O E Ortiz

Evidence for a direct reticulocyte origin of dense red cells in sickle cell anemia.

Robert M. Bookchin, O E Ortiz, Virgilio L. Lew · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1991 · 133 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cell Biology, Hematology +16

Compartmentalization of sickle-cell calcium in endocytic inside-out vesicles

Virgilio L. Lew, Austin R. Hockaday, M.-I. Sepúlveda et al. · Nature · 1985 · 118 citations

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Cell Biology +14

A mathematical model of the volume, pH, and ion content regulation in reticulocytes. Application to the pathophysiology of sickle cell dehydration.

Virgilio L. Lew, Carol Freeman, O E Ortiz et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1991 · 109 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology +17

Stochastic nature and red cell population distribution of the sickling-induced Ca2+ permeability.

Virgilio L. Lew, O E Ortiz, Robert M. Bookchin · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1997 · 94 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Physiology +17

Deoxygenation permeabilizes sickle cell anaemia red cells to magnesium and reverses its gradient in the dense cells.

O E Ortiz, Virgilio L. Lew, Robert M. Bookchin · The Journal of Physiology · 1990 · 74 citations · Full text

Medicine, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +17