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Query: UMLS:C0002895 (sickle cell disease)
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In this issue of Blood, Almeida et al report immediate benefits of hydroxyurea (HU) acute administration in diminishing vaso-occlusive processes in sickle cell disease (SCD) mice.(1)
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PMID:HU for acute treatment of sickle VOC? 2283 47

In this issue of Blood, 2 articles test fundamental hypotheses relating intravascular hemolysis to sickle cell disease (SCD) pathogenesis. Detterich et al confirm a role for hemolysis and cell-free plasma hemoglobin (Hb) in pulmonary and systemic endothelial dysfunction in humans. Almeida et al show in mice that hemolysis induces inflammation that is caused by nitric oxide (NO) scavenging and ameliorated by NO donors and the NO-donor properties of hydroxyurea (HU).
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PMID:Revisiting the hyperhemolysis paradigm. 2603 1