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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Tutwiler V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6297136 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20181217 1
Polyhedral erythrocytes, named polyhedrocytes, are formed in contracted blood clots and thrombi, as a result of compression by activated contractile platelets pulling on fibrin. This deformation was shown to be mechanical in nature and polyhedrocytes were characterized using light and electron microscopy. Through three-dimensional reconstruction, we quantified the geometry of biconcave, intermediate, and polyhedral erythrocytes within contracting blood clots. During compression, erythrocytes bec ...[more]