HMGB-1 as a Novel Predictor of Disease Severity and Prognosis in Patients with Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome by Hong Du, Jing Li, Haitao Yu, Jianqi Lian, Ye Zhang, Ying Zhang, Xuefan Bai, Pingzhong Wang

“…The levels of white blood cells (WBC), platelets (PLT), hematocrit (HCT), albumin (ALB), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine (Scr), and uric acid (UA) were routinely tested in the same time frame. …”
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Hemotoxicity Induced by Chronic Chlorpyrifos Exposure in Wistar Rats: Mitigating Effect of Vitamin C by Suleiman F. Ambali, Joseph O. Ayo, King A. N. Esievo, Samuel A. Ojo

“…Blood samples collected at the end of the study revealed reduction in the levels of pack cell volume, hemoglobin, red blood cells, leukocytes (attributed to neutropenia, lymphopenia, and monocytopenia), and platelets in the CPF group, which were ameliorated in the vitamin C- pretreated group. …”
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Correction of Thrombocytopenia before Elective Surgery / Invasive Procedures in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis (Experts’ Agreement) by M. V. Maevskaya, M. Yu. Nadinskaia, E. N. Bessonova, N. I. Geyvandova, M. S. Zharkova, E. A. Kitsenko, N. V. Korochanskaya, I. A. Kurkina, A. L. Melikyan, V. G. Morozov, Yu. V. Khoronko, T. A. Deeva, K. A. Gulyaeva, V. T. Ivashkin

“…As a result of portal hypertension (sequestration of platelets in an enlarged spleen) and liver failure (decreased production of thrombopoietin in the liver) in liver cirrhosis, thrombocytopenia develops, which is associated with the risk of periprocedural/perioperative bleeding complications. …”
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Point of Care Perioperative Coagulation Management in Liver Transplantation and Complete Portal Vein Thrombosis by Cristiano Piangatelli, Lucia Faloia, Claudia Cristiani, Ilaria Valentini, Marco Vivarelli

“…Based on ROTEM findings, the patient received 16 g of human fibrinogen concentrate, half preoperatively (with prothrombin complex concentrate 2000 IU, tranexamic acid 1 g, and platelets 2 IU), and two doses of 4 g before and after graft reperfusion; we achieved normalization of all monitored parameters. …”
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Targeting C-Reactive Protein in Inflammatory Disease by Preventing Conformational Changes by J. R. Thiele, J. Zeller, H. Bannasch, G. B. Stark, K. Peter, S. U. Eisenhardt

“…Recently, a dissociation mechanism of pCRP has been identified on activated platelets and activated/apoptotic cells associated with the amplification of the proinflammatory potential. …”
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Nasal hyperreactivity and inflammation in allergic rhinitis by I. M. Garrelds, C. de Graaf-in't Veld, R. Gerth van Wijk, F. J. Zijlstra

“…After specific or nonspecific stimuli, inflammatory mediators are generated from cells normally found in the nose, such as mast cells, antigen-presenting cells and epithelial cells (primary effector cells) and from cells recruited into the nose, such as basophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, platelets and neutrophils (secondary effector cells). …”
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Effect of Metadoxine on Chronic Primary Hepatopathies in Canines:  Number of Cases by Paula María Bermúdez-Duarte, José Alfredo Rivera-Rojas

“…Prior to the biopsy, they were required to have fibrinogen >100 mg/dL, platelets >100 cells x 103/µL, and prothrombin time <11.5 seconds. …”
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Evaluation of Serum Kallistatin Levels in Women with Preeclampsia and its Role in Assessing Preeclampsia Severity by Rangeen Badri Mahdi, Esraa Hameed Al-Maini

“…In PE, age, gestational age, and platelets correlated directly with kallistatin, but systolic and diastolic blood pressure, alanine transaminase, aspartate aminotransferase, and total serum bilirubin correlated inversely. …”
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Seeking Liver Fibrosis in Biliary Atresia using De Ritis Ratio by Farahdina Farahdina, Rendi Aji Prihaningtyas, Bagus Setyoboedi, Agnescia Clarissa Sera, Sjamsul Arief

“…Sex, age, presence of malnutrition, and blood parameters including hemoglobin, leucocytes, and platelets (Plts) were collected. AST/ALT ratio and other laboratory parameters’ correlations were analyzed using Spearman’s correlation. …”
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Conjugation of Short-Chain Fatty Acids to Bicyclic-Amines for Analysis by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectroscopy by Daniel N. Darlington

“…Finally, we used this method to measure SCFA in plasma, liver, platelets, and red blood cells, demonstrating its use in biological systems. …”
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The effects of acute interval cycling and blood flow restriction on hematologic factors of beginner cyclists by Hadi Bashafaat, Mohammad Ismail Afzalpour, Ali Asghar Fallahı, Saeed Nazıfı, Said Ilbeıgı

