Blood substitutes and oxygen therapeutics: a review

JS Jahr, NR Guinn, DR Lowery… - Anesthesia & …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Despite the exhaustive search for an acceptable substitute to erythrocyte transfusion, neither
chemical-based products such as perfluorocarbons nor hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers …

The reaction of oxy hemoglobin with nitrite: Mechanism, antioxidant-modulated effect, and implications for blood substitute evaluation

D Hathazi, F Scurtu, C Bischin, A Mot, AAA Attia… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
The autocatalytic reaction between nitrite and the oxy form of globins involves free radicals.
For myoglobin (Mb), an initial binding of nitrite to the iron-coordinated oxygen molecule was …

Protein-based blood substitutes: recent attempts at controlling pro-oxidant reactivity with and beyond hemoglobin

VF Scurtu, AC Moţ, R Silaghi-Dumitrescu - Pharmaceuticals, 2013 - mdpi.com
Reviewed here are recent attempts to produce protein-based artificial oxygen carriers
(“blood substitutes”). Most of these involve chemical or physical modifications on …

Comparative In Vivo Effects of Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers (HBOC) with Varying Prooxidant and Physiological Reactivity

VA Toma, AD Farcaș, I Roman, B Sevastre… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
A series of hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier candidates (HBOC), previously noted for their
differences in prooxidative and physiological reactivity, were compared in terms of the …

Hemoglobin–albumin cross-linking with disuccinimidyl suberate (DSS) and/or glutaraldehyde for blood substitutes

F Scurtu, O Zolog, B Iacob… - Artificial Cells …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Hemoglobin (Hb) derivatization for blood substitute purposes often involves multi-step
processes including redox reagents such as borohydride and periodate, with possible …

In vivo evaluation of hemerythrin-based oxygen carriers: Similarities with hemoglobin-based counterparts

VA Toma, AD Farcas, I Roman, B Sevastre… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
We have previously proposed the annelid-derived protein, hemerythrin, as a viable
replacement for hemoglobin in the synthesis of semi-synthetic oxygen carriers (“blood …

Glutaraldehyde‐Polymerized Hemoglobin: In Search of Improved Performance as Oxygen Carrier in Hemorrhage Models

AD Farcas, VA Toma, I Roman… - Bioinorganic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hemoglobin‐(Hb‐) based oxygen carriers (HBOC) have for several decades been explored
for treatment of hemorrhage. In our previous top‐up tests, HBOC with lower in vitro …

Selective Attachment of Polyethylene Glycol to Hemerythrin for Potential Use in Blood Substitutes

MK Arkosi, AC Mot, I Lupan, MGG Tegla… - The Protein …, 2023 - Springer
Due to its ability to reversibly bind O2, alongside a relatively low redox reactivity and a
limited cytotoxicity, the oxygen-carrying protein hemerythrin has been considered as an …

Artificial red blood cells

K Ferenz, O Karaman, SB Shah - Nanotechnology for Hematology, Blood …, 2022 - Elsevier
To overcome transfusion-associated problems, the development of artificial red blood cells
aims to provide an unlimited source of O 2 supply/CO 2 disposal as ready-to-use with any …

Capillary electrophoretic analysis of whole blood samples for hemoglobin‐based oxygen carriers without the use of immunoprecipitation

CR Harrison, S Vydha - Electrophoresis, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Hemoglobin‐based oxygen carriers (HBOC s) are blood substitutes, synthesized by
polymerizing hemoglobin, which are being developed and investigated as alternatives to …