Transformation of human erythrocyte shape by endotoxic lipopolysaccharide.
Human erythrocytes were observed to undergo a discocyte to echinocyte to spheroechinocyte shape transformation during brief incubation with endotoxic lipopolysaccharide. It was concluded that lipopolysaccharide-membrane interactions alter the curvature of erythrocyte membranes.
D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000187:drug effects; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity*
D008070:Lipopolysaccharides