Biolaser Endothelial Trauma as a Means of Quantifying Platelet Activity in vivo
Biolaser Endothelial Trauma as a Means of Quantifying Platelet Activity in vivo
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生物激光内皮损伤作为体内量化血小板活性的一种手段
作者:
K. Arfors;D. Dhall;J. Engeset;H. Hint;N. Matheson;O. Tangen
ALTHOUGH several methods of studying platelet behaviourin vitrohave been described, there has not been a simple and precise technique for making quantitative studies. Useful measurements have been obtained by counting the platelet microemboli formed in response to injury caused by pinching exposed rabbit pial vessels with ophthalmic forceps1. This method has been used in preliminary studies of drugs claimed to affect platelet adhesiveness2,3. The degree of trauma, however, cannot be reproducibly controlled and, in addition, the animals must be anaesthetized. Trauma is inflicted during exposure of the pial vessels before the experiment, and afterwards the animal has to be killed. A more precise method involves the use of a microelectrode applied to the wall of a blood vessel in the cheek pouch of the hamster and the measurement in mA of the minimal stimulus required to induce a platelet thrombus4,5. But reproducible application of the microelectrode is difficult and as with the pial vessel method the animals are anaesthetized, subjected to preliminary trauma and later killed.