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Abstract
A method has been devised to measure the specific membrane resistance of single human red cells. The cells were sucked into a 3 to 5 micron diameter pore in the end of a glass tube. By passing a small current through the cells, the total cell resistance was measured. The dimensions of the cell were measured optically and the specific membrane resistance was then calculated. Leakage of current between the cell and the walls of the pore was minimized by filling this region with isotonic sucrose. The measured specific membrane resistance values of four human red cells were 6.3, 6.32, 10.0, and 19.7 ohm-cm(2).Entities:
Keywords: ERYTHROCYTES; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; OSMOSIS; POTASSIUM
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Year: 1964 PMID: 14155431 PMCID: PMC2195368 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.47.5.827
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Physiol ISSN: 0022-1295 Impact factor: 4.086