Flow cytometry analysis of human neutrophils labeled with rhodamine phalloidin: effect of pentoxifylline.

abstract：:A number of risk factors including biomechanical stress on the articular cartilage imposed by joint overloading due to obesity, repetitive damage of the joint tissues by injury of the menisci and ligaments, and abnormal joint alignment play a significant role in the onset of osteoarthritis (OA). Genetic predisposition...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Ray A,Ray BK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical forces can stimulate the production of extracellular matrix molecules. We tested the efficacy of ultrasound to increase proteoglycan synthesis in bovine primary chondrocytes. The ultrasound-induced temperature rise was measured and its contribution to the synthesis was investigated using bare heat stimulus....

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Kopakkala-Tani M,Leskinen JJ,Karjalainen HM,Karjalainen T,Hynynen K,Töyräs J,Jurvelin JS,Lammi MJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rheological properties of the vitreous body of the eye are believed to be a function of composition and to differ among species, as well as to vary regionally within the vitreous. These properties are essential to the mechanical functioning of the eye. Although there are gross, qualitative data on vitreous rheolog...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Lee B,Litt M,Buchsbaum G

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While not generally viewed as physiologically significant in articular cartilage, substantial tension can develop in fibrocartilage structures and in articular cartilage injuries. This study examined how different amplitudes of cyclic tension influence chondrocyte matrix synthesis. Bovine articular chondrocytes seeded...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Connelly JT,Vanderploeg EJ,Levenston ME

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that whilst exhibiting clinically useful anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity, the application of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) does not affect the underlying pathogenesis of articular diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. The demonstration of a role for COX-2 in the resolut...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Colville-Nash PR,Willoughby DA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supply of oxygen to tissue from capillaries may be influenced by hemorheological factors. A hemorheological model is developed for elucidating which factors play a major role in the oxygen transport to tissue. For a capillary tissue unit, a modified cylindrical model of Krogh is used. For blood, two fluids model o...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Niimi H,Sugihara M,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of pulsatile flow in a rigid aortic bifurcation model was studied by means of a flow visualization technique and three-dimensional laser-Doppler anemometry. The model was made of glass, having the same shape as that of the average human aortic bifurcation. It was installed into a mock circulatory loop th...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Naiki T,Hayashi K,Takemura S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biorheological properties and behavior of red blood cells (RBCs), as other types of cells, have a biochemical and molecular basis. The shape maintenance and deformability of RBCs depend on the structural and functional integrity of the membrane proteins. These proteins are composed of transmembrane proteins insert...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Chien S,Sung LP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to play different roles in vascular functions as a mechanosensor to blood flows and as a barrier to transvascular exchange, the endothelial surface glycocalyx (ESG) should have an organized structure. Due to the limitations of optical and electron microscopy, the ultra-structure of ESG has not been ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Fan J,Sun Y,Xia Y,Tarbell JM,Fu BM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the sweet ketohexose L-sorbose causes overt hemolysis in dogs but not in man, we examined the possibility that L-sorbose induces a "prehemolytic state" of human red cells, manifesting itself as impairment of rheological red cell properties. After 2 hours incubation at 37 degrees C relative viscosity of red cell ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Stäubli M,Wälchli P,Straub PW

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thixotropic parameters of whole blood from 314 healthy subjects (154 women, 160 men) were measured with our modified method by Low shear 30 Rheometer and calculated according Huang's equation. This communication offered the reference range of thixotropic parameters from man and woman group. The results demonstrate...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Chen HQ,Zhong GH,Li L,Wang XY,Zhou T,Chen ZY

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of intima thickening proposed by Friedman and his coworkers (1,2) is incorporated in our computer code to simulate the growth of intima under shear. The computer code is based on a finite volume method in a boundary-fitted coordinate system. It is found that the model yields an evenly-distributed thickening ov...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Lee D,Chiu JJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leukocytes and platelets typically fulfil their functions through adhesion to the walls of vessels with different size, haematocrit and shear rate. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to investigate differential effects of these variables on leukocyte and platelet adhesion. METHODS:Blood with varying haematocrit was perfus...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Watts T,Barigou M,Nash GB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cell Transit Analyser (CTA) provides a means to rapidly measure the deformability of large numbers of individual cells. It combines many of the advantages of micropipette studies with the simplicity and speed of filtrometry methods by measuring the duration of each resistive pulse generated as a cell passes throug...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Fisher TC,Wenby RB,Meiselman HJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature review about the shear linear properties of brain tissue reveals both a large discrepancy in the existing data and a crucial lack of information at high frequencies associated with traffic road and non-penetrating ballistic impacts. The purpose of this study is to clarify and to complement the linear ma...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Nicolle S,Lounis M,Willinger R,Palierne JF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acinus is the principal secretion unit of an exocrine gland. This paper sets up a mathematical model of an acinus and examines the effect on the output of varying the operating parameters, both of the secretion mechanism and the fluid properties. Particular reference is made to acini of the pancreas. The question o...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Grigg CH,Fitz-Gerald JM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood flow immediately adjacent to the wall of a blood vessel or an artificial surface is of great interest. This flow defines the shear stress at the wall and is known to have a great physiological importance. The use of models is a viable method to investigate this flow. However, even in models the shear stress ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Affeld K,Kertzscher U,Goubergrits L

