Protein found to regulate red blood cell size and number

Posted August 28th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

By examining the results of genome-wide association studies in conjunction with experiments on mouse and human red blood cells, researchers have identified the protein cyclin D3 as regulating the number of cell divisions RBC progenitors undergo, which ultimately affects the resulting size and quantity of RBCs.

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