Calcium transport and ultrastructure of red cells in beta-thalassemia intermedia

Calcium transport and ultrastructure of red cells in beta-thalassemia intermedia.

Reported findings of elevated total calcium (Ca) contents in erythrocytes (RBCs) from patients with beta-thalassemia intermedia (beta-TI) prompted the question of whether the state and transport of Ca in these RBCs are similar to those in sickle cell anemia (SS) RBCs where the increased Ca is compartmentalized in endocytic inside-out vesicles and extracted by exposure of the cells to the Ca ion...

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We investigated the molecular basis for a mild phenotype in a group of patients with beta(+) thalassemia originating from Northern Sardinia by definition of the beta-thalassemia mutation, alpha-globin mapping and beta-globin haplotype determination. In nine patients, we detected the compound heterozygous state for the -87 promoter mutation and the codon 39 nonsense mutation; in one patient, we ...

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Calcium transport and ultrastructure of red cells in beta-thalassemia intermedia

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