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Characterizing blood microparticles: technical aspects and challenges.
Vascular health and risk management - 1 Jan 2008
Shet Arun S
Abstract excerpt
Although long considered to be cellular debris, microparticles (MPs) are more recently considered reflective of cellular stimulation, activation, and degeneration/apoptosis. MPs that arise from the cellular components of blood and the endothelial lining of blood vessels are referred to as blood MPs and by general consensus are small (< or = 1.5 microm), expose the anionic phospholipid (PL) phosphatidylserine (PS)...
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