erythrocytes
(noun)
Red blood cells.
Examples of erythrocytes in the following topics:
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Babesiosis
- The life cycle of Babesia parasites is characterized by their ability to undergo reproduction in the erythrocytes.
- The sporozoites enter the erythrocytes and undergo asexual reproduction as previously mentioned.
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Agglutination Reactions
- Hemagglutination uses erythrocytes as the biological carriers of bacterial antigens, and purified polysaccharides or proteins for determining the presence of corresponding antibodies in a specimen .
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Tests That Differentiate Between T Cells and B cells
- Traditionally, T-lymphocytes were defined by their ability to form E-rosettes when they bind selectively to sheep erythrocytes.
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The Pentose Phosphate Shunt
- For example, erythrocytes generate a large amount of NADPH through the pentose phosphate pathway to use in the reduction of glutathione.
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Rheumatic Fever
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Attachment and Entry to the Host Cell
- HA proteins bind to cells with sialic acid on the membranes, such as cells in the upper respiratory tract or erythrocytes.