Erythrocyte Deformability
"Erythrocyte Deformability" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Ability of ERYTHROCYTES to change shape as they pass through narrow spaces, such as the microvasculature.
| Descriptor ID |
D004907
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G09.188.370.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Erythrocyte Deformability- Erythrocyte Deformability
- Deformability, Erythrocyte
- Erythrocyte Filterability
- Filterability, Erythrocyte
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Erythrocyte Deformability" by people in Profiles.
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Surface area-to-volume ratio, not cellular viscoelasticity, is the major determinant of red blood cell traversal through small channels. Cell Microbiol. 2021 01; 23(1):e13270.
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Rac GTPases in erythroid biology. Transfus Clin Biol. 2010 Sep; 17(3):126-30.