Enhanced Suicidal Erythrocyte Death Contributing to Anemia in the Elderly

Background/Aims: Anemia, a common condition in the elderly, could result from impaired formation and/or from accelerated loss of circulating erythrocytes. The latter could result from premature suicidal erythrocyte death or eryptosis characterized by phosphatidylserine (PS) exposure at the erythrocy...

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Main Authors: Adrian Lupescu, Rosi Bissinger, Tobias Goebel, Madhuri S. Salker, Kousi Alzoubi, Guilai Liu, Liviu Chirigiu, Andreas F. Mack, Syed M. Qadri, Florian Lang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH & Co KG 2015-05-01
Series:Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/430137