%0 Journal Article
%T The Blood Bag Plasticizer Di-2-Ethylhexylphthalate Causes Red Blood Cells to Form Stomatocytes, Possibly by Inducing Lipid Flip-Flop
%A Frank Kirschh£¿fer
%A Gerald Brenner-Weiss
%A Karen Bieback
%A Kathryn A. Melzak
%A Stefanie Uhlig
%J Archive of "Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy".
%D 2018
%R 10.1159/000490502
%X During storage of red blood cell (RBC) concentrates, the plasticizer di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP) that keeps the blood bags soft leaches out and can be taken up by the RBCs. DEHP is known to be beneficial for the RBC storage quality, but the molecular mechanisms of the action are unknown
%K Storage
%K Erythrocytes
%K Plasticizer
%K Di-Ethylhexylphthalate
%K Lipid bilayers
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288636/