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Drug transport by red blood cells

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
This review focuses on the role of human red blood cells (RBCs) as drug carriers. First, a general introduction about RBC physiology is provided, followed by the presentation of several cases in which RBCs act as natural carriers of drugs. This is due to
Sara Biagiotti, Elena Perla, Mauro Magnani   +2 more
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Renal Findings in Patients with Thalassemia at Abdominal Ultrasound: Should We Still Talk about “Incidentalomas”? Results of a Long-Term Follow-Up

Diagnostics
We retrospectively collected all ultrasound imaging data of our thalassemia patients over a period of 10 years with the aim of assessing the prevalence and the risk factors of renal stones and cysts.
Carmina Fatigati, Antonella Meloni, Silvia Costantini, Anna Spasiano, Flora Ascione, Filippo Cademartiri, Paolo Ricchi   +6 more
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Maturation of phagosomes containing different erythrophagocytic particles in primary macrophages

FEBS Open Bio, 2017
Erythrophagocytosis is a physiological process that aims to remove damaged red blood cells from the circulation in order to avoid hemolysis and uncontrolled liberation of iron. Many efforts have been made to understand heme trafficking inside macrophages,
Inês B. Santarino, Otília V. Vieira
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Endovascular Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms and Blood Transfusion. What do We Need?

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2016
Introduction: Comparatively to open repair, endovascular aneurysm repair has reduced transfusion rates but there’s no recommendation about number of red blood cells units to be crossmatched preoperatively.
Rui Machado, Luís Loureiro, Inês Antunes, Jorge Coutinho, Rui Almeida   +4 more
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Anemia—A Focus on RBC Deformability and Membrane Proteomics—Integrated Observational Prospective Study

Microorganisms
Introduction: The multifaceted impact of COVID-19 extends beyond the respiratory system, encompassing intricate interactions with various physiological systems. This study elucidates the potential association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and anemia, with
Angelo D’Alessandro, Elena Krisnevskaya, Valentina Leguizamon, Ines Hernández, Carolina de la Torre, Joan-Josep Bech, Josep-Tomàs Navarro, Joan-Lluis Vives-Corrons   +7 more
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Use of red blood cells concentrates at the General Hospital of Mexico

Revista Médica del Hospital General de México, 2017
Background: Blood transfusion is a valuable therapeutic tool for massive bleeding in spite of inherent risks and makes the difference between life and death.
J. Rojo-Medina, G.P. López-Herranz, D. Quezada-García   +2 more
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Design and simulate routine serologic training experiments in blood transfusion using RhD blood group

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2023
Objective To design and simulate routine serological experiments in transfusion techniques using RhD blood group, so as to solve the problem of difficult to obtain positive specimens in experimental teaching.
Yingying NIU, Jiang WANG, Chunxia CHEN, Chunyan HUANG   +3 more
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Generation, establishment and characterization of three pluripotent stem cell lines (CVTTHi002-A, CVTTHi003-A and CVTTHi004-A) from primary testicular somatic cells isolated from two prepuberal and one peripuberal Klinefelter Syndrome (47 XXY) patients

Stem Cell Research
Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) is an aneuploid genetic condition in males characterized by at least one additional copy of the X chromosome. Due to fibrotic degeneration of the testis, these patients suffer infertility in the future.
Myriam Martin-Inaraja, Irene Romayor, Andrea Sáez de Cámara, Lara Herrera, Ainhoa Palacios, Maria Villaverde, Silvia Santos, Miguel Ángel Vesga, Beatriz Barreña, Ana María Aransay, Juan Anguita, Estíbaliz Solorzano, María Begoña Prieto, Roberto Matorras, Cristina Eguizabal   +14 more
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Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization in Multi - transfused Patients: A Bicentric Study in India

Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2016
Background: It is well-known that alloimmunization to red blood cell antigens resulting from the genetic disparities between donor and recipient is one of the risks of blood transfusion.
Amit Agrawal, Ankit Mathur, Sanjana Dontula, Latha Jagannathan   +3 more
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Studies of Red Blood Cell Aggregation and Blood Oxygenation on the Basis of the Optoacoustic Effect in Biological Media

Journal of Biomedical Photonics & Engineering, 2020
The most important task in the field of medical diagnostics is the creation and application of new diagnostic tools and methods, as well as diagnosis of physiological processes.
Denis A. Kravchuk, Ksenia A. Voronina
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