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Optical tweezers for measuring red blood cell elasticity: application to the study of drug response in sickle cell disease

Brandão, M. M. ; Fontes, A. ; Barjas-Castro, M. L. ; Barbosa, L. C. ; Costa, F. F. ; Cesar, C. L. ; Saad, S. T. O.

European journal of haematology, 2003-04, Vol.70 (4), p.207-211 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Oxford, UK: Munksgaard International Publishers

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Optical tweezers for measuring red blood cell elasticity: application to the study of drug response in sickle cell disease
Autor: Brandão, M. M. ; Fontes, A. ; Barjas-Castro, M. L. ; Barbosa, L. C. ; Costa, F. F. ; Cesar, C. L. ; Saad, S. T. O.
Assuntos: Adult ; Anemia, Sickle Cell - blood ; Anemia, Sickle Cell - drug therapy ; Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies ; Biological and medical sciences ; deformability ; Diseases of red blood cells ; Elasticity ; Erythrocyte Deformability - drug effects ; Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases ; Hematologic Tests - instrumentation ; Humans ; hydroxyurea ; Hydroxyurea - pharmacology ; Hydroxyurea - therapeutic use ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Infrared Rays ; Lasers ; Medical sciences ; Micromanipulation - instrumentation ; Middle Aged ; optical tweezers ; red blood cell elasticity ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; sickle cell ; Sickle Cell Trait - blood ; Sickle Cell Trait - drug therapy ; Viscosity
É parte de: European journal of haematology, 2003-04, Vol.70 (4), p.207-211
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Descrição: : The deformability of erythrocytes is a critical determinant of blood flow in microcirculation. By capturing red blood cells (RBC) with optical tweezers and dragging them through a viscous fluid we were able to measure their overall elasticity. We measured, and compared, the RBC deformability of 15 homozygous patients (HbSS) including five patients taking hydroxyurea (HU) for at least 6 months (HbSS/HU), 10 subjects with sickle cell trait (HbAS) and 35 normal controls. Our results showed that the RBC deformability was significantly lower in haemoglobin S (HbS) subjects (HbSS and HbAS), except for HbSS/HU cells, whose deformability was similar to the normal controls. Our data showed that the laser optical tweezers technique is able to detect differences in HbS RBC from subjects taking HU, and to differentiate RBC from normal controls and HbAS, indicating that this is a very sensitive method and can be applied for detection of drug‐response in sickle cell disease.
Editor: Oxford, UK: Munksgaard International Publishers
Idioma: Inglês

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Optical tweezers for measuring red blood cell elasticity: application to the study of drug response in sickle cell disease

Brandão, M. M. ; Fontes, A. ; Barjas-Castro, M. L. ; Barbosa, L. C. ; Costa, F. F. ; Cesar, C. L. ; Saad, S. T. O.

Oxford, UK: Munksgaard International Publishers

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