“…The results showed the increasing effect of acute interval cycling with BFR on White Blood Cells (WBC), Red Blood Cells (RBC), Hemoglobin (Hb), Hematocrit (Hct) and Platelets (PLT) as well as the increasing effect of acute interval cycling without BFR on WBC and PLT. …”
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Parasite-derived plasma microparticles contribute significantly to malaria infection-induced inflammation through potent macrophage stimulation. by Kevin N Couper, Tom Barnes, Julius C R Hafalla, Valery Combes, Bernhard Ryffel, Thomas Secher, Georges E Grau, Eleanor M Riley, J Brian de Souza

“…Immunofluorescence staining revealed that MPs contained significant amounts of parasite material indicating that they are derived primarily from infected red blood cells rather than platelets or endothelial cells. MP driven macrophage activation was completely abolished in the absence of MyD88 and TLR-4 signalling. …”
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A Review Study on the Main Sources of Porosity in Al-Si Cast Alloys by Agnes Samuel, Yasser Zedan, Herbert Doty, Victor Songmene, Fawzy. H. Samuel

“…Intermetallics precipitate in the form of intercepted platelets which restricts the flow of the molten metal, leading to formation of shrinkage cavities. …”
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Application of Neurochemical Markers for Assessing Health Effects after Developmental Methylmercury and PCB Coexposure by E. Roda, L. Manzo, T. Coccini

“…Cholinergic muscarinic receptors (MRs) and monoamine oxidase activity (MAO-B), expressed both in brain and blood cells, were investigated in animals and exposed subjects to assess (i) MeHg (0.5–1 mg/kg/day GD7-PD7) and/or PCB153 (20 mg/kg/day GD10–GD16) effects on cerebellar MAO-B and MRs, and lymphocyte MRs, in dams and offspring 21 days postpartum; (ii) MAO-B in platelets and MRs in lymphocytes of a Faroese 7-year-old children cohort, prenatally exposed to MeHg/PCBs. …”
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Liver Fibrosis and Altered Matrix Synthesis by Katrin Neubauer, Bernhard Saile, Giuliano Ramadori

“…At the cellular level, origin of liver fibrogenesis is initiated by the damage of hepatocytes, resulting in the recruitment of inflammatory cells and platelets, and activation of Kupffer cells, with subsequent release of cytokines and growth factors. …”
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Characterization of cerebro-vascular disease in the Intermediate Care Unit. Multicentre study in the central part of Cuba. by Alba Enseñat Alvarez, Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Maribel Misas Menéndez, Julio Cortizo Hernández, Niurka Galende Hernández, Aleida Hernández Lara, Ramón Erice Lafont

“…The isquemic cerebrovascular desease was the most frequent reported with 86,7 % and anti-aggregate platelets was the medication most frequently used (77,5 %) In regards to the location of the lesion 51,1 % were reported in the parietal region and the predominant diagnosis was the atherothrombotic infarct ( 59,9 %). …”
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The Effect of Clopidogrel and Ticagrelor on Human Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenic Differentiation Potential: In Vitro Comparative Study by Sally S. Mohamed, Hala F. Zaki, Shereen N. Raafat

“…Ticagrelor (TICA) and clopidogrel (CLP) are extensively used antiplatelet drugs that act by antagonizing the P2Y12 receptors that are found on platelets in addition to bone cells. Aim. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of clopidogrel and ticagrelor on stem cells osteogenic differentiation in vitro. …”
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Hemophagocytic syndrome: Laboratory and molecular characterization by Nooran Salem Yaseen, Sadiq Khalaf Ali, Hussam Saadi Aziz

“…RESULTS: The mean hemoglobin level and platelets count were significantly lower in HLH patients compared to the control group (P < 0.001), while there was no significant statistical difference regarding neutrophils count (P > 0.05). …”
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Role of Age and Sex on the Incidence of Leukemia in a Sample of Iraqi Patients by Dahlia N. AL-Saidi

“…Leukemic cells affect the other types of blood cells produced by the bone marrow, including red blood cells and platelets. Leukemia is typically caused by certain genetic defects that cannot be changed. …”
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Some haematological values in the healthy hamdani (hareki-harki) sheep by Mursayettin Eksen, Z. Tevfik Ağaoğlu, Ercan Keskin

“…<p> In this in vestigation, the mean of Red Blood Cell (RBC) White Blood Cell (WBC) and blood platelets in female sheep were found to be 13.77x10⁶, 5.55x10³ and 3.72x10⁵ respectively. …”
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