Rheological and functional impairments in cholesterol-loaded human erythrocytes
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 36 (1) , 127-128
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02004015
Abstract
Decreased deformability, slightly increased suspension viscosity and retarded oxygen egress were observed in cholesterol-loaded, human erythrocytes. These functional changes resulted from the decreased membrane fluidity induced by cholesterol.Keywords
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