Red blood cells, also called erythrocytes, contain a protein called hemoglobin. This remarkable molecule acts like a magnet for oxygen, picking it up in our lungs and releasing it to tissues and organs throughout our body. Without this constant supply of oxygen, our cells wouldn’t be able t...
Purpose: We investigated the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components and erythrocyte parameters such as red blood cell count (RBC) and hemoglobin (Hb) levels, and their association with the risk of deep myometrial invasion in endometrioid endometrial carcinoma (EEC). Patien...
What Causes Low Red Blood Cell Count? As we have read earlier, the amount of oxygen received by the body is determined by the number of red blood cells in blood. The oxygen from the lungs binds with the hemoglobin of the red blood cells, which is then circulated throughout the body. C...
Compared with Shimokita monkeys, Fukushima monkeys had significantly low white and red blood cell counts, hemoglobin and hematocrit and the white blood cell count in immature monkeys showed a significant negative correlation with muscle cesium concentration. These results suggest that the exposure to ...
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...
red blood cells and similar to other tissue cells. They do not undergo cell division (known as mitosis) in the blood although some have the capability of cell division. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS? There are five main types of white blood cells, which can be quantifi...
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People's Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Purpose: We investigated the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components and erythrocyte parameters such as red blood cell count (RBC) and hemoglobin (Hb) levels, and their association with the risk of...
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...
anemia (low red cell count or hemoglobin), erythrocytosis (high red blood cell count or hemoglobin), leukopenia (low white cells count), or leukocytosis (elevated white blood cell count). These abnormalities may suggest bone marrow problems as the potential cause of thrombocytopenia. Abnormally shap...