldman M, Wynn P 2013 Transfusion View Health care providers 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
Transfusion of antibody-opsonized red blood cells results in a shift in the immune response from the red blood cell to the antibody in a murine model Brinc D, Le-Tien H, Crow AR, Semple JW, Freedman J, Lazarus AH 2010 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Human red blood cell stroma: an alternative to traditional allogeneic adsorption methods Wilson EM, Branch DR 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Variations in hemoglobin measurement and eligibility criteria across blood donation services are associated with differing low-hemoglobin deferral rates: a BEST Collaborative study Zalpuri S, Romeijn B, Allara E, Goldman M, Kamel H, Gorlin J, Vassallo R, Grégoire Y, Goto N, Flanagan P, Speedy J, Buser A, Kutner JM, Magnussen K, Castrén J, Culler L, Sussmann H, Prinsze FJ, Belanger K, Compernolle V, Tiberghien P, Cardenas JM, Gandhi MJ, West KA, Lee CK, James S, Wells D, Sutor LJ, Wendel S, Coleman M, Seltsam A, Roden K, Steele WR, Bohonek M, Alcantara R, Di Angelantonio E, van den Hurk K, BEST Collaborative 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Transfusion of blood components containing ABO-incompatible plasma does not lead to higher mortality in civilian trauma patients Seheult JN, Dunbar NM, Hess JR, Tuott EE, Bahmanyar M, Campbell J, Fontaine M, Khan J, Ko A, Mi J, Murphy MF, Nykoluk T, Poisson J, Raval JS, Shih A, Sperry JL, Staves J, Wong M, Yan MTS, Ziman A, Yazer MH, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
The timing of gamma irradiation and its effect on cell-free and microvesicle-bound hemoglobin. The BEST collaborative study William N, Bicahlo B, Hansen A, de Korte D, Acker JP, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Necrotizing enterocolitis and mortality after transfusion of ABO non-identical blood Parvizian MK, Barty R, Heddle NM, Li N, McDougall T, Mukerji A, Fusch C, Solh Z 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Clinical and laboratory predictors of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia Matusiak K, Patriquin CJ, Deniz S, Dzaja N, Smith JW, Wang G, Nazy I, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Severe fetal anemia caused by anti-Jra: Burst forming unit-erythroid colony formation inhibition assay suggesting possible erythroid suppression mechanism Tran A, Yan MTS, Branch DR, Blacquiere M, Pineault N, Pasha R, Clarke G 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical 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
Current practices in perioperative blood management for patients undergoing liver resection: a survey of surgeons and anesthesiologists Bennett S, Ayoub A, Tran A, English S, Tinmouth A, McIsaac DI, Fergusson D, Martel G 2018 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
How do I interpret a confidence interval? O'Brien SF, Yi QL 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Other
Storage of red blood cells affects membrane composition, microvesiculation, and in vitro quality Almizraq R, Tchir JD, Holovati JL, Acker JP 2013 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
The first case of severe acute hemolytic transfusion reaction caused by anti-Sc2 Lemay A-S, Tong TN, Branch DR, Huang M, Sumner C, Oldfield L, Hawes J, Cserti-Gazdewich CM, Lau W 2018 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
A case series of inactivated Japanese encephalitis virus vaccination associated with positive West Nile virus blood donor screening nucleic acid tests Drews SJ, Makowski K, Wood H, Dimitrova K, Yan MTS, Young D, Skeate R, Ng M, Hawes G, Fearon M, Bigham M 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Eluates from DAT-positive patients with or without hemolysis after high-dose IVIG yield predominantly IgG isoagglutinins of IgG2 subclass Yung GP, Seebach JD, Baerenzung N, Pendergrast J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Branch DR 2019 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
A crosswalk tabular review on methods and outcomes from randomized clinical trials using pathogen reduced platelets Rebulla P, Garban F, van der Meer PF, Heddle NM, McCullough J 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Blood donors implicated in transfusion-related acute lung injury with patient-specific HLA antibodies are more broadly sensitized to HLA antigens compared to other blood donors Saw CL, Hannach B, Petrazsko T, Nickerson P 2013 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Complement C1q enhances homing-related responses of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells Jalili A, Marquez-Curtis L, Shirvaikar N, Wysoczynski M, Ratajczak M, Janowska-Wieczorek A 2010 Transfusion 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
More than one way to enhance bacterial detection in platelet components Kamel H, Goldman M 2018 Transfusion View Other New or improved product or process
