Elastic properties of the red blood cell membrane that determine echinocyte deformability

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Kuzman, D ^a   Svetina, S ^a,b   Waugh, R E ^c   Zeks B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echinocyte; Membrane elastic properties; Micropipette aspiration; Nonlocal bending; Red blood cell deformability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ECHINOCYTE; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBE;

BIOPHYSICS; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1042267268     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-003-0337-4     Document Type: Article

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