A team led by the University of Sydney has identified red blood cell rupture at dying endothelial sites as a primary driver of microvascular obstruction in COVID-19, bypassing the expected role of ...

Bursting red blood cells—not traditional blood clots—are responsible for blocking microvessels and impairing blood flow.

Poster Ex-vivo activation of pyruvate kinase by tebapivat reduces sickling and red blood cell adhesion in sickle cell disease PS2170 Saturday, June 14, 2025, 6:30 - 7:30 PM CEST ...

A poster presentation with preclinical data demonstrating that tebapivat reduced red blood cell sickling and adhesion in blood samples from sickle cell disease patients, highlighting its therapeutic ...

--Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in cellular metabolism and pyruvate kinase activation pioneering therapies for rare diseases, today announced that new data on the company’ s PK ...

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The response of the metabolic network of human red blood cell is investigated using the E-Cell simulation system when pyruvate kinase (PK) is deficient. The results that several downstream metabolites ...

Learn more about red blood cells, transporters of oxygen throughout your body, including vital organs and tissues.

Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is the most frequent red cell enzyme deficiency that causes hemolysis with a prevalence of 5:100,000 in most populations. 1 Association of PK deficiency with ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether circulating pyruvate kinase M2 (PK‐M2) levels are elevated in the peripheral blood and to assess their association with diagnosis and prognosis in ...