title: Abnormalities in the erythrocyte membrane in acute lymphoid leukaemia.
abstract: Erythrocytes from patients suffering from acute lymphoid leukaemia (ALL) show decreased proportions of spectrin tetrameters and altered spatial distribution of band 4.1 and ankyrins. These abnormalities of the cytoskeleton are probably responsible for altered membrane fluidity and transbilayer distribution of phosphatidylethanolamine in ALL. ALL is associated with severe anaemia and usually, but not always, with overproduction of lymphocytes. To our knowledge, this is the first report of abnormalities in the erythrocyte membrane in ALL which may, in part, be responsible for the observed anaemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bose Institute, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kundu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rakshit
mesh_terms: D004119:Dimethyl Adipimidate; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005454:Fluorescence Polarization; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D014302:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010743:Phospholipids; D004119:Dimethyl Adipimidate; D014302:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid