A common indicator of rheological dysfunction is a measurable decrease in the deformability
of red blood cells (RBCs). Decreased RBC deformability is associated with cellular stress or …

Red blood cells (RBCs) possess a unique capacity for undergoing cellular deformation to
navigate across various human microcirculation vessels, enabling them to pass through …

Red blood cells (RBCs) exhibit a unique deformability, which enables them to change shape
reversibly in response to an external force. The deformability of RBCs allows them to flow in …

Red blood cells (RBCs) undergo extensive deformation when travelling through the
microcapillaries. Deformability, the combined result of properties of the membrane …

Despite the fact that Red Blood Cells (RBCs) have been intensively studied in the past 50
years to characterize mechanical phenotypes associated with both healthy and pathological …

The motion and deformation of red blood cells (RBCs) flowing in a microchannel were
studied using a theoretical model and a novel automated rheoscope. The theoretical model …

Human red blood cells (RBCs) are approximately 8 μm in diameter, but must repeatedly
deform through capillaries as small as 2 μm in order to deliver oxygen to all parts of the …

Most work on the dynamic response of red blood cells (RBCs) to hydrodynamic stress has
focused on linear velocity profiles. Relatively little experimental work has examined how …

A key challenge in transfusion medicine research and clinical hematology is to develop a
simple and non-destructive method to measure the quality of each blood unit prior to use …

Reduced deformability of red blood cells (RBCs) can affect the hemodynamics of the
microcirculation and reduce oxygen transport efficiency. It is also well known that reduced …