Thrombospondin-1/CD47 signaling modulates transmembrane cation conductance, survival, and deformability of human red blood cells.
Rosi BissingerPolina Petkova-KirovaOlga MykhailovaPer-Arne OldenborgElena NovikovaDavid A DonkorThomas DietzAbdulla Al Mamun BhuyanWilliam P SheffieldMarijke GrauFerruh ArtuncLars KaestnerJason P AckerSyed M QadriPublished in: Cell communication and signaling : CCS (2020)
Taken together, our data unravel a new role for TSP-1/CD47 signaling in mediating Ca2+ influx into RBCs, a mechanism potentially contributing to their dysfunction in a variety of systemic diseases. Video abstract.