Pathophysiology of sickle cell disease

P Sundd, MT Gladwin, EM Novelli - Annual review of pathology …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Since the discovery of sickle cell disease (SCD) in 1910, enormous strides have been made
in the elucidation of the pathogenesis of its protean complications, which has inspired recent …

Sickle cell disease

GJ Kato, FB Piel, CD Reid, MH Gaston… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited disorders caused by mutations in HBB,
which encodes haemoglobin subunit β. The incidence is estimated to be between 300,000 …

Impact of sickle cell disease on patientsʼ daily lives, symptoms reported, and disease management strategies: Results from the international Sickle Cell World …

I Osunkwo, B Andemariam, CP Minniti… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder, characterized by hemolytic anemia and vaso‐
occlusive crises (VOCs). Data on the global SCD impact on quality of life (QoL) from the …

Estimated life expectancy and income of patients with sickle cell disease compared with those without sickle cell disease

D Lubeck, I Agodoa, N Bhakta, M Danese… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) have reduced life expectancy;
however, there are limited data available on lifetime income in patients with SCD. Objective …

[HTML][HTML] Life-threatening infectious complications in sickle cell disease: a concise narrative review

D Ochocinski, M Dalal, LV Black, S Carr, J Lew… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) results in chronic hemolytic anemia, recurrent vascular occlusion,
insidious vital organ deterioration, early mortality, and diminished quality of life. Life …

How we manage iron overload in sickle cell patients

TD Coates, JC Wood - British journal of haematology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Blood transfusion plays a prominent role in the management of patients with sickle cell
disease (SCD), but causes significant iron overload. As transfusions are used to treat the …

Etavopivat, a pyruvate kinase activator in red blood cells, for the treatment of sickle cell disease

P Schroeder, K Fulzele, S Forsyth… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2022 - ASPET
Etavopivat is an investigational, oral, small molecule activator of erythrocyte pyruvate kinase
(PKR) in development for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD) and other …

Platelet extracellular vesicles drive inflammasome–IL-1β–dependent lung injury in sickle cell disease

R Vats, T Brzoska, MF Bennewitz… - American Journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Intraerythrocytic polymerization of Hb S promotes hemolysis and vasoocclusive
events in the microvasculature of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Although platelet …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in “sickle and niche” research-Tribute to Dr. Paul S Frenette

LS Torres, N Asada, MJ Weiss, A Trumpp, T Suda… - Stem Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
In this retrospective, we review the two research topics that formed the basis of the
outstanding career of Dr. Paul S. Frenette. In the first part, we focus on sickle cell disease …

Transition to adulthood and adult health care for patients with sickle cell disease or cystic fibrosis: Current practices and research priorities

S Lanzkron, GS Sawicki, KL Hassell… - Journal of clinical and …, 2018 - cambridge.org
IntroductionA growing population of adults living with severe, chronic childhood-onset health
conditions has created a need for specialized health care delivered by providers who have …