Platelet-Stored Angiogenesis Factors: Clinical Monitoring Is Prone to Artifacts

Platelet-Stored Angiogenesis Factors: Clinical Monitoring Is Prone to Artifacts

Background: The analysis of angiogenesis factors in the blood of tumor patients has given diverse results on their prognostic or predictive value. Since mediators of angiogenesis are stored in platelets, their measurement in plasma is sensitive to inadvertent platelet activation during blood process...

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Main Authors: Patrick Starlinger, Lejla Alidzanovic, Dominic Schauer, Philipp Brugger, Silvia Sommerfeldt, Irene Kuehrer, Sebastian F. Schoppmann, Michael Gnant, Christine Brostjan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/DMA-2011-0798
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Summary:Background: The analysis of angiogenesis factors in the blood of tumor patients has given diverse results on their prognostic or predictive value. Since mediators of angiogenesis are stored in platelets, their measurement in plasma is sensitive to inadvertent platelet activation during blood processing.
ISSN:0278-0240
1875-8630

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