Trends and outcomes in multicomponent blood transfusion: an 11-year cohort study of a large multisite academic center Perelman I, Saidenberg E, Tinmouth A, Fergusson D 2019 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Transfusion Camp: a prospective evaluation of a transfusion education program for multispecialty postgraduate trainees Lin Y, Tilokee E, Chargé S, Alam A, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Lau W, Lee C, Lieberman L, Nixon P, Owens W, Pavenski K, Pendergrast J, Saidenberg E, Shehata N, Skeate R, Yi Q-L, Conrad D, Dudebout J, Hsia CC, Murphy M, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Shah A, Solh Z, Trudeau J, Zeller MP, Callum J 2019 Transfusion View Health care providers Other
Preparing small-dose red cell concentrates (RCCs) for neonatal and pediatric transfusions: Impact of RCC volume, storage, and irradiation Olafson C, William N, Howell A, Beaudin L, Gill B, Clarke G, Stephens S, Lopes-Carvalho D, Lane D, Schubert P, McTaggart K, Acker JP 2022 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Determining staffing requirements for blood donor clinics: the Canadian Blood Services experience Blake JT, Shimla S 2014 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Donor criteria for men who have sex with men: a Canadian perspective Goldman M, Lapierre D, Lemay L, Devine D, Sher G 2014 Transfusion View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Evaluation of the sterility testing process of hematopoietic stem cells at Canadian Blood Services Mastronardi C, Yang L, Halpenny M, Toye B, Ramirez-Arcos S 2012 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
New RHD variant alleles Garcia F, Rodriguez M-A, Goldman M, Azcarate M-N, Rodriguez M-I, Muniz-Diaz E, Puente F, Alshatti H, Haimila K, Molano A, Garaizar A, Ochoa-Garay G 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Quality of red blood cells washed using a second wash sequence on an automated cell processor Hansen AL, Turner TR, Kurach JDR, Acker JP 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Risk of exposure to blood products during pregnancy: guidance for Zika and other donor deferral policies Murphy MS, Shehata N, Colas JA, Chassé M, Fergusson DA, O'Brien SF, Goldman M, Tinmouth A, Forster AJ, Wilson K 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
The role of inflammation in intravenous immune globulin-mediated hemolysis Pendergrast J, Willie-Ramharack K, Sampson L, Laroche V, Branch DR 2015 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
What's in a name? Patient registration errors and their threat to transfusion safety Ning S, Yan MTS, Downie H, Callum J 2018 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
IgG3 anti-Kell allotypic variation results in differential antigen binding and phagocytosis Cen SY, Holton MB, Binnington B, Denomme GA, Howie HL, Lebedev JN, Zimring JC, Branch DR 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Cost-effectiveness of noninvasive fetal RhD blood group genotyping in nonalloimmunized and alloimmunized pregnancies Gajic-Veljanoski O, Li C, Schaink AK, Guo J, Shehata N, Charames GS, de Vrijer B, Clarke G, Pechlivanoglou P, Okun N, Kandel R, Dooley J, Higgins C, Ng V, Sikich N 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
The safety of COVID-19 convalescent plasma donation: A multi-institutional donor hemovigilance study Cho JH, Rajbhandary S, van Buren NL, Fung MK, Al-Ghafry M, Fridey JL, Dy BA, Ziman A, Schreiber GB, Gammon RR, Reik R, Stubbs JR, van Buskirk CM, Kamel H, Townsend MJ, Zeller MP, Gottschall JL 2021 Transfusion View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Assessment of the soluble proteins HMGB1, CD40L and CD62P during various platelet preparation processes and the storage of platelet concentrates: The BEST collaborative study Cognasse F, Hamzeh Cognasse H, Eyraud MA, Prier A, Arthaud CA, Tiberghien P, Begue S, de Korte D, Gouwerok E, Greinacher A, Aurich K, Noorman F, Dumont L, Kelly K, Cloutier M, Bazin R, Cardigan R, Huish S, Smethurst P, Devine D, Schubert P, Johnson L, Marks DC, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
HIV incidence and related risks among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver: Informing blood donor selection criteria in Canada Lambert G, Cox J, Fourmigue A, Dvorakova M, Apelian H, Moodie EEM, Grace D, Skakoon-Sparling S, Moore DM, Lachowsky N, Jollimore J, Lal A, Parlette A, Hart TA 2022 Transfusion View Researchers MSM research
Multicenter evaluation of the IL-3-pSTAT5 assay to assess the potency of cryopreserved stem cells from cord blood units: The BEST Collaborative study Trépanier P, Fournier D, Simard C, Fontaine MJ, Stroncek D, Takanashi M, McKenna D, Schwartz J, Tanhehco YC, Reems J-A, Torrents S, Kogler G, Liedtke S, Giroux M, Holovati JL, Louis I, Prasath A, Pineault N, Bazin R, The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Extended storage and glucose exhaustion are associated with apoptotic changes in platelets stored in additive solution Johnson L, Schubert P, Tan S, Devine DV, Marks DC 2015 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
How do I interpret a p value? O'Brien SF, Osmond L, Yi Q-L 2015 Transfusion View Researchers Other
Impact of ethnicity on human umbilical cord blood banking: a systematic review Akyurekli C, Chan JY, Elmoazzen H, Tay J, Allan DS 2014 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research