For 10 points, name these cells which are deformed in sickle cell anemia.
Mutations in PIEZO1 cause a condition that dehydrates these cells called xerocytosis. Echinocytes and acanthocytes result when the membrane of these cells become spiculated. An abnormal increase in the production of these cells in the bone marrow is called polycythemia. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency leads to the destruction of these cells. An inability to handle the breakdown of these cells results in jaundice, and fragile spherical ones are present in spherocytosis. Their production is called erythropoesis. For 10 points, name these cells which are deformed in sickle cell anemia.
Mutations in PIEZO1 cause a condition that dehydrates these cells called xerocytosis.
red blood cells [or erythrocytes]