Deformability of red blood cells and human aging.

The goal of the research was to study the mechanisms of the regulation of deformability of RBCs in various aged people. Morphological, biophysical and biochemical parameters of RBCs were studied in 50 practically healthy men - volunteers (divided in two age groups: adults (22-30 years old), and old people (75-89 years old)). It was conclude that excess number of large-sized matured (aged) erythrocytes is revealed in the blood of old people.