The role of platelets in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

M Scherlinger, C Richez, GC Tsokos… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are characterized by excessive and
uncontrolled inflammation and thrombosis, both of which are responsible for organ damage …

Sickle cell disease: a review

PL Kavanagh, TA Fasipe, T Wun - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder of hemoglobin, characterized
by formation of long chains of hemoglobin when deoxygenated within capillary beds …

Guidelines on the use of therapeutic apheresis in clinical practice–evidence‐based approach from the Writing Committee of the American Society for Apheresis: the …

L Connelly‐Smith, CR Alquist, NA Aqui… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Journal of Clinical Apheresis (JCA)
Special Issue Writing Committee is charged with reviewing, updating, and categorizing …

CRISPR-Cas9 Editing of the HBG1 and HBG2 Promoters to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

A Sharma, JJ Boelens, M Cancio… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Sickle cell disease is caused by a defect in the β-globin subunit of adult
hemoglobin. Sickle hemoglobin polymerizes under hypoxic conditions, producing deformed …

CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia

H Frangoul, D Altshuler, MD Cappellini… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) and sickle cell disease (SCD) are severe
monogenic diseases with severe and potentially life-threatening manifestations. BCL11A is …

The clinical impact of glycobiology: targeting selectins, Siglecs and mammalian glycans

BAH Smith, CR Bertozzi - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Carbohydrates—namely glycans—decorate every cell in the human body and most secreted
proteins. Advances in genomics, glycoproteomics and tools from chemical biology have …

Inflammation, infection and venous thromboembolism

ME Colling, BE Tourdot, Y Kanthi - Circulation research, 2021 - ahajournals.org
The association between inflammation, infection, and venous thrombosis has long been
recognized; yet, only in the last decades have we begun to understand the mechanisms …

American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: management of acute and chronic pain

AM Brandow, CP Carroll, S Creary, R Edwards-Elliott… - Blood advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Background: The management of acute and chronic pain for individuals living with sickle cell
disease (SCD) is a clinical challenge. This reflects the paucity of clinical SCD pain research …

Sickle cell disease

GJ Kato, FB Piel, CD Reid, MH Gaston… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited disorders caused by mutations in HBB,
which encodes haemoglobin subunit β. The incidence is estimated to be between 300,000 …

A Phase 3 Trial of l-Glutamine in Sickle Cell Disease

Y Niihara, ST Miller, J Kanter, S Lanzkron… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Oxidative stress contributes to the complex pathophysiology of sickle cell
disease. Oral therapy with pharmaceutical-grade l-glutamine (USAN, glutamine) has been …