VARIABILITY IN ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY AMONG VARIOUS MAMMALS
VARIABILITY IN ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY AMONG VARIOUS MAMMALS
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1979.236.5.h725
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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SHOHET, SB
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作者:
SMITH, JE;MOHANDAS, N;SHOHET, SB
Deformability is an important aspect of erythrocyte physiology and has been extensively studied using human red cells. Erythrocytes from 25 different animals were studied using a viscometric technique. Erythrocyte diameters ranged from 3.3 .mu.m in the goat to 11.4 .mu.m for the elephant seal. Erythrocytes from most species deformed readily when a fluid shear stress was applied. A deformability index of the stressed cell defined as (length - width)/(length + width) correlated with cell size. The erythrocytes of 4 animals (pygmy goat, goat, Batanga horse and miniature horse) deformed less than most species. Camel and llama erythrocytes, which were ellipsoidal, did not deform but oriented in the stress field.