Erythrocyte rouleau formation under polarized electromagnetic fields.
نویسندگان
چکیده
We study the influence of an external electromagnetic field of 1.8 GHz in the formation or disaggregation of long rouleau of identical erythrocyte cells. In particular we calculate the variation of the transmembrane potential of an individual erythrocyte illuminated by the external field due to the presence of the neighboring erythrocytes in the rouleau, and compare the total electric energy of isolated cells with the total electric energy of the rouleau. We show that the polarization of the external electromagnetic field plays a fundamental role in the total energy variation of the cell system, and consequently in the formation or disaggregation of rouleau.
منابع مشابه
Formation of chiral fields in a symmetric environment.
Chiral fields, i. e., electromagnetic fields with nonvanishing optical chirality, can occur next to symmetric nanostructures without geometrical chirality illuminated with linearly polarized light at normal incidence. A simple dipole model is utilized to explain this behavior theoretically. Illuminated with circularly polarized light, the chiral near-fields are still dominated by the distributi...
متن کاملPhysical Parameters of Blood as a Non - Newtonian Fluid
Do increasing doses of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) increase the hazards effect on blood? Studies on the blood of rats provide guidance for the assessment of occupational and public health significance of exposure to EMFs. Here, apparent additive viscosity of animal blood after exposing to EMFs (3,5 and 10 gauss) is examined. The results indicate that hematocrite (HCT) increased as EMF increas...
متن کاملMechanism of erythrocyte aggregation and sedimentation.
Unstirred suspensions of erythrocytes form stable spherical aggregates of uniform size. The radius of the spheres depends upon the suspending medium and the hematocrit. Erythrocyte suspensions will undergo sedimentation only after these aggregates are formed. Aggregation is a two-step process: first, erythrocytes associate in long chains (rouleau formation). Next, these chains form spheres of u...
متن کاملComparing cytogenetic effects of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields in Brassica napus L and Zea mays L
Many biological effects of exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields(ELF-EMFs) have been documented, but little work carried out on plants. A meiotic study wasperformed on Brassica napus L as C3 plant and Zea mays L as a C4 plant exposed to electromagneticfields. Our investigations were focused on plants grown from wet pretreated seeds with3 and 10 mT for a 4 h exposure time an...
متن کاملMathematical modeling of electro-rotation spectra of small particles in liquid solutions: application to human erythrocyte aggregates.
Electro-rotation can be used to determine the dielectric properties of cells, as well as to observe dynamic changes in both dielectric and morphological properties. Suspended biological cells and particles respond to alternating-field polarization by moving, deforming or rotating. While in linearly polarized alternating fields the particles are oriented along their axis of highest polarizabilit...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
دوره 72 3 Pt 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005