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Overview of Platelet Physiology: Its Hemostatic and Nonhemostatic Role in Disease Pathogenesis
Joint Authors
Ghoshal, Kakali
Bhattacharyya, Maitree
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-16, 16 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Platelets are small anucleate cell fragments that circulate in blood playing crucial role in managing vascular integrity and regulating hemostasis.
Platelets are also involved in the fundamental biological process of chronic inflammation associated with disease pathology.
Platelet indices like mean platelets volume (MPV), platelets distributed width (PDW), and platelet crit (PCT) are useful as cheap noninvasive biomarkers for assessing the diseased states.
Dynamic platelets bear distinct morphology, where α and dense granule are actively involved in secretion of molecules like GPIIb , IIIa, fibrinogen, vWf, catecholamines, serotonin, calcium, ATP, ADP, and so forth, which are involved in aggregation.
Differential expressions of surface receptors like CD36, CD41, CD61 and so forth have also been quantitated in several diseases.
Platelet clinical research faces challenges due to the vulnerable nature of platelet structure functions and lack of accurate assay techniques.
But recent advancement in flow cytometry inputs huge progress in the field of platelets study.
Platelets activation and dysfunction have been implicated in diabetes, renal diseases, tumorigenesis, Alzheimer’s, and CVD.
In conclusion, this paper elucidates that platelets are not that innocent as they keep showing and thus numerous novel platelet biomarkers are upcoming very soon in the field of clinical research which can be important for predicting and diagnosing disease state.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ghoshal, Kakali& Bhattacharyya, Maitree. 2014. Overview of Platelet Physiology: Its Hemostatic and Nonhemostatic Role in Disease Pathogenesis. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1051003
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ghoshal, Kakali& Bhattacharyya, Maitree. Overview of Platelet Physiology: Its Hemostatic and Nonhemostatic Role in Disease Pathogenesis. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1051003
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ghoshal, Kakali& Bhattacharyya, Maitree. Overview of Platelet Physiology: Its Hemostatic and Nonhemostatic Role in Disease Pathogenesis. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1051003
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1051003