Evaluation and frequency of KELL erythrocyte antigen in blood donors of Regional Blood Center of Passo Fundo, Brazil [PDF]
Infarma: Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018 The aim of this research was verify the frequency of erythrocyte antigen K1 in the population of donors who had their blood phenotyped at Regional Blood Center of Passo Fundo (RS).
Danury Dal Piva BALDASSO +4 more
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Does blood type affect the COVID-19 infection pattern? [PDF]
PLoS ONE (2021);16(5): e0251535, 2020 Among the many aspects that characterize the COVID-19 pandemic, two seem particularly challenging to understand: (i) the great geographical differences in the degree of virus contagiousness and lethality which were found in the different phases of the epidemic progression, and (ii) the potential role of the infected people's blood type in both the ...
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ABO, secretor, and Lewis carbohydrate histo-blood groups are associated with autoimmune neutropenia of early childhood in Danish patients [PDF]
, 2022 BACKGROUND: Autoimmune neutropenia of early childhood (AIN) is caused by autoantibodies directed against antigens on the neutrophil membrane. The ABO, secretor, and Lewis histo‐blood group systems control the expression of carbohydrate antigens and have ...
Glenthøj, Andreas +8 more
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Blood group antigens visualisation on leukocytes [PDF]
Scripta MedicaBackground/Aim: The leukocytes have been reported to contain blood group specific antigens, that are clinically relevant, however visualisation of A and B group antigens on leukocytes is a big issue.
Grigorovich Kravchun Pavlo +3 more
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Determining the frequency of colton blood group antigens Coa and Cob in the Maltese population [PDF]
, 2019 This study aimed at identifying the frequency of two blood group antigens of interest within the Colton (Co) blood group system, Coa and Cob , the higher and lower prevalence antigens respectively.
Borg, Joseph +2 more
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Validation of a Polymerase Chain Reaction technique for Kidd blood group genotyping [PDF]
, 2015 The Kidd blood group antigens, Jkª and Jkᵇ , are two of the main surface markers which are found on the membrane of red blood cells. The determination of whether a donor or a recipient has the Jkª and/or the Jkᵇ antigens is crucially important to ...
Borg, Joseph J. +2 more
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The Role of ABO Blood Type in Thrombosis Scoring Systems [PDF]
, 2017 In addition to their major role in transfusion medicine, there is increasing evidence that ABO blood group antigens (complex carbohydrate molecules widely expressed on the surface of red blood cells and several other cell types) are implicated in the ...
Catalano, Liviana +5 more
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Lewis b antigen is a common ligand for genogroup I norovirus strains
FEBS Open Bio, 2022 Noroviruses are major causative agents of nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis in humans. Ten genogroups of noroviruses have been identified to date, among which genogroup I (GI) and genogroup II (GII) noroviruses are major pathogens for humans. GI and GII
Yuichi Someya
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The Probable Association between Blood Groups and Prognosis of COVID-19
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2021 Background: We aimed to verify the association between blood group systems and prognosis of SARS-Cov-2 disease. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 329 patients infected with SARS-Cov-2 diagnosed based on their COVID-19 RT-PCR results and chest CT
Maryam Nasiri +3 more
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Biological functions of blood group antigens [PDF]
, 2009 Os antígenos de grupos sanguíneos eritrocitários são estruturas macromoleculares localizadas na superfície extracelular da membrana eritrocitária. Com o desenvolvimento de estudos moleculares, mais de 250 antígenos são conhecidos e estão organizados em ...
BONIFÁCIO, Silvia L. +1 more
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