Understanding the dynamics of circulating tumor cell (CTC) behavior within the vasculature
has remained an elusive goal in cancer biology. To elucidate the contribution of …

Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous signaling molecule that plays an important role in
neurovascular coupling. NO produced by neurons diffuses into the smooth muscle …

Since αvβ3 integrin is a key component of angiogenesis in health and disease, Arg-Gly-Asp
(RGD) peptide-functionalized nanocarriers have been investigated as vehicles for targeted …

In order to figure out whether red blood cell (RBC) aggregation is beneficial or deleterious
for the blood flow through a stenosis, fluid mechanics of a microvascular stenosis was …

We proposed a parallel framework with inflow/outflow boundary conditions for particle-
based simulations of cell suspension flow through complex micro-networks that is often …

To effectively discriminate changes in blood samples, RBCs aggregation and blood viscosity
should be evaluated independently and simultaneously. In this study, by setting two syringe …

The immersed boundary method (IBM) has been extensively utilized in fluid dynamics
simulations with various numerical methods. There are two key steps in IBM, namely the …

In this work a Lattice Boltzmann–Immersed Boundary method is used for predicting the
dynamics of rigid and deformable adhesive micro-carriers (1 μm) navigating a capillary by …

Objective: The individual effects of plasma and red blood cells (RBCs) on the biophysical
properties of blood can be monitored by measuring the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) …

Blood is a dense suspension primarily of red blood cells (RBCs), but also white blood cells
and platelets, suspended in an aqueous plasma containing various dissolved proteins …