Restoring the globular volume of blood is an important measure when correcting the pathological effects of acute blood loss. However, transfusion with erythrocyte mass is not always effective, since ...

Red blood cells are important mediators of the innate immune system. Depending on the cellular environment, these cells either activate the immune system or maintain the system in a dormant state. In ...

Distinct tumor microbiome and metabolomic profiles to inform responses of patients with esophageal cancer to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and immunotherapy. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

Specialists from the Department of Fundamental Medicine of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) with Russian and Japanese colleagues have probed into mechanisms of COVID-19 inside-the-body ...

NAINR. 2004;4(4):231-239. Mature erythrocytes are biconcave disks. RBCs with abnormal morphology may be removed from the circulation leading to anemia. Therefore, certain types of anemia may be ...

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) arises from a somatic mutation of the PIG-A gene in a hematopoietic stem cell and the subsequent production of blood cells with a deficiency of surface ...

The Case: A 72-year-old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia presents to the emergency department with a 3-month history of shortness of breath on exertion, lethargy, pallor and scleral icterus.

NAINR. 2004;4(4):231-239. Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell Acanthocytosis, condition in which the majority of erythrocytes are ...