COVID-19: hemoglobin, iron, and hypoxia beyond inflammation. A narrative review

A Cavezzi, E Troiani, S Corrao - Clinics and practice, 2020‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has been regarded as an infective-inflammatory
disease, which affects mainly lungs. More recently, a multi-organ involvement has been …

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 …

Intravascular hemolysis and the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease

GJ Kato, MH Steinberg, MT Gladwin - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2017‏ - jci.org
Hemolysis is a fundamental feature of sickle cell anemia that contributes to its
pathophysiology and phenotypic variability. Decompartmentalized hemoglobin, arginase 1 …

Hemolysis, free hemoglobin toxicity, and scavenger protein therapeutics

F Vallelian, PW Buehler… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2022‏ - ashpublications.org
During hemolysis, erythrophagocytes dispose damaged red blood cells. This prevents the
extracellular release of hemoglobin, detoxifies heme, and recycles iron in a linked metabolic …

Red blood cell function and dysfunction: redox regulation, nitric oxide metabolism, anemia

V Kuhn, L Diederich, TCS Keller IV… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2017‏ - liebertpub.com
Significance: Recent clinical evidence identified anemia to be correlated with severe
complications of cardiovascular disease (CVD) such as bleeding, thromboembolic events …

Mechanisms of haemolysis-induced kidney injury

K Van Avondt, E Nur, S Zeerleder - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2019‏ - nature.com
Intravascular haemolysis is a fundamental feature of chronic hereditary and acquired
haemolytic anaemias, including those associated with haemoglobinopathies, complement …

Heme-induced neutrophil extracellular traps contribute to the pathogenesis of sickle cell disease

G Chen, D Zhang, TA Fuchs, D Manwani… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014‏ - ashpublications.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is characterized by recurring episodes of vascular occlusion in
which neutrophil activation plays a major role. The disease is associated with chronic …

Anemia: progress in molecular mechanisms and therapies

VG Sankaran, MJ Weiss - Nature medicine, 2015‏ - nature.com
Anemia is a major source of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Here we review recent
insights into how red blood cells (RBCs) are produced, the pathogenic mechanisms …

Haptoglobin, hemopexin, and related defense pathways—basic science, clinical perspectives, and drug development

DJ Schaer, F Vinchi, G Ingoglia, E Tolosano… - Frontiers in …, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
Hemolysis, which occurs in many disease states, can trigger a diverse pathophysiologic
cascade that is related to the specific biochemical activities of free Hb and its porphyrin …

Haptoglobin: From hemoglobin scavenging to human health

A di Masi, G De Simone, C Ciaccio, S D'Orso… - Molecular Aspects of …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Haptoglobin (Hp) belongs to the family of acute-phase plasma proteins and represents the
most important plasma detoxifier of hemoglobin (Hb). The basic Hp molecule is a tetrameric …