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Overview

Willy A. Flegel is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine, with significant contributions in Hematology, Genetics, Physiology, Infectious Diseases, and Immunology. The scientist has published extensively, with a notable presence in specialized journals related to blood research and transfusion medicine.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Blood groups and transfusion
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Blood disorders and treatments
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Blood transfusion and management

Frequent coauthors in Willy A. Flegel's collaborations are:

  • Kshitij Srivastava
  • Gregory A. Denomme
  • Connie M. Westhoff
  • Thierry Peyrard
  • Lisa G. Rider

Their research has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Transfusion
  • Blood
  • PubMed
  • British Journal of Haematology
  • Vox Sanguinis

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Willy A. Flegel include:

  • It's time to phase out "serologic weak D phenotype" and resolve D types with RHD genotyping including weak D type 4, 2020, Transfusion

Other notable recent publications associated with related research fields are:

  • HLA associations, somatic loss of HLA expression, and clinical outcomes in immune aplastic anemia, 2021, Blood
  • DEL in China: the D antigen among serologic RhD-negative individuals, 2021, Journal of Translational Medicine
  • International Society of Blood Transfusion Working Party on Red Cell Immunogenetics and Blood Group Terminology Report of Basel and three virtual business meetings: Update on blood group systems, 2022, Vox Sanguinis
  • A pilot trial of complement inhibition using eculizumab to overcome platelet transfusion refractoriness in human leukocyte antigen allo-immunized patients, 2020, British Journal of Haematology

Best Publications

  • Molecular Basis of Weak D Phenotypes

    Franz F. Wagner;Christoph Gassner;Thomas H. Müller;Diether Schönitzer

  • International Society of Blood Transfusion Committee on Terminology for Red Blood Cell Surface Antigens: Macao report

    G. Daniels;L. Castilho;W. A. Flegel;A. Fletcher

  • RHD gene deletion occurred in the Rhesus box

    Franz F. Wagner;Willy A. Flegel

  • RHD positive haplotypes in D negative Europeans

    Franz F Wagner;Alexander Frohmajer;Willy A Flegel

  • Weak D alleles express distinct phenotypes

    Franz F. Wagner;Alexander Frohmajer;Birgit Ladewig;Nicole I. Eicher

  • Prevention of endotoxin-induced monokine release by human low- and high-density lipoproteins and by apolipoprotein A-I.

    W A Flegel;M W Baumstark;C Weinstock;A Berg

  • Molecular genetics and clinical applications for RH

    Willy A. Flegel

  • Norovirus gastroenteritis causes severe and lethal complications after chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    Stefan Schwartz;Maria Vergoulidou;Eckart Schreier;Christoph Loddenkemper

  • It's time to phase in RHD genotyping for patients with a serologic weak D phenotype

    S. Gerald Sandler;Willy A. Flegel;Connie M. Westhoff;Gregory A. Denomme

  • Treatment Strategies for Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase 2.

    Amanda K. Ombrello;Jing Qin;Patrycja M. Hoffmann;Parag Kumar

  • Six years' experience performing RHD genotyping to confirm D- red blood cell units in Germany for preventing anti-D immunizations.

    Willy A. Flegel;Inge von Zabern;Franz F. Wagner

  • Partial D, weak D types, and novel RHD alleles among 33,864 multiethnic patients: implications for anti-D alloimmunization and prevention.

    Gregory A. Denomme;Franz F. Wagner;Bernard J. Fernandes;Wei Li

  • Cytokine response by human monocytes to Clostridium difficile toxin A and toxin B

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  • Three molecular structures cause rhesus D category VI phenotypes with distinct immunohematologic features

    Franz F. Wagner;Christoph Gassner;Thomas H. Müller;Diether Schönitzer

  • How I manage donors and patients with a weak D phenotype.

    Willy A Flegel

  • RHD/CE typing by polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primers

    C Gassner;A Schmarda;S Kilga-Nogler;B Jenny-Feldkircher

  • Does prolonged storage of red blood cells cause harm

    Willy A. Flegel;Charles Natanson;Harvey G. Klein

  • PCR screening for common weak D types shows different distributions in three Central European populations.

    Thomas H. Müller;Franz F. Wagner;Andreas Trockenbacher;Nicole I. Eicher

  • Molecular biology of partial D and weak D: implications for blood bank practice.

    Willy A Flegel;Franz F Wagner

  • Serological weak D phenotypes: a review and guidance for interpreting the RhD blood type using the RHD genotype.

    S. Gerald Sandler;Leonard N. Chen;Willy A. Flegel;Willy A. Flegel

  • Review: the molecular basis of the Rh blood group phenotypes.

    Franz F. Wagner;Willy A. Flegel

  • International Society of Blood Transfusion Working Party on red cell immunogenetics and blood group terminology: Cancun report (2012).

    Jill Storry;L Castilho;G Daniels;W A Flegel

  • The DAU allele cluster of the RHD gene

    Franz F. Wagner;Birgit Ladewig;Katharina S. Angert;Guido A. Heymann

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Childs
Richard Childs National Institutes of Health
Martin L. Olsson
Martin L. Olsson Lund University
Geoff Daniels
Geoff Daniels NHS Blood and Transplant
David F. Stroncek
David F. Stroncek National Institutes of Health
Hubert Schrezenmeier
Hubert Schrezenmeier University of Ulm
George Garratty
George Garratty American Red Cross
John F. Tisdale
John F. Tisdale National Institutes of Health
Christian Gabriel
Christian Gabriel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Pertti Sistonen
Pertti Sistonen Finnish Red Cross

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