| Literature DB >> 35112383 |
Zahra A Habibabady1,2, Selin Sendil1, Felix Ellett3, Franziska Pollok2,4, Gabriela F Elias2, Beth M French1, Wenji Sun1, Gheorghe Braileanu1, Lars Burdorf1,2, Daniel Irimia3, Richard N Pierson1,2, Agnes M Azimzadeh1,2.
Abstract
Platelet sequestration is a common process during organ reperfusion after transplantation. However, instead of lower platelet counts, when using traditional hemocytometers and light microscopy, we observed physiologically implausible platelet counts in the course of ex-vivo lung and liver xenograft organ perfusion studies. We employed conventional flow cytometry (FC) and imaging FC (AMINS ImageStream X) to investigate the findings and found platelet-sized fragments in the circulation that are mainly derived from red blood cell membranes. We speculate that this erythrocyte fragmentation contributes to anemia during in-vivo organ xenotransplant.Entities:
Keywords: RBC fragments; ex-vivo perfusion; flow cytometry; platelets; xenotransplantation
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35112383 PMCID: PMC8995366 DOI: 10.1111/xen.12729
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Xenotransplantation ISSN: 0908-665X Impact factor: 3.907