A mathematical model of fibrinogen-mediated erythrocyte–erythrocyte adhesion

Catarina S. Lopes; Juliana Curty; Filomena A. Carvalho; A. Hernández-Machado; Koji Kinoshita; Nuno C. Santos; Rui D. M. Travasso

doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04560-4

Communications Biology (Feb 2023)

A mathematical model of fibrinogen-mediated erythrocyte–erythrocyte adhesion

Catarina S. Lopes,
Juliana Curty,
Filomena A. Carvalho,
A. Hernández-Machado,
Koji Kinoshita,
Nuno C. Santos,
Rui D. M. Travasso

Affiliations

Catarina S. Lopes: Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa
Juliana Curty: CFisUC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra
Filomena A. Carvalho: Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa
A. Hernández-Machado: Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona
Koji Kinoshita: Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark
Nuno C. Santos: Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa
Rui D. M. Travasso: CFisUC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04560-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Erythrocyte morphological deformations observed in micropipette aspiration assays resultant from fibrinogen enhanced erythrocyte–erythrocyte adhesion are characterised by new mathematical model calibrated by atomic force microscopy measurements.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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