Sialic acids rather than glycosaminoglycans affect normal and sickle red blood cell rheology by binding to four major sites on fibrinogen

Am J Hematol. 2020 Apr;95(4):E77-E80. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25718. Epub 2020 Jan 15.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / blood*
  • Binding Sites
  • Chondroitin ABC Lyase / pharmacology
  • Erythrocyte Aggregation / drug effects*
  • Erythrocyte Deformability / drug effects*
  • Erythrocyte Membrane / chemistry
  • Erythrocyte Membrane / metabolism*
  • Fibrinogen / chemistry
  • Fibrinogen / metabolism*
  • Glycocalyx / chemistry
  • Glycosaminoglycans / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Hemorheology
  • Humans
  • Hyaluronoglucosaminidase / pharmacology
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Neuraminidase / pharmacology
  • Polysaccharide-Lyases / pharmacology
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation
  • Sialic Acids / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Sialic Acids / blood*

Substances

  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • Sialic Acids
  • Fibrinogen
  • Neuraminidase
  • Hyaluronoglucosaminidase
  • Polysaccharide-Lyases
  • Chondroitin ABC Lyase
  • heparitinsulfate lyase