White Blood Cells - Morphology and Rheology as Related to Function

List of contents

Analysis of White Blood Cell Deformation.- Viscoelastic Properties of Leukocytes in Passive Deformation.- Human Leukocytes in the Active State.- Mechanical Behavior of Leukocytes in the Passive and Active States (Commentary).- Viscoelastic Properties of Normal and Pathologic Human Granulocytes and Lymphocytes.- Rheology of Leukocyte Suspensions.- Rheological Mechanisms Contributing to WBC-Margination.- Flow Behavior of White Blood Cells in Vitro and in Vivo (Commentary).- The Anatomical Features of Leukocyte Egress into the Marrow Sinus.- Movement of Leukocytes in Flowing Blood.- The Relationship between Leukocyte and Erythrocyte Velocity in Arterioles.- Leukocyte Plugging of Capillaries in Vivo.- Leukocyte Motion in the Microcirculation (Commentary).- In Vitro Measurement of Leukocyte Adhesiveness.- Adhesion of Granulocytes to Human Cultured Endothelial Cells.- In Vitro Methods for Quantification of Granulocyte Adhesiveness (Commentary).- Substratum Adhesion and the Movement of Neutrophil Leucocytes.- The Role of Blood Flow in the Distribution of Lymphocytes and Lymphoblasts in Vivo.- Locomotion and Adhesion of Neutrophils and the Role of Blood Flow in Lymphocyte Migrations: Commentary.- Increased Vascular Permeability Following Interaction between Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils and Vascular Endothelial Cells.- Leucocyte Locomotion on Two-Dimensional Surfaces and in Three-Dimensional Matrices.- Cell - Surface Interactions: Effects on Vascular Permeability and on WBC Locomotion (Commentary).

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• Assisted by: U. Bagge (Editor), Gustav V. R Born (Editor), Gustav V. R. Born (Editor), P Gaehtgens (Editor), P. Gaehtgens (Editor), Gusta V R Born (Editor), Gustav V R Born (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9789400975873
• ISBN: 978-94-0-097587-3
• No. of pages: 169
• Illustrations: XI, 169 p. 54 illus.
• Series: Microcirculation Review; Microcirculation Review
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine