The serum C reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and ferritin level are markedly elevated. Influence of hemoglobin precipitation on erythrocyte metabolism in alpha and beta thalassemia. Serum folate reacts more rapidly to folate intake than erythrocyte folate. Adenylate kinase deficiency in the erythrocyte is associated with hemolytic anemia. Within the erythrocyte, the parasite metabolism depends on the digestion of hemoglobin. This occurs by blocking the nucleoside transporter through which adenosine enters erythrocyte and endothelial cells. Erythropoietin is required for a myeloid progenitor cell to become an erythrocyte. Monounsaturated fats and low SI in erythrocyte membranes are predictors of postmenopausal breast cancer. The rate of erythrocyte sedimentation is affected by both inflammatory and non-inflammatory conditions. Two siblings had erythrocyte ADK deficiency, but one did not have evidence of hemolysis. It also acts as the receptor for the "P. falciparum" erythrocyte binding protein. "GEMM" stands for granulocyte, erythrocyte, monocyte, megakaryocyte. The parasite forms a parasitophorous vacuole, to allow for its development inside the erythrocyte. It then reorients such that the apical complex is in proximity to the erythrocyte membrane. One good source of GLUT1 is erythrocyte membranes.