Meet the editor

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anil Tombak, MD, was born on April 25, 1976. He graduated from Gazi Anatolian High School in 1994, and then from Çukurova University Medical Faculty in 2000. Subsequently, he was trained at Mersin University Medical Faculty Internal Medicine Department, and after internal medicine specialization became a fellow of hematology at the same university. He became a hematologist in 2013 while still working

at Mersin University Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine—Hematology, Mersin, Turkey. He has performed research in several fields, and has more than 50 publications in (inter)national journals and numerous papers in scientific conferences. He has received several awards and is a member of the Turkish Society of Hematology. Dr. Tombak is married and has two children.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Anil Tombak*

Formation

of Animals

*by T. Rajini Samuel*

*by Eitan Fibach and Mutaz Dana*

*by Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan*

*and Ann Abiola Ogbenna*

**Preface III**

Erythrocytes: Physiology and Pathophysiology **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 7**

**Chapter 3 17**

**Chapter 4 33**

**Chapter 5 49**

**Chapter 6 65**

**Chapter 7 85** Effects of Therapeutic and Toxic Agents on Erythrocytes of Different Species

*by Ademola Samson Adewoyin, Oluwafemi Adeyemi, Nosimot Omolola Davies* 

Red Blood Cells Actively Contribute to Blood Coagulation and Thrombus

*by Ingolf Bernhardt, Mauro C. Wesseling, Duc Bach Nguyen and Lars Kaestner*

Introductory Chapter: Erythrocytes - Basis of Life

Erythrocyte Morphology and Its Disorders

Who Is Balancing: Is It RBC or Acid-Base Status?

Red Blood Cells as Redox Modulators in Hemolytic Anemia

Interplay between Erythrocyte Peroxidases and Membrane

*by Daniela Melo, Susana Rocha, Susana Coimbra and Alice Santos Silva*
