Red blood cell metabolism in vivo and in vitro

A D'Alessandro, AT Anastasiadi, VL Tzounakas… - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
Red blood cells (RBC) are the most abundant cell in the human body, with a central role in
oxygen transport and its delivery to tissues. However, omics technologies recently revealed …

[HTML][HTML] Red blood cell storage time and transfusion: current practice, concerns and future perspectives

M García-Roa, M del Carmen Vicente-Ayuso… - Blood …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Red blood cells (RBCs) units are the most requested transfusion product worldwide.
Indications for transfusion include symptomatic anaemia, acute sickle cell crisis, and acute …

Donor glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency decreases blood quality for transfusion

RO Francis, A D'Alessandro… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency decreases the
ability of red blood cells (RBCs) to withstand oxidative stress. Refrigerated storage of RBCs …

Effect of silica-based mesoporous nanomaterials on human blood cells

SP Fortis, A Batrinou, HT Georgatzakou… - Chemico-Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Different mesoporous nanomaterials (MSNs) are constantly being developed for a range of
therapeutic purposes, but they invariably interact with blood components and may cause …

Red blood cell omics and machine learning in transfusion medicine: singularity is near

A D'Alessandro - Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy, 2023 - karger.com
Background: Blood transfusion is a life-saving intervention for millions of recipients
worldwide. Over the last 15 years, the advent of high-throughput, affordable omics …

Oxidative stress and antioxidant defenses during blood processing and storage of erythrocyte concentrates

M Bardyn, JD Tissot, M Prudent - Transfusion Clinique et Biologique, 2018 - Elsevier
Oxidative lesions start accumulating in cells when the oxidant attacks overwhelm the
antioxidant defenses. This review will briefly describe red blood cell storage lesions with …

Metabolic linkage and correlations to storage capacity in erythrocytes from glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient donors

JA Reisz, VL Tzounakas, T Nemkov… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Objective In glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, decreased NADPH
regeneration in the pentose phosphate pathway and subnormal levels of reduced …

The antioxidant capacity of erythrocyte concentrates is increased during the first week of storage and correlated with the uric acid level

M Bardyn, S Maye, A Lesch, J Delobel, JD Tissot… - Vox …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives Red blood cells (RBC s) suffer from lesions during cold storage,
depending in part on their ability to counterbalance oxidative stress by activating their …

The post-storage performance of RBCs from beta-thalassemia trait donors is related to their storability profile

AT Anastasiadi, EC Paronis, VZ Arvaniti… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Blood donors with beta-thalassemia traits (βThal+) have proven to be good “storers”, since
their stored RBCs are resistant to lysis and resilient against oxidative/proteotoxic stress. To …

The intersection of host in vivo metabolism and immune responses to infection with kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites

S Ewald, A Nasuhidehnavi, TY Feng… - Microbiology and …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Protozoan parasite infection dramatically alters host metabolism, driven by immunological
demand and parasite manipulation strategies. Immunometabolic checkpoints are often …