Abstract
When a drop of human blood containing red and white blood cells is forced to move via hydrodynamic forces in a lattice of channels designed to mimic the capillary channels, the white cells self-fractionate into the different types of white cells. The pattern of white cells that forms is due to a combination of stretch-activated adhesion of cells with the walls, stochastic sticking probabilities, and heteroavoidance between granulocytes and lymphocytes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2149-2152 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 79 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 15 1997 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy