The effect of the antisickling compound GBT1118 on the permeability of red blood cells from patients with sickle cell anemia

Abstract Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is one of the commonest severe inherited disorders. Nevertheless, effective treatments remain inadequate and novel ones are avidly sought. A promising advance has been the design of novel compounds which react with hemoglobin S (HbS) to increase oxygen (O2) affinity...

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Main Authors: Halima Al Balushi, Kobina Dufu, David C. Rees, John N. Brewin, Anke Hannemann, Donna Oksenberg, David C.‐Y. Lu, John S. Gibson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-03-01
Series:Physiological Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14027