Platelets play a pivotal role in hemostasis and thrombosis. It induces vascular retraction and clot formation through platelets activation and signal transmission, which promote ligands expressing on the surface of platelets, such as glycoproteins and P-selectin. Some surface glycoproteins gatherd to form complexes after activation. It bound to extracellular receptors such as collagen and thrombin to induce aggregation, which could also be induced by releasing agonists, such as arachidonic acid, adenosine diphosphate, epinephrine, serotonin and fibrinogen, to active the nearby platelets. The standard process of plateletapheresis in the Blood Center was to hold the platelets in still for one hour before stored on a vibrator. The process of holding platelets still for one hour before storage was omitted in some hospitals. It was not clear whether to omit the process has any effect on the quality of platelets. The expressions of P-selectin and vWF receptor, CD42b (Gp Ib£\) on platelets were analyzed by flow cytometry in this study. No significant differences (p= 0.77 and p= 0.62, respectively) were found. Similar results were obtained when functions of platelets were evaluated by agonists. It was concluded that leaving the platelets in room temperature for one hour to recover before keeping it on a vibrator would not enhance the functions of platelets aggregation significantly.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0825107-013302 |
| Date | 25 August 2007 |
| Creators | Tsai, Hsiu-chen |
| Contributors | Ta-Chih Liu, Angela Chen, H.W. Huang |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0825107-013302 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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