Alkaline hemolysis fragility is dependent on cell shape: Results from a morphology tracker

The morphometric analysis of red blood cells (RBCs) is an important area of study and has been performed previously for fixed samples. We present a novel method for the analysis of morphologic changes of live erythrocytes as a function of time. We use this method to extract information on alkaline hemolysis fragility. Many other toxins lyse cells by membrane poration, which has been studied by averaging over cell populations. However, no quantitative data are available for changes in the morphology of individual cells during membrane poration‐driven hemolysis or for the relation between cell shape and fragility.

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