Storage of Erythrocytes Induces Suicidal Erythrocyte Death

Background/Aims: Similar to apoptosis of nucleated cells, red blood cells (RBC) can undergo suicidal cell death - called eryptosis. It is characterized by cell shrinkage and phosphatidylserine translocation. Eryptosis is triggered by an increase of intracellular calcium concentration due to activati...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth Lang, Vitaly I. Pozdeev, Haifeng C. Xu, Prashant V. Shinde, Kristina Behnke, Junnat M. Hamdam, Erik Lehnert, Rüdiger E. Scharf, Florian Lang, Dieter Häussinger, Karl S. Lang, Philipp A. Lang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH & Co KG 2016-07-01
Series:Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/445657