2008
Red cell membrane: past, present, and future
Mohandas N, Gallagher PG. Red cell membrane: past, present, and future. Blood 2008, 112: 3939-3948. PMID: 18988878, PMCID: PMC2582001, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-07-161166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed cell membraneCell membraneCell typesDiverse cell typesHuman cell typesOnly structural componentNatural selectionTransmembrane proteinSkeletal proteinsFunctional characterizationPlasma membraneMembrane envelopeNon-nucleated red cellsMembrane functionRed cell abnormalitiesProteinMembraneDisease statesCellsStructural componentsRed cellsNew lightUnexpected revelationExciting fieldCell abnormalities
2005
Multiple isoforms of the KC1 cotransporter are expressed in sickle and normal erythroid cells
Crable SC, Hammond SM, Papes R, Rettig RK, Zhou GP, Gallagher PG, Joiner CH, Anderson KP. Multiple isoforms of the KC1 cotransporter are expressed in sickle and normal erythroid cells. Experimental Hematology 2005, 33: 624-631. PMID: 15911086, DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2005.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErythroid cellsKCC isoformsMultiple isoformsSplicing variantsStructure/function studiesKCl cotransporterWild-type cellsHuman erythroid cellsDifferentiated erythroid precursorsCl-dependent K fluxTransient transfection experimentsNormal erythroid cellsIsoform expression patternCotransporter activityRed cellsKCC genesExpression patternsReticulocyte maturationHuman red cellsKCC1 geneTransfection experimentsReverse transcriptase-PCRSplice variantsRelative abundanceGenes