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Blood platelets: Circulating mirrors of neurons? [PDF]

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2019
Blood platelets and resident neurons are fundamentally different cells, with peculiar features in embryological origin, function, and localization. However, they share common characteristics in subcellular organization and in protein composition.1 One of
Ilaria Canobbio
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The role of platelets in the blood-brain barrier during brain pathology [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Platelets play critical roles in maintaining hemostasis. The blood brain barrier (BBB), a significant physical and metabolic barrier, helps maintain physiological stability by limiting transportations between the blood and neural tissues.
Weifeng Lv, Xiaofan Jiang, Yanyu Zhang
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Therapeutic potential of adult platelets and cord blood platelets in future clinical directions

Journal of Medical and Scientific Research, 2023
Platelet rich plasma (PRP) is currently obtaining a natural concentration of autologous growth factors, and is used in different medical conditions. This review is aimed to establish several treatment options using adult PRP and scope of the therapeutic ...
Bezawada SR, Velluri V, Darapuneni RC
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Analysis on the willingness of whole blood donors to donate apheresis platelets and its influencing factors

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2023
Objective To investigate the willingness of whole blood donors to donate apheresis platelets and analyze its influencing factors. Methods A total of 400 whole blood donors from Kunshan Blood Station and Leshan Blood Station from January to May, 2023 were
Yang TONG, Zhihua CHEN, Caiqin ZHU, Yuxin XIE   +3 more
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Study on the production efficiency of platelet components in 24 prefecture-level blood stations in China

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2022
Objective To learn the production efficient of platelet components among prefecture-level blood stations in China, to provide supporting data for those blood stations to optimize the production mode of platelet components and continuously improve ...
Minyu HUA, Wei NIU, Jian YAO, Shouguang XU, Yuxia QIU, Li LI, Dongmei ZHAO, JiaYu WAN, Feng YAN, Hongzhi JIA, Hao LI, Jiaqi QiIAN, Peng WANG, Zhenxing WANG, Lin BAO, Shan WEN, Sheng YE, Xuefang FENG, Man ZHANG, Xiaobo CAI, Wei Zhang, Dexu CHU, Youhua SHEN, Peifang CONG, Hui ZHANG, Yan QIU   +25 more
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Comparative evaluation of platelet count in whole blood and injectable platelet-rich fibrin

Dentistry and Medical Research, 2021
Background: Platelets are formed from megakaryocytes and platelets are present in the circulation for 5–7 days. Platelets are essential in hemostasis, vascular integrity, angiogenesis, inflammation, innate immunity, and wound healing.
Aarati Nayak, Sachita Shrikant Naik, Aradhana Chhatre, Akanksha Bhatt, Shruti Paradkar   +4 more
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Platelet-Depletion of Whole Blood Reveals That Platelets Potentiate the Release of IL-8 From Leukocytes Into Plasma in a Thrombin-Dependent Manner

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
ObjectiveIn a recent study, we found an elevated level of interleukin 8 (IL-8) in response to bacterial incubation in thrombin-sufficient human whole blood anticoagulated by the fibrin polymerization blocking peptide GPRP.
Huy Quang Quach, Christina Johnson, Karin Ekholt, Rakibul Islam, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Per H. Nilsson, Per H. Nilsson   +8 more
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Comparative study of the walk-in and appointment mode of apheresis platelets donation in Guangzhou

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2022
Objective To discuss the influence of apheresis platelets donation mode transformation, from walk-in to appointment, on apheresis platelets donation, donor retention and donation service quality. Methods The comparative research method is used to compare
Xiaowen CHEN, Yujian LIU, Xiaofan LI, Bi ZHONG, Jun REN, Fanhai LI, Qiwen LIN, Yongshui FU, Huiyou CHEN   +8 more
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In vitro Generation of Megakaryocytes and Platelets

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021
Platelets, the tiny anucleate cells responsible for stopping bleeding through thrombosis, are derived from hematopoietic stem cells through a series of differentiation steps.
Huicong Liu, Jiaqing Liu, Lingna Wang, Fangfang Zhu   +3 more
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Pseudothrombocytopenia [PDF]

Hospital Pharmacology, 2016
Introduction: Pseudo thrombocytopenia (PTP) is a phenomenon of falsely low platelet counts obtained on Hematology Analyzers (HA) due to in vitro platelet clumping in the presence of anticoagulants.
Nikolić Ljubinka I., Suvajdžić-Vuković Nada D., Plećaš Darko V.   +2 more
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