An update on red blood cell storage lesions, as gleaned through biochemistry and omics technologies

A D'Alessandro, AG Kriebardis, S Rinalducci… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Red blood cell (RBC) aging in the blood bank is characterized by the accumulation of a
significant number of biochemical and morphologic alterations. Recent mass spectrometry …

Proliferating tumor cells mimick glucose metabolism of mature human erythrocytes

M Ghashghaeinia, M Köberle, U Mrowietz, I Bernhardt - Cell Cycle, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Mature human erythrocytes are dependent on anerobic glycolysis, ie catabolism (oxidation)
of one glucose molecule to produce two ATP and two lactate molecules. Proliferating tumor …

A phase 1/2 study of the oral proteasome inhibitor ixazomib in relapsed or refractory AL amyloidosis

V Sanchorawala, G Palladini, V Kukreti… - Blood, The Journal …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
This phase 1/2 study assessed the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of the oral
proteasome inhibitor (PI) ixazomib in patients with relapsed/refractory immunoglobulin light …

Enhanced oxidative stress and damage in glycated erythrocytes

C Turpin, A Catan, A Guerin-Dubourg, X Debussche… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Diabetes is associated with a dramatic mortality rate due to its vascular complications.
Chronic hyperglycemia in diabetes leads to enhanced glycation of erythrocytes and …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides are degraded by the cytosolic proteases of human erythrocytes

CG Starr, WC Wimley - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 2017 - Elsevier
Well-studied and promising antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), with potent bactericidal activity,
in vitro, have yet to have a significant impact in human medicine beyond topical applications …

Conditional degradation of Plasmodium calcineurin reveals functions in parasite colonization of both host and vector

N Philip, AP Waters - Cell host & microbe, 2015 - cell.com
Functional analysis of essential genes in the malarial parasite, Plasmodium, is hindered by
lack of efficient strategies for conditional protein regulation. We report the development of a …

Erythrocytes retain hypoxic adenosine response for faster acclimatization upon re-ascent

A Song, Y Zhang, L Han, GG Yegutkin, H Liu… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Faster acclimatization to high altitude upon re-ascent is seen in humans; however, the
molecular basis for this enhanced adaptive response is unknown. We report that in healthy …

Inhibitors to degraders: Changing paradigm in drug discovery

V Haridas, S Dutta, A Munjal, S Singh - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
The chemical understanding of biological processes provides not only a deeper insight but
also a solution to abnormal biological functioning. Protein degradation, a natural biological …

[HTML][HTML] Role of erythrocytes in nitric oxide metabolism and paracrine regulation of endothelial function

D Gajecki, J Gawryś, E Szahidewicz-Krupska… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Emerging studies provide new data shedding some light on the complex and pivotal role of
red blood cells (RBCs) in nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and paracrine regulation of …

Analysis of erythrocyte signalling pathways during Plasmodium falciparum infection identifies targets for host-directed antimalarial intervention

JD Adderley, S John von Freyend, SA Jackson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Intracellular pathogens mobilize host signaling pathways of their host cell to promote their
own survival. Evidence is emerging that signal transduction elements are activated in a …