selected publications

• article

  • Effects of N-acetylcysteine on dense cell formation in sickle cell disease. 2003
  • Preparation of irreversibly sickled cell beta-actin from normal red blood cell beta-actin. 2002
  • Spectrin ubiquitination and oxidative stress: potential roles in blood and neurological disorders. 2001
  • The Gardos channel is responsible for CDNB-induced dense sickle cell formation. 2000
  • N-acetylcysteine and clotrimazole inhibit sickle erythrocyte dehydration induced by 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene. 1999
  • Preliminary characterization of a structural defect in homozygous sickled cell alpha spectrin demonstrated by a rabbit autoantibody. 1998
  • The efficacy of reducing agents or antioxidants in blocking the formation of dense cells and irreversibly sickled cells in vitro..  Blood.  91:4373-4378. 1998
  • Irreversibly sickled cell beta-actin: defective filament formation. 1997
  • High density sickle cell erythrocyte core membrane skeletons demonstrate slow temperature dependent dissociation. 1996
  • Identification of the disulfide-linked peptide in irreversibly sickled cell beta-actin. 1996
  • A posttranslational modification of beta-actin contributes to the slow dissociation of the spectrin-protein 4.1-actin complex of irreversibly sickled cells. 1995