Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell Acanthocytosis, condition in which the majority of erythrocytes are acanthocytes. Anemia ...

This pathogen-sensing role comes at a cost, however: red blood cells (RBCs) that cart around snippets of DNA are killed, likely contributing to inflammation-associated anemia. When Nilam Mangalmurti, ...

Sickle-cell trait haplotype distribution shows the genetic advantages of this mutation. In the deoxygenated environment of tissue capillary beds, the misshapen RBCs are the cause of all the ...

Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell Acanthocytosis, condition in which the majority of erythrocytes are acanthocytes. Anemia ...