title: Multiscale modeling of blood flow: from single cells to blood rheology.
abstract: Mesoscale simulations of blood flow, where the red blood cells are described as deformable closed shells with a membrane characterized by bending rigidity and stretching elasticity, have made much progress in recent years to predict the flow behavior of blood cells and other components in various flows. To numerically investigate blood flow and blood-related processes in complex geometries, a highly efficient simulation technique for the plasma and solutes is essential. In this review, we focus on the behavior of single and several cells in shear and microcapillary flows, the shear-thinning behavior of blood and its relation to the blood cell structure and interactions, margination of white blood cells and platelets, and modeling hematologic diseases and disorders. Comparisons of the simulation predictions with existing experimental results are made whenever possible, and generally very satisfactory agreement is obtained.
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Soft Matter and Biophysics, Institute of Complex Systems and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 , Jülich, Germany, d.fedosov@fz-juelich.de.
authors.forename: Dmitry A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fedosov
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gompper
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008954:Models, Biological; D012212:Rheology; D014783:Viscosity