%0 Journal Article %T Erythrocyte shape transformation in physiological regulation of blood viscosity %A L. N. Katiukhin %J Open Journal of Molecular and Integrative Physiology %P 194-198 %@ 2162-2167 %D 2013 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojmip.2013.34025 %X
The study was carried out to evaluate deformable and aggregative erythrocyte properties in humans under normal and pathological states and in rats exposed to various stressors. A strong correlation between the erythrocyte rheological determinants, i.e. deformability index and aggregation rate, was found under pathological and stress-induced states. The physiological significance of this phenomenon is to maintain the native structure of blood flow.
%K Erythrocyte %K Deformability %K Aggregation %K Stress %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=39572