Influence of adsorbed plasma proteins on erythrocyte rheological properties: in vitro and ex vivo studiesA Luquita
Cátedra de Física Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Santa Fe 3100, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
Pflugers Arch 443:78-83. 2001
..Thus, a new argument supporting the benefits of normovolemic hemodilution in patients with poor peripheral perfusion is provided...
Haemorheological variables as a rheumatoid arthritis activity indicatorA Luquita
Cátedra de Física Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Santa Fe 3100, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 30:9-16. 2004
..To investigate if blood hyperviscosity in RA patients is due to a reduced erythrocyte deformability and, therefore, turning it into a reliable activity indicator, as well as a therapy follow-up marker for this pathology...
Erythrocyte aggregation in rheumatoid arthritis: Cell and plasma factor's roleA Luquita
Cátedra de Física Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Santa Fe 3100, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 41:49-56. 2009
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In vitro and ex vivo effect of hyaluronic acid on erythrocyte flow propertiesA Luquita
Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Cátedra de Física Biológica, Santa Fe 3100, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
J Biomed Sci 17:8. 2010
..Afterwards, in order to corroborate the pathophysiological significance of the results obtained, we replicated the in vitro experiment with ex vivo RBCs from diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, a serum HA-increasing pathology...
Blood viscosity changes in experimentally Trypanosoma cruzi-infected ratsH H Berra
, , , Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Santa Fe 3100, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 32:175-82. 2005
..In our rat model of Chagas' disease, BPL, increased plasmatic protein concentration, enhanced MCV and RBC shapes transformation would determine blood hyperviscosity, cause of microvascular blood flow abnormalities...