Smoking is associated with increased eryptosis, suicidal erythrocyte death, in a large population-based cohort
Marvin Schmitt,
Franz Ewendt,
Alexander Kluttig
et al.
Abstract:Smoking has multiple detrimental effects on health, and is a major preventable cause of premature death and chronic disease. Despite the well-described effect of inhaled substances from tobacco smoke on cell toxicity, the association between smoking and suicidal erythrocyte death, termed eryptosis, is virtually unknown. Therefore, the blood samples of 2023 participants of the German National Cohort Study (NAKO) were analyzed using flow cytometry analysis to determine eryptosis from fluorescent annexin V-FITC-b… Show more
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