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A theory for the shape of the red blood cell.

K H Adams.   

Abstract

A theory of mechanical stability is formulated based on the electrostatic energy density contained within a biological membrane. Stable cell shapes are taken to correspond to a minimum value for the total electrostatic energy. The theory is applied to the red blood cell, and it is shown that the normal biconcave shape indeed corresponds to the shape of minimum electrostatic energy. The results are compared with theories based on bending energy relations.

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Year:  1973        PMID： 4748376      PMCID： PMC1484349          DOI： 10.1016/S0006-3495(73)86044-8

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Biophys J        ISSN： 0006-3495            Impact factor:   4.033


  4 in total

1.  Theory of the sphering of red blood cells.

Authors:  Y C Fung; P Tong
Journal:  Biophys J       Date:  1968-02       Impact factor: 4.033

2.  Distribution of size and shape in populations of normal human red cells.

Authors:  P B Canham; A C Burton
Journal:  Circ Res       Date:  1968-03       Impact factor: 17.367

3.  The minimum energy of bending as a possible explanation of the biconcave shape of the human red blood cell.

Authors:  P B Canham
Journal:  J Theor Biol       Date:  1970-01       Impact factor: 2.691

4.  Theoretical considerations of the elasticity of red cells and small blood vessels.

Authors:  Y C Fung
Journal:  Fed Proc       Date:  1966 Nov-Dec
  4 in total
  3 in total

1.  Static equilibrium configurations of a model red blood cell.

Authors:  J T Jenkins
Journal:  J Math Biol       Date:  1977-05-23       Impact factor: 2.259

Review 2.  The red cell membrane and its cytoskeleton.

Authors:  W B Gratzer
Journal:  Biochem J       Date:  1981-07-15       Impact factor: 3.857

3.  Lateral organization of membranes and cell shapes.

Authors:  V S Markin
Journal:  Biophys J       Date:  1981-10       Impact factor: 4.033
  3 in total

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