Effects of Heat and of Ultrasound on Terminally-Differentiated Cells: The Erythrocyte as a Model System

The effects of heat and of ultrasound were investigated in the terminally- differentiated erythrocyte using hemolysis as end-point. The heat-induced hemolysis of chicken and rat red blood cells (RBC's) was determined between 45 and 51.5$\sp\circ$C. Rat RBC's were more heat sensitive than chicken RBC's. Survival following split-heating was the same as survival following continuous heating when the interval between heatings was 20 min, while survival decreased steadily as this interval was increased to 50 hr.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physiology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Kozma, Thomas George

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ducoff, H.S.,

• Health Sciences, Radiology
• Biophysics, Medical

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9305590

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72565