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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
Red blood cells and about 95% of white blood cells have an immediate and constant effect on the flow of undiluted or diluted blood through 5 microm filters. The remaining 5% of all leucocytes exert an increasing influence on flow such that the rate of flow of diluted and undiluted blood through these filters is continually declining over a period of 150 s. Analysis of this declining flow rate enables these cells to be counted and their rheological properties to be deduced. Approximately 50% of these slow leucocytes pass through the filters with a transit time of about 30 s and the remaining cells act as pore blockers for 150 s. The numbers and flow properties of slow leucocytes was approximately the same in blood from young women (25 years) and older men (65 years). However, the number of slow leucocytes was increased in a group of men (65 years) suffering from peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Dilution of the blood with phosphate-buffered saline increased the numbers of slow leucocytes in both of the older, but not the younger, group of volunteers. This effect was particularly noticeable in the patient group. It is recommended that filtration studies of the rheological profile of leucocytes can, and must, be performed with undiluted blood. The properties after dilution may sometimes, but not invariably, reflect changes ex vivo as well as inherent differences in the cells themselves.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0007-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
952-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Leucocyte filterability: comparing diluted with undiluted blood.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Molecular and Medical Biosciences, University of Wales, Cardiff.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't