2022
Assessment of polymicrobial interactions in bacterial isolates from transfused platelet units associated with sepsis
Kerantzas CA, Merwede J, Snyder EL, Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA, Kazmierczak BI, Peaper DR. Assessment of polymicrobial interactions in bacterial isolates from transfused platelet units associated with sepsis. Transfusion 2022, 62: 2458-2463. PMID: 36178430, PMCID: PMC11472026, DOI: 10.1111/trf.17136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complexBlood productsS. saprophyticusPlatelet unitsContaminated blood productsCDC investigationsApheresis platelet productsTransfusion reactionsPolymicrobial contaminationPlatelet productsDisease controlBacterial isolatesStudy designStaphylococcus saprophyticusPolymicrobial interactionsCDC casesSaprophyticusFuture studiesPotential interactionsCommon sourceSepsisIsolatesCasesCoaggregation
2010
MHC II on transfused murine blood is not required for alloimmunization against MHC I
Gilson C, Cadwell C, Smith N, Hendrickson J, Zimring J. MHC II on transfused murine blood is not required for alloimmunization against MHC I. Vox Sanguinis 2010, 99: 369-374. PMID: 20546207, PMCID: PMC2955847, DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2010.01351.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMHC IMHC-IIBALB/c recipientsMajor histocompatibility complex IMHC-II expressionSubsequent platelet transfusionsHumoral alloimmunizationC recipientsPlatelet transfusionsHumoral responseNull donorsIgG subclassesMHC-II genesMouse modelAlloimmunizationC57BL/6 backgroundMurine bloodIndirect immunofluorescencePlatelet productsBloodRefractory stateTransfusionRecipientsMolecular mechanismsC57BL/6