POOLING OF PLATELETS IN SPLEEN - ROLE IN PATHOGENESIS OF HYPERSPLENIC THROMBOCYTOPENIA
POOLING OF PLATELETS IN SPLEEN - ROLE IN PATHOGENESIS OF HYPERSPLENIC THROMBOCYTOPENIA
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DOI:
10.1172/jci105380
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发表时间:
1966-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
ASTER, RH
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作者:
ASTER, RH
The distribution of human platelets in the body was studied with Cr51- labeled platelets, external scintillation scanning, epinephrine stimulation and platelet counts on the blood of surgically removed spleens. Normally about l/3rd of the total platelet mass is concentrated in the spleen, exchanging with the remaining 2/3rds of platelets, which are evenly distributed throughout the rest of the vascular system. Pulmonary or "marginal" pools do not appear to contain a significant fraction of total platelets in man. In splenome[long dash]galy, the splenic platelet pcol may be greatly increased so that 50-90% of platelets are in the spleen at any given time. This redistribution of cells from the peripheral circulation to the spleen appears sufficient to produce thrombocytopenia despite unimpaired platelet production, normal total body platelet mass and nearly normal platelet life-span. The protracted thrombocytosis that usually follows splenectomy may be largely due, to removal of the splenic platelet pool. Platelet production is probably governed by the rate of platelet destruction rather than the platelet concentration of the blood.