Microvasculature on a chip: Study of the Endothelial Surface Layer and the flow structure of Red Blood Cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Tsvirkun, Daria ^a,b,c   Grichine, Alexei ^d,e   Duperray, Alain ^d,e   Misbah, Chaouqi ^a,b   Bureau, Lionel ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b LIPHY   (France)

^c RESEARCH CENTER OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED BIOSCIENCES   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPOSURE; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOTION; THICKNESS; CYTOLOGY; LAB ON A CHIP; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROFLUIDICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

ERYTHROCYTES; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROVESSELS;

EID: 85016135984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep45036     Document Type: Article

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