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摘要

Red blood cells (RBC) are exposed to various levels of shear stress during flow in the circulatory system. These physiological levels of shear stress have been shown to induce alterations in RBC biochemical activity (e.g., ATP release, increased nitric oxide generation). It has been hypothesized that enhanced nitric oxide generation in RBC may play a role in the improvement of RBC deformability under shear stress, and thus the present study was designed to investigate the influence of shear stress on RBC deformability.