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On Red Blood Cells, Hemolysis and Resealed Ghosts.- Methods and Procedures for Preparing Resealed Erythrocytes.- IHP Entrapment into Human Erythrocytes: Comparison Between Hypotonic Dialysis and DMSO Osmotic Pulse.- Density Gradient Separation of Inositol Hexaphosphate Loaded Red Blood Cells in Various Preparation Conditions.- Quantitative IHP Determination by 31P-NMR: Proposal for a Standardized Protocol.- Determination of Inositol Hexaphosphate (IHP) in Human IHP-Loaded Red Blood Cells by a Simple High Performance Liquid Chromatography Method.- Determination of Purity of Commercially Available Inositol Hexaphosphate (Phytates) and Preparation of a Reference Material.- Standardization of an Encapsulation System: A Method to Remove Fragile Cells.- The Dialysis Encapsulation Process: The Role of Endocytosis.- Use of Fluorescent Probes for Describing the Process of Encapsulation by Hypotonic Dialysis.- Properties of Hypotonized, Crosslinked and Crosslinked-Permeabilized Rat Erythrocytes As Potential Carrier Systems.- Membrane Properties of Senescent and Carrier Human Erythrocytes.- Studies with Biotinylated RBC: (1) Use of Flow Cytometry to Determine Posttransfusion Survival and (2) Isolation Using Streptavidin Conjugated Magnetic Beads.- Resealed Erythrocytes as a Tool for Basic Studies.- Resealing of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Substrates Into Human Erythrocytes by Rapid Freezing and Thawing in Liquid Nitrogen.- The Metabolic Role of Glucose 1,6-P2 in Human Erythrocytes Studied by Encapsulation Procedures.- The Application of Newer Concepts of Oxygen Transport to the Evaluation of the Potential Utility of Reduced Hb-O2 Affinity.- Single Cell Analysis of Factors Increasing the Survival of Resealed Erythrocytes in the Circulation of Mice.- Entrapment of Purified ?-HemoglobinChains in Normal Erythrocytes as a Model for Human ?Thalassemia.- ATP Monitoring in Human Red Blood Cells with Luciferase Introduced Intracellularly.- Resealed Erythrocytes as Cellular Bioreactors.- Antagonism of the Lethal Effects of Cyanide with Resealed Erythrocytes Containing Rhodanese and Thiosulfate.- Acetaldehyde Oxidation by Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Loaded Erythrocytes.- Immunological Response to L-Asparaginase Loaded into Red Blood Cells.- Normalization of Hyperglycemia in Diabetic Mice by Enzyme-Loaded Erythrocytes.- Comparison of Uricase-Bound and Uricase-Loaded Erythrocytes as Bioreactors for Uric Acid Degradation.- Xenobiotic Detoxification by GSH-Loaded Erythrocytes.- A New Chemotherapeutic Agent: L-Asparaginase Entrapped in Red Blood Cells.- Resealed Erythrocytes as Advanced Drug Delivery Systems.- Rubomycin Loaded Erythrocytes in the Treatment of Mouse Tumor P388.- Erythrocytes as Carriers of New Anti-Opioid Prodrugs: In Vitro Studies.- Interactions of Carboplatin with Human Erythrocytes and Murine Erythroleukemic Cells.- Modulation of Thiopurine Metabolism in Native Human Erythrocytes.- Red Blood Cells as Advanced Drug Delivery Systems for Antiviral Nucleoside Analogues.- An Optimal Control Problem for the Administration of a Drug by Using Red Blood Cells as Bioreactors.- Site Specific Targeting of Resealed Erythrocytes.- Targeting of Erythrocytes to Cytotoxic T-Cells.- to In Vivo Targeting.- Erythrocytes as Carriers of Ricin A Chain: Effects on the Erythrophagocytic Cells.- In Vitro Targeting of Doxorubicin Loaded Canine Erythrocytes to Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes (CTLL).- Pharmacokinetics of Doxorubicin Loaded and Glutaraldehyde Treated Erythrocytes in Healthy and Lymphoma Bearing Dogs.- Human and Veterinary Studies Using Resealed Erythrocytes.- Use ofGlutaraldehyde Treated Autologous Human Erythrocytes for Hepatic Targeting of Doxorubicin.- Clinical Evaluation of Glutaraldehyde-Treated Canine Erythrocytes in Normal Dogs.- Sickle Cells Modified by an Osmotic Pulse in the Presence of Inositol Hexaphosphate have Decreased Intracellular Hemoglobin Concentration and Decreased In Vitro Sickling without Prolonged In Vivo Survival.- A Baboon Model to Test Physiological and Adverse Effects of Human Red Cells Loaded with Inositol Hexaphosphate (IHP).- Susceptibility of Carrier Erythrocytes to a Natural hemolytic System.- Gd-DOTA Loaded into Red Blood Cells, a New Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents for Vascular System.- Contributors.

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