Pericytes are multi-functional cells embedded within the walls of capillaries throughout the
body, including the brain. Pericytes were first identified in the 1870s, but little attention was …

Techniques, such as micropipette aspiration and optical tweezers, are widely used to
measure cell mechanical properties, but are generally labor-intensive and time-consuming …

A pilot cross sectional study was conducted to investigate the role of red blood cells (RBC)
deformability in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) without and with diabetic retinopathy (DR) …

Capillary blood vessels, the smallest vessels in the body, form an intricate network with
constantly bifurcating, merging and winding vessels. Red blood cells (RBCs) must navigate …

In this work, we report on a systematic fluidodynamic investigation of red blood cell (RBC)
suspensions flowing in microcapillaries with diameters comparable to the cell size in vitro …

We present, to our knowledge, the first direct numerical simulation of 3D cellular-scale blood
flow in physiologically realistic microvascular networks. The vascular networks are designed …

Oxidative stress is one of the key factors that leads to red blood cells (RBCs) aging, and
impairs their biomechanics and oxygen delivery. It occurs during numerous pathological …

This paper describes a microfluidic system and a technique for electrically measuring the
deformability of red blood cells (RBCs). RBCs are deformed when they flow through a small …

The high red blood cell (RBC) deformability is essential to optimal gas exchange between
gas and tissues in microcirculation in vivo. This review is focused on the flow behavior of …

Measuring blood cell dynamics within the capillaries of the living eye provides crucial
information regarding the health of the microvascular network. To date, the study of single …