Sentences with phrase «erythrocytes used»

Differentiation of this heterozygous iPSC line to erythrocytes used an improved feeder - free and xeno - free three - step culture strategy, generating enucleated hemoglobin expressing cells to a similar level to that observed for the parental TNC1 iPSC line (see figure).

My particular field of expertise (or more correctly, least incompetence) was investigating interactions of the lithium ion with erythrocytes using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.

Not exact matches

AppleActiv has been tested for its antioxidant content using industry standard antioxidant tests such as the CAP - e (Cellular Antioxidant Protection in erythrocytes).

The effects of the dietary intervention, mode of feeding (breast - fed or formula - fed), and time were evaluated by using three - factor repeated - measures ANOVA for the outcomes of reported number of egg yolks consumed; reported consumption of meat, chicken, and fish; reported consumption of baby cereal; reported consumption of adult cereal; erythrocyte DHA and AA; plasma cholesterol; and indexes of iron status.

The turkey erythrocyte model system was used earlier to show that a covalent modification of the receptor (phosphorylation) is associated with this process.

The work highlights the importance of fibrinogen - erythrocyte interactions in patients with chronic heart disease, and our technique can be used to identify patients at higher risk for this disease,» he tells nanotechweb.org.

So say researchers in Lisbon, Portugal, who have used the technique to show that the interactions between a protein known as fibrinogen and erythrocytes (red blood cells) are modified in people with chronic heart failure.

Now, Santos and colleagues have used atomic force microscopy to measure the binding forces between fibrinogen and erythrocytes.

«Using the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM), we have found that the mechanical force required to break the bond between fibrinogen and erythrocytes is higher in patients with chronic heart failure than in healthy subjects,» explains team leader Nuno C Santos from iMM and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon.

«Using an AFM in «force spectroscopy» mode, we in fact used a single fibrinogen molecule as a «bait» to «fish» its receptor on the erythrocytes» surface,» says Santos.

Erythrocyte, white blood cell, and platelet counts; hemoglobin concentrations; mean cell volumes; and mean cell hemoglobin concentrations were measured with the use of a Coulter automated cell counter (MAX - M; Beckman Coulter).

CRP values can be used much like an older test, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR).