Stability of coagulation proteins in frozen plasma
Stability of coagulation proteins in frozen plasma
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DOI:
10.1097/00001721-200106000-00002
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发表时间:
2001-06-01
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
Gourmelin, Y
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作者:
Woodhams, B;Girardot, O;Gourmelin, Y
This study reports on the frozen stability of all commonly measured coagulation proteins in normal citrated plasma: activated partial thromboplastin time, prothrombin time (%), thrombin time and fibrinogen (Clauss); clotting assays for factors II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII; functional assays for protein C (clotting), protein S (clotting), antithrombin (chromogenic) and plasminogen (chromogenic); and immunological assays for von Willebrand factor and D-dimer. All these factors listed are stable for up to 3 months if frozen at -24 degreesC or lower. At -74 degreesC, all these factors (allowing for 10% variation) were stable for at least 18 months, most were stable for 24 months. The number of proteins showing > 5% variation over baseline after 6 months storage indicates that some decay does occur even at -74 degreesC. There was no clear advantage in snap freezing at -74 degreesC and then storing at -24 degreesC over both freezing and storing at -24 degreesC; therefore, the freezing process itself is not responsible for the loss of stability. The best stability, especially at -24 degreesC, was obtained when small samples (1 ml) were stored in screw-cap tubes with a minimum dead space. The decrease in stability of the coagulation proteins directly correlates with the effect of temperature and time. (C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.