Red Blood Cell Aging (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
Contributors: Antonio De Flora (Editor); Mauro Magnani (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 31, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780306440212
Subjects: Haematology; Cardiovascular System Physiology; Animals; Science/Mathematics; Hematology; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Mammals; Medical / Hematology; Aging; Congresses; Erythrocyte Aging; Erythrocytes; physiology
Description: These proceedings of a symposium held in Urbino, Italy, September 1990, examine the impact of age on the membrane, metabolism, structural and enzymatic proteins of mammalian erythrocytes. Several reports end with different conclusions; but even with fragmentary knowledge of the events and mechanisms of cell aging, research of value in the diagnosis of diseases such as malaria infection and sickle cell anemia is being done. The majority of reports provide support to the concept that the erythrocyte may be a useful model for elucidating some basic phenomena of aging in more complex cells and intact organisms.