In the News
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Dr. Padmanabhan received the National Blood Foundation Award for Innovative Research for his body of work in HIT
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This research was featured in the “Latest and Greatest” section of the American Society of Hematology’s Newsletter
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Healio, a medical news, education and information website for physicians and health care practitioners included this research in: "ASH 2015: Several pearls fished from sea of abstracts"
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A manuscript on the PEA was selected as the Chest Editor’s Pick and the paper of the month on Chest’s Podcast (Sep 2016)
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Retham President & CSO, Dr. Padmanabhan received the Lecturer Award from the American Society for Apheresis (April 2018)
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Retham Director of R&D, Curtis Jones received the Best Abstract Award from the American Society for Apheresis.
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Hear Dr. Padmanabhan speak about HIT epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment on the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) of Southeastern Wisconsin's Discovery Radio
Peer-reviewed Publications:
1. A prospective, blinded study of a PF4-dependent assay for HIT diagnosis. Samuelson Bannow B et al. Blood 2020, In Press
2. Heparin-independent binding of HIT antibodies to platelets: Implications for HIT pathogenesis. Padmanabhan A et al. Blood 2015 Jan 1;125(1):155-61
3. A PF4-dependent CD62p expression assay selectively detects serotonin-releasing antibodies in patients suspected of HIT. Padmanabhan A et al. Thrombosis & Haemostasis, 2015 Nov 25;114(6):1322-3
4. A novel PF4-dependent platelet activation assay identifies patients likely to have heparin-induced thrombocytopenia/thrombosis (HIT). Padmanabhan A et al. Chest. 2016 Sep; 150(3):506-15.
5. A PF4-dependent platelet activation assay (PEA) facilitates early detection of pathogenic HIT antibodies. Jones CG, Pechauer SM, Curtis BR, Bougie DW, Irani MS, Dhakal B, Pierce B, Aster RH and Padmanabhan A. Chest. Oct 2017; 152(4):e77-e80.
6. Intravenous immunoglobulin for treatment of severe refractory heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Padmanabhan A et al. Chest. Sep 2017 Volume 152, Issue 3, Pages 478–485. Chest Podcast, Sep 2017. Transfusion News (2017). ASH Newsletter, the Hematologist (2017)
7. Normal plasma IgG inhibits HIT antibody-mediated platelet activation: implications for therapeutic plasma exchange. Jones CG, Pechauer SM, Curtis BR, Bougie DW, Aster RH and Padmanabhan A. Blood. 2018 Feb 8; 131(6):703-706.
8. Disease burden, complication rates, and health-care costs of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the USA: a population-based study. Dhakal, B., Kreuziger, L. B., Rein, L., Kleman, A., Fraser, R., Aster, R. H., ... & Padmanabhan, A. (2018). The Lancet Haematology, 5(5), e220-e231.
9. Serotonin release assay (SRA)-negative HIT, a newly recognized entity: Implications for diagnosis and management. Pandya, K. A., Johnson, E. G., Davis, G. A., & Padmanabhan, A. (2018). Thrombosis research, 172, 169-171.
10. Use of intravenous immunoglobulin G to treat spontaneous heparin‐induced thrombocytopenia. Irani, M., Siegal, E., Jella, A., Aster, R., & Padmanabhan, A. (2019). Transfusion, 59(3), 931-934.
11. Intravenous immunoglobulin as an adjunct therapy in persisting heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Park, B. D., Kumar, M., Nagalla, S., De Simone, N., Aster, R. H., Padmanabhan, A., ... & Rambally, S. (2018). Transfusion and Apheresis Science, 57(4), 561-565.