Poikilocytosis means a high percentage of abnormally shaped red blood cells. This can be detected with a blood smear.

The amino acid glutamine plays an unexpected role in erythropoiesis, the differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells into ...

When someone inherits two mutant copies of the hemoglobin gene, the abnormal form of the hemoglobin protein causes the red blood cells to lose oxygen and warp into a sickle shape during periods of ...

These rods cause a person's red blood cells to take on a deformed, sickle-like shape, thus giving the disease its name. The rigid, misshapen blood cells do not carry oxygen well, and they also ...

F., & Bibb, J. The incidence and significance of the sickle-cell trait. Annals of Internal Medicine 7, 769–778 (1933) Herrick, J. Peculiar elongated and sickle-shaped red blood corpuscles in a ...

10/16/2024 October 16, 2024 Hemoglobin does not work properly and makes red blood cells sickle-shaped. They lose elasticity and can block small blood vessels. This causes symptoms and decreased ...

Red blood cells are disc-shaped cells with no nucleus. They are very small but their flattened shape gives a relatively large surface area which allows rapid diffusion of oxygen.