Red blood cell storage lesion: causes and potential clinical consequences

T Yoshida, M Prudent, A D'Alessandro - Blood Transfusion, 2019‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Red blood cells (RBCs) are a specialised organ that enabled the evolution of multicellular
organisms by supplying a sufficient quantity of oxygen to cells that cannot obtain oxygen …

Red blood cell metabolism in vivo and in vitro

A D'Alessandro, AT Anastasiadi, VL Tzounakas… - Metabolites, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Red blood cells (RBC) are the most abundant cell in the human body, with a central role in
oxygen transport and its delivery to tissues. However, omics technologies recently revealed …

Erythrocyte metabolism

PN Chatzinikolaou, NV Margaritelis… - Acta …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Our aim is to present an updated overview of the erythrocyte metabolism highlighting its
richness and complexity. We have manually collected and connected the available …

Assessment of stored red blood cells through lab-on-a-chip technologies for precision transfusion medicine

Z Isiksacan, A D'Alessandro, SM Wolf… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Transfusion of red blood cells (RBCs) is one of the most valuable and widespread
treatments in modern medicine. Lifesaving RBC transfusions are facilitated by the cold …

Ethnicity, sex, and age are determinants of red blood cell storage and stress hemolysis: results of the REDS-III RBC-Omics study

T Kanias, MC Lanteri, GP Page, Y Guo… - Blood …, 2017‏ - ashpublications.org
Genetic polymorphisms in blood donors may contribute to donor-specific differences in the
survival of red blood cells (RBCs) during cold storage and after transfusion. Genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidative stress in β-thalassaemia and sickle cell disease

S Voskou, M Aslan, P Fanis, M Phylactides… - Redox biology, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Sickle cell disease and β-thalassaemia are inherited haemoglobinopathies resulting in
structural and quantitative changes in the β-globin chain. These changes lead to instability …

Erythrocytic ferroportin reduces intracellular iron accumulation, hemolysis, and malaria risk

DL Zhang, J Wu, BN Shah, KC Greutélaers, MC Ghosh… - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
Malaria parasites invade red blood cells (RBCs), consume copious amounts of hemoglobin,
and severely disrupt iron regulation in humans. Anemia often accompanies malaria disease; …

Ferroportin deficiency in erythroid cells causes serum iron deficiency and promotes hemolysis due to oxidative stress

DL Zhang, MC Ghosh, H Ollivierre, Y Li… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2018‏ - ashpublications.org
Ferroportin (FPN), the only known vertebrate iron exporter, transports iron from intestinal,
splenic, and hepatic cells into the blood to provide iron to other tissues and cells in vivo …

Iron chelators for the treatment of cancer

Y Yu, E Gutierrez, Z Kovacevic, F Saletta… - Current medicinal …, 2012‏ - ingentaconnect.com
The study of iron chelators as anti-tumor agents is still in its infancy. Iron is important for
cellular proliferation and this is demonstrated by observations that iron-depletion results in …

Inborn defects in the antioxidant systems of human red blood cells

R Van Zwieten, AJ Verhoeven, D Roos - Free Radical Biology and …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Red blood cells (RBCs) contain large amounts of iron and operate in highly oxygenated
tissues. As a result, these cells encounter a continuous oxidative stress. Protective …