However, the researchers found that the enzyme glutamine synthetase flips the script at later stages of development. Heme is the main component of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that ...

By examining fetal mouse livers, which are rich sources of red blood cells and their progenitors, Wenqian Hu screened the various stages of red blood cell development for the presence of lncRNAs.

Thyroid hormone's role is so important in stimulating red blood cell maturation, they discovered, that if it is added at an earlier stage of development, red blood cells short-circuit their usual ...

The collaborative research team systematically profiled metabolic changes through each red blood cell maturation stage. "We noted a very surprising finding regarding glutamine, which is usually ...