title: Research on oxygen transport in jaw cysts: investigation of changes of erythrocyte membrane fluidity.
abstract: I have investigated oxygen transport in the fluid from jaw cysts. Measurements were made of erythrocyte membrane fluidity, mean corpuscular volume, PO2, leucocyte percentage and erythrocyte and leucocyte numbers, both before and after irrigation of the cysts with antibiotics. On the basis of the results it is suggested that the membrane fluidity of erythrocytes in jaw cysts is decreased by infection and the PO2 value falls as a result of this decrease and also because of the increase in mean corpuscular volume and the raised oxygen consumption due to neutrophilia within jaw cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anezaki
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000097:blood*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D004911:Erythrocyte Volume; D006801:Humans; D008560:Membrane Fluidity; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010313:Partial Pressure
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen