The Impact of Dietary Antioxidants on Red Blood Cell Health

Dear Colleagues,

Antioxidant systems in red blood cells are a combination of molecules, complexes, and biochemical processes that protect the erythrocytes from oxidative insults generated by a perturbation or imbalance, such as the superoxide anion, chloride radical, or hydroxyl radical. Such molecules can promote the development or accentuation of various diseases correlated with the function or metabolism of red blood cells, such as aging, apoptosis, cancer, or some respiratory diseases. In this context, what is introduced directly through our diet becomes increasingly important. In fact, one of the first places where these molecules can operate is in the systemic circulation. Here, one of the first targets on which these natural molecules can act is the red blood cell, a very simple cell that can effectively highlight the cytoprotective or cytotoxic effects of a compound entering our bodies. For this reason, it is of fundamental importance to know the impact of molecules from the diet on the erythrocyte metabolism. We invite you to submit to this Special Issue your latest original research or reviews, in which you highlight what the potential role of diet and compounds that are absorbed through the diet is and how they modify the erythrocyte metabolism or functions. It is advisable that original work be carried out using in vitro and in vivo experimental models, going on to specify the molecular and biochemical pathways that are involved in the regulation of antioxidant systems.

Prof. Dr. Giuseppina Laganà
Guest Editor

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• biochemistry
• antioxidant pathways
• oxidative stresses
• red blood cells
• metabolism
• hemoglobin
• glutathione
• absorption
• flavonoids
• GPX4