TY - JOUR T1 - The Fragility Studies of the Main Erythroid Cell Fractions of Rats During Hypoxia AU - , B.O. Ekpo AU - , I. Elekwa JO - Research Journal of Biological Sciences VL - 4 IS - 3 SP - 289 EP - 292 PY - 2009 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-8846 DO - rjbsci.2009.289.292 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2009.289.292 KW - Barocamera KW -glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase KW -hexokinase KW -hypoxia KW -lactate dehydrogenase AB - The fragility of the main erythroid cell fractions of the peripheral blood of male albino rats was investigated under hypoxic conditions. Hypoxia was induced by “raising” the animals to an imaginary height of 5000 m above sea level through 10 days. Erythroid cells were fractionated into populations using the sucrose solution concentration gradient method. Cell fragility was studied using the kinetics of acid-induced hemolysis of red blood cells. Increased resistance of cell populations to hemolysis was recorded in the critical periods of adaptation, with a tendency towards normalization of cellular fragility in late periods of exposure to hypoxia. ER -