The relationship between erythrocytes and diabetes mellitus

Y Wang, P Yang, Z Yan, Z Liu, Q Ma… - Journal of Diabetes …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High blood glucose level (hyperglycemia) is a leading indicator of diabetes mellitus (DM).
Erythrocytes are the most abundant cells in the circulation and the first to perceive changes …

Biomechanical properties of red blood cells in health and disease towards microfluidics

G Tomaiuolo - Biomicrofluidics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Red blood cells (RBCs) possess a unique capacity for undergoing cellular deformation to
navigate across various human microcirculation vessels, enabling them to pass through …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the measurement of red blood cell deformability: A brief review

J Kim, HY Lee, S Shin - Journal of Cellular Biotechnology, 2015 - content.iospress.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in red blood cell membrane structure in type 2 diabetes: a scanning electron and atomic force microscopy study

AV Buys, MJ Van Rooy, P Soma… - Cardiovascular …, 2013 - Springer
Red blood cells (RBCs) are highly deformable and possess a robust membrane that can
withstand shear force. Previous research showed that in diabetic patients, there is a …

Diagnostic morphology: biophysical indicators for iron-driven inflammatory diseases

E Pretorius, DB Kell - Integrative biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Most non-communicable diseases involve inflammatory changes in one or more vascular
systems, and there is considerable evidence that unliganded iron plays major roles in this …

Refractive index tomograms and dynamic membrane fluctuations of red blood cells from patients with diabetes mellitus

SY Lee, HJ Park, S Jang, Y Park - Biophysical Journal, 2017 - cell.com
218a Monday, February 13, 2017 laser interferometric techniques, the three-dimensional
refractive index maps and dynamic membrane fluctuations are quantitatively and non …

Erythrocytes and their role as health indicator: Using structure in a patient-orientated precision medicine approach

E Pretorius, O Oore-ofe, S Mbotwe, J Bester - Blood reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The relevance of erythrocyte light microscopy analysis (a well-known haematological
method) is under the spotlight, however there is a place for innovative electron …

[HTML][HTML] Low red blood cell vitamin C concentrations induce red blood cell fragility: a link to diabetes via glucose, glucose transporters, and dehydroascorbic acid

H Tu, H Li, Y Wang, M Niyyati, Y Wang, J Leshin… - …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Strategies to prevent diabetic microvascular angiopathy focus on the vascular endothelium.
Because red blood cells (RBCs) are less deformable in diabetes, we explored an original …

Beyond oxygen transport: active role of erythrocytes in the regulation of blood flow

KJ Richardson, L Kuck… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
It was classically thought that the function of mammalian red blood cells (RBCs) was limited
to serving as a vehicle for oxygen, given the cells' abundance of cytosolic hemoglobin. Over …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of red blood cells by atomic force microscopy

V Sergunova, S Leesment, A Kozlov, V Inozemtsev… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Currently, much research is devoted to the study of biological objects using atomic force
microscopy (AFM). This method's resolution is superior to the other non-scanning …