Leukocytapheresis using a leukocyte removal filter

J Shirokaze - Therapeutic Apheresis, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Leukocytapheresis (LCAP) long has been investigated with a leukocyte removal filter for the
treatment of various kinds of autoimmune related and inflammatory diseases such as …

Recent advances in therapeutic apheresis

T Bosch - Journal of Artificial Organs, 2003 - Springer
Recent advances in therapeutic apheresis include technical improvements, new indications,
and pathophysiological insights. A new device that adsorbs endotoxins onto immobilized …

Cellulose acetate beads induce release of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, but not tumour necrosis factor-α or interleukin-1β in human peripheral blood

Y Takeda, K Hiraishi, H Takeda, N Shiobara… - Inflammation …, 2003 - Springer
Objective: Dramatic improvements in clinical symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative
colitis were observed after patients received granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive …

Intra-articular hyaluronan treatment for osteoarthritis

W Puhl, P Scharf - Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 1997 - ard.bmj.com
Primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease characterised by the presence
of xerostomia and xerophthalmia without evidence of another systemic autoimmune …

Extended storage of granulocyte concentrates mobilized by G‐CSF with/without dexamethasone and collected by bag separation method

K Mochizuki, A Kikuta, H Ohto, K Nemoto… - Transfusion …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
summary The aim of this study was to examine the extended storage of granulocyte
concentrates mobilized by granulocyte‐colony‐stimulating factor (G‐CSF) with/without …

Comparison of manual and automated cell counts in EDTA preserved synovial fluids. Storage has little influence on the results

M Salinas, J Rosas, J Iborra, H Manero… - Annals of the rheumatic …, 1997 - ard.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE To determine the precision and agreement of synovial fluid (SF) cell counts
done manually and with automated counters, and to determine the degree of variability of …

The effect of a single or double dose of dexamethasone on granulocyte collection with the continuous flow centrifuge

DJ Higby, JM Mishler, W Rhomberg, RW Nicora… - Vox …, 1975 - Wiley Online Library
A total of 33 leukaphereses were performed with the IBM continuous flow centrifuge on 28
normal healthy donors for the purpose of obtaining increased yields of granulocytes for …

Lymphocytapheresis

Y Takenaka - Artificial organs, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Leukocytapheresis has long been performed with the centrifugal method. But in 1989 in
Japan, the Asahi Medical Co. developed the extracorporeal leukocyte‐removal filter …

Current topics on cytapheresis technologies

K Yamaji, H Tsuda, H Hashimoto - Therapeutic Apheresis, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Cytapheresis has been investigated recently for the treatment of autoimmune related
diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), multiple …

Cellsorba

H Shibata, T Kuriyama… - … Apheresis and Dialysis, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Cellsorba is a leukocyte removal filter developed by Asahi MedicalCo., which adsorbs white
blood cells through the perfusion of peripheralblood by means of simple extracorporeal …