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Impact of pre-analytical parameters on the measurement of circulating microparticles: towards standardization of protocol

Journal

JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 437-446

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04610.x

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microparticles; pre-analytics; standardization

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. Background: Microparticles (MP) are small vesicles of 0.11 mu m, released in response to activation or apoptosis. Over the past decade, they received an increasing interest both as biomarkers and biovectors in coagulation, inflammation and cancer. Clinical studies were conducted to assess their contribution to the identification of patients at cardiovascular risk. However, among the limitation of such studies, pre-analytical steps remains an important source of variability and artifacts in MP analysis.Objectives: Because data from the literature are insufficient to establish recommendations, the objective of the present study was to assess the impact of various pre-analytical parameters on MP measurement. These parameters included the type of collection tube, phlebotomy conditions, transportation practices, centrifugation steps and freezing. Methods: MP were assessed by three methods: flow cytometry using a standardized approach, a thrombin generation test (Calibrated Automated Thrombogram (R)) and a procoagulant phospholipid-dependent clotting time assay (STA (R)-Procoag-PPL). Results: The main results show that the three major pre-analytical parameters which impact on MP-related data are the delay before the first centrifugation, agitation of the tubes during transportation and the centrifugation protocol. Conclusions: Based on both this work and literature data, we propose a new protocol that needs to be validated on a larger scale before being applied for multicenter studies.

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