A new outlook on body fluid viscosity and cell function: Concluding remarks and discussion

Issue title: Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Biorheology. Part I. Palais des Congrès, Nancy, France, 18–23 June 1989. Dedicated to Richard Skalak

Guest editors: Alfred L. Copley and Jean-François Stoltz

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Dintenfass, Leopold

Affiliations: Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia 2006

Note: [] Accepted by: Guest Editor S. Yedgar

Abstract: The area neglected so far in the fields of clinical and theoretical haemorheology is that of interact ion between viscosity and chemical reactions in the cells. The reintroduction of teinochemical principle opens entirely new doors for investigation both in vitro and in vivo. Effect of extracellular fluid viscosity on synthesis (i.e. lipids) and on possible enzymatic and catalytic functions influences our opinion that haemorheology has to go back to fundamentals.

Keywords: teinochemical principle, viscosity and chemical reaction

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1990-273-440

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 27, no. 3-4, pp. 611-616, 1990