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Masja de Haas

Masja de Haas

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Immunology

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71
Citations
15916
World Ranking
2348
National Ranking
91

Overview

Masja de Haas is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions to hematology, genetics, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, physiology, and immunology. The body of work spans a range of topics related to blood disorders, transfusion medicine, and autoimmune disorders.

The scientist's publication record includes extensive research on blood groups and transfusion, platelet disorders and treatments, hemoglobinopathies and related disorders, erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, blood disorders and treatments, neonatal health and biochemistry, and immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders.

  • Blood groups and transfusion
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Blood disorders and treatments
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders

Masja de Haas has published research in several prominent venues, including Vox Sanguinis, Blood, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, British Journal of Haematology, and The Lancet Haematology.

  • Vox Sanguinis
  • Blood
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • British Journal of Haematology
  • The Lancet Haematology

Frequent collaboration is an important feature of their research activity. Notable co-authors include C. Ellen van der Schoot, Leendert Porcelijn, Enrico Lopriore, Rick Kapur, and Dick Oepkes.

  • C. Ellen van der Schoot
  • Leendert Porcelijn
  • Enrico Lopriore
  • Rick Kapur
  • Dick Oepkes

Examples of recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • Effect of ibrutinib treatment on hemolytic anemia and acrocyanosis in cold agglutinin disease/cold agglutinin syndrome, 2021, Blood
  • Suppression of compensatory erythropoiesis in hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn due to intrauterine transfusions, 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia; epidemiology, clinical management, outcomes and knowledge gaps, 2023, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Identification and management of fetal anemia due to hemolytic disease, 2022, Expert Review of Hematology
  • Platelets in ITP: Victims in Charge of Their Own Fate?, 2021, Cells

Best Publications

  • FcγRIIIa-158V/F Polymorphism Influences the Binding of IgG by Natural Killer Cell FcγRIIIa, Independently of the FcγRIIIa-48L/R/H Phenotype

    H. R. Koene;M. Kleijer;J. Algra;D. Roos

  • Human neutrophils lose their surface Fc gamma RIII and acquire Annexin V binding sites during apoptosis in vitro

    C. H. E. Homburg;M. De Haas;A. E. G. K. Von Dem Borne;A. J. Verhoeven

  • Nomenclature of human platelet antigens.

    P. Metcalfe;N. A. Watkins;W. H. Ouwehand;W. H. Ouwehand;C. Kaplan

  • Haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn

    M. de Haas;F. F. Thurik;J. M. Koelewijn;C. E. van der Schoot

  • Competition for FcRn-mediated transport gives rise to short half-life of human IgG3 and offers therapeutic potential

    Nigel M. Stapleton;Jan Terje Andersen;Jan Terje Andersen;Annette M. Stemerding;Stefania P. Bjarnarson

  • Neutrophil Fc gamma RIIIb deficiency, nature, and clinical consequences: a study of 21 individuals from 14 families.

    M. De Haas;M. Kleijer;R. Van Zwieten;D. Roos

  • Effect of screening for red cell antibodies, other than anti-D, to detect hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: a population study in the Netherlands.

    J.M. Koelewijn;T.G.M. Vrijkotte;C.E. Van Der Schoot;G.J. Bonsel

  • Fc gamma receptor IIa (CD32) polymorphism in fulminant meningococcal septic shock in children.

    R. G. M. Bredius;B. H. F. Derkx;C. A. P. Fijen;T. P. M. De Wit

  • Soluble Fc gamma receptor III in human plasma originates from release by neutrophils.

    T. W. J. Huizinga;M. De Haas;M. Kleijer;J. H. Nuijens

  • Role of neutrophil Fc gamma RIIa (CD32) and Fc gamma RIIIb (CD16) polymorphic forms in phagocytosis of human IgG1- and IgG3-opsonized bacteria and erythrocytes.

    R. G. M. Bredius;C. A. P. Fijen;M. De Haas;E. J. Kuijper

  • Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration to healthy volunteers: analysis of the immediate activating effects on circulating neutrophils

    M. De Haas;J. M. Kerst;C. E. Van Der Schoot;J. Calafat

  • Copy number variation of the activating FCGR2C gene predisposes to idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.

    Willemijn B. Breunis;Edwin van Mirre;Marrie Bruin;Judy Geissler

  • Therapeutic efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin preparations depends on the immunoglobulin G dimers : studies in experimental immune thrombocytopenia

    Jessica L. Teeling;Theo Jansen-Hendriks;Taco W. Kuijpers;Masja de Haas

  • A prominent lack of IgG1-Fc fucosylation of platelet alloantibodies in pregnancy

    Rick Kapur;Iwan Kustiawan;Anne Vestrheim;Anne Vestrheim;Carolien A. M. Koeleman

  • FcRn: an IgG receptor on phagocytes with a novel role in phagocytosis

    Gestur Vidarsson;Annette M. Stemerding;Nigel M. Stapleton;Suzanne E. Spliethoff

  • Recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration to healthy volunteers : induction of immunophenotypically and functionally altered neutrophils via an effect on myeloid progenitor cells

    J. M. Kerst;M. De Haas;C. E. Van Der Schoot;I. C. M. Slaper-Cortenbach

  • Fc gamma receptor IIa (CD32) heterogeneity in patients with recurrent bacterial respiratory tract infections.

    L. A. M. Sanders;J. G. J. Van De Winkel;G. T. Rijkers;M. M. Voorhorst-Ogink

  • Copy number variation at the FCGR locus includes FCGR3A, FCGR2C and FCGR3B but not FCGR2A and FCGR2B

    Willemijn B. Breunis;Willemijn B. Breunis;Edwin van Mirre;Judy Geissler;Nadja Laddach

  • Noninvasive fetal blood group genotyping of rhesus D, c, E and of K in alloimmunised pregnant women: evaluation of a 7-year clinical experience.

    P. G. Scheffer;P. G. Scheffer;C. E. van der Schoot;G. C. M. L. Page-Christiaens;M. de Haas

  • Complications of intrauterine intravascular blood transfusion: lessons learned after 1678 procedures.

    C. Zwiers;I. T. M. Lindenburg;F. J. Klumper;M. de Haas

  • Rapid genotyping of blood group antigens by multiplex polymerase chain reaction and DNA microarray hybridization.

    Sigrid H.W. Beiboer;Tinka Wieringa‐Jelsma;Petra A. Maaskant‐Van Wijk;C. Ellen Van Der Schoot

  • Screening in pregnancy for fetal or neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: systematic review.

    MM Kamphuis;N Paridaans;L Porcelijn;M De Haas

Frequent Co-Authors

Gestur Vidarsson
Gestur Vidarsson University of Amsterdam
Jaap Jan Zwaginga
Jaap Jan Zwaginga Leiden University Medical Center
Dirk Roos
Dirk Roos University of Amsterdam
Manfred Wuhrer
Manfred Wuhrer Leiden University Medical Center
Taco W. Kuijpers
Taco W. Kuijpers University of Amsterdam
Eric Vivier
Eric Vivier Aix-Marseille University
Armand Bensussan
Armand Bensussan Hôpital Saint-Louis
James H. Morrissey
James H. Morrissey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Martin L. Olsson
Martin L. Olsson Lund University
Curt I. Civin
Curt I. Civin University of Maryland, Baltimore

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