In vivo splenic clearance correlates with In vitro deformability of red blood cells from plasmodium yoelii-infected mice

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Huang, Sha, Amaladoss, Anburaj, Liu, Min, Chen, Huichao, Zhang, Rou, Preiser, Peter R., Dao, Ming, Han, Jongyoon
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Biological Sciences
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2015
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100385; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25731

Recent experimental and clinical studies suggest a crucial role of mechanical splenic filtration in the host's defense against malaria parasites. Subtle changes in red blood cell (RBC) deformability, caused by infection or drug treatment, could influence the pathophysiological outcome. However,...