Prominent role of platelets in the formation of circulating neutrophil-red cell heterocellular aggregates in sickle cell anemia

• Venina M. Dominical,
• Leigh Samsel,
• James S. Nichols,
• Fernando F. Costa,
• J. Phillip McCoy,
• Nicola Conran,
• Gregory J. Kato

Affiliations

Venina M. Dominical

INCT de Sangue, Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Leigh Samsel

Flow Cytometry Core, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

James S. Nichols

Sickle Cell Vascular Disease Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Fernando F. Costa

INCT de Sangue, Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

J. Phillip McCoy

Flow Cytometry Core, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Nicola Conran

INCT de Sangue, Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Gregory J. Kato

Sickle Cell Vascular Disease Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA