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Procoagulant Platelet Characterization by Measuring Phosphatidylserine Exposure and Microvesicle Release from Human Purified Platelets
Published on: November 29, 2024
Affordable, Reliable Dual-Platform Approach to Quantitating Phosphatidylserine-Exposing Platelets in Platelet
Egarit Noulsri1, Surada Lerdwana2
1Research Division, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Objective:
To compare the number of phosphatidylserine (PS)-exposing platelets obtained using the dual-platform approach and bead-based flow cytometry.
Methods:
Platelets were enumerated using the ADVIA 2010i instrument (Siemens AG). The numbers and percentages of PS-exposing platelets in 175 platelet products were determined using a FACSCalibur flow cytometer (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and counting beads.
Results:
Our results showed good correlation (r2 = 0.96; P <.001) between the PS-exposing platelets obtained using counting beads and the dual-platform approach. The results of Bland-Altman analysis showed a bias of +46,449 cells per µL and a limit of agreement (LOA) from -197,863 to 290,762 cells per µL. Also, 8 measurements (5.0%) revealed a number of PS-exposing platelets outside the LOA ranges. Further, 21 measurements (12.0%) revealed greater than 2-fold changes in the number of PS-exposing platelets.
Conclusions:
The results suggest that the dual-platform approach is affordable and reliable for quantitating PS-exposing platelets as part of monitoring the quality of platelet products.
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