Several diseases (such as diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders) affect the
morpho-functional aspects of red blood cells, sometimes altering their normal metabolism. In …

Purpose Unraveling the pathophysiology of COVID-19 disease is of crucial importance for
designing treatment. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the disease on …

Erythrocrine function refers to erythrocytes' ability to synthesize and release active signaling
molecules such as ATP and nitric oxide (NO). Erythrocyte NO regulates its deformability and …

Abstract The novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the
causative agent of COVID-19 outbreak, spread rapidly and infected more than 140 million …

Clinical syndrome coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is characterized by rapid spreading and high mortality …

Progressive respiratory failure is seen as a major cause of death in severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2)-induced infection. Relatively little is known about the …

The clinical course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) varies from mild symptoms to
acute respiratory distress syndrome, hyperinflammation, and coagulation disorder. The …

Infection with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)
and the associated coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19) might affect red blood cells (RBC); …

The virus SARS-CoV-2 commonly causes self-resolving, flu-like illnesses in the majority of
patients, but a critical illness can be seen in 5% of cases–especially in the elderly population …

Peripheral blood smear is a simple laboratory tool, which remains of invaluable help for
diagnosing primary and secondary abnormalities of blood cells despite advances in …