2020
COVID-19 and the Coombs test
Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA. COVID-19 and the Coombs test. Blood 2020, 136: 655-656. PMID: 32761221, PMCID: PMC7414592, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020007483.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
B cells require Type 1 interferon to produce alloantibodies to transfused KEL‐expressing red blood cells in mice
Gibb DR, Liu J, Santhanakrishnan M, Natarajan P, Madrid DJ, Patel S, Eisenbarth SC, Tormey CA, Stowell SR, Iwasaki A, Hendrickson JE. B cells require Type 1 interferon to produce alloantibodies to transfused KEL‐expressing red blood cells in mice. Transfusion 2017, 57: 2595-2608. PMID: 28836263, PMCID: PMC5745367, DOI: 10.1111/trf.14288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow chimeric miceHuman KEL glycoproteinType 1 interferonB cellsMean fluorescence intensityChimeric miceRed blood cell antigensBlood cell antigensGerminal center B cellsWT B cellsRBC alloimmunizationIgG alloantibodiesAlloimmune responseB cell differentiationRed blood cellsTransfusion protocolControl miceInflammatory stateWT miceAutoimmune pathologyIgG productionIFNAR1 expressionPlasma cellsAntiviral immunityInflammatory stimuli
2016
Estimating the immunogenicity of blood group antigens: a modified calculation that corrects for transfusion exposures
Stack G, Tormey CA. Estimating the immunogenicity of blood group antigens: a modified calculation that corrects for transfusion exposures. British Journal Of Haematology 2016, 175: 154-160. PMID: 27340943, DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntibody SpecificityBlood Group AntigensHumansImmunityImmunoglobulin GIsoantibodiesModels, StatisticalTransfusion ReactionConceptsAntigen immunogenicityPre-existing antibodiesLow-frequency antigensMean RBCHigh-frequency antigensHospital transfusion servicesTransfusion exposureAntibody frequencyAntigen exposureRBC exposureTransfusion servicesImmunogenicityRBC unitsAntigenPatientsBlood groupReference antigenUnit exposureExposureFold increaseSmall increaseClinically significant anti‐KEL RBC alloantibodies are transferred by breast milk in a murine model
Santhanakrishnan M, Tormey CA, Natarajan P, Liu J, Hendrickson JE. Clinically significant anti‐KEL RBC alloantibodies are transferred by breast milk in a murine model. Vox Sanguinis 2016, 111: 79-87. PMID: 26950259, PMCID: PMC4938760, DOI: 10.1111/vox.12387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast milkRBC alloantibodiesIgA antibodiesMurine modelHuman KEL glycoproteinSeries of pregnanciesBreast milk transferHuman breast milkWild-type pupsKEL RBCsNursing infantsClinical significanceAlloantibodiesNursing pupsMurine dataTransfusion experimentsMilk transferInfantsPupsTransfusionHuman dataSequelaePregnancyAnemiaPremature clearance
2008
Acute vancomycin-dependent immune thrombocytopenia as an anamnestic response
Kenney B, Tormey CA. Acute vancomycin-dependent immune thrombocytopenia as an anamnestic response. Platelets 2008, 19: 379-383. PMID: 18791945, DOI: 10.1080/09537100802082280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAmputation, SurgicalAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntigens, Human PlateletAutoantibodiesBacteremiaCeftazidimeDrug Therapy, CombinationFoot DiseasesGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MImmunologic MemoryMaleMiddle AgedPurpura, Thrombocytopenic, IdiopathicSurgical Wound InfectionVancomycinConceptsAntibiotic therapyPlatelet antibodiesPlatelet countPlatelet destructionAdverse bleeding eventsAnamnestic antibody responseDrug-related thrombocytopeniaNew onset thrombocytopeniaRapid platelet destructionAnti-platelet antibodiesNormal platelet countCases of thrombocytopeniaSafe drug useBleeding eventsVancomycin administrationWet gangreneImmune thrombocytopeniaImmediate discontinuationRare complicationMale patientsAnamnestic responseDrug withdrawalSevere thrombocytopeniaAcute reductionPrior sensitization