Abstract:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is complex with disabling and life-threatening consequences including pain and organ damage. We hypothesized that calpain-1, a calcium-dependent protease may contribute to both organ damage and pain in SCD because deletion of calpain-1 in HbSS Townes mice ameliorated hyperalgesia (Nwankwo et al., Haematologica 2016), and BDA-410, a selective calpain-1 inhibitor, significantly improved age-associated organ damage in a mouse model of aging (Nabeshima et al., Sci Reports 2014). We perfor… Show more
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