title: Erythrocyte rouleau formation under polarized electromagnetic fields.
abstract: We study the influence of an external electromagnetic field of 1.8 GHz in the formation or disaggregation of long rouleau of identical erythrocyte cells. In particular we calculate the variation of the transmembrane potential of an individual erythrocyte illuminated by the external field due to the presence of the neighboring erythrocytes in the rouleau, and compare the total electric energy of isolated cells with the total electric energy of the rouleau. We show that the polarization of the external electromagnetic field plays a fundamental role in the total energy variation of the cell system, and consequently in the formation or disaggregation of rouleau.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sebastián
authors.forename: Sagrario
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muñoz San Martín
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sancho
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004903:Erythrocyte Aggregation / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular