Blood Clot Contraction is Reduced in Sickle Cell Disease due to Increased Rigidity of Erythrocytes Tutwiler, Valerie ; Litvinov, Rustem I. ; Protopopova, Anna D. ; Nagaswami, Chandrasekaran ; Russell, J. Eric ; Siegel, Donald L. ; Villa, Carlos H. ; Pan, Daniel ; Muzykantov, Vladimir R. ; Weisel, John W. Abstract Publication: Biophysical Journal Pub Date: February 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.2952 Bibcode: 2018BpJ...114..540T