Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Is a Biomarker of Red Cell Dysfunction Associated with Inflammation, Macrophage Polarization, and Coronary Artery Calcification: A Prognostic Marker in Cardiovascular Disease and a Potential Target for Anti-Cytokine Therapy
Kitty Inzunza-Esparza, Artemio García-Escobar · 2026
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Kitty Inzunza-Esparza and Artemio García-Escobar review a simple blood measure as a warning sign in heart disease, in a paper dated twenty twenty-six. The measure, red cell distribution width, shows how uneven red cell sizes are. Wide spread has been tied to swelling, iron mishandling, and worse heart outcomes. Hardened, chalky deposits in heart arteries make treatment harder and results worse.
The review traces how body-wide swelling raises a hormone that traps iron in scavenger cells. Those cells can then either calm or feed artery disease and chalk build-up. The authors argue the cheap width measure may flag this process, and that drugs blocking swelling signals could become a treatment path.
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| CREATOR | Kitty Inzunza-Esparza, Artemio García-Escobar |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |