Squeezing for Life – Properties of Red Blood Cell Deformability

Squeezing for Life – Properties of Red Blood Cell Deformability

Deformability is an essential feature of blood cells (RBCs) that enables them to travel through even the smallest capillaries of the human body. Deformability is a function of (i) structural elements of cytoskeletal proteins, (ii) processes controlling intracellular ion and water handling and (iii)...

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Main Authors: Rick Huisjes, Anna Bogdanova, Wouter W. van Solinge, Raymond M. Schiffelers, Lars Kaestner, Richard van Wijk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
deformability
vesiculation
sickle cell anemia
thalassemia
hereditary spherocytosis
enzymopathies
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.00656/full

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