Current challenges and future directions for engineering extracellular vesicles for heart, lung, blood and sleep diseases

G Li, T Chen, J Dahlman… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry diverse bioactive components including nucleic acids,
proteins, lipids and metabolites that play versatile roles in intercellular and interorgan …

The red blood cell—inflammation vicious circle in sickle cell disease

E Nader, M Romana, P Connes - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disease caused by a single mutation in the β-globin
gene, leading to the production of an abnormal hemoglobin called hemoglobin S (HbS) …

The worst things in life are free: the role of free heme in sickle cell disease

OT Gbotosho, MG Kapetanaki, GJ Kato - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hemolysis is a pathological feature of several diseases of diverse etiology such as
hereditary anemias, malaria, and sepsis. A major complication of hemolysis involves the …

Haptoglobin: From hemoglobin scavenging to human health

A di Masi, G De Simone, C Ciaccio, S D'Orso… - Molecular Aspects of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Haptoglobin (Hp) belongs to the family of acute-phase plasma proteins and represents the
most important plasma detoxifier of hemoglobin (Hb). The basic Hp molecule is a tetrameric …

Sickle cell disease: role of oxidative stress and antioxidant therapy

R Vona, NM Sposi, L Mattia, L Gambardella, E Straface… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common hereditary disorder of hemoglobin (Hb),
which affects approximately a million people worldwide. It is characterized by a single …

Contact and intrinsic coagulation pathways are activated and associated with adverse clinical outcomes in COVID-19

MW Henderson, F Lima, CRP Moraes, A Ilich… - Blood …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Coagulation activation is a prominent feature of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) infection. Activation of the contact system and intrinsic pathway …

Plasma microparticles of sickle patients during crisis or taking hydroxyurea modify endothelium inflammatory properties

Y Garnier, S Ferdinand, M Garnier… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Microparticles (MPs) are submicron extracellular vesicles exposing phosphatidylserine (PS),
detected at high concentration in the circulation of sickle cell anemia (SS) patients. Several …

Extracellular vesicles in sickle cell disease: Plasma concentration, blood cell types origin distribution and biological properties

E Nader, Y Garnier, P Connes, M Romana - Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Prototype of monogenic disorder, sickle cell disease (SCD) is caused by a unique single
mutation in the β-globin gene, leading to the production of the abnormal hemoglobin S …

Extracellular vesicles from thalassemia patients carry iron-containing ferritin and hemichrome that promote cardiac cell proliferation

A Atipimonpat, P Siwaponanan, A Khuhapinant… - Annals of …, 2021 - Springer
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are bioactive, submicron-sized membrane vesicles released
from all cell types upon activation or apoptosis. EVs including microparticles (MPs) and …

Deciphering the relationship between free and vesicular hemoglobin in stored red blood cell units

VL Tzounakas, AT Anastasiadi, ME Lekka… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Red blood cells (RBCs) release hemoglobin (Hb)-containing extracellular vesicles (EVs)
throughout their lifespan in the circulation, and especially during senescence, by spleen …