Multiscale Modeling of Red Blood Cell Mechanics and Blood Flow in Malaria

Red blood cells (RBCs) infected by a Plasmodium parasite in malaria may lose their membrane deformability with a relative membrane stiffening more than ten-fold in comparison with healthy RBCs leading to potential capillary occlusions. Moreover, infected RBCs are able to adhere to other healthy and...

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Autores principales: Fedosov, Dmitry A., Lei, Huan, Caswell, Bruce, Suresh, Subra, Karniadakis, George E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22144878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002270

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22144878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002270

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