Publications

  1. Erythropoiesis in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes and beta-thalassemia.
    Cappellini MD, Taher AT, Verma A, Shah F, Hermine O. Blood Rev. 2022 Dec 22:101039. doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2022.101039. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36577601. 
  2. Development of a Thalassemia International Prognostic Scoring System (TIPSS).
    Vitrano A, Musallam KM, Meloni A, Karimi M, Daar S, Ricchi P, Costantini S, Vlachaki E, Di Marco V, El-Beshlawy A, Hajipour M, Ansari SH, Filosa A, Ceci A, Singer ST, Naserullah ZA, Pepe A, Cademartiri F, Pollina SA, Scondotto S, Dardanoni G, Bonifazi F, Sankaran VG, Vichinsky E, Taher AT, Maggio A; International Working Group on Thalassemia (IWG-THAL).
    Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2022 Nov 25;99:102710. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2022.102710.
  3. Magnitude of cumulative iron overload correlates with the severity of anemia in untreated non-transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia.
    Musallam KM, Cappellini MD, Daar S, El-Beshlawy A, Taher AT.
    Ann Hematol. 2022 Nov 14. doi: 10.1007/s00277-022-05046-9.
  4. Luspatercept for the treatment of anaemia in non-transfusion-dependent β-thalassaemia (BEYOND): a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial.
    Taher AT, Cappellini MD, Kattamis A, Voskaridou E, Perrotta S, Piga AG, Filosa A, Porter JB, Coates TD, Forni GL, Thompson AA, Tartaglione I, Musallam KM, Backstrom JT, Esposito O, Giuseppi AC, Kuo WL, Miteva D, Lord-Bessen J, Yucel A, Zinger T, Shetty JK, Viprakasit V; BEYOND Investigators.
    Lancet Haematol. 2022 Oct;9(10):e733-e744. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(22)00208-3. 
  5. Stain-free identification of cell nuclei using tomographic phase microscopy in flow cytometry.
    Pirone D, Lim J, Merola F, Miccio L, Mugnano M, Bianco V, Cimmino F, Visconte F, Montella A, Capasso M, Iolascon A, Memmolo P, Psaltis D, Ferraro P.
    Nat Photonics. 2022 Dec;16(12):851-859. doi: 10.1038/s41566-022-01096-7. 
  6. Single-cell transcriptomics of neuroblastoma identifies chemoresistance-associated genes and pathways.
    Avitabile M, Bonfiglio F, Aievola V, Cantalupo S, Maiorino T, Lasorsa VA, Domenicotti C, Marengo B, Zbyněk H, Vojtěch A, Iolascon A, Capasso M.
    Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2022 Aug 18;20:4437-4445. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.08.031. 

Published Guidelines:

  1. Recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of methemoglobinemia.
    Iolascon A, Bianchi P, Andolfo I, Russo R, Barcellini W, Fermo E, Toldi G, Ghirardello S, Rees D, Van Wijk R, Kattamis A, Gallagher PG, Roy N, Taher A, Mohty R, Kulozik A, De Franceschi L, Gambale A, De Montalembert M, Forni GL, Harteveld CL, Prchal J; SWG of red cell and iron of EHA and EuroBloodNet. Am J Hematol. 2021 Dec 1;96(12):1666-1678. 
  2. Summary of Joint European Hematology Association (EHA) and EuroBloodNet Recommendations on Diagnosis and Treatment of Methemoglobinemia. Iolascon A, Andolfo I, Russo R, Barcellini W, Fermo E, Toldi G, Ghirardello S, Rees D, Van Wijk R, Kattamis A, Gallagher PG, Roy N, Taher A, Mohty R, Kulozik A, De Franceschi L, Gambale A, De Montalembert M, Forni GL, Harteveld CL, Prchal J, Bianchi P. Hemasphere. 2021 Nov 17;5(12):e660.
  3. Recommendations for Pregnancy in Rare Inherited Anemias. Taher AT, Iolascon A, Matar CF, Bou-Fakhredin R, de Franceschi L, Cappellini MD, Barcellini W, Russo R, Andolfo I, Tyan P, Gulbis B, Aydinok Y, Anagnou NP, Bencaiova GA, Tamary H, Martinez PA, Forni G, Vindigni R.
    Hemasphere. 2020 Aug 12;4(4):e446