The characteristic pain crises and organ failure seen in sickle cell disease results from the abnormal red blood cells adhesion to the endothelium of small vessels and subsequent blood flow cessation.

Adhesions are internal scars that commonly form as a result of surgery, infection or disease, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Most of the time, they don't cause any ...

For conditions where repeated abdominal surgeries are common, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, surgical adhesions present a consistent risk. A group of international experts ...

Now, scientists from UC San Francisco and UC San Diego have described the discovery of a new mechanism that may trigger that adhesion. Patients with sickle cell disease experience pain and organ ...

Adhesions are scar tissue that form between two structures or organs inside the body that are not normally connected to each other. Adhesions may appear as thin sheets of tissue similar to plastic ...

"For example, the damaging of cell–cell communication is behind skin disease such as eczema, and cell–cell adhesion disease can contribute to cancer and other autoimmune diseases." Building on ...

A new article on Plausible Role of Vascular Adhesion Molecules in cardiovascular diseases was published in the journal, Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications. Vascular adhesion molecule (VAM ...

Mutations in genes encoding any of the components critical for podocyte adhesion cause glomerular disease. This Review highlights recent advances in our understanding of the cell biology and ...