Lifestyle and health factors can also cause an increase in the red blood cell count. They include: Living at higher altitudes Cigarette smoking The use of performance-enhancing drugs, such as protein injections, anabolic steroids, or erythropoietin (EPO) The following are medical conditions that ...
Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells and hematocrit is a measurement of the amount of red blood cells as related to total blood cell count. Both hemoglobin and hematocrit are used to diagnose anemia. Both hemoglobin and hematocrit can be measured from standard blood tests, and both value...
Hemoglobin is the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs. Hemoglobin is routinely measured as part of a routine blood test termed blood count (CBC). A complete blood count is...
is a type of protein that helps produce chemical reactions in the body. When a granulocyte is released in the blood, it stays there for about four to twelve hours and then travels to the tissues of the body, where it remains for four to eight days. However, these times may be shorter...
We enrolled participants who had received their first renal biopsy at our medical center in Taiwan with the diagnosis of iMN. Clinical, pathological and laboratory data were collected from medical records. Analyses with Mann–Whitney U test was used for continuous variables and Chi-square test for...
Global quantification of protein abundances in single cells could provide direct information on cellular phenotypes and complement transcriptomics measurements. However, single-cell proteomics is still immature and confronts many technical challenges. Herein we describe a nested nanoPOTS (N2) chip to improve...
At 24 h, there was a nonsignificant trend toward increasing reduction from baseline in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein with greater clopidogrel LDs, but no evidence from the other inflammatory markers tested. This result is likely to be related to the short period of observation as well as ...
High grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) accounts for ~ 70% of ovarian cancer cases. Non-invasive, highly specific blood-based tests for pre-symptomatic screening in women are crucial to reducing the mortality associated with this disease. Since
C-reactive protein (CRP) is synthesized by the liver as an acute-phase protein and is involved in inflammation. As a component of the innate immune system, it is known to be protective against bacterial and viral infections and may aid in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD)1. I...
Whole blood was lysed on ice for 15 min, and resuspended in PBS containing 2% fetal bovine serum. Selection cocktail was pre-mixed for 5 min, followed by adding to the cell suspension and incubating for 5 min at 4 °C. Magnetic beads were added to the sample and incubated for 5 min ...