During the past several years it has become apparent through experimental studies with Cr51-labeled red cells that injured red cells are removed from the circulation in either of two general ways. In the first, altered red cells are selectively trapped in the spleen. Such splenic trapping can be induced by coating the cell surface with adherent proteins, as with incomplete agglutinins (1, 2) or...

Different factors affect the equilibrium states of red blood cells in microchannels, which can turn flow.

A mathematical model for blood flow in narrow capillaries under the effect of transverse magnetic field has been investigated. It is assumed that there is a lubricating layer between red blood cells and tube wall. The transient flow of the fit red blood cell surrounded by plasma annulus in the narrow capillary is considered. The analysis of fluid flow between red cell and tube wall, when the ce...