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maintenance of articular cartilage integrity requires a balance between anabolic and catabolic processes which are under the control of chondrocytes. These cells are living in an anaerobic environment and normally do not divide. They are responsible for the continuous maintenance of the cartilage extracellular mat...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Pujol JP,Felisaz N,Boumediene K,Ghayor C,Herrouin JF,Bogdanowicz P,Galera P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human red cell aggregability and disaggregability represent important hemorheological parameters of blood. Several techniques have been proposed to evaluate the tendency of red cells to form aggregates and to disrupt in the presence of shear stress. One of the most recent approaches is based on the characterization of...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Cloutier G,Shung KK

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study using both experimental and numerical methods was conducted to determine flow dynamics in the vicinity of an end-to-end anastomosis. In vitro experiments were performed to determine the variations in the conduit cross-section at the anastomosis in specimens under static loading. The experimentally determined g...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Kim YH,Chandran KB

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a hyperosmolar solution composed of glucose, amino acids and a lipid emulsion, which is often used despite well-known side effects and complications. OBJECTIVES:In this study the hypothesis was tested that PN could affect hemorheology. METHODS:The influence of increasing plasma...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Compagnoni SC,Schulzki T,Thoeny S,Reinhart WH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different methods are commonly used to study the red blood cell aggregation phenomenon. The major interest of the ultrasonic method presently discussed is to assess the mean size of red blood cell (RBC) aggregates by measuring ultrasonic intensity backscattered by blood. Applying Rayleigh theory of sound to blood medi...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Boynard M,Lelievre JC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims at quantifying the cellular mechanical properties based on a partitioning of the cytoskeleton in a cortical and a cytosolic compartments. The mechanical response of epithelial cells obtained by magnetocytometry - a micromanipulation technique which uses twisted ferromagnetic beads specifically linked t...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Laurent VM,Planus E,Fodil R,Isabey D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viscosity: shear rate relationship of whole blood is shown to be described to a good approximation by a bi-linear plot on log: log axes. This has allowed an analytical solution to be obtained which gives a full description of the flow properties of blood in rigid tubes of a size where the Fahraeus-Lindqvist effect...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Rampling MW,Challoner T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drag-reducing polymers (DRPs) are blood-soluble macromolecules that can increase blood flow and reduce vascular resistance. The purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of DRPs on microcirculation in rat hind limb during acute femoral artery occlusion. Two groups of 20 male Wistar rats were subjected to ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Hu F,Zha D,Du R,Chen X,Zhou B,Xiu J,Bin J,Liu Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vessels are always subjected to hemodynamic stresses including blood pressure and blood flow. The cerebral artery is particularly sensitive to hemodynamic stresses such as pressure and stretch, and shows contractions that are myogenic in nature; i.e., the mechanical response is generated by the vascular smooth m...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Nakayama K,Obara K,Tanabe Y,Saito M,Ishikawa T,Nishizawa S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The contribution of proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) to synovial fluid and hyaluronan (HA) solution rheology are poorly understood. The effects of PRG4 disulfide-bonded structure on viscosity and viscosity of newly available full-length recombinant human PRG4 (rhPRG4) have not previously been reported. OBJECTIVE:This ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Ludwig TE,Cowman MK,Jay GD,Schmidt TA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fine structure of blood flow through a curved vessel with an aneurysm was studied in in vitro experiments in relation to rheological factors of arterial diseases such as arteriosclerosis or thrombosis. On the basis of the in vivo data related to cerebral circulation, red blood cell suspension was flowed through curv...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Niimi H,Kawano Y,Sugiyama I

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few reports describing the effects of mechanical loading on the metabolism of meniscal cells. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of hydrostatic pressure on meniscal cell metabolism. Human meniscal cells were cultured in alginate beads for 3 days. They were then subjected to 4 MPa hydr...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Suzuki T,Toyoda T,Suzuki H,Hisamori N,Matsumoto H,Toyama Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of onset of erythrocyte flow orientation at normal concentration has not previously been established. Reflectivity of blood and resuspended non-aggregated red cells at normal (41%) and elevated (60%) hematocrit has been used to examine this process. Video recordings were made before, during, and after shearin...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： McMillan DE,Utterback NG,Lee MM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00