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FT-4202, an oral PKR activator, has potent antisickling effects and improves RBC survival and Hb levels in SCA mice
4 May 2021
Abstract excerpt
Sickle cell anemia (SCA) results from an abnormal sickle hemoglobin (HbS). HbS polymerizes upon deoxygenation, resulting in red blood cell (RBC) sickling and membrane damage that cause vaso-occlusions and hemolysis. Sickle RBCs contain less adenosine triphosphate and more 2,3-diphosphoglycerate than normal RBCs, which allosterically reduces hemoglobin (Hb) oxygen (O2) affinity (ie, increases the partial pressure...
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