Liposome encapsulated hemoglobin is being developed as an artificial resuscitative fluid for in vivo oxygen delivery. In the present report, we examine the effect of accumulation of liposome encapsulated hemoglobin on the structure of reticuloendothelial organs following administration of liposome encapsulated bovine hemoglobin in the normovolemic rat. We have also examined the administration o...

Bone marrow from mature goats and sheep was cultured in plasma clots, and three erythropoietin (ESF)-dependent responses-growth (colony formation), differentiation (globin production), and initiation of hemoglobin C (alpha2beta2C) synthesis--were quantitated. ESF concentrations below 0.01 U/ml supported colony growth and adult hemoglobin production in cultures of goat marrow, while maximal hemo...

Alpha (α)-thalassemia represents a group of recessively inherited hemoglobin disorders marked by deficient or absent synthesis of 1 to all 4 of the α-globin genes. Inactivation of 3 α-globin genes--either by deletional or nondeletional mutations--results in hemoglobin H (Hb H) disease. Patients with Hb H disease produce hemoglobin composed of all beta chains and have moderate to severe hemolyti...

H EMOGLOBIN J was first reported in an American Negro family by Thorup et al.’ in 1956. Subsequently, it has been found in Indonesians,2’ East Indians,4’5 French-Canadians,6 Chinese,7 a Negro-Caucasian,5 and most recently in a family of Hawaiian-Chinese-Caucasian ancestry.’ The hemoglobin “Liberian I” described by Robinson et al.’” was formerly’ designated as hemoglobin J but recently has been ...