Neutrophils have a prominent role in all human immune responses against any type of
pathogen or stimulus. The lungs are a major neutrophil reservoir and neutrophilic …

Red blood cells (RBCs) deformability refers to the cells' ability to adapt their shape to the
dynamically changing flow conditions so as to minimize their resistance to flow. The high red …

Metabolomic investigations of packed red blood cells (RBCs) stored under refrigerated
conditions in saline adenine glucose mannitol (SAGM) additives have revealed the …

Human red blood cells (RBCs) are approximately 8 μm in diameter, but must repeatedly
deform through capillaries as small as 2 μm in order to deliver oxygen to all parts of the …

Background Red blood cells collected in citrate-phosphate-dextrose can be stored for up to
42 days at 4 C in saline-adenine-glucose-mannitol additive solution. During this controlled …

Blood is donated either as whole blood, with subsequent component processing, or through
the use of apheresis devices that extract one or more components and return the rest of the …

Background During cold storage, some red blood cell (RBC) units age more rapidly than
others. Yet, the Food and Drug Administration has set a uniform storage limit of 42 days …

Background Several factors contribute to the manifestation of red blood cell (RBC) storage
lesions, with one of the most interesting being the “donor variation effect”. Since many …

Background Characteristics of red blood cells (RBCs) are influenced by donor variability.
This study assessed quality and metabolomic variables of RBC subpopulations of varied …

Peroxiredoxin 2 (Prdx2) is the third most abundant erythrocyte protein. It was known
previously as calpromotin since its binding to the membrane stimulates the calcium …