Erythrocytes are fascinating cells. Despite their apparent simplicity, they are able to control tissue oxygenation, ions exchange, and energy supply. Given their peculiar bending elasticity and deformability, they may assume, in normal and pathological conditions, different conformations that sometimes make red blood cell (RBC) morphology a “biological picture”. Not surprisingly, several congenital RBC disorders derive their nomenclature from erythrocyte morphology. The beauty of the images is not certainly limited to clinical and diagnostics aspects, but also to basic research in human and other species, following treatments or drug administration, red cell aging, conservation, or during erythroid differentiation.
This new Research Topic is intended to stimulate submission of full research articles, review or short reports, based on an image connected in some way to the red cell. Images may be described in a context of a research work on red cell pathology, such as atypical/complex phenotypes and diagnosis, but also for example from normal cells subjected to treatments, stress or manipulations. They should not be limited to a microscopy image of a red cell but also to the visual output of an analytical procedure.
The Research Topic “Images from Red Cell” could be appealing for researchers in the field, and is intended to be open not only to attendees of the 2020 Virtual ERCS meeting, but also to the greater community of red cell researchers around the world.
Erythrocytes are fascinating cells. Despite their apparent simplicity, they are able to control tissue oxygenation, ions exchange, and energy supply. Given their peculiar bending elasticity and deformability, they may assume, in normal and pathological conditions, different conformations that sometimes make red blood cell (RBC) morphology a “biological picture”. Not surprisingly, several congenital RBC disorders derive their nomenclature from erythrocyte morphology. The beauty of the images is not certainly limited to clinical and diagnostics aspects, but also to basic research in human and other species, following treatments or drug administration, red cell aging, conservation, or during erythroid differentiation.
This new Research Topic is intended to stimulate submission of full research articles, review or short reports, based on an image connected in some way to the red cell. Images may be described in a context of a research work on red cell pathology, such as atypical/complex phenotypes and diagnosis, but also for example from normal cells subjected to treatments, stress or manipulations. They should not be limited to a microscopy image of a red cell but also to the visual output of an analytical procedure.
The Research Topic “Images from Red Cell” could be appealing for researchers in the field, and is intended to be open not only to attendees of the 2020 Virtual ERCS meeting, but also to the greater community of red cell researchers around the world.
