Red Blood Cell Oxidative Stress impairs oxygen delivery and induces Red Blood Cell Aging
Red Blood Cells (RBCs) need to deform and squeeze through narrow capillaries. Thus, decreased deformability of RBCs contributes to the elimination of aged or damaged RBCs from the circulation. This process causes impaired oxygen delivery, which has contributed to the pathology of a number of disea...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-02-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00084/full |