Deformability is an important aspect of erythrocyte physiology and has been extensively
studied using human red cells. We have studied erythrocytes from 25 different animals using …

Erythrocyte deformation is a function of the extrinsic deforming stress as well as the intrinsic
cell deformability, which is in turn determined by the internal fluid viscosity, cell geometry …

The present study was designed to further the characterization of age-related changes in the
deformability of human erythrocytes. The top (approximately young) and bottom …

Normal erythrocytes are highly deformable and this greatly facilitates blood flow in the
narrow channels of the circulation, compensating for the effect of the much less deformable …

Using a laser diffraction technique, we have studied factors that influence the deformability
of erythrocytes. Variations in suspending medium osmolality and applied shear stress were …

Comparative animal studies showed the wide variation of whole blood and plasma viscosity,
and erythrocyte aggregation among mammalian species. Whole blood viscosity and red …

Normal human erythocytes at rest are typically in a biconcave discocytic configuration of
diameter 8/. tin. One of the most important properties of the human red cell is to remain …

The deformability of red blood cells is important in the microcirculation where capillary
diameters are often smaller than those of the red blood cells. In the present study …

The deformability of erythrocytes from smoking and non-smoking human subjects was
examined by filtration through 3-mu pores and capillary viscometry of cell suspensions. In …

To study the effect of aging on deformability of an erythrocyte, rheological measurement has
been performed after exposure to a shear field in vitro. Deformability was evaluated with …