A whole shipload of research I know nothing about....
www.frontiersin.org
Looks like a promising field for a lot more research.
The answer to the question above is YES. Very YES. We have hardly begun to understand blood cells generally.
Yes, the RBC and lymphocytes are players in micro (relatively small) RNA, which appear to have many and important roles in health and pathology of disease and disorders.
In general, mRNA (messenger RNA generally from mitochrondria (extranuclear, outside the nucleus) are protein manufacturing templates. The micro species discussed here are probably shorter. amd may act as signals/modifiers directly or through short protein products.
Unless there is something that especially precludes the vaccine delivery vehicle from tagging an erythrocyte, we should figure it probably does happen, and an RBC will take in the mRNA template and produce an antigen like other cells. Lysis is the usual end, the way the antigen gets out into the system.
Frontiers | Red Blood Cells as Potential Repositories of MicroRNAs in the Circulatory System
The amount of erythrocyte-derived microRNA (miRNA) represents the majority of miRNA expression in whole blood. miR-451, miR-144, and miR-486, which are abund...
Looks like a promising field for a lot more research.
The answer to the question above is YES. Very YES. We have hardly begun to understand blood cells generally.
Yes, the RBC and lymphocytes are players in micro (relatively small) RNA, which appear to have many and important roles in health and pathology of disease and disorders.
In general, mRNA (messenger RNA generally from mitochrondria (extranuclear, outside the nucleus) are protein manufacturing templates. The micro species discussed here are probably shorter. amd may act as signals/modifiers directly or through short protein products.
Unless there is something that especially precludes the vaccine delivery vehicle from tagging an erythrocyte, we should figure it probably does happen, and an RBC will take in the mRNA template and produce an antigen like other cells. Lysis is the usual end, the way the antigen gets out into the system.