title: A theory of necrotaxis.
abstract: A mathematical theory for the motion of polynuclear leukocytes after the laser irradiation of a red blood cell is derived and compared with the measured movement of a number of cells. An estimate is made on the diffusion constant and the molecular size for the unknown material which communicates the information on the irradiation of the red blood cell to the leukocyte.
mesh_terms: D002465:Cell Movement; D002633:Chemotaxis; D004058:Diffusion; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000528:radiation effects*; D007834:Lasers; D007962:Leukocytes; D008433:Mathematics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011830:Radiation Effects