High ferritin levels have major effects on the morphology of erythrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease

High ferritin levels have major effects on the morphology of erythrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease

Introduction: Unliganded iron both contributes to the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and also changes the morphology of erythrocytes (RBCs). We tested the hypothesis that these two facts might be linked, i.e. that the RBCs of AD individuals have a variant morphology, that might have diagnosti...

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Main Authors: Janette eBester, Antoinette eBuys, Boguslaw eLipinski, Douglas B Kell, Etheresia ePretorius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Erythrocytes
Iron
Alzheimer’s disease
Atomic Force Microscopy
Scanning electron microscopy
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2013.00088/full

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