title: Critical cell volume and shape of bovine erythrocytes.
abstract: The relationship between erythrocyte shape and the critical cell volume was investigated. Agents able to increase the critical cell volume induced three main stable shapes of erythrocytes: discocytic, stomatocytic, and echinocytic. The absence of correlation between shape and critical cell volume under isoosmotic conditions suggests that relative differences between the surface areas of the inner and the outer leaflet of the cell membrane do not influence the critical volume of a cell.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Technical University of Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mosior
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Białas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wróbel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gomułkiewicz
mesh_terms: D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid; D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001149:Arsenates / Q000494:pharmacology; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002417:Cattle; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D006358:Hot Temperature; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010710:Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001149:Arsenates; D010710:Phosphates; D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid; D014638:Vanadates; C025657:arsenic acid; D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid