Measurement of red blood cell mechanics during morphological changes
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Measurement of red blood cell mechanics during morphological changes.
The human red blood cell (RBC) membrane, a fluid lipid bilayer tethered to an elastic 2D spectrin network, provides the principal control of the cell's morphology and mechanics. These properties, in turn, influence the ability of RBCs to transport oxygen in circulation. Current mechanical measurements of RBCs rely on external loads. Here we apply a noncontact optical interferometric technique t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909533107