Intensification of ciliary motility by extracellular ATP.

abstract：:Stress relaxation in three varieties of cherries was studied using the penetration test with a cylindrical pin, 4 mm in diameter, having a flat tip. One half of the fruit was modified by partial skinning, since experiments show that skin approximately doubles the apparent modulus of elasticity of the cherries. The ski...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Blahovec J

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

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：:The viscosity and the order in the interior of human erythrocyte membranes were investigated by the fluorescence depolarization technique in the nanosecond region with 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH). After pulsed excitation with a polarized light, the fluorescence anisotropy ratio of DPH in membranes rapidly decr...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Araiso T,Shindo Y,Arai T,Nitta J,Kikuchi Y,Kakiuchi Y,Koyama T

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to determine the duration of time that ligaments from a study group need to be loaded in order to adequately determine their collective viscoelastic behavior. Rat ligaments were subjected either to creep or stress relaxation for 1,000 s or stress relaxation for 10,000 s to compare estimates ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Manley E Jr,Provenzano PP,Heisey D,Lakes R,Vanderby R Jr

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：: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 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：: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：: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：:Flow-dependent concentration or depletion of atherogenic low density lipoproteins which has been theoretically predicted to occur at a blood/endothelium boundary may play an important role in the genesis, progression, and regression of atherosclerosis in man and intimal hyperplasia in vascular grafts implanted in the ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Naiki T,Sugiyama H,Tashiro R,Karino T

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Sudden increase of viscosity in former times indicated the start of coagulation. Yet its measurement destroyed the structure of coagulum. By the precursor method of thrombelastography the author 1944 found elasticity to be the essential physiological property of coagulum. In the production of elastic fibrin structure ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Hartert H

更新日期：1988-01-01 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 present study was designed to investigate the oxidant susceptibility of red blood cells (RBC) from four species (echidna, human, koala, Tasmanian devil) based on changes in cellular deformability. These species were specifically chosen based on differences in lifestyle and/or biology associated with varied levels ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Simmonds MJ,Meiselman HJ,Marshall-Gradisnik SM,Pyne M,Kakanis M,Keane J,Brenu E,Christy R,Baskurt OK

更新日期：2011-01-01 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: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：:Plasma fractionation by membrane filtration permits the reinfusion of the patient with his own albumin. In this study, the influence of membrane nature and plasma flux on plasma fractionation in dead-end mode is investigated with acetate hollow fiber filters. It is found that transmembrane pressure TMP rises exponenti...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Charcosset C,Ding LH,Jaffrin MY

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presented paper is based on the conclusions of the preceding paper (1). On the basis of a general theoretical approach to the mechanics of heterogeneous materials published earlier / (2) , (3) , (4) / macroscopic constitutive equation of trabecular bone is deduced from the description of its microstructure. For th...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Kafka V,Jírová J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoarthritis is a common, localized joint disease that causes pain, stiffness and reduced mobility. Osteoarthritis is particularly common in the knees. The effects of osteoarthritis on the rheology of synovial fluid in the knees are not fully understood and consequently require further study. OBJECTIVE:Th...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Madkhali A,Chernos M,Grecov D,Kwok E

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We present data which show that fibrin gels are ordered network structures, the porosity of which is determined by the amount of thrombin being present during the activation step preceding gelation. On activation of fibrinogen, fibrinopeptides are released and simultaneously polymers are formed, obeying apparent first...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Blombäck B,Okada M,Forslind B,Larsson U

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：: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 AC electric field-driven manipulation of suspended polarizable particles has become a major technique in micro- and nano-devices. In the present study, suspensions of cultured HeLa cells in isotonic solution were used to explore the mechanisms underlying the suspension behaviors during exposure to a uniform AC ele...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Tada S,Natsuya T,Tsukamoto A,Santo Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical forces influence articular cartilage structure by regulating chondrocyte activity. Mechanical stimulation results in activation of an alpha5beta1 integrin dependent intracellular signal cascade involving focal adhesion kinase and protein kinase C, triggering the release of interleukin-4 from the cell. In no...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Salter DM,Wright MO,Millward-Sadler SJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the potential to differentiate into distinct mesenchymal tissue cells. They are easy to expand while maintaining their undifferentiated state, which suggests that these cells could be an attractive cell source for tissue engineering of cartilage. In vitro high density micromass cultu...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Yang JW,de Isla N,Huselstein C,Sarda-Kolopp MN,Li N,Li YP,Jing-Ping OY,Stoltz JF,Eljaafari A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnitude and time-dependence of the effects of red cell aggregation and sedimentation on the rheology of human blood were studied during low shear (tau W 2.5 to 92 mPa) flow through horizontal tubes (ID 25 to 105 microns). Immediately following reduction of perfusion pressure to a low value the red cell concentration...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Alonso C,Pries AR,Gaehtgens P

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:The membrane shear elastic modulus (mu) and the time constant for extensional shape recovery (tc) were measured for normal, control human red blood cells (RBC) and for RBC heat treated (HT) at 48 degrees C. Three separate methods for the measurement of mu were compared (two used a micropipette and one employed a flow ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Nash GB,Meiselman HJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro experiments were conducted to measure the oscillatory flow pressure gradient along an elastic tube in order to assess the recent nonlinear theory of Wang and Tarbell. According to this theory, in an elastic tube with oscillatory flow, the mean (time-averaged) pressure gradient cannot be calculated using Poise...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Cohen MI,Wang DM,Tarbell JM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00