A scoring system for the classification of β‐thalassemia/Hb E disease severity

…, T Munkongdee, C Kumkhaek… - American journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
β‐Thalassemia intermediate patients show a remarkable clinical heterogeneity. We examined
the phenotypic diversity of 950 β‐thalassemia/Hb E patients in an attempt to construct a …

Programmed genome editing of the omega-1 ribonuclease of the blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni

…, A Chaidee, T Tanno, C Kumkhaek… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.41337.001 CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing has yet to be reported in
species of the Platyhelminthes. We tested this approach by targeting omega-1 (ω1) of …

Coinheritance of the different copy numbers of α-globin gene modifies severity of β-thalassemia/Hb E disease

O Sripichai, T Munkongdee, C Kumkhaek, S Svasti… - Annals of …, 2008 - Springer
β-Thalassemia/Hb E patients show a range of clinical severities, from nearly asymptomatic
to transfusion-dependent thalassemia major. This study investigated the clinical …

Glia maturation factor-γ regulates murine macrophage iron metabolism and M2 polarization through mitochondrial ROS

W Aerbajinai, MC Ghosh, J Liu, C Kumkhaek… - Blood …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
In macrophages, cellular iron metabolism status is tightly integrated with macrophage
phenotype and associated with mitochondrial function. However, how molecular events regulate …

Fetal haemoglobin response to hydroxycarbamide treatment and sar1a promoter polymorphisms in sickle cell anaemia

C Kumkhaek, JG Taylor, J Zhu, C Hoppe… - British journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The hydroxycarbamide (HC)‐inducible small guanosine triphosphate (GTP)‐binding protein,
secretion‐associated and RAS‐related (SAR) protein has recently been shown to play a …

[HTML][HTML] Glia maturation factor-γ regulates monocyte migration through modulation of β1-integrin

W Aerbajinai, L Liu, J Zhu, C Kumkhaek, K Chin… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Monocyte migration requires the dynamic redistribution of integrins through a regulated
endo-exocytosis cycle, but the complex molecular mechanisms underlying this process have not …

Hydroxyurea-inducible SAR1 gene acts through the Giα/JNK/Jun pathway to regulate γ-globin expression

…, K Chin, W Aerbajinai, C Kumkhaek… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
Hydroxyurea (HU) is effectively used in the management of β-hemoglobinopathies by
augmenting the production of fetal hemoglobin (HbF). However, the molecular mechanisms …

SCF induces γ-globin gene expression by regulating downstream transcription factor COUP-TFII

W Aerbajinai, J Zhu, C Kumkhaek… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
Increased fetal hemoglobin expression in adulthood is associated with acute stress erythropoiesis.
However, the mechanisms underlying γ-globin induction during the rapid expansion …

[HTML][HTML] TRIM5α variations influence transduction efficiency with lentiviral vectors in both human and rhesus CD34+ cells in vitro and in vivo

ME Evans, C Kumkhaek, MM Hsieh, RE Donahue… - Molecular Therapy, 2014 - cell.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vectors can transduce human hematopoietic
stem cells (HSC), but transduction efficiency varies among individuals. The innate immune …

[HTML][HTML] Liver fluke granulin promotes extracellular vesicle-mediated crosstalk and cellular microenvironment conducive to cholangiocarcinoma

…, CJ Cochran, VH Mann, T Tanno, C Kumkhaek… - Neoplasia, 2020 - Elsevier
Crosstalk between malignant and neighboring cells contributes to tumor growth. In East Asia,
infection with the liver fluke is a major risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). The liver …