Alterations in Red Blood Cell Deformability during Storage: A Microfluidic Approach
Figure 6
The effect of treatment with glutaraldehyde on deformability and relaxation capacity. (a) The deformation capacity of control and glutaraldehyde- (GA-) treated RBC samples as measured by the DI. For reasons of legibility the standard deviation, which varied around 15%, is not shown. At all spots, the DI of the GA-treated RBCs was significantly different from that of control RBCs (); (b) typical cell shapes in control and GA-treated samples in region of interest 5 (deformation) and region of interest 8 (relaxation).
