title: Red cell island dances: switching hands.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Toda et al present a shift in the paradigm of erythroid enucleation and provide novel tools to further study and optimize terminal erythroid maturation in vitro.
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL SCHOOL.
authors.forename: Kathleen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: McGrath
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004900:Erythroblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000076202:c-Mer Tyrosine Kinase
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C490767:Mertk protein, mouse; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000076202:c-Mer Tyrosine Kinase