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The Metabolism and Function of Red Cells with Inherited Defects

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In essence a red cell comprises three interacting components: a concentrated solution of hemoglobin, an intracellular metabolic apparatus, and a limiting membrane. Primary defects of genetic origin have been recognized in each of these cell systems with increasing frequency. The metabolic pathways of the red cell serve to maintain its hemoglobin and its membrane in a state of optimal function. Therefore, primary metabolic disorders such as glycolytic enzyme defects transmit their pathologic effects through alterations in the membrane, in hemoglobin or in both at once. Membrane lesions may result from defects anywhere within this system and are clinically manifest as hemolytic anemias. The molecular nature of the primary membrane disorders of the red cell and the exact mechanisms by which defects in glycolytic metabolism affect membrane function remain incompletely understood. The importance of hemoglobin precipitation in the genesis of membrane lesions has recently been elucidated and will be described subsequently. In most of these disorders the spleen, although not necessarily the terminal site for red cell destruction may modify the circulating red cells and affects cell survival to a variable degree.

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Keitt, A.S. (1970). The Metabolism and Function of Red Cells with Inherited Defects. In: Holmes, W.L. (eds) Blood Cells as a Tissue. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7873-0_6

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